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Malnourishment and expanded microbiome maintain superior efficacy of the recombinant tuberculosis vaccine BCG::ESAT-6-PE25SS

17/08/2026 - Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of infectious mortality. The limited efficacy of the only TB vaccine, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) against pulmonary disease necessitates improved...

IsoAtlas: Visual interpretation of known and novel transcript isoforms using population-scale long-read evidence

17/08/2026 - Long-read RNA sequencing has revealed extensive transcript diversity, but newly observed isoforms remain difficult to interpret beyond their classification as known or novel. Here, we present...

Global transmission architecture of VIM carbapenemases reveals host-specific dissemination strategies

17/08/2026 - Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria carrying Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM) pose a persistent global threat, yet the mechanisms driving their worldwide dissemination...

MEM-CALVADOS: A Residue-Level Model for Flexible Proteins at Membrane Interfaces

17/08/2026 - Many membrane proteins contain intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) that play key biological roles by providing structural plasticity, harboring sites for post-translational modifications, and...

Coarse-grained models for simulations of double-stranded nucleic acids for mixed protein-nucleic acid condensates

17/08/2026 - Biomolecular condensates function as membraneless compartments, and some protein condensates can selectively concentrate single-stranded nucleic acids while excluding double-stranded nucleic acids....

The live attenuated DGAT1-knockout whole-cell Toxoplasma vaccine confers protective immunity against acute and chronic toxoplasmosis

17/08/2026 - The intravacuolar parasite Toxoplasma gondii scavenges fatty acids from host mammalian cells and stores excess in lipid droplets. To investigate the physiological relevance of neutral lipid storage...

SILCS-Guided Feature Encoding Expands Ligand Recognition at an HBV Core Protein Interface

17/08/2026 - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection depends on coordinated capsid assembly and virion production. A hydrophobic pocket at the intradimer interface of the HBV core protein has been linked to secretion...

Heatwaves expose weak links in food systems

18/08/2026

Programmable remodelling of carbon–nitrogen connectivity in amines

17/08/2026

Feeding our books into generative AI risks creating a cultural void

18/08/2026 - When we put our literature, games and films into AI models, we risk replacing our cultural history with a mishmash of auto-generated works. We desperately need to preserve human writing, says...

Scientists turn DNA into a memory device that uses 100x less power

17/08/2026 - Researchers combined synthetic DNA with a semiconductor to create an ultra-low-power memory device capable of storing and processing information in the same place. The bio-hybrid technology could...

Low‐Voltage Operation of IGZO Memtransistors Enabled by Coupling Enhancement Through 2T Drain‐Driven Operation for Neuromorphic Computing

17/08/2026 - A two‐terminal IGZO memtransistor enabling low‐voltage operation is demonstrated through coupling enhancement. By utilizing drain‐induced Fowler–Nordheim tunneling, the device achieves...

Dynamic Behavioral Profiling for User Authentication Using Binary Pressure Sequences and Grip Patterns via a Soft Stacking Ensemble

17/08/2026 - A smartphone‐embedded fabric‐strip sensing interface captures side‐pressure sequences and grip‐position patterns for behavioral authentication. Probability‐based soft stacking integrates...

NFH‐26‐03: Data‐efficient robot learning for contact‐rich manipulation

17/08/2026 - Robots have the potential to assist people in homes, hospitals, warehouses, and factories, but today's systems still struggle to learn robust manipulation skills from limited data, especially in...

Maternal progesterone signaling establishes lifelong oral homeostasis

16/08/2026 - Pregnancy is accompanied by profound endocrine remodeling, yet the mechanisms by which maternal hormonal signals establish long-term tissue homeostasis remain largely unknown. Here we identify...

Seeing Through Touch: Visual Reliability Shapes Tactile Guidance in 360° Virtual Reality

16/08/2026 - This study characterizes how people combine visual and tactile directional cues while acting in a fully immersive 360° virtual environment. Participants used a vibrotactile belt and VR headset to...

Handwritten Digit classification with neural cultures is influenced by neural architecture, network dynamics, and decoding methods

16/08/2026 - As silicon-based computing approaches fundamental physical limits, neurocomputing offers an energy-efficient alternative by leveraging the intrinsic non-linear dynamics of biological systems. To...

Hybrid transcriptome assembly and annotation of Japanese macaque prefrontal cortex

16/08/2026 - Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) is used in biomedical and neurobiology research, yet transcriptomic resources for the brain are limited. We present a hybrid RNA sequencing dataset and a prefrontal...

Author Correction: Synthetic vulnerabilities of mesenchymal subpopulations in pancreatic cancer

17/08/2026

Quantum computing may be facing a replication crisis

17/08/2026 - A review of thousands of scientific papers about quantum computers finds that most don’t provide codes that can be tested on independent devices or that those codes don’t work

Rogue hacking AIs have changed the cybersecurity landscape

17/08/2026 - Attackers with no technical skills can now use AI models to find and exploit loopholes quickly and they can deploy them on a massive scale, raising fears that organisations without large budgets for...