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01 Nature Communications Distinct inflammatory marker profiles of adolescents and young adults among the HIV risk, infection, and treatment spectrum Free
02 Nature Climate Change The impact of financing cost differences on global energy and industry decarbonization Free
03 Nature Genetics Genome-wide mapping of common and rare variant effects on adiposity across childhood Free
04 Nature Communications Topological memory of nonreciprocal scattering singularities Free
05 Nature Communications A cross-species atlas platform for comparative neuroscience in teleost fish Free
06 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Leveraging room-temperature plastic deformation for tailoring inorganic thermoelectrics Subscribers
07 Science Advances Compound food failure on a deteriorated mast system drives Japan’s bear conflict crisis Subscribers
08 PNAS Nexus Salient air pollution mobilizes bottom-up green engagement: Evidence from the world’s largest green mobile program Subscribers
09 The Astrophysical Journal The Unstable Chromosphere: Effects of the Thermal Farley-Buneman Instability Across a Broad Range of Solar Chromospheric Conditions Subscribers
10 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Rewriting the history of the invasive spiny water flea in North America Subscribers
11 Nature Physics Universal scaling laws for correlated decay of many-body quantum systems Subscribers
12 Science Advances Atomic-scale quantification of hydrogen in metal hydrides by electron ptychography Subscribers
13 Science Advances Staking out the frontiers: The limits of the metazoan shallow marine fossil record Subscribers
14 Science Mammals produce cyclo -octasulfur to suppress lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis Subscribers

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Nature Communications·25 September 2026

Huan Vinh Dong, Gielenny M. Salem et al.

Young people at each HIV stage show a different pattern of inflammation in their blood.

Blood tests show that young people have different inflammation patterns depending on their stage with HIV. Some patterns show up even before infection, in youth at high risk. Others appear right after diagnosis and slowly fade, but do not fully vanish, even after two years of treatment.

The number 262 participants, average age 21.9

The size and age of the group whose blood was tested for 49 inflammation markers.

262 young people, blood tests only, no proof of harm yet.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 26 September 2026. Huan Vinh Dong, Gielenny M. Salem et al., Distinct inflammatory marker profiles of adolescents and young adults among the HIV risk, infection, and treatment spectrum Read the source

Nature Climate Change·24 September 2026

Paul Waidelich, Constance Crassier et al.

Ignoring higher borrowing costs in poorer nations raises global climate costs by about 9%.

Big climate models used to plan carbon cuts often assume every country can borrow money for green projects just as cheaply. But poorer countries usually pay more to borrow. When a model adds these real borrowing costs, the total cost of fighting climate change through 2100 rises by about 9%. Cheaper climate fixes then shift toward richer, lower-risk countries instead of being spread more evenly.

The number 9%

The rise in projected global climate mitigation costs through 2100 when borrowing costs vary by country.

One model's projection, not real spending data from any country.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 6 October 2026. Paul Waidelich, Constance Crassier et al., The impact of financing cost differences on global energy and industry decarbonization Read the source

Nature Genetics·25 September 2026

Katherine A. Kentistou, Jonas Sundfjord et al.

Hundreds of gene locations affect childhood weight but not adult weight in the same way.

Childhood body weight has its own genetic roots that differ from adult weight. Scientists compared genes from over 600,000 children and adults. They found 624 gene spots linked to childhood weight. One in three of these spots had no matching effect on adult weight. Some genes act through brain hormone systems that control hunger, and certain brain cells seem to manage weight only during childhood.

The number 624 gene spots

The number of gene locations linked to childhood body weight in this genetic study.

Human genetic data only, no proof these genes cause weight gain.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 6 October 2026. Katherine A. Kentistou, Jonas Sundfjord et al., Genome-wide mapping of common and rare variant effects on adiposity across childhood Read the source

Nature Communications·25 September 2026

Haoye Qin, Zhe Zhang et al.

In lab tests, a microwave device stored memory using special scattering points tied to magnetic history.

A microwave device can remember its own magnetic history through the way it scatters signals. Special points, where signals behave in unusual and sensitive ways, act as anchors for this memory. The magnetic history bends the signal's path so it loops around these anchor points, making sharp, countable jumps. Making the system strongly one directional made these special points much easier to reach and created richer patterns of extra frequencies.

What it could change A microwave circuit stored a memory of its own magnetic history using special signal patterns.

Shows a lab device can hold sharp, countable memory states, not a usable memory chip.

Lab microwave hardware only, no consumer electronics tested yet.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 28 September 2026. Haoye Qin, Zhe Zhang et al., Topological memory of nonreciprocal scattering singularities Read the source

Nature Communications·25 September 2026

Sumit Kumar Vohra, Tinatini Tavhelidse-Suck et al.

In two fish species, matching brain scans reveals different brain areas control social behavior.

Two small fish, medaka and zebrafish, have brains built in different ways. Their genes also turn on in different patterns across brain regions. A new online tool lines up brain scans from both fish so scientists can compare them side by side. Using this tool, scientists found brain areas that react differently to social situations in each fish. This hints that social behavior evolved along separate paths in each species.

What it could change A shared online tool lets scientists directly compare brain scans from two fish species.

The tool aligns brain images, genes, and activity data across medaka and zebrafish.

Two fish species only, lab based, not tested in other animals.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 28 September 2026. Sumit Kumar Vohra, Tinatini Tavhelidse-Suck et al., A cross-species atlas platform for comparative neuroscience in teleost fish Read the source

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·25 September 2026

Tianyu Zhang, Yao Xu et al.