Diversity in science prizes: why is progress so slow? p.433

Many prize-givers still don’t publish details of nominations — a key step towards ensuring that awards are fair and unbiased.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01608-z

Research must do no harm: new guidance addresses all studies relating to people p.434

Springer Nature editors urge consideration of the potential harms of all research relating to human populations, not just that directly involving human participants.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01607-0

NASA’s Perseverance rover begins key search for life on Mars p.441

Rolling up an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, the rover starts crucial rock sampling.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01543-z

Gene therapy’s comeback: how scientists are trying to make it safer p.443

Unwanted immune responses threaten to derail some gene therapies. But researchers are seeking ways to combat harmful inflammation.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01518-0

Monkeypox vaccination begins — can the global outbreaks be contained? p.444

Some countries have begun to use smallpox vaccines to protect people exposed to the monkeypox virus. But researchers see challenges ahead.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01587-1

Why call it BA.2.12.1? A guide to the tangled Omicron family p.446

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01466-9

Indigenous knowledge reveals history of fire-prone California forest p.447

A collaboration between scientists and Native American tribes finds tree density in parts of the Klamath Mountains is at a record high, and at risk of serious wildfires.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01232-x

Why chemists can’t quit palladium p.448

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01612-3

How months-long COVID infections could seed dangerous new variants p.452

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01613-2

25 years of valuing ecosystems in decision-making p.465

The economic value that the world’s ecosystems provide was first estimated in 1997, eliciting a wide range of reactions. How have such valuations advanced since then, and what are today’s frontiers in using these values for decision-making?

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01480-x

Tiny isotopic difference tests standard model of particle physics p.467

A high-precision comparison of the magnetic moments of two isotopically different neon ions opens a path to the search for elusive particles that could explain the unexpectedly low observed mass of the Higgs boson.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01569-3

The first complete human genome p.468

Sequences of the human genome have typically included gaps in repetitive regions of DNA. A combination of state-of-the-art technologies has now enabled researchers to generate the first complete human genome sequence.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01368-w

Molecular soccer balls connected to make a 2D material p.470

Two-dimensional materials made of carbon have been limited to monolayers of atoms, such as graphene. Sheets composed of connected buckyballs — spherical clusters of atoms — have now been made by peeling layers from a crystal.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01568-4

Give physicians’ views to improve COVID vaccine uptake p.471

Informing people once about physicians’ views on COVID-19 vaccination improves vaccination rates by 4 percentage points after 9 months. This finding suggests that light-touch educative nudges can have lasting positive effects.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01305-x

Potato genomes pave the way to crop improvement p.472

High-quality genome sequences for 44 wild and cultivated potatoes will enable researchers to better study this essential crop’s evolution and develop varieties that can withstand heat and drought caused by climate change.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01419-2

A population of ultraviolet-dim protoclusters detected in absorption p.475

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04681-6

Measurement of the bound-electron g-factor difference in coupled ions p.479

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04807-w

Realizing the symmetry-protected Haldane phase in Fermi–Hubbard ladders p.484

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04688-z

Superconducting-qubit readout via low-backaction electro-optic transduction p.489

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04720-2

Evidence for unconventional superconductivity in twisted trilayer graphene p.494

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04715-z

An on-chip photonic deep neural network for image classification p.501

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04714-0

Synthesis of a monolayer fullerene network p.507

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04771-5

A solid-state electrolysis process for upcycling aluminium scrap p.511

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04748-4

Topography of mountain belts controlled by rheology and surface processes p.516

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04700-6

Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur p.522

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04770-6

Graph pangenome captures missing heritability and empowers tomato breeding p.527

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04808-9

Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated potatoes p.535

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04822-x

Communicating doctors’ consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations p.542

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04805-y

Olfactory sensory experience regulates gliomagenesis via neuronal IGF1 p.550

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04719-9

Divergent transcriptional regulation of astrocyte reactivity across disorders p.557

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04739-5

An oxygen-sensing mechanism for angiosperm adaptation to altitude p.565

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04740-y

Generation of specialized blood vessels via lymphatic transdifferentiation p.570

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04766-2

FcγR-mediated SARS-CoV-2 infection of monocytes activates inflammation p.576

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04702-4

Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology p.585

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04802-1

ADAR1 masks the cancer immunotherapeutic promise of ZBP1-driven necroptosis p.594

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04753-7

Mechanism of mitoribosomal small subunit biogenesis and preinitiation p.603

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04795-x