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Our October Special Issue on Neurotechnology is now online! It's loaded with great Q&As from leaders in the field, Perspectives, a Comment on ethics, and lots of cool primary papers of course!

Check out the @NaturePortfolio Collection for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for discoveries leading to optogenetics”. Lots of great work from the winners and others in the field!

Congratualations to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for winning the Nobel Prize for optogenetics!

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

At Nature Neuroscience, we're very proud to have published this seminal paper from Deisseroth and colleagues, along with many of the discoveries that these tools made possible

Coverage of our recent paper on two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors

Last chance to register for Reframing Precision Medicine: Innovation to Implementation, a flagship Nature Conference in London from 13–15 Oct 2026. Learn more at

Our September issue is now live!

Exciting conference in London 13–15 Oct 2026: Reframing Precision Medicine: Innovation to Implementation We’ll explore how multi omics, AI & big data can move personalised care from promise to practice. Learn more at

Our August issue is online now!

🎉We're excited to welcome Qingzhong Ren to our editorial team! Qingzhong is based in our Shanghai office and is handling papers related to neurodegeneration, aging, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

RT @sharilwiseman: If you're at #FENS2026 and want to chat about @NatureNeuro, I'll be at the @SpringerNature booth (#62) today, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10-12. Come say hi!

Our July issue is online now!

Our Chief Editor, Shari Wiseman @sharilwiseman, will be at the @FENSorg meeting in Barcelona next week! Get in touch with her if you'd like to chat about your work! #FENS2026

This conference will explore the intersection of human cognition, mental health and artificial intelligence, bringing together researchers from diverse fields, including psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, cultural evolution, and beyond.

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Check out our May issue!

📢 We’re excited for the launch of npj Pain — a new open‑access @NaturePortfolio journal 📄 Broad scope spanning basic to clinical research, ethics & policy 🌍 Led & edited by a global team of researchers 📬 Submit at: #PainResearch

Our April issue is now live!

Nature Progress Brain Health, a new open-access journal publishing impactful research in brain health, spanning translational neuroscience, neurology and neuropsychiatry, is now live!

Exciting opportunity to help launch Nature Progress Brain Health! Must be able to work from our Shanghai, Beijing, or Pune offices.