Japan after Abe: research needs a fresh start p.159

Departing Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s successor needs to embrace diversity, diplomacy and better regulation in science.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02540-w

Postdocs in crisis: science cannot risk losing the next generation p.160

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02541-9

India will supply coronavirus vaccines to the world — will its people benefit? p.167

The country will struggle to make and distribute enough doses to control its own massive outbreak, scientists say.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02507-x

Coronavirus reinfections: three questions scientists are asking p.168

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02506-y

US investigations of Chinese scientists expand focus to military ties p.170

Authorities in the United States increase scrutiny of Chinese researchers’ background, causing concern about unfair accusations.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02515-x

‘It’s mindboggling!’: astronomers detect most powerful black-hole collision yet p.171

Gravitational-wave detections suggest merging black holes fell into ‘forbidden’ range of masses.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02524-w

How Mauritius is cleaning up after major oil spill in biodiversity hotspot p.172

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02446-7

The coronavirus is mutating — does it matter? p.174

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02544-6

The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals p.178

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02545-5

Molecules in the blood of older people promote cancer spread p.187

A molecule produced by the metabolism of proteins and fats has been found to accumulate in the blood of older people, and to endow cancer cells with the ability to spread from one site in the body to others.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02381-7

All-in-one design integrates microfluidic cooling into electronic chips p.188

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02503-1

HIV enters deep sleep in people who naturally control the virus p.190

In a few people living with HIV, the virus remains under control without antiretroviral therapy. It emerges that, in these people, the viral DNA that is integrated into the host genome is in a deeply transcriptionally repressed state.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02438-7

The plant response to heat requires phase separation p.191

Temperature determines the geographical distribution of plants and their rate of growth and development, but how they sense high temperatures to mount a response was unclear. Now a process underlying this responsiveness is known.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02442-x

Illuminating the dark spaces of healthcare with ambient intelligence p.193

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2669-y

The Magellanic Corona as the key to the formation of the Magellanic Stream p.203

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2663-4

Experimental deterministic correction of qubit loss p.207

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2667-0

Co-designing electronics with microfluidics for more sustainable cooling p.211

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2666-1

Evidence for supercritical behaviour of high-pressure liquid hydrogen p.217

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2677-y

Rare-earth–platinum alloy nanoparticles in mesoporous zeolite for catalysis p.221

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2671-4

Satellite isoprene retrievals constrain emissions and atmospheric oxidation p.225

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2664-3

The lithospheric-to-lower-mantle carbon cycle recorded in superdeep diamonds p.234

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2676-z

Origin and elaboration of a major evolutionary transition in individuality p.239

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2653-6

Value-guided remapping of sensory cortex by lateral orbitofrontal cortex p.245

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2704-z

Structure of the C9orf72 ARF GAP complex that is haploinsufficient in ALS and FTD p.251

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2633-x

A prion-like domain in ELF3 functions as a thermosensor in Arabidopsis p.256

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2644-7

Distinct viral reservoirs in individuals with spontaneous control of HIV-1 p.261

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2651-8

Respiratory disease in rhesus macaques inoculated with SARS-CoV-2 p.268

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2324-7

Clinical benefit of remdesivir in rhesus macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2 p.273

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2423-5

Cancer SLC43A2 alters T cell methionine metabolism and histone methylation p.277

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2682-1

Age-induced accumulation of methylmalonic acid promotes tumour progression p.283

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2630-0

Mitochondrial ubiquinol oxidation is necessary for tumour growth p.288

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2475-6

The CDK inhibitor CR8 acts as a molecular glue degrader that depletes cyclin K p.293

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2374-x

Nucleolar RNA polymerase II drives ribosome biogenesis p.298

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2497-0

Shared structural mechanisms of general anaesthetics and benzodiazepines p.303

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2654-5