Editorials
Accurate and timely information on the flow of people is crucial for policymaking and apolitical interpretations.
doi: 10.1038/543005b
The Clean Water Rule is under threat — but it is grounded in science and should be strengthened, not repeal.
doi: 10.1038/543005a
After 40 years, 2000 AD deserves to be known for more than Judge Dredd.
doi: 10.1038/543006a
News
Authorities and researchers ramp up their efforts to tackle the invasive fall armyworm.
doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21527
3D reconstructions show a 'crown of thorns' shape stemming from a region linked to consciousness.
doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21539
World Health Organization publishes list that it hopes will focus development of antibiotics.
doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21550
Signals have progressed from astronomical peculiarity to mainstream research area.
doi: 10.1038/543016a
Lawsuits in India and Argentina seek to reduce drug costs by allowing generic versions of antiviral treatments.
doi: 10.1038/543017a
An international group offers guidance to help reduce pain and suffering in animals destined for culling.
doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21536
News Features
A special issue explores the intersection of science and migration.
doi: 10.1038/543021a
The biggest concentrations of displaced people lie far from the spotlight.
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Displaced researchers face huge challenges making lives abroad, even if they find work.
doi: 10.1038/543024a
News & Views
A remarkable composite material has been made that mimics the structure of tooth enamel. This achievement opens up the exploration of new composite materials and of computational methods that reliably predict their properties. See Letter p.95
doi: 10.1038/543042a
Many organ surfaces are covered by a protective epithelial-cell layer. It emerges that such layers are maintained by cell stretching that triggers cell division mediated by the force-sensitive ion-channel protein Piezo1. See Letter p.118
doi: 10.1038/nature21502
Rocks are subjected to increased pressure as they are buried during subduction. Contrary to general belief, a study suggests that peak pressures recorded in subducted rocks might not reflect their maximum burial depths.
doi: 10.1038/543044a
Ageing is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease caused by the rupture of inflamed cholesterol plaques in arteries. It emerges that this might be partly due to genetic mutations that cause cancerous changes in white blood cells.
doi: 10.1038/nature21505
A supersolid is a paradoxical and elusive state of matter that has been sought for more than 60 years. Two experiments have now observed its characteristic signatures in ultracold quantum matter. See Letters p.87 & p.91
doi: 10.1038/543047a
Immune cells known as T cells can destroy tumour cells, but their clinical use requires complex preparation and the cells can lose effectiveness over time. A new approach might improve the efficiency of T-cell therapy. See Letter p.113
doi: 10.1038/nature21506
The biosynthesis of a coenzyme in the microbial production of methane has been determined — completing the biosynthetic pathways for the family of compounds that includes chlorophyll, haem and vitamin B12. See Article p.78
doi: 10.1038/nature21507
Review
doi: 10.1038/nature21058
Articles
Perhaps the earliest known signs of life have been found in Quebec, where features such as haematite tubes suggest that filamentous microbes lived around hydrothermal vents at least 3,770 million years ago.
doi: 10.1038/nature21377
The genomes of 102 primary pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours have been sequenced, revealing mutations in genes with functions such as chromatin remodelling, DNA damage repair, mTOR activation and telomere maintenance, and a greater-than-expected contribution from germ line mutations.
doi: 10.1038/nature21063
Intragenic DNA methylation, dependent on Dnmt3b, protects the gene body from spurious entry of RNA Polymerase II and aberrant transcription initiation events.
doi: 10.1038/nature21373
The enzymes and pathway involved in the biosynthesis of coenzyme F430 are identified, completing our understanding of how members of the cyclic modified tetrapyrrole family are constructed.
doi: 10.1038/nature21427
Letters
X-ray detection of an ultrafast outflow of gas is strongly linked with energy emission from the inner accretion disk of a black hole, suggesting that X-rays ionize the outflowing disk wind.
doi: 10.1038/nature21385
A supersolid with continuous translational symmetry breaking along one direction is realized by symmetrically coupling a Bose–Einstein condensate to the modes of two optical cavities.
doi: 10.1038/nature21067
Spin–orbit coupling in Bose–Einstein condensates creates a density modulation, which is a stripe phase with supersolid properties.
doi: 10.1038/nature21431
Nanometre-scale columnar structures in tooth enamel inspire novel nanocomposites containing layers of vertically aligned nanowires, produced by layer-by-layer fabrication and combining high values of both storage modulus and energy dissipation.
doi: 10.1038/nature21410
Melting experiments with liquid Fe–Si–O alloy at the pressure of the Earth’s core reveal that the crystallization of silicon dioxide leads to core convection and a dynamo.
doi: 10.1038/nature21367
Neurons that project from the prefrontal cortex to either the nucleus accumbens or paraventricular thalamus receive different inputs, differentially encode reward-predictive cues, and have opposing effects on reward seeking during cue presentation.
doi: 10.1038/nature21376
Complement-activating glycosylceramide-specific autoantibodies drive a self-propagating cycle of glycosylceramide accumulation and inflammation in Gaucher disease.
doi: 10.1038/nature21368
Introducing chimeric antigen receptors into the endogenous T-cell receptor locus reduces tonic signalling, averts accelerated T-cell differentiation and delays T-cell exhaustion, leading to enhanced function and anti-tumour efficacy compared to random integrations.
doi: 10.1038/nature21405
The stretch-activated channel Piezo1 controls homeostatic epithelial cell numbers by activating cells to divide rapidly when under stretch strain from low density, and by activating cells to extrude and die when cells are under crowding strain.
doi: 10.1038/nature21407
Circular extrachromosomal DNA is found in nearly half of human cancers of a wide variety of histologic types, increasing the copy number of driver oncogenes and intratumoral heterogeneity more effectively than chromosomal amplification and contributing to tumor evolution.
doi: 10.1038/nature21356
Uniparental disomy in fission yeast is triggered by aberrant expression of gametogenic genes in vegetative cells, and is associated with the activation of meiotic cohesin Rec8 in cells with defects in the RNA interference machinery.
doi: 10.1038/nature21372
A new approach, time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography, is used to view the intermediate states of a photosystem complex following illumination, shedding light on proton transfer and O=O bond formation.
doi: 10.1038/nature21400