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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 20 February 2026 An adhesive inspired by the foot pads of geckos allows a robot to scale both…

Credit: Olga Yastremska/Alamy Calling nanoscientists: your field needs you to try to replicate a landmark finding that quantum dots can…

AI slop is flooding computer science journals and conferences.Credit: Quality Stock/Alamy Fifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer…

First established as a treatment for diabetes, semaglutide’s popularity as a weight-loss drug has opened the door to new therapies.Credit:…

Josh Miele explains the nuances of a tactile map of a Bay Area Rapid Transit station.Credit: Laurie Udesky Working scientist…

Money could become harder to come by for European scientists if the overall European Research Council pot does not dramatically…

Pandora’s launch marks a first for many of the scientists and engineers involved in the mission.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…

A new study shows most elite researchers in China remained in the country over the course of their careers.Credit: An…

Human hands are incredibly dexterous tools — but they have their limits. They are asymmetric, they have only a single…

Nature, Published online: 28 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00039-4 A much-needed assessment of the scale of the effects of pesticides on soil…