China’s researchers have valuable experiences that the world needs to hear about p.481

As China prepares to take on a crucial role in the governance of global biodiversity, its researchers must be at the table.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02697-4

Online learning cannot just be for those who can afford its technology p.482

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02709-3

Israel–Arab peace accord fuels hope for surge in scientific collaboration p.489

Space, water, food security and archaeology present opportunities for joint research as United Arab Emirates and Bahrain end boycott of Israel.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02688-5

Stillbirth rate rises dramatically during pandemic p.490

Researchers stress need for antenatal care, as emerging data link disrupted pregnancy services to increase in stillbirths.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02618-5

Who gets a COVID vaccine first? Access plans are taking shape p.492

Advisory groups around the world release guidance to prioritize health-care workers and those in front-line jobs.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02684-9

Researchers highlight ‘questionable’ data in Russian coronavirus vaccine trial results p.493

Open letter flags results that appear to be duplicated and calls for access to the underlying data on the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for widespread use.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02619-4

China’s coronavirus vaccine shows military’s growing role in medical research p.494

Scientists in the People’s Liberation Army helped to develop the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for restricted use.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02523-x

‘We didn’t model that people would go to a party if they tested positive’ p.495

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02611-y

Fast coronavirus tests: what they can and can’t do p.496

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02661-2

A recipe to reverse the loss of nature p.503

How can the decline in global biodiversity be reversed, given the need to supply food? Computer modelling provides a way to assess the effectiveness of combining various conservation and food-system interventions to tackle this issue.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02502-2

Genetically engineered yeast makes medicinal plant products p.504

Yeast has been engineered to convert simple sugars and amino acids into drugs that inhibit a neurotransmitter molecule. The work marks a step towards making the production of these drugs more reliable and sustainable.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02461-8

Elusive photonic crystals come a step closer p.506

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02656-z

Calcium channel in plants helps shut the door on intruders p.507

Disease-causing microorganisms can invade plants through leaf pores called stomata, which close rapidly in a calcium-dependent manner on detecting such danger. The calcium channels involved have now finally been identified.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02504-0

Host–microbiota maladaptation in colorectal cancer p.509

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2729-3

Third-order nanocircuit elements for neuromorphic engineering p.518

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2735-5

Colloidal diamond p.524

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2718-6

Light-driven post-translational installation of reactive protein side chains p.530

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2733-7

The hysteresis of the Antarctic Ice Sheet p.538

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2727-5

Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth p.545

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2686-x

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy p.551

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y

Metabolic trait diversity shapes marine biogeography p.557

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2721-y

Evolution of the endothelin pathway drove neural crest cell diversification p.563

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2720-z

The calcium-permeable channel OSCA1.3 regulates plant stomatal immunity p.569

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2702-1

Homeostatic mini-intestines through scaffold-guided organoid morphogenesis p.574

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2724-8

Red blood cell tension protects against severe malaria in the Dantu blood group p.579

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2726-6

Hydroxychloroquine use against SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-human primates p.584

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2558-4

Chloroquine does not inhibit infection of human lung cells with SARS-CoV-2 p.588

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2575-3

The liver–brain–gut neural arc maintains the T_reg cell niche in the gut p.591

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2425-3

A substrate-specific mTORC1 pathway underlies Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome p.597

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2444-0

Plasticity of ether lipids promotes ferroptosis susceptibility and evasion p.603

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2732-8

Bridging of DNA breaks activates PARP2–HPF1 to modify chromatin p.609

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2725-7

Biosynthesis of medicinal tropane alkaloids in yeast p.614

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2650-9