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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Vesuvius volcano turned this brain into glass
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Engineered brain parasite ferries useful proteins into neurons