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@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 11, 2026, 4:48 PM

A Review in Nature Reviews Cardiology integrates mechanistic, biomarker, preclinical and clinical data to define a cardiovascular continuum of harm from nicotine-containing products. go.nature.com/4yFDMHH #medsky 🧪

This is figure 3, which shows toxicant burden of nicotine and tobacco products and associated adverse effects on endothelial cells.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 10, 2026, 10:41 PM

A Review in Nature Reviews Endocrinology describes evidence linking the gut microbiota to bone fractures. go.nature.com/3TJLfXa #microbiome 🧪

$This is figure 1, which shows links between the gut microbiota and the musculoskeletal system in relation to fractures.$

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 10, 2026, 7:26 PM

A randomized study in 57 healthy-weight adults finds that ultraprocessed foods elicited greater insulin and energy responses, reduced carbohydrate oxidation and altered striatal brain activity linked to food reward despite similar subjective food value. go.nature.com/4e3URTp 🍎📃 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows nutritionally matched ultraprocessed and non-ultraprocessed meals elicit different postprandial responses.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 10, 2026, 4:22 PM

Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. A feature in Nature asks what it would mean if our brains could grow new neurons and how much evidence is enough. #Neuroskyence 🧪

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 10, 2026, 1:57 AM

Choruses of African elephant rumbles appear to become more similar in certain situations, including reuniting or coordinating what to do next, according to a paper in Scientific Reports. The research provides evidence that elephant rumble choruses function as group signals. go.nature.com/4ygimQF 🧪

An elephant family moves together across an open landscape. This behaviour is typically accompanied by “Let’s-Go” rumbles, used in coordinating group movement. Credit: ElephantVoices

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 9, 2026, 10:05 PM

In this Behind the Paper post, Raymond Hernandez outlines his team's research, published in Communications Psychology, on our ability to perform while being tired and what he learned about ignoring fatigue. #Academicsky 🧪

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 9, 2026, 7:07 PM

Obesity is emerging as a key risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. A Review in Nature Reviews Neurology examines the global epidemiology of obesity and highlights its pathophysiological effects on the brain. go.nature.com/4yB3s8e #medsky 🧪

This is figure 2, which shows pathophysiological effects of obesity on the hypothalamus.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 9, 2026, 4:41 PM

Nearly 300,000 people may live in areas at risk of flooding in the Nepalese, Indian, and Chinese areas of the Himalayas, according to a study in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/3TwFrQJ 🌏⚒️🧪

This is figure 3. Example building footprint datasets at Lamachur on the Seti River near the city of Pokhara, Nepal. (a) Comparison of the Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal (OBT) dataset with a manually derived reference building footprint dataset for year 2023. Building outlines derived from thresholding the OBT data (t = 0.3) are shown, along with the reference footprints. (b) HAND data and respective HAND contour lines for the same area as (a), shown with OBT footprints. Figure created in QGIS 3.40.11.

@commssustain.nature.com Oct 8, 2026, 2:02 PMReposted by @natureportfolio.nature.com

Tidal marsh vegetation survives extreme storms better than expected, with only ~30% average biomass loss. The findings help predict marsh survival during major storms, reducing uncertainty around nature-based flood protection. 🌍🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com

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@johnprensner.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 6:26 PMReposted by @natureportfolio.nature.com

So honored to announce our latest @cancergrand.bsky.social publication on Mapping the functional #DarkProteome in Cancer! It is out today in Nature Reviews Cancer @natureportfolio.nature.com. Thanks to @annaedart.bsky.social for her awesome efforts as editor!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@gaiamolinaro.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @natureportfolio.nature.com

Our reward function compression work is now out in Nature Communications! 🎉 In it, we present and empirically test a computational framework that formalizes the trade-offs between goal flexibility and learning efficiency. @annecollins.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Conceptual model of goal-directed reinforcement learning with reward
function compression. In our proposed conceptual model, we break down goald-dependent learning into several parts. Combined with other learning components, an RL learning algorithm informs value estimates W on a given trial t, which are entered into a policy. The agent selects an action a through a joint policy, to which the environment responds by outputting outcome information o and a new state s. A working memory (WM) component organizes and maintains task-relevant information (here, broadly intended and dubbed the task information), used to support the reinforcement learning (RL) process. a Initially, value attribution to o is operated by WM,which maintains the current goal (g) and supports its matching to the experienced outcome to generate a reward r used by the RL agent. WM also holds a trace of recently experienced goals. b If goals share enough similar features,
a compressed reward function can be created, which replaces active goal maintenance and can, over time, be transferred to long-term memory storage. Eventually, the compressed reward function can be directly employed to assign value to experienced outcomes, sparing resources for other WM tasks.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 9, 2026, 1:53 AM

Most mammals replace their teeth only once. A new, carnivorous, semiaquatic fossil mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China reveals multiple tooth generations, enhancing our understanding of mammal dental evolution, according to a paper in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4ALPDFx #Paleosky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows holotype specimen of Dongoconodon platycauda IMMNH-PV01700.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 8, 2026, 10:20 PM

A paper in Nature describes the fossil of an early relative of mammals that shares some adaptions seen in the modern platypus, from the Jurassic period of China. The remains shed light on the evolutionary origins of suckling and swallowing. go.nature.com/4zpn0Nc #Paleosky 🧪

This is the b section of Figure 1. It shows X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy photograph of the main part of the holotype (Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, PMOL-AM00026A)

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 8, 2026, 7:17 PM

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a substantial, growing and largely unregulated threat to biodiversity worldwide. A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity examines the state of knowledge regarding the measurement, impacts and mitigation of ALAN. go.nature.com/4yglFr2 🌎🧪

This is figure 2, which shows biodiversity responses to ALAN across levels of biological organization.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 8, 2026, 4:27 PM

The first working nuclear clocks based on isotopes of thorium-229 are presented in two papers published in Nature. The clocks may have the potential to outperform atomic clocks.
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Photo of the crystal (in its holder) inside the vacuum system, with the laser beam probing the thorium nuclei. Credit: T. Schumm TU Wien

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 8, 2026, 1:54 AM

A paper in Nature presents an updated phylogeny of bats based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils. The findings could resolve long-standing controversies in bat biology and provide new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats. go.nature.com/4hJWfvI 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows completion of phase 1 of the Bat1K project, including 103 chromosome-level genome assemblies and annotations representing at least one species from each of the 21 currently recognized bat families.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 7, 2026, 10:11 PM

Changes to land management following British colonization of Australia may have amplified the influence of climate change on increasing wildfire intensity, according to research in Nature. The study shows how the colonizers shaped the fire-prone eucalypt forests. go.nature.com/3UbDo4M 🌏🧪

Aerial view of Purghagoolah (Lake Elusive) looking northwest. Credit: Michael-Shawn Fletcher

@chenyang03.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:34 PMReposted by @natureportfolio.nature.com

Our recent work "Interpretable machine learning model for predicting kidney failure among CAKUT children in multicenter large-scale study" published in npj Digital Medicine. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 7, 2026, 7:07 PM

A paper in Nature Medicine presents a urine-based cell-free RNA test that detects bladder cancer with high sensitivity. go.nature.com/4y74lo7 🧪

This is figure 3, which shows urine-based detection of bladder cancer grade and invasiveness.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 7, 2026, 4:27 PM

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai for "the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis." This Collection celebrates their achievement. #chemsky 🧪

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