| 01 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable MemBrain v2: an end-to-end tool for the analysis of membranes in cryo-electron tomographyE 88I 90N 72 | 78 | 88 | 90 | 72 | Early signal | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 02 | Neuroscience· Notable What one sees depends on how far the eye has movedE 86I 55N 90 | 77 | 86 | 55 | 90 | Early signal | Aug 30, 2026 |
| 03 | Climate & Environment· Notable Regional climate risk assessment from climate models using probabilistic machine learningE 85I 51N 85 | 76 | 85 | 51 | 85 | Early signal | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 04 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Cohesin prevents local mixing of condensed euchromatic domains in living human cellsE 91I 54N 82 | 74 | 91 | 54 | 82 | Early signal | Sep 1, 2026 |
| 05 | Other frontiers· Notable Continuous UV irradiation played an inconclusive role in selecting the canonical genetic alphabetE 89I 50N 74 | 72 | 89 | 50 | 74 | Early signal | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 06 | Neuroscience· Notable Lifespan single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human prefrontal cortexE 94I 45N 76 | 72 | 94 | 45 | 76 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 07 | Climate & Environment· Notable Agricultural liming is a carbon sink in the Mississippi River BasinE 92I 40N 79 | 72 | 92 | 40 | 79 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 08 | AI & Computing· Notable Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agentsE 94I 43N 76 | 72 | 94 | 43 | 76 | Early signal | Sep 16, 2026 |
| 09 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable A Virtual Cell Model That Predicts How Cells React to Being PerturbedArc Institute's State transformer forecasts gene-expression responses in cell types it never trained on. E 94I 70N 69 | 72 | 94 | 70 | 69 | Early signal | Aug 31, 2026 |
| 10 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable A transcription factor regulates development of a bacteria-housing eukaryotic cell through DNA damage mitigationE 92I 39N 78 | 71 | 92 | 39 | 78 | Early signal | Sep 24, 2026 |
| 11 | Materials & Energy· Notable Phototropic and skototropic growth in inorganic filmsE 92I 39N 76 | 70 | 92 | 39 | 76 | Early signal | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 12 | Neuroscience· Notable Single-cell atlas of transcriptomic vulnerability across brain disordersE 94I 48N 71 | 70 | 94 | 48 | 71 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 13 | Physics· Notable Gravitational torque drives multidecadal variations in length of dayE 89I 44N 74 | 70 | 89 | 44 | 74 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 14 | Neuroscience· Notable Single-nucleus transcriptome-wide association study of human brain disordersE 94I 45N 72 | 70 | 94 | 45 | 72 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 15 | Neuroscience· Notable System-level synchronization and subtype-specific modules govern brain-wide serotonin axon innervationE 89I 40N 76 | 70 | 89 | 40 | 76 | Early signal | Sep 22, 2026 |
| 16 | Physics· Notable Discovery of an intrinsic non-Hermitian phase transition in a bulk condensed-matter systemE 94I 44N 74 | 70 | 94 | 44 | 74 | Early signal | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 17 | Neuroscience· Notable Loss of cerebral autoregulation drives abnormal perfusion patterns after strokeE 89I 50N 69 | 69 | 89 | 50 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 18 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Phosphoproteomic dysregulation promotes tumor proliferation in Cushing’s diseaseE 89I 50N 68 | 69 | 89 | 50 | 68 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 19 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable The Mader model of muscle energy metabolism simulates key metabolic exercise phenomenaE 89I 55N 67 | 69 | 89 | 55 | 67 | Early signal | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 20 | Neuroscience· Notable Ultrafast venous and sagittal sinus constrictions in the brain driven by abdominal pressureE 94I 36N 74 | 69 | 94 | 36 | 74 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 21 | Neuroscience· Notable Single-nucleus atlas of cell-type specific genetic regulation in the human brainE 91I 45N 72 | 69 | 91 | 45 | 72 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 22 | Climate & Environment· Notable The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseasesE 89I 50N 69 | 69 | 89 | 50 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 23 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Structural diversification of phage tail fibers enables recognition of diverse type IV piliE 89I 49N 70 | 69 | 89 | 49 | 70 | Early signal | Sep 22, 2026 |
| 24 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Molecular-level observation of the self-assembly of a virus-like particleE 94I 43N 73 | 69 | 94 | 43 | 73 | Early signal | Sep 16, 2026 |
| 25 | Quantum· Notable Twisted Rényi negativity as a reliable proxy for mixed-state entanglement in fermionic systemsE 89I 48N 67 | 68 | 89 | 48 | 67 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 26 | Neuroscience· Notable Functional brain networks underlying approach–avoidance conflict processing in humans and ratsE 89I 51N 67 | 68 | 89 | 51 | 67 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 27 | AI & Computing· Notable Large-scale semidefinite programming with graphics processing unitsE 89I 51N 65 | 68 | 89 | 51 | 65 | Early signal | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 28 | Climate & Environment· Notable Uneven attention to climate tipping pointsE 89I 48N 68 | 68 | 89 | 48 | 68 | Early signal | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 29 | Physics· Notable Transient chaos in the self-organization of dissipative optical solitonsE 92I 41N 71 | 68 | 92 | 41 | 71 | Early signal | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 30 | Climate & Environment· Notable Rewriting the history of the invasive spiny water flea in North AmericaE 94I 40N 69 | 68 | 94 | 40 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 24, 2026 |
| 31 | Neuroscience· Notable The lipidomic architecture of the mouse brainE 89I 49N 69 | 68 | 89 | 49 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 32 | Space & Astronomy· Notable Meteoritic organic matter records primitive oxygen reservoirs of the solar systemE 92I 39N 73 | 68 | 92 | 39 | 73 | Early signal | Sep 21, 2026 |
| 33 | Physics· Notable Disorder-promoted stabilityE 91I 42N 72 | 68 | 91 | 42 | 72 | Early signal | Sep 17, 2026 |
| 34 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Developmental xenocortication using human-derived organoids in miceE 92I 46N 70 | 68 | 92 | 46 | 70 | Early signal | Sep 16, 2026 |
| 35 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable TM184C is a GPCR-like regulator of intercellular exchange and autophagyE 96I 43N 71 | 68 | 96 | 43 | 71 | Early signal | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 36 | Other frontiers· Notable Heel-strike mechanics reveal evolutionary trade-offs in hominin bipedalismE 94I 39N 75 | 68 | 94 | 39 | 75 | Early signal | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 37 | AI & Computing· Major Accelerating scientific discovery with Co-ScientistA multi-agent AI system on Gemini that generates and validates scientific hypotheses E 94I 87N 72 | 68 | 94 | 87 | 72 | Firming up | May 19, 2026 |
| 38 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Phylogeny-agnostic strain-level prediction of phage–host interactions from genomes using machine learningE 86I 50N 65 | 67 | 86 | 50 | 65 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 39 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Lsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in DrosophilaE 92I 43N 69 | 67 | 92 | 43 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 40 | Neuroscience· Notable Sexual dimorphism in the complete Drosophila male central nervous system connectomeThe first complete male fruit fly nervous system, brain and nerve cord, at synaptic resolution E 94I 51N 66 | 67 | 94 | 51 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 1, 2026 |
| 41 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Systematic mapping of bacteriophage gene essentiality with HIDEN-SEQE 86I 42N 70 | 66 | 86 | 42 | 70 | Early signal | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 42 | Neuroscience· Notable Dynamic attribute activation explains gaze biases in choiceE 87I 41N 69 | 66 | 87 | 41 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 43 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeographyE 94I 43N 66 | 66 | 94 | 43 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 44 | Other frontiers· Notable Bistability of compartmentalized autocatalytic systems at the dawn of hereditary variationE 92I 39N 69 | 66 | 92 | 39 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 21, 2026 |
| 45 | Neuroscience· Notable Intracranial recordings in humans reveal differential contributions of medial and lateral orbitofrontal cortex to approach–avoidance decision-makingE 91I 45N 66 | 66 | 91 | 45 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 15, 2026 |
| 46 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Formin-1 maintains cochlear microtubule architecture required for hearing in humans and miceE 96I 36N 69 | 66 | 96 | 36 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 47 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Cancer treatment alters mutant selection in normal esophagusE 89I 38N 71 | 66 | 89 | 38 | 71 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 48 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Phenomic profiles and disease patterns of 1.9 million participants from Our Future HealthE 91I 41N 69 | 66 | 91 | 41 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 49 | Other frontiers· Notable Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest ChinaE 94I 48N 64 | 66 | 94 | 48 | 64 | Early signal | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 50 | Climate & Environment· Notable Scale-dependent effects of species richness and asynchrony regulate the temporal stability of consumer-mediated nutrient dynamicsE 94I 37N 70 | 66 | 94 | 37 | 70 | Early signal | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 51 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable A complete diploid human genome benchmark for personalized genomicsA telomere-to-telomere HG002 benchmark covering the diploid genome's hardest regions E 96I 66N 62 | 66 | 96 | 66 | 62 | Early signal | Aug 1, 2026 |
| 52 | Space & Astronomy· Notable Growth of aromatic hydrocarbon dust particles in the extremely metal-poor galaxy Sextans AE 84I 50N 64 | 65 | 84 | 50 | 64 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 53 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Ecdysteroid signaling acts as a central switch underlying wing polyphenism in two hemipteran insectsE 92I 36N 68 | 65 | 92 | 36 | 68 | Early signal | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 54 | Quantum· Notable Aharonov–Bohm interference in a Z2 lattice gauge theory on a hybrid qubit–oscillator quantum computerE 88I 40N 66 | 65 | 88 | 40 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 55 | Physics· Notable Zinc isotopic evidence for an Archean initiation of deep carbon cyclingE 94I 37N 66 | 65 | 94 | 37 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 18, 2026 |
| 56 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Multicellular rosette formation guides epithelial tissue assembly in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cell organoidsE 94I 36N 68 | 65 | 94 | 36 | 68 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 57 | Climate & Environment· Notable Evolution of flowering phenology over 44 years of climate changeE 94I 35N 70 | 65 | 94 | 35 | 70 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 58 | Climate & Environment· Notable Seasonally asymmetric warming reshapes grassland stability across timescalesE 94I 36N 69 | 65 | 94 | 36 | 69 | Early signal | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 59 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Deconstruction of lysergic acid diethylamideE 97I 38N 66 | 65 | 97 | 38 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 60 | Biomedicine & Health· Major A Single Base-Editing Infusion Cuts LDL Cholesterol Up to 62%In vivo editing of the PCSK9 gene produced durable cholesterol reductions in an early-stage trial. E 97I 64N 73 | 65 | 97 | 64 | 73 | Firming up | May 25, 2026 |
| 61 | Physics· Notable Lu+ optical frequency references with accuracy verified at the 19th digitE 92I 40N 64 | 64 | 92 | 40 | 64 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 62 | Neuroscience· Notable Identifiability of Bayesian models of perceptionE 94I 39N 65 | 64 | 94 | 39 | 65 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 63 | Neuroscience· Notable Facial palsy reveals the sensorimotor contribution to facial-emotion recognitionE 94I 39N 66 | 64 | 94 | 39 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 64 | AI & Computing· Notable A clinically-oriented foundation model for intraoperative pathologyE 89I 39N 68 | 64 | 89 | 39 | 68 | Early signal | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 65 | Space & Astronomy· Notable Planetary shielding and surface precipitation of solar energetic particles during BepiColombo’s close Mercury flybyE 88I 37N 70 | 64 | 88 | 37 | 70 | Early signal | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 66 | Neuroscience· Major Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectomeFirst adult fruit fly connectome joining brain and ventral nerve cord E 97I 61N 69 | 64 | 97 | 61 | 69 | Firming up | Jun 8, 2026 |
| 67 | Materials & Energy· Notable Imaging the Meissner effect in lanthanum hydride using diamond quantum sensorsE 94I 36N 64 | 63 | 94 | 36 | 64 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 68 | Climate & Environment· Notable Compound and heterogeneous relationships between climate extremes and global net migrationE 88I 41N 66 | 63 | 88 | 41 | 66 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 69 | AI & Computing· Notable Explainable deep learning improves human mental models of self-driving carsE 94I 42N 64 | 63 | 94 | 42 | 64 | Early signal | Sep 2, 2026 |
| 70 | Quantum· Notable String-breaking dynamics in a quantum simulatorE 86I 40N 63 | 62 | 86 | 40 | 63 | Early signal | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 71 | Climate & Environment· Notable Divergence between physical and emotional heat resilience in Chinese citiesE 88I 36N 65 | 62 | 88 | 36 | 65 | Early signal | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 72 | AI & Computing· Notable Plausible nonsense and deliberative reasoning: Benchmarking LLMs against human judgmentE 94I 41N 61 | 62 | 94 | 41 | 61 | Early signal | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 73 | Climate & Environment· Notable Increasing risk of vapor pressure deficit exceeding critical thresholds for tree growthE 94I 35N 63 | 62 | 94 | 35 | 63 | Early signal | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 74 | Neuroscience· Notable A cortical output channel for perceptual categorizationOnly one deep-layer cortical output cell type gains categorical responses as mice learn to categorize sounds E 86I 51N 62 | 62 | 86 | 51 | 62 | Early signal | Aug 26, 2026 |
| 75 | AI & Computing· Notable Clinical usability of an explainable AI decision support tool and evaluation of multimodal models in NSCLCE 91I 42N 61 | 61 | 91 | 42 | 61 | Early signal | Sep 1, 2026 |
| 76 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Large-scale discovery, analysis and design of protein energy landscapesMass spec measures fluctuation energies for 5,778 protein domains in parallel E 96I 60N 65 | 60 | 96 | 60 | 65 | Firming up | May 13, 2026 |
| 77 | Climate & Environment· Notable Public support for novel carbon removal hinges on procedural and distributive fairnessE 86I 38N 57 | 59 | 86 | 38 | 57 | Early signal | Sep 24, 2026 |
| 78 | Materials & Energy· Notable Electronic and solvent reorganization in proton-coupled electron transfer captured by ultrafast X-raysUltrafast X-rays resolve the electron, proton, and solvent steps of proton-coupled electron transfer in water E 87I 27N 66 | 59 | 87 | 27 | 66 | Early signal | Aug 26, 2026 |
| 79 | Quantum· Notable Helios: a 98-qubit trapped-ion machine that stays accurate as it scalesQuantinuum reaches beyond-classical circuits without giving up the field's best gate fidelity. E 89I 59N 60 | 59 | 89 | 59 | 60 | Early signal | Jun 17, 2026 |
| 80 | Neuroscience· Notable Neuropixels Opto: combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogeneticsNeuropixels probe fusing 960 recording sites with on-shank optogenetic light emitters E 93I 53N 65 | 59 | 93 | 53 | 65 | Early signal | Jun 1, 2026 |
| 81 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West EurasiaAncient-DNA time series reveal hundreds of alleles under directional selection in humans E 96I 64N 65 | 59 | 96 | 64 | 65 | Firming up | Apr 15, 2026 |
| 82 | Physics· Notable Multiscale transitional flow in anisotropic nanoparticle suspensions revealed by time-resolved X-ray scatter microscopyE 85I 43N 53 | 58 | 85 | 43 | 53 | Early signal | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 83 | Physics· Notable 3D bulk-resolved g-wave altermagnetic order parameter in CrSbMagnetic quantum oscillations resolve the g-wave order parameter of the altermagnet CrSb in 3D E 94I 45N 53 | 58 | 94 | 45 | 53 | Early signal | Aug 26, 2026 |
| 84 | Materials & Energy· Notable Disentangling the effect of space and electric field on photoelectrochemical water splittingE 83I 28N 62 | 57 | 83 | 28 | 62 | Early signal | Sep 12, 2026 |
| 85 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Evo 2: a genome foundation model across all of lifeNine trillion base pairs of training, a megabase of context, single-nucleotide resolution. E 97I 86N 56 | 57 | 97 | 86 | 56 | Settled | Mar 4, 2026 |
| 86 | Materials & Energy· Notable Catalytic Asymmetric Spiroannulation to Access Polycyclic Spiro Enones via Transient Axial-to-Point Chirality Induction and TransferE 83I 35N 55 | 55 | 83 | 35 | 55 | Early signal | Sep 12, 2026 |
| 87 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Base-Edited Stem Cells Switch On Fetal Hemoglobin to Treat Sickle CellA precise single-letter edit reawakens protective fetal hemoglobin without cutting DNA. E 85I 65N 63 | 55 | 85 | 65 | 63 | Firming up | Apr 1, 2026 |
| 88 | Materials & Energy· Notable Coupled spin-coordination self-adaptation drives efficient nitrate to ammonia conversionE 85I 25N 57 | 54 | 85 | 25 | 57 | Early signal | Aug 29, 2026 |
| 89 | Neuroscience· Major Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s diseaseSingle-cell multiomic profiling maps hippocampal neurogenesis across ageing and Alzheimer's disease E 96I 67N 60 | 54 | 96 | 67 | 60 | Firming up | Feb 25, 2026 |
| 90 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBCAfter a personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccine, 11 of 14 TNBC patients stayed relapse-free for up to six years E 96I 68N 60 | 54 | 96 | 68 | 60 | Firming up | Feb 18, 2026 |
| 91 | Neuroscience· Notable An axon-intrinsic loop restricts nerve regeneration through axonal protein synthesisA REG3A-to-KHSRP axonal loop brakes peripheral nerve regeneration through localized mRNA translation E 89I 0N 66 | 53 | 89 | 0 | 66 | Early signal | Aug 26, 2026 |
| 92 | Biomedicine & Health· Major AlphaGenome Reads a Megabase of DNA at Single-Base ResolutionOne model predicts thousands of regulatory genomic tracks and tops specialist tools on variant effects. E 96I 90N 49 | 53 | 96 | 90 | 49 | Settled | Jan 28, 2026 |
| 93 | AI & Computing· Major Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks Meet ScienceA framework using Kolmogorov-Arnold networks to discover symbolic physical laws from data E 88I 94N 65 | 53 | 88 | 94 | 65 | Settled | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 94 | Materials & Energy· Major 4D printing of hierarchically porous carbon–supported high-entropy ceramic metamaterial for tunable microwave absorptionA 4D-printed metamaterial absorber that reshapes on heating to retune its radar-band absorption E 85I 68N 48 | 52 | 85 | 68 | 48 | Firming up | May 13, 2026 |
| 95 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Bimagrumab plus semaglutide alone or in combination for the treatment of obesity: a randomized phase 2 trialBimagrumab plus semaglutide produced greater weight loss than either drug alone in a phase 2 trial E 94I 78N 50 | 52 | 94 | 78 | 50 | Firming up | Mar 1, 2026 |
| 96 | Materials & Energy· Notable Operando electrochemiluminescence imaging of intermediate evolution and kinetics in electrocatalytic nitrate reductionE 83I 27N 51 | 51 | 83 | 27 | 51 | Early signal | Sep 5, 2026 |
| 97 | Climate & Environment· Major Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soilsPesticide residues rank as the second strongest driver of soil biodiversity across European soils E 92I 72N 54 | 51 | 92 | 72 | 54 | Firming up | Jan 28, 2026 |
| 98 | Biomedicine & Health· Major Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disordersFive genomic factors explain most shared genetic risk across 14 psychiatric disorders E 96I 77N 56 | 51 | 96 | 77 | 56 | Settled | Dec 10, 2025 |
| 99 | Biomedicine & Health· Major RFdiffusion2 Designs Enzymes Directly From Catalytic GeometryA generative model scaffolds enzyme active sites from functional-group positions alone, no residue order required. E 91I 75N 61 | 51 | 91 | 75 | 61 | Settled | Dec 3, 2025 |
| 100 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Nanoparticles hijack calvarial immune cells for CNS drug delivery and stroke therapyDrug-loaded nanoparticles hijack skull immune cells to bypass the blood-brain barrier for stroke therapy E 92I 67N 52 | 49 | 92 | 67 | 52 | Firming up | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 101 | Space & Astronomy· Notable JWST's 'Little Red Dots' Are Young Black Holes in Glowing CocoonsElectron-scattering line shapes cut estimated black-hole masses about a hundredfold. E 96I 74N 49 | 49 | 96 | 74 | 49 | Settled | Jan 14, 2026 |
| 102 | Neuroscience· Notable The glymphatic system clears amyloid beta and tau from brain to plasma in humansNormal sleep raises plasma amyloid beta and tau versus sleep deprivation in a randomized crossover trial E 89I 72N 48 | 48 | 89 | 72 | 48 | Firming up | Jan 27, 2026 |
| 103 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Designing Zinc Enzymes from Scratch That Rival Nature's Catalytic SpeedA generative model builds active metallohydrolases straight from chemistry, no lab tinkering required. E 94I 67N 55 | 48 | 94 | 67 | 55 | Firming up | Dec 3, 2025 |
| 104 | AI & Computing· Notable AlphaProof reaches silver-medal level at the Math OlympiadAn RL agent writes machine-checkable Lean proofs for competition mathematics. E 96I 69N 55 | 48 | 96 | 69 | 55 | Firming up | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 105 | AI & Computing· Notable A multimodal whole-slide foundation model for pathologyA multimodal whole-slide foundation model for pathology that works without fine-tuning E 94I 82N 49 | 48 | 94 | 82 | 49 | Settled | Nov 1, 2025 |
| 106 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonizationE 94I 73N 57 | 48 | 94 | 73 | 57 | Settled | Oct 2, 2025 |
| 107 | AI & Computing· Notable DeepSeek-R1: reasoning learned through pure reinforcement learningAn open model develops self-reflection and verification with no human reasoning examples. E 97I 99N 44 | 48 | 97 | 99 | 44 | Settled | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 108 | AI & Computing· Notable Delphi-2M: A Generative Transformer for Lifetime Disease RiskA GPT-style model forecasts more than 1,000 diseases decades ahead and generates synthetic health records. E 91I 82N 58 | 48 | 91 | 82 | 58 | Settled | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 109 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable BindCraft Designs Working Protein Binders on the First TryAn open pipeline turns AlphaFold2 into nanomolar binders without high-throughput screening. E 96I 87N 53 | 48 | 96 | 87 | 53 | Settled | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 110 | AI & Computing· Notable Data-driven de novo design of super-adhesive hydrogelsE 94I 78N 60 | 48 | 94 | 78 | 60 | Settled | Aug 6, 2025 |
| 111 | Climate & Environment· Notable Permafrost Thaw and Arctic Fires Shrink the Paris Carbon BudgetAdding two feedbacks that models usually ignore cuts the room left under 1.5 C by a quarter. E 88I 48N 58 | 47 | 88 | 48 | 58 | Firming up | Jan 24, 2026 |
| 112 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Mapping somatosensory afferent circuitry to bone identifies neurotrophic signals required for fracture healingA single-cell map of bone-innervating sensory neurons identifies FGF9 as a driver of fracture repair E 81I 69N 54 | 47 | 81 | 69 | 54 | Firming up | Jan 8, 2026 |
| 113 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable An Immune Map of a Pig Kidney in a Living PersonHigh-dimensional profiling reveals how a gene-edited pig organ is rejected, and how it holds. E 93I 66N 49 | 47 | 93 | 66 | 49 | Firming up | Jan 1, 2026 |
| 114 | AI & Computing· Notable AI-enabled virtual spatial proteomics from histopathology for interpretable biomarker discovery in lung cancerAn AI model generates spatial proteomics from H&E slides to improve lung cancer prognostic accuracy E 93I 71N 48 | 47 | 93 | 71 | 48 | Settled | Jan 1, 2026 |
| 115 | Space & Astronomy· Notable Bennu's Grains Carry the Building Blocks of LifeReturned asteroid samples hold nucleobases, amino acids, and a first hint of tryptophan. E 94I 62N 55 | 47 | 94 | 62 | 55 | Firming up | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 116 | Neuroscience· Notable A Light-Powered Retinal Chip Restores Reading Vision in Advanced Macular DegenerationA subretinal photovoltaic implant plus infrared glasses gave most trial patients back central sight in a disease with no prior treatment. E 97I 69N 54 | 47 | 97 | 69 | 54 | Settled | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 117 | Climate & Environment· Notable MethaneSAT Maps the World's Oil and Gas Methane Super-EmittersA dedicated satellite resolves individual leaking sites across the planet's biggest fossil-fuel basins. E 86I 50N 51 | 46 | 86 | 50 | 51 | Firming up | Feb 26, 2026 |
| 118 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable A skin-permeable polymer for non-invasive transdermal insulin deliveryE 94I 67N 50 | 46 | 94 | 67 | 50 | Firming up | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 119 | Physics· Notable GW250114: Testing Hawking’s Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black HolesGravitational-wave merger confirms horizon area grows and the remnant is Kerr E 96I 75N 54 | 46 | 96 | 75 | 54 | Settled | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 120 | Space & Astronomy· Notable JWST Confirms a Bright Galaxy 280 Million Years After the Big BangMoM-z14 at redshift 14.44 pushes the spectroscopic frontier of cosmic dawn. E 90I 70N 40 | 45 | 90 | 70 | 40 | Firming up | Jan 30, 2026 |
| 121 | Materials & Energy· Notable Limiting phosphonic acid interlayer–perovskite reactivity to stabilize perovskite solar modulesA strongly binding phosphonic acid interlayer gives perovskite cells a T90 of nearly 3000 hours at 85°C E 81I 72N 48 | 45 | 81 | 72 | 48 | Firming up | Jan 1, 2026 |
| 122 | Materials & Energy· Notable Homogenized chlorine distribution for >27% power conversion efficiency in perovskite solar cellsHomogenizing chlorine in perovskite films yields 27.2% certified solar-cell efficiency E 76I 86N 48 | 45 | 76 | 86 | 48 | Settled | Nov 6, 2025 |
| 123 | Neuroscience· Notable Reading Silent Inner Speech From the Motor Cortex, With a Privacy LockImagined sentences are decoded in real time, and a mental password stops the device from listening in. E 96I 73N 55 | 45 | 96 | 73 | 55 | Settled | Aug 1, 2025 |
| 124 | Climate & Environment· Notable Aurora: one foundation model for the whole Earth systemA single AI beats operational forecasts for weather, air quality, ocean waves, and cyclones at a fraction of the compute. E 94I 89N 53 | 45 | 94 | 89 | 53 | Settled | May 21, 2025 |
| 125 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable One CRISPR Dose Cuts a Cardiovascular Risk Gene by Nearly 90%An in vivo edit of the liver ANGPTL3 gene lowered triglycerides and LDL in a phase 1 trial. E 83I 76N 47 | 44 | 83 | 76 | 47 | Settled | Nov 8, 2025 |
| 126 | Quantum· Notable Google's Processor Sees Quantum Interference at the Edge of ChaosSecond-order out-of-time-order correlators stay sensitive where scrambling usually erases the dynamics. E 96I 71N 45 | 44 | 96 | 71 | 45 | Settled | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 127 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable An Oral GLP-1 Pill Delivers Injectable-Level Weight LossA once-daily small-molecule drug cut body weight by double digits in a large phase 3 obesity trial. E 83I 88N 46 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 46 | Settled | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 128 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable An AI-designed gene editor that works in human cellsA language model invented OpenCRISPR-1, a Cas9 hundreds of mutations from anything in nature. E 94I 78N 50 | 44 | 94 | 78 | 50 | Settled | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 129 | AI & Computing· Notable A Robot Performs a Full Surgical Step on Lifelike Tissue Without Human HelpA two-level, language-guided policy autonomously completes the clip-and-cut phase of gallbladder removal and corrects its own mistakes. E 88I 92N 49 | 44 | 88 | 92 | 49 | Settled | Jul 9, 2025 |
| 130 | Neuroscience· Notable A Cubic Millimeter of Brain, Mapped in Structure and FunctionMICrONS fused live neural activity with a full wiring diagram of mouse visual cortex. E 97I 89N 50 | 44 | 97 | 89 | 50 | Settled | Apr 9, 2025 |
| 131 | Physics· Notable EAST Tokamak Runs Stably Past the Greenwald Density LimitA Chinese fusion device holds plasma densities up to 65% above a barrier long thought to trigger disruption. E 89I 44N 50 | 43 | 89 | 44 | 50 | Firming up | Jan 1, 2026 |
| 132 | Neuroscience· Notable Deep-Brain Stimulation Finds a Signal That Predicts Who Beats DepressionAn intracranial biomarker forecasts response to BNST-NAc stimulation for treatment-refractory depression. E 89I 54N 51 | 43 | 89 | 54 | 51 | Firming up | Nov 18, 2025 |
| 133 | Materials & Energy· Notable Plasma-electrocatalytic synthesis of urea from air and CO2E 87I 74N 46 | 43 | 87 | 74 | 46 | Settled | Oct 3, 2025 |
| 134 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Custom-Designed Proteins That Read Specific DNA SequencesA computational method builds small proteins programmed to recognize chosen DNA targets and control nearby genes. E 93I 62N 53 | 43 | 93 | 62 | 53 | Settled | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 135 | Climate & Environment· Notable Secondary organic aerosol in urban China: A distinct chemical regime for air pollution studiesE 94I 70N 49 | 43 | 94 | 70 | 49 | Settled | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 136 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Nearly Complete Genomes From 65 People Resolve the Genome's Hardest RegionsHaplotype-resolved assemblies close most remaining gaps and fully sequence 1,246 centromeres. E 91I 76N 51 | 43 | 91 | 76 | 51 | Settled | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 137 | Neuroscience· Notable Centaur: a language model that predicts how people behaveOne fine-tuned model forecasts human choices across 160 psychology experiments. E 94I 84N 47 | 43 | 94 | 84 | 47 | Settled | Jul 2, 2025 |
| 138 | Materials & Energy· Notable Chemists Make Hexanitrogen, the First New Nitrogen Molecule Since N2A six-atom, all-nitrogen allotrope isolated and kept stable at cryogenic temperatures. E 96I 64N 57 | 43 | 96 | 64 | 57 | Settled | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 139 | Space & Astronomy· Notable The Milky Way and Andromeda May Never CollideFresh Gaia and Hubble data turn our Galaxy's long-assumed merger into a coin toss. E 90I 47N 70 | 43 | 90 | 47 | 70 | Firming up | Jun 2, 2025 |
| 140 | Physics· Notable DESI's Second Data Release Points to Dark Energy That Weakens Over TimeThree years of galaxy maps favor an evolving dark energy over Einstein's constant. E 88I 96N 45 | 43 | 88 | 96 | 45 | Settled | May 23, 2025 |
| 141 | Materials & Energy· Notable An Encapsulated Alloy Catalyst That Turns CO2 to CO for 2,000 HoursA cobalt-nickel core wrapped in doped ceria breaks the usual trade-off between how efficiently and how long a high-temperature CO2 catalyst runs. E 96I 77N 51 | 43 | 96 | 77 | 51 | Settled | May 14, 2025 |
| 142 | Materials & Energy· Notable Hierarchical chiral supramolecular assemblies with strong and invertible chiroptical propertiesE 94I 71N 47 | 42 | 94 | 71 | 47 | Settled | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 143 | Materials & Energy· Notable Pd single atoms guided proton transfer along an interfacial hydrogen bond network for efficient electrochemical hydrogenationE 87I 76N 46 | 42 | 87 | 76 | 46 | Settled | Aug 8, 2025 |
| 144 | Space & Astronomy· Notable JWST Directly Images Its First Exoplanet, a Saturn-Mass WorldThe lightest planet ever seen in direct imaging, caught sculpting a gap in a young star's debris disc. E 96I 66N 52 | 42 | 96 | 66 | 52 | Firming up | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 145 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable CAR-T Cells Made Inside the BodyA targeted nanoparticle reprograms T cells into cancer fighters, skipping the factory. E 85I 88N 48 | 42 | 85 | 88 | 48 | Settled | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 146 | Quantum· Notable A Chip-Scale Source of the Hardest-to-Make Photonic QubitsIntegrated photonics generates GKP states, a key ingredient for fault-tolerant light-based quantum computing. E 94I 76N 49 | 42 | 94 | 76 | 49 | Settled | Jun 4, 2025 |
| 147 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable A CRISPR Therapy Built for One BabyThe first personalized in vivo base-editing medicine, from diagnosis to dosing in about six months. E 97I 81N 45 | 42 | 97 | 81 | 45 | Settled | May 15, 2025 |
| 148 | AI & Computing· Notable AMIE Matches Physicians at Diagnostic ConversationA blinded trial pits a medical language model against 20 primary care doctors on text consultations. E 97I 86N 46 | 42 | 97 | 86 | 46 | Settled | Apr 9, 2025 |
| 149 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable A Personalized mRNA Vaccine Builds Years-Long Immunity Against Pancreatic CancerLong-term follow-up shows vaccine-induced T cells persist and track with delayed recurrence. E 99I 88N 48 | 42 | 99 | 88 | 48 | Settled | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 150 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Enzymes Designed From Scratch for Multistep ChemistryGenerative AI builds serine hydrolases with efficiencies approaching natural proteins. E 96I 79N 54 | 42 | 96 | 79 | 54 | Settled | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 151 | Materials & Energy· Notable Maximized atom utilization in a high-entropy metallene via single atom alloying for boosted nitrate electroreduction to ammoniaE 87I 69N 45 | 41 | 87 | 69 | 45 | Settled | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 152 | Climate & Environment· Notable The Southern Ocean Surface Is Getting Saltier, and the Sea Ice Is CollapsingSatellites reveal a reversal of a decades-long freshening trend that tracks the loss of Antarctic sea ice. E 96I 58N 52 | 41 | 96 | 58 | 52 | Settled | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 153 | Biomedicine & Health· Notable Manufactured Islet Cells Reverse Type 1 Diabetes in a First TrialA single infusion of stem-cell-derived islets restored insulin independence in most recipients. E 83I 79N 50 | 41 | 83 | 79 | 50 | Settled | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 154 | Physics· Notable KATRIN Nearly Halves the Direct Limit on the Neutrino's MassPrecision tritium spectroscopy pushes the electron-antineutrino mass below half an electronvolt. E 96I 83N 46 | 41 | 96 | 83 | 46 | Settled | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 155 | Neuroscience· Notable A Foundation Model of the Visual Brain That Transfers Across MiceOne pretrained model predicts cortical responses to stimuli it never saw, and even reads out cell types and wiring. E 91I 75N 51 | 41 | 91 | 75 | 51 | Settled | Apr 9, 2025 |
| 156 | Neuroscience· Notable A General Wiring Rule of the Cortex, Read From a Millimeter of Mouse BrainIn the MICrONS connectome, neurons that respond alike are preferentially wired together, and so are trained neural networks. E 96I 71N 50 | 41 | 96 | 71 | 50 | Settled | Apr 9, 2025 |
| 157 | Materials & Energy· Notable MatterGen Designs New, Stable Inorganic Materials to OrderA generative model proposes crystals meeting target properties, and one was synthesized and measured. E 96I 94N 46 | 41 | 96 | 94 | 46 | Settled | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 158 | AI & Computing· Notable TabPFN Beats Decades of Tabular Machine Learning in SecondsA foundation model for spreadsheets outperforms tuned gradient-boosted trees on small data. E 97I 98N 43 | 41 | 97 | 98 | 43 | Settled | Jan 8, 2025 |
| 159 | Space & Astronomy· Notable Fresh JWST Data Revives the K2-18 b Biosignature DebateA mid-infrared spectrum points again at dimethyl sulfide, but still short of proof. E 90I 71N 51 | 40 | 90 | 71 | 51 | Settled | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 160 | Quantum· Notable Microsoft Reads a Qubit's Parity in a Single Shot on a Topological DeviceAn interferometric parity measurement in InAs-Al nanowires, a building block a topological qubit would need. E 96I 81N 48 | 40 | 96 | 81 | 48 | Settled | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 161 | Space & Astronomy· Emerging Chemists Make Orthocarbonic Acid, a Molecule Long Thought ImpossibleA single carbon carrying four hydroxyl groups is synthesized in space-simulating ice for the first time. E 89I 47N 52 | 39 | 89 | 47 | 52 | Firming up | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 162 | Quantum· Emerging A Quantum Algorithm Run Across Two Linked ProcessorsOxford teleports a logic gate between trapped-ion modules and runs Grover's search across the link. E 96I 84N 42 | 39 | 96 | 84 | 42 | Settled | Feb 5, 2025 |
| 163 | Space & Astronomy· Emerging Bennu Samples Hold Amino Acids, All Five Nucleobases, and Abundant AmmoniaPristine asteroid material yields the most complete inventory of prebiotic molecules ever measured off Earth. E 93I 79N 48 | 39 | 93 | 79 | 48 | Settled | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 164 | Climate & Environment· Emerging A Cloud-Feedback Constraint That Points Climate Sensitivity HigherLinking tropical cloud change to ocean warming patterns halves the field's biggest uncertainty. E 88I 3N 56 | 38 | 88 | 3 | 56 | Firming up | Feb 2, 2026 |
| 165 | Climate & Environment· Emerging A Deep-Ocean Fingerprint Says the AMOC Is Already SlowingMid-depth warming in the equatorial Atlantic points to a circulation slowdown that began decades ago. E 88I 41N 47 | 38 | 88 | 41 | 47 | Firming up | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 166 | Quantum· Emerging Amazon's Bosonic Qubits Correct Errors With Far Less HardwareCat qubits suppress bit-flips in hardware so a small repetition code can handle the rest, below threshold. E 96I 77N 42 | 38 | 96 | 77 | 42 | Settled | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 167 | Quantum· Emerging Xanadu Networks 35 Photonic Chips Into One Quantum ComputerAurora entangles a cluster state across separate chips with 86.4 billion modes, over fiber, at room temperature. E 96I 83N 39 | 38 | 96 | 83 | 39 | Settled | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 168 | Neuroscience· Emerging Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brainThe first complete wiring diagram of an adult fruit fly brain E 97I 87N 41 | 38 | 97 | 87 | 41 | Settled | Oct 2, 2024 |
| 169 | Materials & Energy· Emerging Dialing In How Many Nitrogen Atoms a Carbon Ring AbsorbsA base-controlled reaction lets chemists insert either one or two nitrogen atoms into a five-membered carbon ring, choosing the product by swapping the base's cation. E 87I 51N 45 | 37 | 87 | 51 | 45 | Firming up | Jul 19, 2025 |
| 170 | AI & Computing· Emerging AlphaEvolve breaks a 56-year-old matrix-multiplication recordAn evolutionary coding agent finds new, provably correct algorithms and optimizes Google's own infrastructure. E 68I 50N 55 | 36 | 68 | 50 | 55 | Early signal | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 171 | Materials & Energy· Emerging Altermagnetic domains imaged and steered at the nanoscale in MnTeReal-space maps confirm magnetism's newly recognized third class and show it can be controlled. E 96I 78N 38 | 36 | 96 | 78 | 38 | Settled | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 172 | Quantum· Emerging A trapped-ion computer generates certified-random bits a classical machine cannot fakeQuantinuum's 56-qubit processor produces over 70,000 bits of entropy verified by exascale classical computing. E 96I 62N 38 | 35 | 96 | 62 | 38 | Settled | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 173 | Materials & Energy· Emerging A support-free iridium catalyst that cuts the scarcest metal in green-hydrogen cellsSelf-assembled iridium hydroxide keeps PEM electrolyzer performance high while slashing iridium loading. E 82I 58N 46 | 35 | 82 | 58 | 46 | Firming up | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 174 | Quantum· Emerging Zuchongzhi 3.0 Pushes the Quantum Advantage Bar Six Orders of Magnitude HigherA 105-qubit superconducting processor runs a sampling task no classical supercomputer could finish in the age of the universe. E 83I 78N 36 | 35 | 83 | 78 | 36 | Settled | Mar 3, 2025 |
| 175 | Climate & Environment· Emerging Why 2023 and 2024 Ran Hotter Than the Models ExpectedAn attribution study pins back-to-back record heat on El Nino stacked atop steady greenhouse warming. E 88I 58N 40 | 34 | 88 | 58 | 40 | Settled | Mar 22, 2025 |
| 176 | Climate & Environment· Emerging Betting on Climate 'Overshoot' Is Riskier Than Models ImplyReversing warming later could take hundreds of gigatonnes of carbon removal, and may not be reversible at all. E 96I 75N 37 | 34 | 96 | 75 | 37 | Settled | Oct 9, 2024 |
| 177 | AI & Computing· Emerging Gemini Robotics brings a foundation model into physical controlA vision-language-action model drives real robots through dexterous, open-vocabulary tasks. E 69I 37N 55 | 33 | 69 | 37 | 55 | Early signal | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 178 | Climate & Environment· Emerging Catching Enhanced Weathering Pull Down Carbon, in Real TimeIn-soil CO2 monitors directly measure carbon removal from basalt spread on a Virginia soybean field. E 86I 33N 38 | 31 | 86 | 33 | 38 | Firming up | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 179 | AI & Computing· Early An AI Diagnostic Orchestrator Solves Hard Cases at Four Times the Physician RateA panel-of-doctors language model reaches 85.5% accuracy on the toughest NEJM cases while cutting testing costs. E 69I 36N 40 | 29 | 69 | 36 | 40 | Firming up | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 180 | Space & Astronomy· Early GW231123: The Heaviest Black Hole Merger Ever RecordedTwo black holes inside the forbidden mass gap collide to make a 225-solar-mass remnant. E 68I 25N 37 | 27 | 68 | 25 | 37 | Early signal | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 181 | Physics· Early Fermilab's Final Muon g-2 MeasurementThe definitive value of the muon's magnetic anomaly, pinned to 127 parts per billion. E 68I 17N 43 | 27 | 68 | 17 | 43 | Early signal | Jun 3, 2025 |
| 182 | Neuroscience· Early Brain2Qwerty: Non-Invasive Brain-to-Text From TypingA deep-learning model reconstructs typed sentences from brain scans, no surgery required. E 68I 8N 45 | 25 | 68 | 8 | 45 | Early signal | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 183 | Space & Astronomy· Early 3I/ATLAS: The Third Interstellar Visitor, and the Most Active YetA comet on a wildly hyperbolic orbit passes through the inner solar system. E 68I 10N 35 | 24 | 68 | 10 | 35 | Early signal | Jul 7, 2025 |
| 184 | Space & Astronomy· Early JWST Confirms MoM-z14, a Galaxy Seen 280 Million Years After the Big BangThe most distant galaxy yet confirmed deepens the puzzle of early bright galaxies. E 69I 15N 36 | 24 | 69 | 15 | 36 | Firming up | May 16, 2025 |
| 185 | Space & Astronomy· Early Euclid's First Deep Look at the Dark UniverseThe mission's debut data release maps 30 million objects across 63 square degrees of sky. E 68I 6N 34 | 21 | 68 | 6 | 34 | Early signal | Mar 19, 2025 |