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Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Daily briefing: Bunsen burners don’t waft bacteria away from workbenches Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02831-8 A new study could fuel debate about whether the Bunsen burner still has a place in the modern lab. Plus, the United States is shifting a huge swathe of biomedical research to the military and boat-bashing orcas are just having a good time.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds How countries can grow without impoverishing future generations Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02807-8 Governments should invest to develop all types of capital, and not just income, to improve the lives of future citizens and to protect the planet.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds ‘Mother of Hubble’: how Nancy Grace Roman ushered in a new era of astronomy Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02802-z The scientist honoured by the newest telescope in space spearheaded a pioneering programme as NASA’s first chief astronomer.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02803-y The UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Two children died from gene therapies in China: where the field goes next Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02497-2 Strengthened laws should help to ensure future deaths are quickly disclosed to the public, but China’s reputation for such research is at risk.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds China’s fast-track clinical trials are in the spotlight after child deaths Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02407-6 A new government policy seeks to balance innovation and safety.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds The Kelvin scale’s creator William Thomson made many scientific advances Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02722-y A physics pioneer who provided a new way to describe temperature, and the value of studying fossilized tracks in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Limit bets on clinical-trial outcomes being placed on prediction markets Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02795-9 Limit bets on clinical-trial outcomes being placed on prediction markets

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Sideline vested interests to reform China’s research Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02797-7 Sideline vested interests to reform China’s research

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Nepal disaster is a wake-up call to take compound climate risks seriously Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02794-w Nepal disaster is a wake-up call to take compound climate risks seriously

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Put patients at the centre of medical AI governance Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02796-8 Put patients at the centre of medical AI governance

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Author Correction: Contrasting roles of histone 3 lysine 27 demethylases in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11081-7 Author Correction: Contrasting roles of histone 3 lysine 27 demethylases in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Anthropic AI ‘formalizes’ proof of Fermat’s last theorem in just 11 days Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02822-9 Claude produced a 13-million-line, computer-checked proof of the famed conjecture — a major milestone in mathematics.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Isaac Newton’s remarkable year — and the plagiarism accusations that followed Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02808-7 A deep dive into Newton’s major work, Principia Mathematica, reveals his hate of hypotheses and a habit of courting controversy.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds The secret life of a cell-cycle gatekeeper of breast cancer Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02470-z A newly discovered function for the protein Rb explains why inhibiting cell division can enhance the signalling mediated by the oestrogen receptor that drives breast cancer.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Probing the proteome at cellular scale Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02805-w Rapid technological advances are allowing researchers to identify thousands of proteins in individual cells, revealing the hidden mechanisms underlying development and disease.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Author Correction: A mouse brain stereotaxic topographic atlas with isotropic 1-μm resolution Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11094-2 Author Correction: A mouse brain stereotaxic topographic atlas with isotropic 1-μm resolution

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Author Correction: AhR inhibition promotes axon regeneration via a stress–growth switch Nature, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11103-4 Author Correction: AhR inhibition promotes axon regeneration via a stress–growth switch

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02758-0 Study shows that the venerable device does not waft bacteria away from workbenches, as is often assumed.

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02799-5 An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.