Thursday, 20 August 2026
14 articles · times in UTC
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Researcher, heal thyself: meet the scientists studying their own diseases ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02455-y Studying a condition after being diagnosed with it can be rewarding but also presents some ethical and psychological challenges.
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Astronaut vest cuts radiation exposure in half ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02556-8 Tests on uncrewed NASA mission showed garment could spare astronauts the worst effects of solar storms.
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These trees are making air quality in cities worse ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02586-2 They release compounds that contribute to ozone emissions, and rising temperatures could exacerbate the problem.
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Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02551-z The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed
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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02574-6 The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Moderna cancer vaccine stops melanoma returning: what’s next for personalized treatments? ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02612-3 Promising trial results suggest cancer vaccines work and could be used to target other tumours.
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Daily briefing: People older than 100 have more cancer-killing cells ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02617-y Killer T cells might help people to live to extraordinarily old ages. Plus, the longest-lived brain organoids so far and how mass genome-screening programmes for newborns might work.
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Investors’ sneak peak: can this AI tool spot the science that will lead to patents? ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02549-7 The approach could speed up investment decisions, but researchers say it has flaws.
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Dialkyl ether synthesis through heteroatom homolytic substitution ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11043-z Dialkyl ether synthesis through heteroatom homolytic substitution
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Hidden volcanoes hint at Moon’s turbulent past ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02555-9 A pair of massive shield volcanoes have been pinpointed by lunar spacecraft.
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To shield the fetus, link a protein to these drugs ↗Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02553-x Adding albumin to popular antibody-based medicines helps to block their passage through the placenta.