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Nature, Published online: 08 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03756-2Researchers get an unprecedented glimpse of how ions behave during a drive.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03944-0Report also supports projects of unprecedented scale to study dark matter, neutrinos and the Higgs boson.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03797-7Landmark approval of the first CRISPR therapy paves the way for treatments based on more efficient and more precise genome editors.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03943-1Platforms based on molecules manipulated using ‘optical tweezers’ might be able to perform complex physics calculations.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03898-3The bargaining group will be the first ever to represent graduate students and postdocs in the US government, as they push for better pay and benefits.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03801-0From drivable bionic animals to machines made from muscle, biohybrid robots are on their way to a variety of uses.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03755-3Scientists studying the electrical charge on coffee particles stumble on a secret to a better cup of joe.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03932-4Researchers moving between institutions in low- and middle-income countries can confer wide-reaching benefits on their colleagues.

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03754-4Particulate-matter levels in US homes peak during mealtime — and especially on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03866-xIndia wants to be the voice of the global south at the climate conference. It is also massively dependent on coal.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06927-3Logical quantum processor based on reconfigurable atom arrays

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03939-xPlanet-altering climate ‘tipping points’ are looming — but positive behavioural and economic shifts could result in runaway benefits for the climate. Plus, scientists race to save…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03630-1Fatal renal dysfunction is often associated with tumour development. Fly and mouse data reveal evolutionarily conserved mechanisms that link tumours to renal failure and offer potential…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03650-xElectron spin resonance is a standard method for studying the structure of chemical compounds, and it can also be used to control quantum spin states. Combining electron spin resonance…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03849-yPolar ice, coral reefs and other Earth systems could cross irrevocable thresholds soon, but urgent action could stave off the worst effects.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06833-8Experiments using conserved tumour models show that the G-protein-coupled receptor TkR99D in Drosophila Malphigian tubular stellate cells and NK3R in mouse renal tubules link malignant…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03824-7Two by two.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06718-wAn ultra-deep MUSE image of the mean Mg II emission for a sample of galaxies at redshift z ≈ 1 suggests the presence of bipolar outflows on scales of 10 kpc or more.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06800-3A study demonstrates that nucleotide modifications in mRNA-based therapeutics can lead to +1 ribosomal frameshifting during translation, yielding products that can trigger immune…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03758-0The western coast of Colombia can get more than 26 metres of rain a year, thanks to the influence of air jets hitting the Andes range.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03752-6The extravagantly feathered Seychelles paradise flycatcher lacks genetic diversity, which might hamper its resilience to climate change and other threats.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03886-7Researchers exploit intermolecular forces to carve a nanoscale hole, and investigating whether poverty can be reduced without increasing emissions.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06816-9An extensive global transcriptomics analysis of in vivo responses to 86 cytokines across more than 17 immune cell types reveals enormous complexity of cellular responses to cytokines,…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06772-4By using several decades of hydrographic data and an inverse biogeochemical model that implicitly accounts for all known export pathways, a top-down estimate of the strength of the…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06736-8Silicon photonic nanocavities based on surface forces and conventional lithography and etching are developed, demonstrating pioneering technology that integrates atomic dimensions with…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06045-0A genomic constraint map for the human genome constructed using data from 76,156 human genomes from the Genome Aggregation Database shows that non-coding constrained regions are enriched…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03933-3Caleb Watney explains how the National Science Foundation’s ‘science of science’ programme will find efficiencies and support ‘high-risk, high-reward’ studies.

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03685-0An innovative method uses the intrinsic attractive force between silicon surfaces that are separated by a tiny gap to engineer structures that can confine light — offering an ideal…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03818-5Ancient humans painted scenes in Indonesian caves more than 45,000 years ago, but their art is disappearing rapidly. Researchers are trying to discover what’s causing the damage and…

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06754-6By using a pump–probe atomic force microscopy detection scheme, electron spin transitions between non-equilibrium triplet states of individual pentacene molecules, as well as the…