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Contents Subscribe Current Issue 17 Sept 2026 Europe pushes for space independence amid geopolitical rifts The European Union is easing its reliance on US space infrastructure — and is seeking to grow its satellite and launch operations. Jonathan O’Callaghan News 18 Sept 2026 Europe pushes for space independence amid geopolitical rifts The European Union is easing its reliance on US space infrastructure — and is seeking to grow its satellite and launch operations. Jonathan O’Callaghan First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment Rachel Fieldhouse News 18 Sept 2026 First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment Rachel Fieldhouse How to make a brain: new experiments challenge existing picture Lynne Peeples News 18 Sept 2026 How to make a brain: new experiments challenge existing picture AI cracked the Navier–Stokes challenge. What does that mean for physics? 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Instead, marine bacteria split the task between them in a modular fashion: some strains degrade the molecular backbone, whereas others remove the side branches. Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Antimatter: coming soon to a lab near you? Antiprotons have been transported by road at CERN. This advance might one day enable laboratories outside the site to use antimatter in their experiments. Nancy Paul Davide Gamba News & Views 16 Sept 2026 Molecular computation that rolls energetically downhill A DNA-based computer that operates by relaxing to thermodynamic equilibrium has been demonstrated on ten molecular programs, which completed computations in as little as one minute. Some programs were rerun using distinct inputs up to 25 times and others were scaled up to 100-bit computations — although this slowed them down substantially. Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Turning scientific research papers into interactive AI agents Scientific knowledge is mostly stored in static papers. An automated framework called Paper2Agent can now transform each paper into an active artificial intelligence agent — a virtual corresponding author that answers questions, applies the paper’s methods to new data, and collaborates with other paper agents. This makes research easier to reproduce, reuse and extend. Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Inflection points and transitions in Alzheimer’s disease Bart De Strooper Eric Karran Review 16 Sept 2026 Inflection points and transitions in Alzheimer’s disease Bart De Strooper Marine bacteria cooperate to break down complex algal carbohydrates Marine algae produce sulfated carbohydrates called fucoidans that are chemically too complex for any bacteria to digest alone. Instead, marine bacteria split the task between them in a modular fashion: some strains degrade the molecular backbone, whereas others remove the side branches. Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Marine bacteria cooperate to break down complex algal carbohydrates Marine algae produce sulfated carbohydrates called fucoidans that are chemically too complex for any bacteria to digest alone. Instead, marine bacteria split the task between them in a modular fashion: some strains degrade the molecular backbone, whereas others remove the side branches. Antimatter: coming soon to a lab near you? Antiprotons have been transported by road at CERN. This advance might one day enable laboratories outside the site to use antimatter in their experiments. Nancy Paul Davide Gamba News & Views 16 Sept 2026 Antimatter: coming soon to a lab near you? Antiprotons have been transported by road at CERN. This advance might one day enable laboratories outside the site to use antimatter in their experiments. Molecular computation that rolls energetically downhill A DNA-based computer that operates by relaxing to thermodynamic equilibrium has been demonstrated on ten molecular programs, which completed computations in as little as one minute. Some programs were rerun using distinct inputs up to 25 times and others were scaled up to 100-bit computations — although this slowed them down substantially. Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Molecular computation that rolls energetically downhill A DNA-based computer that operates by relaxing to thermodynamic equilibrium has been demonstrated on ten molecular programs, which completed computations in as little as one minute. Some programs were rerun using distinct inputs up to 25 times and others were scaled up to 100-bit computations — although this slowed them down substantially. Turning scientific research papers into interactive AI agents Scientific knowledge is mostly stored in static papers. An automated framework called Paper2Agent can now transform each paper into an active artificial intelligence agent — a virtual corresponding author that answers questions, applies the paper’s methods to new data, and collaborates with other paper agents. This makes research easier to reproduce, reuse and extend. Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Turning scientific research papers into interactive AI agents Scientific knowledge is mostly stored in static papers. An automated framework called Paper2Agent can now transform each paper into an active artificial intelligence agent — a virtual corresponding author that answers questions, applies the paper’s methods to new data, and collaborates with other paper agents. This makes research easier to reproduce, reuse and extend. 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Stepnov Allison Werner Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad Perspective 16 Sept 2026 Nearly one in seven young, male white voters in the US support white nationalism Jennifer Chudy News & Views 16 Sept 2026 Nearly one in seven young, male white voters in the US support white nationalism Tumour cells shape their environment to protect them from the immune system Research Briefing 16 Sept 2026 Tumour cells shape their environment to protect them from the immune system Virus-like particles observed assembling in real time Charlotte Uetrecht News & Views 16 Sept 2026 Virus-like particles observed assembling in real time Charlotte Uetrecht

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