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PhDs: the tortuous truth

Nature’s survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research.

‘Make Ebola a thing of the past’: First vaccine against deadly virus approved

The drug, which has already been given to hundreds of thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, can now be distributed more widely.
Ewen Callaway

News 12 Nov 2019
More South Korean academics caught naming kids as co-authors

The practice was probably used to improve the children’s chances of securing a university place.
Mark Zastrow

News 12 Nov 2019
CRISPR tool modifies genes precisely by copying RNA into the genome

The ultimate goal of genome editing is to be able to make any specific change to the blueprint of life. A ‘search-and-replace’ method for genome editing takes us a giant leap closer to this ambitious goal.
Randall J. Platt

News & Views 11 Nov 2019
Daily briefing: Elusive tiny hoofed mammal ‘rediscovered’ in Vietnam

Once thought lost to science, the silver-backed chevrotain has been spotted again. Plus, explore the gender gap in chemistry publishing and hear from the astronauts who crewed the first all-female spacewalk.
Flora Graham

Nature Briefing 12 Nov 2019
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Avert catastrophe now in Africa’s Sahel

Governments worldwide must invest in girls’ education, family planning, agriculture and security in this vulnerable region.
Alisha Graves
Lorenzo Rosa
Djimé Adoum

Comment 13 Nov 2019
The mental health of PhD researchers demands urgent attention

Editorial 13 Nov 2019
Shared consciousness, artificial imagination, and the Universe’s first seconds: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson

Book Review 13 Nov 2019
PhDs: the tortuous truth
Chris Woolston

Career Feature 13 Nov 2019
Global lessons from South Africa’s rooibos compensation agreement

Editorial 12 Nov 2019
When cyberwar struck its first civilian target
Brian Nussbaum

Book Review 12 Nov 2019
Who shrank the drug factory? Briefcase-sized labs could transform medicine
Carrie Arnold

News Feature 12 Nov 2019

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- CRISPR tool modifies genes precisely by copying RNA into the genome
  
  The ultimate goal of genome editing is to be able to make any specific change to the blueprint of life. A ‘search-and-replace’ method for genome editing takes us a giant leap closer to this ambitious goal.
  
  Randall J. Platt
  
  News & Views 11 Nov 2019
- A genetically tailored education for birds
  
  The ability of birds to learn a song depends not on their genes alone, but also on whether their genetic make-up is well matched to that of their singing teacher. This discovery sheds light on how gene–environment interactions affect learning.
  
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- Small molecule combats cancer-causing KRAS protein at last
  
  A molecule has now been characterized that acts to inhibit a cancer-causing form of KRAS protein and stimulate the immune system. The inhibitor is one of the first of its kind to show anticancer activity in the clinic.
  
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  News & Views 08 Nov 2019
- Soft microbots programmed by nanomagnets
  
  Arrays of nanoscale magnets have been constructed to form the magnetized panels of microscopic robots — thus allowing magnetic fields to be used to control the robots’ shape and movement.
  
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- Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved
  
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- Anatomy and resilience of the global production ecosystem
  
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  Perspective 06 Nov 2019
- Sex and gender analysis improves science and engineering
  
  Cara Tannenbaum
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  Perspective 06 Nov 2019
- Progress on the proton-radius puzzle
  
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Latest Research

Structure of the human metapneumovirus polymerase phosphoprotein complex
Junhua Pan
Xinlei Qian
Julien Lescar

Article 07 Nov 2019
Lipid signalling drives proteolytic rewiring of mitochondria by YME1L

Under conditions such as hypoxia or starvation, an mTORC1-lipid signalling pathway initiates mitochondrial proteolysis by YME1L.
Thomas MacVicar
Yohsuke Ohba
Thomas Langer

Article 06 Nov 2019
California’s methane super-emitters

Emission of methane from ‘point sources’—small surface features or infrastructure components—is monitored with an airborne spectrometer, identifying possible targets for mitigation efforts.
Riley M. Duren
Andrew K. Thorpe
Charles E. Miller

Article 06 Nov 2019
Dynamic lineage priming is driven via direct enhancer regulation by ERK

ERK reversibly regulates embryonic stem cell transcription via selective redistribution of co-factors and RNA polymerase from pluripotency to early differentiation enhancers, while leaving transcription factors bound to their enhancers, thus preserving plasticity.
William B. Hamilton
Yaron Mosesson
Joshua M. Brickman

Article 06 Nov 2019
A small proton charge radius from an electron–proton scattering experiment

A magnetic-spectrometer-free method for electron–proton scattering data reveals a proton charge radius 2.7 standard deviations smaller than the currently accepted value from electron–proton scattering, yet consistent with other recent experiments.
W. Xiong
A. Gasparian
Z. W. Zhao

Article 06 Nov 2019

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Young Universities 2019

This supplement highlights the world’s leading young universities (aged 50 and under) in the natural sciences in the Nature Index, and explores the research and the strategies behind their success.

Nature Index 23 Oct 2019