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Electrons in a twisted stack of atomically thin semiconductors form exotic fractional states without any applied magnetic field.
Lumen · published online 22 October 2026
Autonomous floats show that heat rising from the deep ocean, not just warmer air, is behind the abrupt decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016.
Lumen · published online 14 October 2026
Before rats take a new path through a maze, sequences of neural activity during rest rehearse it at twenty times real speed.
Lumen · published online 10 October 2026
Spin defects hosted in a two-dimensional magnet stay quantum-coherent for more than a millisecond under ambient conditions, pointing to thin, integrable quantum sensors.
Lumen 3, 1–9 (2026)
A panel of 12 blood proteins identifies pancreatic tumours at stages when surgery can still cure, in a study of more than 3,000 people.
Lumen 3, 12–20 (2026)
Systems made of self-propelled units—from cells to robots—obey shared physical principles that are only now coming into focus.
Lumen 3, 21–30 (2026)
During extreme heat, bees and flowers switch partners within days—keeping pollination going, but at a cost to specialist plants.
Lumen 3, 43–52 (2026)
Variation in a single bacterial gene helps explain why the same dose of a heart medication works in some patients but not others.
Lumen 3, 34–42 (2026)
Synthetic molecular machines that walk along a track can build polymers with a pre-programmed sequence of building blocks, like a miniature ribosome.
Lumen 3, 55–65 (2026)
Cell therapies have transformed blood cancers but struggle against solid tumours. Engineering the cells—and the environment they enter—could change that.
Lumen 3, 67–78 (2026)
Infrared spectra of a planet orbiting in its star's habitable zone show water vapour and hint at a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
Lumen 3, 79–86 (2026)
Memory T cells that settle in the lungs after infection organize local immune 'hubs' that speed the response to new viral variants.
Lumen 3, 87–92 (2026)
As fine-particle pollution fell over a decade, hospital admissions for childhood asthma declined fastest where the air improved most.
Lumen 3, 98–105 (2026)
3D-printed lattices that shrink when heated could keep precision instruments stable in harsh thermal environments.
Lumen 3, 106–116 (2026)
A comparative map of enhancers in 18 vertebrate species reveals a core set of regulatory switches conserved for more than 400 million years.
Lumen 3, 119–128 (2026)
Soils hold more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, yet we lack the means to measure how that store is changing. It is time to build them.
Lumen 3, 129–138 (2026)
Star-shaped glial cells keep a running tally of time awake and signal to neurons when it is time to sleep.
Lumen 3, 142–152 (2026)
A bimetallic catalyst turns a common water pollutant into ammonia with high selectivity, offering a low-carbon alternative to the Haber–Bosch process.
Lumen 3, 153–162 (2026)
Swirling ocean eddies tens of kilometres across carry organic carbon into the deep sea at rates comparable to sinking particles.
Lumen 3, 164–171 (2026)
An analysis of 9 million papers shows that progress towards equitable authorship has stalled in many fields.
Lumen 3, 172–183 (2025)
