A review of 2020 through Nature’s editorials p.537
From the COVID pandemic to a momentous US election, Nature’s editorials provide a lens through which to view an extraordinary year.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03560-2
From the COVID pandemic to a momentous US election, Nature’s editorials provide a lens through which to view an extraordinary year.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03560-2
Ten profiles illustrate an unforgettable year that propelled research teams to the front of the world’s stage.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03551-3
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03552-2
Scientists reveal further details about the damage sustained under Trump — and the challenges for Biden in restoring science’s standing at the agency.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03585-7
Sweeping calculation suggests it could be — but how to fix the problem is unclear.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03419-6
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain say the vaccine is 86% effective, but scientists would like to see data to support the claim.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03563-z
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03545-1
The coronavirus pandemic shaped the year in research — from vaccines and treatments to campus shutdowns and virtual meetings.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03437-4
A flood of coronavirus research swept websites and journals this year. It changed how and what scientists study, a Nature analysis shows.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03564-y
Mars missions, record-breaking wildfires and a room-temperature superconductor are among this year’s top non-COVID stories.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03438-3
A new virus, wafer-thin solar cells, gene-edited squid and more.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03436-5
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03435-6
Populations of river fish are threatened by pressures on land and water resources. Networks of reserves managed by Indigenous people at community level offer a way to conserve fish diversity and enhance yields of nearby fisheries.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03316-y
Microscopy methods that reveal the spatial patterns of individual types of microbe are limited by the number of different species that can be monitored together. A new technique now provides progress on this front.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03315-z
Wetlands remove nitrate pollution from water effectively. An analysis shows that this effect is constrained in the United States by the distribution of wetlands, and could be increased by targeting wetland restoration to nitrate sources.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03515-7
A 3D-printing technique has been developed that can produce millimetre- to centimetre-scale objects with micrometre-scale features. It relies on chemical reactions triggered by the intersection of two light beams.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03543-3
Highlights from News & Views published this year.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03514-8
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3038-6
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03051-4
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3028-8
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3030-1
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3029-7
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03042-5
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2944-y
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3003-4
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2899-z
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2894-4
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2988-z
NAD+ is shown to be a ligand of the armadillo/heat repeat motifs (ARM) domain of SARM1, and it is suggested that this binding of NAD+ mediates self-inhibition of SARM1.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2862-z
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3034-x
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3014-1
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2983-4
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2852-1
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2996-z
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2911-7
A rapid labelling and immunopurification-based method is used to isolate melanosomes and profile their labile metabolites, revealing that MFSD12 has a key role in cysteine import into melanosomes and lysosomes.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2937-x
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2998-x
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03048-z