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Nature, Published online: 24 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01785-4Whether the devices help people to quit, or increase health risks, will emerge only from better data.

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01949-2A molecular dialogue between neurons and star-shaped cells called astrocytes in the striatum of the mouse brain leads to behavioural hyperactivity and inattentiveness that are reminiscent of…

Nature, Published online: 21 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01957-2Nature's Amy Maxmen reports from the front line of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nature, Published online: 21 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1328-7Author Correction: Neutrophils support lung colonization of metastasis-initiating breast cancer cells

Nature, Published online: 21 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01962-5Epidemiologist Maya Nadimpalli focuses on developing nations where meat consumption is rising.

Nature, Published online: 21 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01974-1Cuttlefish, spiders and human deploy the same genes despite evolving limbs independently. Plus: meet the Ebola workers battling a virus in a war zone and learn how to do fieldwork with kids…

Nature, Published online: 20 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01961-6Cuts to science advisory panels for federal agencies will haunt the United States long after the current administration finishes, says Gretchen T. Goldman.

Nature, Published online: 20 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01959-0India is soon to overtake China as the most populous country, meet a robo-fish powered by battery ‘blood’ and consider what it will take to make gene editing a human embryo acceptable as…

Nature, Published online: 20 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01950-9Lasers and quantum calculations help metrologists to update centuries-old mercury methods.

Nature, Published online: 20 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1353-6Publisher Correction: Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation

Nature, Published online: 20 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01943-8Some plants send dewdrops hurtling off their leaves — and pathogens tag along.

Nature, Published online: 20 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01940-xDNA tags can be used to assemble a diagram of the genetic material inside a cell.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01944-7Rule for the US Environmental Protection Agency allows states to set their own limits on carbon-emissions levels.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1303-3A bulk photovoltaic effect is observed in devices based on tungsten disulfide, and is enhanced if the devices take the form of polar nanotubes, showing the importance of reducing crystal…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1308-yExperiments demonstrate a class of van der Waals nanowires, made from layered crystals of the semiconductor germanium sulfide, in which a tunable interlayer twist evolves naturally during…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01925-wThese institutions were the largest contributors to life-sciences papers published in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index in 2018.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01920-1From the top 10 by discipline to the top 20 overall, a graphical representation showing the institutions that dominate research in the life sciences, physical sciences, chemistry and Earth…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1311-3Genetic, pharmacological and metabolomics experiments reveal that the malate–aspartate shuttle and mitochondrial citrate export support the differentiation of mouse T helper 1 cells,…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01935-8Simulations in a virtual flume tank suggest that primitive vase-shaped organisms were filter feeders.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1319-8A machine-learning approach is used to train artificial neural networks to analyse experimental scanning tunnelling microscopy image arrays of quantum materials.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1313-1An energy-dense hydraulic fluid is used to construct a synthetic circulatory system in a lionfish-like soft robot, enabling untethered movement for up to 36 hours.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01952-7Benjamin Thompson and Shamini Bundell bring you the latest science updates.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1301-5Numerical modelling of rotating turbulent convective flows shows that the length scale of convection in planetary cores is set by the flow speed and not by the fluid viscosity.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01924-xThis ranking shows which institutions might be punching above their weight in producing high-quality research.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01919-8Renowned institutions reign over the research ranks, except when high-quality research is considered as a proportion of total research.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1282-4Egg pigmentation probably has an early Archosaurian origin

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1316-yA greater diversity of crops at the national level increases the temporal stability of total national harvest, reflecting markedly lower frequencies of years with sharp harvest losses.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01896-yUltra-efficient light sources provide optical communication signals even at very low power levels.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01906-zEfforts to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainty. Here’s what it would take to make the technique safe and acceptable.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1321-1A synthetic gene circuit implementing an integral feedback topology is shown to achieve robust perfect adaptation in living cells--mathematical analysis proves this topology is necessary for…