Eric Lander’s resignation for bullying raises questions for the White House p.361

The US science adviser had to go. The White House should assess how it deals with wrongdoing and consider a deeper examination of its scientific advisory system.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00409-8

Researchers frustrated as Biden’s science adviser resigns amid scandal p.369

Geneticist Eric Lander had a reputation for being a bully, scientists say, as they call for more inspiring leadership.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00375-1

Nuclear-fusion reactor smashes energy record p.371

The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00391-1

South African scientists copy Moderna’s COVID vaccine p.372

Researchers at WHO technology-transfer hub complete first step in a project aimed at building capacity for vaccine manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00293-2

Omicron’s molecular structure could help explain its global takeover p.373

Multiple studies are revealing why the SARS-CoV-2 variant is so transmissible, but also seems to cause milder disease.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00292-3

Brexit one year on: patience ‘wearing thin’ among UK scientists p.374

Researchers brace for tense weeks ahead as Europe turns up the heat on research-programme negotiations.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00318-w

Major African radio telescope will help to image black holes p.375

US$25-million facility in Namibia will be Africa’s first millimetre-range radio telescope.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00205-4

Why the Tongan eruption will go down in the history of volcanology p.376

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00394-y

An ancient link between heart and head — as seen in the blobby, headless sea squirt p.380

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00413-y

Ear anatomy traces a family tree for bats p.387

How should the bat family tree be arranged? Analysis of bats’ inner ear anatomy supports a previously proposed arrangement that was based on DNA analysis. The findings also shed light on the evolution of echolocation.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00051-4

Identification of human and mosquito receptors for alphaviruses p.388

Alphaviruses are transmitted by mosquitoes to many species, and can be fatal to humans. The identification of virus receptors that are evolutionarily conserved between mosquitoes and humans might explain the wide range of viral hosts.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00052-3

The glowing dusty heart of a hidden quasar p.390

The torus of dust surrounding a quasar — a very luminous supermassive black hole that accretes matter from its surroundings — has now been captured with high-resolution infrared imaging.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00380-4

Atomic clouds stabilized to measure dilation of time p.391

Tests of relativity once required accurate clocks separated by thousands of kilometres. Optical techniques have now made such tests possible in an atomic cluster measuring no more than one millimetre in size.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00379-x

Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy p.393

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04138-2

Thermal imaging of dust hiding the black hole in NGC 1068 p.403

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04311-7

Nuclear spin-wave quantum register for a solid-state qubit p.408

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04293-6

Magnetic control of tokamak plasmas through deep reinforcement learning p.414

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04301-9

Resolving the gravitational redshift across a millimetre-scale atomic sample p.420

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04349-7

Differential clock comparisons with a multiplexed optical lattice clock p.425

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04344-y

Scaling of the strange-metal scattering in unconventional superconductors p.431

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04305-5

Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in high-strength Al alloys p.437

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04343-z

Warming weakens the night-time barrier to global fire p.442

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04325-1

Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation p.449

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04335-z

Genome-edited powdery mildew resistance in wheat without growth penalties p.455

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04395-9

Moving bar of light evokes vectorial spatial selectivity in the immobile rat hippocampus p.461

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04404-x

Sensory representation and detection mechanisms of gut osmolality change p.468

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04359-5

VLDLR and ApoER2 are receptors for multiple alphaviruses p.475

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04326-0

SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer p.481

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04353-x

Evolution of enhanced innate immune evasion by SARS-CoV-2 p.487

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04352-y

Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B cleaves GSDMA and triggers pyroptosis p.496

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04384-4

Decade-long leukaemia remissions with persistence of CD4+ CAR T cells p.503

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04390-6

Mapping clustered mutations in cancer reveals APOBEC3 mutagenesis of ecDNA p.510

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04398-6

Glioblastoma mutations alter EGFR dimer structure to prevent ligand bias p.518

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04393-3

A backbone-centred energy function of neural networks for protein design p.523

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04383-5

Mechanisms of inhibition and activation of extrasynaptic αβ GABAA receptors p.529

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04402-z