Friday, 25 September 2026
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Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03023-0 Laboratories are still using dangerous and carbon-intensive liquids much more often than environmentally friendly ones, according to a 40-year survey of patents.
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Nepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fast ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03016-z The UN’s climate loss and damage fund needs to consider how to make decisions about finance fairly and quickly, without disadvantaging low-resource nations.
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AI bots are flooding researchers with requests for money and time ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03005-2 Many scientists use artificial intelligence in their work, but agents are increasingly soliciting researchers for collaborations.
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Why science wouldn’t exist without alchemy, curiosity and great writing: Books in brief ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03032-z Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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Anthropic’s AI biolab finds ‘CRISPR-like’ DNA in viruses. What’s next? ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03039-6 The detection effort enlisted roughly 950 AI agents that spent more than 21 hours combing through DNA sequence databases.
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OpenAI's research chief talks of ‘cultural reset’ after wild few weeks ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03028-9 Mark Chen discusses how the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident prompted a pivot to safety — and giving AI models a sense of 'taste'.
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Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02980-w A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
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Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them ↗Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-y Nature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.