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Author Correction: Catalyst-free, microdroplet-mediated waste plastic conversion to diacids

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11252-6

Author Correction: Catalyst-free, microdroplet-mediated waste plastic conversion to diacids
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Touch-sensing digital pixel fibre enables interactive garment GUI

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11128-9

Multifunctional digital fibres integrate display, touch sensing, computation and multimodal input–output, enabling flexible, washable garments with interactive graphical interfaces and wireless multimedia capabilities.
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Additive manufacturing of ultralong and architected single crystals

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11185-0

A free-form additive manufacturing method that uses alternating and pulsed heat inputs is described for fabricating metre-tall, centimetre-diameter single crystals of Ti-6Al-4V, as well as hard-to-process refractory metals, including W, Mo, Nb and MoNb alloys.
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Directed assembly of cathode interlayers enables efficient binary organic solar cells

Nature Energy, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02148-w

Cathode interlayers play a pivotal role in improving the performance of organic solar cells. Yao, Zhang, Zhang, Wang et al. show a stepwise solvent treatment to achieve a vertically aligned cathode interlayer, enabling a certified efficiency of 20.65% in binary organic solar cells.
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A microexon regulatory code reveals autism-linked genetic variation

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11119-w

A regulatory sequence code for neuronal microexons reveals genetic variants predicted to alter their splicing in individuals with autism.
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Increase in global warming potential of atmospheric black carbon since 1750

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02085-z

The soot fraction of global black carbon emissions increased from 16% in 1750 to 35% in 2019, mainly driven by fossil fuel consumption, suggesting a higher warming potential per unit mass, according to an analysis of atmospheric measurements.
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Author Correction: Durable all-inorganic perovskite tandem photovoltaics

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10984-9

Author Correction: Durable all-inorganic perovskite tandem photovoltaics
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Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10867-z

A mild chemical process upcycles polyvinyl chloride waste into polyalphaolefin lubricants with tunable properties, offering an economical route to plastic recycling and improved carbon circularity.
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An entangling gate for dual-rail erasure qubits

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10822-y

A fast, low-error entangling gate for dual-rail cavity erasure qubits preserves a strong error hierarchy, advancing scalable quantum error correction with substantially improved fault-tolerant performance.
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Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10740-z

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prognostic potential.
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Membranolytic peptide programs immunogenic cell death for cancer therapy

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10899-5

The synthetic-acid-responsive membranolytic peptide aMPC16-CA50 induces immunogenic membranolytic cell death in tumour cells, robustly potentiating immune checkpoint blockade therapy.
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Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte interphase for solid-state batteries

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10945-2

Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte interphase for solid-state batteries
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Earliest siphuncle-bearing cephalopod from the early Cambrian

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10868-y

Early Cambrian Eoceras shaanxiense gen. et sp. nov. preserves septa and a segmented tube resembling a primordial siphuncle, extending cephalopod origins and revealing early assembly of chambered shells used for buoyancy regulation.
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Quasi-ballistic ion transport in a vertical microrod enabling efficient evaporation-driven power generation

Nature Energy, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02117-3

Evaporation-driven power generators are often limited by non-directional fluid flow, which reduces their efficiency. Guided by machine learning, Wu et al. developed a vertical microrod generator that improves ion transport, increasing efficiency and power density.
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Electronic-resonance enhanced molecule for perovskite solar cells

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4

Electronic-resonance enhanced molecule for perovskite solar cells
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Tertiary lymphoid structures harbour stem-like tumour-specific T cells

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w

Renal cell carcinoma tumours containing tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are enriched for exhausted CD8+ T cells, including tumour-specific clonotypes with stem-like progenitor features and reduced terminal exhaustion.
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Efficient and precise programmable DNA knock-in without double-strand breaks

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7

Kilobase-scale nickase-targeting (KNIT) editing enables single-nick-based DNA insertion across genomic loci and cell types, supporting insertion of DNA fragments exceeding 10 kb, with high efficiency and minimal unwanted off-target effects.
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