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COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know

Researchers are studying the sensory impact of the coronavirus, how long it lasts and what can be done to treat it.

Joe Biden names top geneticist Eric Lander as science adviser

US president-elect also elevates the position to the cabinet for the first time.
Nidhi Subbaraman
Alexandra Witze

News 16 Jan 2021
China COVID vaccine reports mixed results — what does that mean for the pandemic?

Scientists say CoronaVac could reduce cases of severe disease, particularly in countries with raging outbreaks.
Smriti Mallapaty

News 15 Jan 2021
Anti-ageing effects of protein restriction unpacked

Two animal studies show that restricting the dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids can extend lifespan by modulating the mTOR signalling pathway. But more research is needed before this diet should be recommended in people.
Cristal M. Hill
Matt Kaeberlein

News & Views 14 Jan 2021
Daily briefing: A portrait of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant

A richly illustrated look at the worryingly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant. Also, advice from award-winning mentors and the plus side of retracting a paper.
Flora Graham

Nature Briefing 19 Jan 2021
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Award-winning mentors share their secrets

Recipients of Nature prizes on how they inspire and motivate others.
Chris Woolston

Career Feature 19 Jan 2021
The world needs a single naming system for coronavirus variants

Editorial 19 Jan 2021
What my retraction taught me
Ben de Haas

World View 19 Jan 2021
Rogue antibodies could be driving severe COVID-19
Roxanne Khamsi

News Feature 19 Jan 2021
Lessons from the Moonshot for fixing global problems
Jayati Ghosh

Book Review 19 Jan 2021
The latest on Biden’s science team: biologist named as top adviser
Nidhi Subbaraman
Jeff Tollefson
Giuliana Viglione

News 19 Jan 2021
COVID research updates: Immune cells ‘remember’ COVID for at least half a year

News 19 Jan 2021

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- Anti-ageing effects of protein restriction unpacked
  
  Two animal studies show that restricting the dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids can extend lifespan by modulating the mTOR signalling pathway. But more research is needed before this diet should be recommended in people.
  
  Cristal M. Hill
  Matt Kaeberlein
  
  News & Views 14 Jan 2021
- Accurate machine learning in materials science facilitated by using diverse data sources
  
  A strategy for machine learning has been developed that exploits the fact that data are often collected in different ways with varying levels of accuracy. The approach was used to build a model that predicts a key property of materials.
  
  Rohit Batra
  
  News & Views 14 Jan 2021
- Repeat DNA expands our understanding of autism spectrum disorder
  
  A link has been found between repetitive stretches of DNA called tandem repeats and autism spectrum disorder. The discovery might inform approaches to studying tandem repeats in a wide range of other human disorders.
  
  Anthony J. Hannan
  
  News & Views 13 Jan 2021
- Giant photon avalanches observed in nanoparticles
  
  In some materials, the absorption of a single photon can trigger a chain reaction that produces a large burst of light. The discovery of these photon avalanches in nanostructures opens the way to imaging and sensing applications.
  
  Andries Meijerink
  Freddy T. Rabouw
  
  News & Views 13 Jan 2021
- Food for thought about the immune drivers of gut pain
  
  Debilitating gut pain is common, but the underlying cause is often unclear. It emerges that gut infection triggers localized immune responses that cause normally innocuous foods to be perceived as harmful, leading to persistent pain.
  
  Stuart M. Brierley
  
  News & Views 13 Jan 2021
- Cosmic electromagnetic bomb sheds light on the origins of γ-ray bursts
  
  Christopher Thompson
  
  News & Views 13 Jan 2021
- A two-pronged attack on antibiotic-resistant microbes
  
  Youcef Mehellou
  Benjamin E. Willcox
  
  News & Views 11 Jan 2021
- Base editor repairs mutation found in the premature-ageing syndrome progeria
  
  Wilbert P. Vermeij
  Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers
  
  News & Views 06 Jan 2021
- Machine learning reveals the complexity of dense amorphous silicon
  
  Paul F. McMillan
  
  News & Views 06 Jan 2021
- Artificial intelligence accelerated by light
  
  Huaqiang Wu
  Qionghai Dai
  
  News & Views 06 Jan 2021

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The Card1 nuclease provides defence during type-III CRISPR immunity
Jakob T. Rostøl
Wei Xie
Luciano A. Marraffini

Article 18 Jan 2021
Evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Christian Gaebler
Zijun Wang
Michel C. Nussenzweig

Article 18 Jan 2021
Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates
Axel Meyer
Siegfried Schloissnig
Manfred Schartl

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Correlation-driven topological phases in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

Correlation-driven topological phases with different Chern numbers are observed in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene in modest magnetic fields, indicating that strong electronic interactions can lead to topologically non-trivial phases.
Youngjoon Choi
Hyunjin Kim
Stevan Nadj-Perge

Article 18 Jan 2021
Giant nonlinear optical responses from photon-avalanching nanoparticles

Room-temperature photon avalanching realized in single thulium-doped upconverting nanocrystals enables super-resolution imaging at near-infrared wavelengths of maximal biological transparency and provides a material platform potentially suitable for other optical technologies.
Changhwan Lee
Emma Z. Xu
P. James Schuck

Article 13 Jan 2021

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The role of an allergist has been likened to that of a detective, superior powers of observation, chance encounters and the rejection of evidence have all delivered medical breakthroughs.

Nature Outlook 02 Dec 2020