Bumblebees don’t mind a little plastic in their honeypots

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02988-2Insects show off their adaptability by incorporating unfamiliar construction materials to build honey-storage vessels.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02988-2

Insects show off their adaptability by incorporating unfamiliar construction materials to build honey-storage vessels.

AI system helps lab devices ‘talk’ with each other — streamlining research

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02990-8Platform allows disparate machines to communicate and to be controlled by an artificial-intelligence agent.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02990-8

Platform allows disparate machines to communicate and to be controlled by an artificial-intelligence agent.

AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03024-zAn OpenAI agent accessed secure data on an Australian health-care website, but the incident wasn’t reported for months.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03024-z

An OpenAI agent accessed secure data on an Australian health-care website, but the incident wasn’t reported for months.

Surprising protein links dietary restriction to increased lifespan in flies

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02774-0A fruit-fly protein thought only to store amino acids in fact responds to nutritional deficiency in both development and adulthood, resulting in lifespan extens…

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02774-0

A fruit-fly protein thought only to store amino acids in fact responds to nutritional deficiency in both development and adulthood, resulting in lifespan extension.

Single-cell atlas of transcriptomic vulnerability across brain disorders

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09573-zA population-scale single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex provides a perspective of the transcriptomic landscape in neurod…

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09573-z

A population-scale single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex provides a perspective of the transcriptomic landscape in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, and offers potential targets for therapeutic intervention.