A pandemic is no time to cut the European Research Council’s funding p.323

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02620-x

Keep collaboration open when doors are closing p.324

As some countries begin to raise barriers to international collaboration, scientists in the S20 engagement group are right to keep them down.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02621-w

Scientists relieved as coronavirus vaccine trial restarts — but question lack of transparency p.331

UK trials of the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine have resumed after a brief pause, yet key details of the events involved have not been released.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02633-6

The underdog coronavirus vaccines that the world will need if front runners stumble p.332

As leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies fast-track COVID-19 vaccines through clinical trials, smaller developers face a battle to get their candidates noticed.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02583-z

US university workers fight a return to campus as COVID-19 cases grow p.334

Faculty members, graduate students and other campus staff file lawsuits and protest against unsafe conditions as institutions reopen.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02557-1

US political crackdown spurs fears of Chinese brain-drain p.335

An exodus of foreign-born scientists would be a great loss for US science, say research leaders.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02359-5

The Arctic is burning like never before — and that’s bad news for climate change p.336

Fires are releasing record levels of carbon dioxide, partly because they are burning ancient peatlands that have been a carbon sink.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02568-y

The lasting misery of coronavirus long-haulers p.339

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02598-6

How COVID-19 can damage the brain p.342

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02599-5

Light-activated neurons deep in the brain control body heat p.351

A light-sensitive receptor protein expressed in neurons deep in the mouse brain has been shown to be stimulated by violet light, and to activate a pathway that reduces heat production in brown fat.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02481-4

Developing cells remember where they came from, thanks to keratin filaments p.352

Filaments of keratin — stable protein polymers best known for their function in hair and nails — provide a memory of cell polarity at a crucial stage in early mouse development.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02443-w

Planet discovered transiting a dead star p.354

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02555-3

How cancer invasion takes shape p.355

Skin cancers resulting from distinct mutations have characteristic tissue forms and different disease outcomes. Analysing the architecture of benign and aggressive tumours reveals how mechanical forces drive these patterns.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02490-3

Array programming with NumPy p.357

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2

A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf p.363

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2713-y

The superconducting quasicharge qubit p.368

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2687-9

A submicrometre silicon-on-insulator resonator for ultrasound detection p.372

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2685-y

Plasmonic enhancement of stability and brightness in organic light-emitting devices p.379

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2684-z

Reverse and forward engineering of Drosophila corneal nanocoatings p.383

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2707-9

Population genomics of the Viking world p.390

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2688-8

Suppression of proteolipid protein rescues Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease p.397

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2494-3

Keratins are asymmetrically inherited fate determinants in the mammalian embryo p.404

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2647-4

Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China p.410

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2293-x

Envelope protein ubiquitination drives entry and pathogenesis of Zika virus p.414

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2457-8

Violet-light suppression of thermogenesis by opsin 5 hypothalamic neurons p.420

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2683-0

Adaptable haemodynamic endothelial cells for organogenesis and tumorigenesis p.426

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2712-z

Mechanics of a multilayer epithelium instruct tumour architecture and function p.433

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2695-9

TRIM37 controls cancer-specific vulnerability to PLK4 inhibition p.440

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2710-1

Targeting TRIM37-driven centrosome dysfunction in 17q23-amplified breast cancer p.447

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2690-1

Epigenetic gene silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal resistance p.453

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2706-x

Identification of the human DPR core promoter element using machine learning p.459

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2689-7

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy p.464

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2317-6