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

Laws to stamp out deforestation, pollution and child labour in global supply chains might have unintended consequences. Researchers need to investigate these effects.

President Emmanuel Macron wants France to become a ‘start-up nation’, fuelled by industry–academia collaborations. How is it faring?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the need to improve energy security.

Study looking at death rates early in the pandemic confirms that low-income nations have born the brunt of the global disaster.

In response to the demise of Roe v. Wade, universities and research organizations can support those affected, ensure education and research on abortion continue and advocate for evidence-based policy.

Volcanologist Maarten de Moor helps to warn local people of looming eruptions.

A multitude of missions are heading to the Moon — will they be successful?

Researchers say a highly effective jab will help to avoid hospitals getting overwhelmed, but probably won’t end to the country’s ‘zero COVID’ policy.

Sixteen world leaders have now promised to protect the ocean. Researchers need to work with them to create and improve measurable indicators.

A compound made by plants used in traditional medicine has been prepared by chemical synthesis, providing enough for biological testing. The unexpected finding that it acts at opioid receptors raises prospects for drug discovery.

COVID-19 vaccines are due for an upgrade, scientists say, but emerging variants and fickle immune reactions mean it’s not clear what new jabs should look like.

The legume’s history in West Africa is intimately linked with conquest.

Computational and experimental methods are bringing researchers closer to their goal of revealing exactly where in a cell or tissue each gene is expressed.

How a bacterium coordinates the assembly of its outer layers, and couples the formation of this envelope to cell growth and division, is not fully understood. Assessing the role of peptidoglycan molecules provides some answers.

We discuss the USA’s decision to authorize the Moderna and Pfizer COVID vaccines for children under five.