Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01287-9

Ni et al. present WIEN-INR, an implicit neural representation for scientific data compression. It operates in the multiscale wavelet domain to improve compression as well as preserve fine details and signal fidelity.

Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01261-5

Chen et al. demonstrate an AI X-ray scientist that autonomously aligns single crystals at a real synchrotron beamline, showing how large language models can enable adaptive closed-loop experimentation at large-scale scientific facilities.