Volume 588 Issue 7837

Editorials

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The global race to produce COVID vaccines is a chance for regulators and drug companies to create a more harmonized approvals process.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03458-z

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The European Commission is set to insist on steps that will make research design more inclusive.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03459-y

News

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Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03348-4

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03441-8

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Although he faces a split Congress, the US president-elect has levers he can pull in the government to advance clean energy and curb global warming.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03250-z

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Ten researchers with expertise in virology, public health and animals will seek to answer this key question.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03402-1

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‘Reprogramming’ approach seems to make old cells young again.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03403-0

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03336-8

News Features

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03461-4

News & Views

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The fossil record traces the origin of the modern bird skull as birds evolved from their dinosaurian ancestors. Now the discovery of a bizarre fossil reveals a surprising diversion during this process of facial transformation.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03260-x

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The nuclear forces that act on short-lived subatomic particles have been hard to study. This problem has now been solved by smashing high-energy protons together and measuring the momenta of the unstable particles produced.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03393-z

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The discovery that the receptor protein LDLRAD3 is essential for infection of human cells by Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus could inform strategies to combat this potentially lethal infection.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03192-6

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Computational models show that regionally varied prices for carbon emissions can greatly reduce the need for poor countries to receive financial assistance to tackle climate change, while still stabilizing global warming.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03392-0

Articles

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An integrated assessment model analysis shows that a moderately differentiated carbon price could achieve as much climate mitigation as a uniform carbon tax, avoiding concerns regarding equity between participating countries or sovereignty.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2982-5

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Antibody selection and maturation within B cells found in gut-associated germinal centres is stimulated by the gut microbiota, to a degree that depends on the presence and composition of the microbes.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2865-9