p.7

After decades of neglect, the World Health Organization needs to be properly funded. The United States is — wrongly — opposing a new funding plan. Other nations shouldn’t wait to adopt it.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00227-y

p.8

There’s too much secrecy behind ARIA, the United Kingdom’s ambitious planned agency for high-risk, high-reward research funding.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00226-z

p.15

With Omicron or Delta outbreaks already in multiple provinces, scientists say next week’s Winter Olympics will present a major test of China’s zero-tolerance approach.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00191-7

p.17

COVID vaccine boosters are proving a useful tool against Omicron, but scientists say that endless boosting might not be a practical or sustainable strategy.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00200-9

p.18

The genetic variant probably comes from ancient wolves.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00209-0

p.19

News of a ‘super variant’ combining Delta and Omicron spread rapidly last week, but researchers say it never existed and the sequences might have resulted from contamination.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00149-9

p.20

The variant’s rapid spread, different vaccine strategies and varying levels of immunity worldwide make the pandemic’s future difficult to model.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00210-7

p.22

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00214-3

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00215-2

p.35

The identification of a specific subpopulation of immune-system T cells that drives type 1 diabetes provides insight into the development of autoimmune disease, and could point the way to new therapies.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03800-z

p.36

Crystal-lattice vibrations reveal the mechanism by which laser pulses can strip a metal of its magnetism. The vibrations absorb the angular momentum of electrons in a sample, allowing it to demagnetize.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00189-1

p.38

Genomic regions that are crucial for the viability and reproduction of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana are enriched with molecular features that are associated with a reduced rate of mutation.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00017-6

p.39

Collisions between lead ions have produced the largest measured magnetic field in the Universe, enabling a search for elusive exotic particles that carry an isolated magnetic charge.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00188-2

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04173-z

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04282-9

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04294-5

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04298-1

p.68

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04250-3

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04306-4

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04321-5

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04284-7

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04296-3

p.96

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04269-6

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04288-3

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04330-4

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04270-z

p.123

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04268-7

p.129

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04336-y

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04265-w

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04332-2

p.148

doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04280-x

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04248-x

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04312-6