Why the pandemic treaty risks becoming COVID-19 groundhog day p.443

Talks are stalling, but everyone benefits when the fruits of vaccine and drugs research are shared equitably.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02904-y

Rich countries must align science funding with the SDGs p.444

Research in poorer countries maps closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — wealthy nations must follow if the goals are to be met.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02847-4

COVID boosters are back: what scientists say about whether to get one p.449

As many countries head into autumn, they are targeting vaccinations at people in high-risk categories, leaving those at lower risk uncertain about what to do.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02840-x

Life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment wins US$3-million Breakthrough Prize p.450

Trio of scientists who developed the combination drug Trikafta are among the winners of five major awards in life sciences, physics and mathematics.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02890-1

Libya floods: how climate change intensified the death and devastation p.452

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02899-6

Russia’s war in Ukraine is disrupting Antarctic science p.453

The polar region is demilitarized, but the conflict is posing a threat to important climate data collected at Ukraine’s research station.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02764-6

NSF invests millions to unite Indigenous knowledge with Western science p.454

Research centre launched by the US National Science Foundation will partner with native peoples to study farming, climate and more.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02839-4

‘A Pandora’s box’: map of protein-structure families delights scientists p.455

Never-before-seen forms and unexpected connections between proteins revealed by analysis of their shapes.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02892-z

India’s Moon mission: four things Chandrayaan-3 has taught scientists p.456

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02852-7

Human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. Here’s what you need to know p.458

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02901-1

FedEx for your cells: this biological delivery service could treat disease p.462

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02906-w

Nickelates join the club of high-temperature superconductors p.475

A nickel-based compound has shown evidence of a superconducting state at a temperature of 80 kelvin. The material bridges a gap between other nickelates and a notable class of superconductor containing copper.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02857-2

Immune treatment tackles chronic obstructive pulmonary disease p.476

Smoking causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Some people with this disease have high levels of eosinophil cells, which is typical of the type 2 category of inflammation, and blocking such inflammation improves their lung health.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02517-5

Bacteria deliver water channels to infect plants p.478

A wide range of harmful bacteria introduce proteins into plant cells. Some of these proteins move to the cell membrane and serve as channels for water and nutrients, creating favourable conditions for bacterial growth beside plant cells.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02767-3

Waste product from wood finally used to make glue p.479

Scientists have had limited success in converting lignin, a structural component of plants, into high-value products. The discovery that lignin can be used as a wood glue could be a game-changer for biorefineries.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02864-3

Stem cells provide clues to why vertebrae attract tumour cells p.481

Tumour cells tend to migrate to the vertebrae rather than to long bones, but the mechanism underlying this has been unclear. It emerges that the stem cells from which vertebrae are derived make a factor that attracts tumour cells.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02768-2

Polarized thermal emission from dust in a galaxy at redshift 2.6 p.483

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06346-4

Quantum-metric-induced nonlinear transport in a topological antiferromagnet p.487

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06363-3

Signatures of superconductivity near 80 K in a nickelate under high pressure p.493

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06408-7

Stack growth of wafer-scale van der Waals superconductor heterostructures p.499

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06404-x

Structure evolution at the gate-tunable suspended graphene–water interface p.506

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06374-0

Bonding wood with uncondensed lignins as adhesives p.511

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06507-5

Multistable sheets with rewritable patterns for switchable shape-morphing p.516

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06353-5

Global population exposure to landscape fire air pollution from 2000 to 2019 p.521

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06398-6

Global methane emissions from rivers and streams p.530

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06344-6

Coral reefs benefit from reduced land–sea impacts under ocean warming p.536

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06394-w

Intrinsic dopamine and acetylcholine dynamics in the striatum of mice p.543

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05995-9

Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries p.550

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06418-5

Child wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries p.558

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06480-z

Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings p.568

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06501-x

Dopamine and glutamate regulate striatal acetylcholine in decision-making p.577

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06492-9

Bacterial pathogens deliver water- and solute-permeable channels to plant cells p.586

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06531-5

Neutralization, effector function and immune imprinting of Omicron variants p.592

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06487-6

A vertebral skeletal stem cell lineage driving metastasis p.602

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06519-1

R-loop-dependent promoter-proximal termination ensures genome stability p.610

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06515-5

Structural basis of mitochondrial protein import by the TIM23 complex p.620

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06239-6

Central role of Tim17 in mitochondrial presequence protein translocation p.627

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06477-8

Conserved class B GPCR activation by a biased intracellular agonist p.635

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06467-w