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How researchers created complex tiling patterns with bioengineered bacteria

Nature highlights three key graphics from the week in science and research.

Studies of Chinese coins reveal the composition of Jin and Xi — and hint at unexpected complexity in metallurgy.

Researchers worry that a protracted stand-off could slow progress on tackling global warming and hamper research collaborations.

The henipavirus can cause respiratory symptoms and is related to Nipah and Hendra viruses, but cannot spread easily in people.

Prolonged contact, especially with a person’s skin lesions, is emerging as the top transmission route.

Difficult tasks can lead to build-up of a signalling molecule in the brain, triggering fatigue.

Viral levels resurge in more than 10% of untreated people with COVID-19, but early data hint that the rebound is even more pronounced after antiviral treatment.

Cold exposure in mice activates brown fat to deny tumours glucose, and the future of extreme heatwaves.

Breakthroughs in nanotechnology could offer wide-ranging benefits to a host of industries, from agriculture to computing, but getting public buy-in remains key.

A seemingly simple marine animal clears particles from its tubes with sneeze-like contractions.

A cascade of gate-tunable correlated insulating and metallic phases is observed in trigonally warped Bernal bilayer graphene at large electric fields.

A boreal conifer is advancing northwards into Arctic tundra, with this treeline advance facilitated by climate warming together with winter winds, deeper snow and increased soil nutrient availability.

A synthetic cell-cell adhesion logic using swarming E. coli with 4 bits of information is introduced, enabling the programming of interfaces that combine to form universal tessellation patterns over a large scale.