South China Morning PostScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minWill China build an electric rocket launch pad on the roof of the world?With SpaceX completing the biggest public offering in history, Elon Musk’s reusable chemical rockets seem to be the only game in town for getting to space. But halfway around the globe, in a little-known Chinese town tucked against the…South China Morning Post
CNBCScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minWhy Asia still struggles to create its own mega-IPOs like SpaceXAsia has no shortage of entrepreneurs, engineers or giant domestic markets. Yet when it comes to producing the kind of blockbuster listings seen in the U.S., the region continues to lag.CNBC
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minIsomeric multi-hydrogen-bonding enables blue perovskite LEDsNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10723-0 Hydrogen-bonding networks engineered with isomeric molecules enable stable, saturated blue perovskite LEDs with record external quantum efficiencies up to 22.0%…Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minAerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planetNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10514-7 Transmission spectroscopy of the planet WD 1856 b, orbiting a white dwarf, with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the presence of hydrocarbons and aerosols in its…Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minNanodiamonds made from tiny graphene trianglesNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02001-w Nanodiamonds can host atom-sized light emitters for quantum sensing and imaging, but making nanodiamonds that are small, crystalline and uniform has been difficult. A…Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minFood web complexity underlies biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioningNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10710-5 Analyses of the relationship between taxon richness and multi-trophic ecosystem functioning across marine, lake, stream and soil ecosystems show that food web…Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minScientists should recognize their own political biases to build public trustNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01975-x Public trust in science can’t be sustained by the support of narrow constituencies at one end of an ideological spectrum.Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minTargeted enzyme discovery using metal-coordination miningNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10716-z A methodology for mining protein structure databases on the basis of the distinct intrinsic structures of metal-binding active sites in enzymes enables the discovery of…Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minHow FAIR data are helping to build trust in scienceNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01982-y The FAIR guidelines laid a solid foundation for ensuring data accessibility and reproducibility. A decade on, researchers are thinking beyond them.Nature
NatureScienceJul 1, 2026 · 1 minThe complex truth about trust in scienceNature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01974-y Confidence in science has not collapsed, but scientists have urgent problems to address.Nature
Straits TimesScienceJun 30, 2026 · 1 minNASA gives more lunar lander contracts to three US companiesNASA is also considering plans to send to the moon a test version of the agency’s Mars rovers.Straits Times
Straits TimesScienceJun 30, 2026 · 1 minNASA vows to send ball to the Moon if US wins World CupShould the ball actually embark on a lunar journey, it would be transported on a payload that includes scientific instruments.Straits Times