Build a sustainable Belt and Road p.5

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01309-0

Spread of deadly pig virus in China hastens vaccine research p.13

The virus is not harmful to humans, but is taking a huge economic toll on the pork industry.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01269-5

First proven malaria vaccine rolled out in Africa — but doubts linger p.14

The RTS,S vaccine is up to 40% effective at preventing malaria in young children.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01342-z

Gravitational waves hint at detection of black hole eating star p.15

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01377-2

Biggest Denisovan fossil yet spills ancient human’s secrets p.16

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01395-0

Global 5G wireless networks threaten weather forecasts p.17

Next-generation mobile technology could interfere with crucial satellite-based Earth observations.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01305-4

How China is redrawing the map of world science p.20

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01124-7

Scientists in Pakistan and Sri Lanka bet their futures on China p.24

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01125-6

Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear p.44

Some bacteria use multiprotein complexes to inject proteins into host cells. Components of these complexes have been linked to a nanotube-mediated route from host cells to bacteria that might provide food for disease-causing microbes.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01320-5

The origin and spread of the Sino-Tibetan language family p.45

A robust computational approach with added finesse provides evidence to support the view that the Sino-Tibetan languages arose in northern China and began to split into branches about 5,900 years ago.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01214-6

A possible non-biological reaction framework for metabolic processes on early Earth p.47

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01322-3

A doubly magic nucleus that has two faces p.49

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01321-4

Sea animals are more vulnerable to warming than are land ones p.50

The impact of climate change on biodiversity is a pressing concern. A study now combines experimental data with careful modelling to compare the vulnerability to warming of animal species on land and in the ocean.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01193-8

⁷⁸Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation p.53

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1155-x

Twentieth-century hydroclimate changes consistent with human influence p.59

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1149-8

Self-organization and symmetry breaking in intestinal organoid development p.66

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1146-y

Fatty acid transport protein 2 reprograms neutrophils in cancer p.73

The lipid transporter FATP2 reprograms neutrophils to polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells by mediating the uptake of arachidonic acid and promoting the synthesis of prostaglandin E2.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1118-2

Transposon molecular domestication and the evolution of the RAG recombinase p.79

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1093-7

A nearby neutron-star merger explains the actinide abundances in the early Solar System p.85

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1113-7

Evidence of topological superconductivity in planar Josephson junctions p.89

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1068-8

Topological superconductivity in a phase-controlled Josephson junction p.93

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1148-9

High-temperature bulk metallic glasses developed by combinatorial methods p.99

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1145-z

Synthesis and breakdown of universal metabolic precursors promoted by iron p.104

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1151-1

Greater vulnerability to warming of marine versus terrestrial ectotherms p.108

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1132-4

Phylogenetic evidence for Sino-Tibetan origin in northern China in the Late Neolithic p.112

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1153-z

Oxytocin-dependent reopening of a social reward learning critical period with MDMA p.116

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1075-9

Single-cell transcriptomes of the regenerating intestine reveal a revival stem cell p.121

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1154-y

Compartmentalized gut lymph node drainage dictates adaptive immune responses p.126

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1125-3

Targeting LIF-mediated paracrine interaction for pancreatic cancer therapy and monitoring p.131

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1130-6

Mammalian ISWI and SWI/SNF selectively mediate binding of distinct transcription factors p.136

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1115-5

Serotonin transporter–ibogaine complexes illuminate mechanisms of inhibition and transport p.141

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1135-1