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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
Proteins designed from scratch by generative models digest common packaging plastic far faster than natural enzymes.
Lumen · published online 18 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)
Spin defects in a layered magnet stay coherent at room temperature, a step towards quantum sensors that can be built into chips.
Lumen 3, 10–11 (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)
More than half of the world's reef area has experienced bleaching-level heat stress since last year, monitoring agencies report.
Lumen 3, 31–32 (2026)
The system that underpins scientific quality relies on unpaid, invisible labour. Here is how to recognize it.
Lumen 3, 33 (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)
Plant–pollinator networks can reorganize within days of a heatwave, but specialist plants pay the price.
Lumen 3, 53–54 (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)
After a decade of planning, partners commit funds for a 30-metre-class telescope in the high desert.
Lumen 3, 66 (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)
From this issue, every peer-reviewed article in this journal is free to read and reuse.
Lumen 3, 93–95 (2026)
Accepting your first faculty job is a once-in-a-career chance to secure the resources you need. Don't waste it.
Lumen 3, 96–97 (2026)
