End chronic kidney disease neglect p.173

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00691-4

DARPA ‘lookalikes’ must ground their dreams in reality p.173

Some countries want to replicate the ‘high-risk, high-reward’ US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. But freedom comes with responsibility.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00690-5

A lack of locust preparedness will cost lives p.174

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00692-3

The race to unravel the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the United States p.181

As cases in Washington state soar, virologists are working around the clock to diagnose cases, reveal routes of transmission and test treatments.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00676-3

Labs rush to study coronavirus in transgenic animals — some are in short supply p.183

Mice originally bred for SARS research are in high demand.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00698-x

Why does the coronavirus spread so easily between people? p.183

Researchers have identified microscopic features that could make the pathogen more infectious than the SARS virus — and serve as drug targets.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00660-x

Climate lawsuits are breaking new legal ground to protect the planet p.184

Despite recent defeats, activists are optimistic that courts will provide relief from climate change.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00175-5

CRISPR treatment inserted directly into the body for first time p.185

Experiment tests a gene-editing therapy for a hereditary blindness disorder.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00655-8

How artificial kidneys and miniaturized dialysis could save millions of lives p.186

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00671-8

Ancient rock bears isotopic fingerprints of Earth’s origins p.195

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00605-4

Tweaking the DNA of myeloid cells curbs cancer spread p.196

Blood cells called myeloid cells can facilitate metastasis — the spread of a tumour to distant organs. Taming these cells with drugs that alter the chemical structure of their DNA limits metastasis in mice.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00481-y

DNA-repair enzyme turns to translation p.198

A key DNA-repair enzyme has a surprising role during the early steps in the assembly of ribosomes — the molecular machines that translate the genetic code into protein.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00424-7

Tiny bird fossil might be the world’s smallest dinosaur p.199

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00576-6

An all-electrical magnetic logic gate that harnesses chirality between domains p.201

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00635-y

Research on the cerebellum yields rewards p.202

A brain structure called the cerebellum has mostly been associated with learning from errors. The discovery that the cerebellum is also involved in reward-driven learning in monkeys implies a previously unappreciated role in cognition.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00636-x

Coherent electrical control of a single high-spin nucleus in silicon p.205

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2057-7

Observation of the Kondo screening cloud p.210

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2058-6

Current-driven magnetic domain-wall logic p.214

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2061-y

Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on Cu (111) p.219

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2009-2

In situ NMR metrology reveals reaction mechanisms in redox flow batteries p.224

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2081-7

Limits on gas impermeability of graphene p.229

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2070-x

Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018 p.233

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1855-2

Ruthenium isotope vestige of Earth's pre-late-veneer mantle preserved in Archaean rocks p.240

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2069-3

Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Myanmar p.245

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2068-4

Recycling and metabolic flexibility dictate life in the lower oceanic crust p.250

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2075-5

Recurrent interactions in local cortical circuits p.256

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2062-x

Decoy exosomes provide protection against bacterial toxins p.260

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2066-6

A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China p.265

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2008-3

A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin p.270

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2012-7

Peripheral T cell expansion predicts tumour infiltration and clinical response p.274

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2056-8

Glucagon stimulates gluconeogenesis by INSP3R1-mediated hepatic lipolysis p.279

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2074-6

Epigenetic therapy inhibits metastases by disrupting premetastatic niches p.284

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2054-x

DNA-PKcs has KU-dependent function in rRNA processing and haematopoiesis p.291

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2041-2

Structure of the M2 muscarinic receptor–β-arrestin complex in a lipid nanodisc p.297

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-1954-0

Structure of the neurotensin receptor 1 in complex with β-arrestin 1 p.303

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-1953-1