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‘I thought I had forgotten this horror’: Ukrainian scientists stand in defiance

Researchers tell Nature about their experiences of the Russian invasion.

Ukraine nuclear power plant attack: scientists assess the risks

Russia’s attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in south-east Ukraine highlights the possible dangers of warfare around nuclear sites.

Davide Castelvecchi
News 04 Mar 2022
COVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts

Analysis reveals how much faster Omicron spreads and evades the immune system compared with the previous variant.

Smriti Mallapaty
News 04 Mar 2022
Biocatalytic oxidative cross-coupling reactions for biaryl bond formation

A study presents a biocatalytic method for the formation of sterically hindered biaryl bonds, providing a tunable approach for assembling molecules with catalyst-controlled reactivity, site selectivity and atroposelectivity.

Lara E. Zetzsche
Jessica A. Yazarians
Alison R. H. Narayan
Article 02 Mar 2022
Daily briefing: Nations agree to end plastic pollution

World leaders have agreed to forge an ambitious global plastic-pollution treaty. Plus, we hear from researchers in Ukraine and learn how strikes are affecting Nigerian universities.

Flora Graham
Nature Briefing 03 Mar 2022
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Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine is wrong and must stop

Nature stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian research community — and continues to support the global exchange of scholarly knowledge.

Editorial 04 Mar 2022
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News 04 Mar 2022
‘COVID zero’ regions struggle with vaccine complacency
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News 04 Mar 2022
COVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts
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News 04 Mar 2022
Ukraine nuclear power plant attack: scientists assess the risks
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News 04 Mar 2022
G20’s US$14-trillion economic stimulus reneges on emissions pledges
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Scot M. Miller
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Comment 02 Mar 2022
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News 02 Mar 2022

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Antibody evasion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

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A study presents a biocatalytic method for the formation of sterically hindered biaryl bonds, providing a tunable approach for assembling molecules with catalyst-controlled reactivity, site selectivity and atroposelectivity.

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Jessica A. Yazarians
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Silent mutations reveal therapeutic vulnerability in RAS Q61 cancers

A translationally silent KRAS^G60G mutation, preventing the formation of a cryptic splice donor site and enabling expression of KRAS(Q61K), reveals a vulnerability in RAS^Q61 cancers that are therapeutically exploitable in a mutant-selective manner.

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Structural basis for mismatch surveillance by CRISPR–Cas9

Cryo-electron microscopy structures of Cas9 during mismatch cleavage provide insight into the mechanisms that control off-target effects of Cas9, which will aid in the future design of high-fidelity Cas9 variants with reduced off-target cleavage.

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