Download the Nature Podcast 18 February 2026

In this episode:

00:46 Data stored in glass

Nature: Microsoft Research Project Silica Team

Nature: Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia

08:09 Research Highlights

Nature: Parasitic wasps use tamed virus to castrate caterpillars

Nature: Flexible joints: robot morphs into a range of cyborg species

10:10 An mRNA vaccine for triple-negative breast cancer

Nature: Sahin et al.

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