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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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2101. **[Major UK science funder unveils strict open-access policy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02148-8)**Richard Van Noorden*2 citations*
2102. **[Managing up: how to communicate effectively with your PhD adviser ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03703-z)**Lluís Saló‐Salgado, Angi Acocella, Ignacio Arzuaga-García et al.*2 citations*
2103. **[Mars mission is China’s ‘first step’ in planetary exploration ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03849-w)**Smriti Mallapaty*2 citations*
2104. **[Mars video reveals Perseverance rover’s daring touchdown ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00475-4)**Alexandra Witze*2 citations*
2105. **[Massive DNA ‘Borg’ structures perplex scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01947-3)**Amber Dance*2 citations*
2106. **[Mechanical memory written and read remotely ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00080-5)**Corentin Coulais*2 citations*
2107. **[Million-year-old DNA provides a glimpse of mammoth evolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00348-w)**Alfred L. Roca*2 citations*
2108. **[Millions of helpline calls reveal how COVID affected mental health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03454-x)**Heidi K. Ledford*2 citations*
2109. **[Mining the gaps of chromosome 8 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01095-8)**Glennis A. Logsdon, Evan E. Eichler*2 citations*
2110. **[Mitochondria are mixed during cell division ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00511-3)**Till Klecker, Benedikt Westermann*2 citations*
2111. **[Multiple genomes give switchgrass an advantage ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00212-x)**Erik J. Sacks*2 citations*
2112. **[NASA investigates renaming James Webb telescope after anti-LGBT+ claims ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02010-x)**Alexandra Witze*2 citations*
2113. **[NIH reverses Trump-era restrictions on fetal-tissue research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01035-6)**Nidhi Subbaraman*2 citations*
2114. **[Nanometre-scale imaging and AI reveal the interior of whole cells ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02776-0)**Jason R. Swedlow, Lucy Collinson*2 citations*
2115. **[Nobel-winning ‘natural experiments’ approach made economics more robust ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02799-7)**Philip Ball*2 citations*
2116. **[Ocean protection needs a spirit of compromise ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00673-0)***2 citations*
2117. **[Open access pay-for-review option — ethical question ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00271-0)**Silvestro Giovanni Conticello*2 citations*
2118. **[Opioid peptide signal in the brain makes mice hungrier for reward ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02723-z)**Lola Welsch, Brigitte Lina Kieffer*2 citations*
2119. **[Pandemic pressures made parents consider quitting academia ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01761-x)**Holly Else*2 citations*
2120. **[Pandemic’s plastic waste is choking the seas ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03078-1)***2 citations*
2121. **[Peru scandal: gaps in oversight of COVID vaccine trial ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01120-w)**Carlos F. Cáceres, Alfonso Zavaleta, Gustavo Francisco Gonzales*2 citations*
2122. **[Pivotal climate summit dogged by COVID and equity concerns ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02465-y)**Jeff Tollefson*2 citations*
2123. **[Platinum catalysts strained controllably by size-changing nanocubes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02640-1)**Sylvain Brimaud*2 citations*
2124. **[Politicians must dial down the rhetoric over COVID vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00769-7)***2 citations*
2125. **[Politics will be poorer without Angela Merkel’s scientific approach ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02479-6)***2 citations*
2126. **[Power plants: making electricity from flowers and fruits ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02171-9)**Linda Nordling*2 citations*
2127. **[Preventing spillover as a key strategy against pandemics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02427-4)**Neil M. Vora, Nigel C. Sizer, Aaron S. Bernstein*2 citations*
2128. **[Refining the toolkit for sugar analysis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03000-9)**Amber Dance*2 citations*
2129. **[Remember Ebola: stop mass COVID deaths in Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01964-2)**Mosoka Papa Fallah*2 citations*
2130. **[Reply to: Concerns about phytoplankton bloom trends in global lakes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03255-2)**Jeff C. Ho, Anna M. Michalak, Nima Pahlevan*2 citations*
2131. **[Reply to: Non-trivial role of internal climate feedback on interglacial temperature evolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03931-3)**Samantha C. Bova, Yair Rosenthal, Zhengyu Liu et al.*2 citations*
2132. **[Reply to: On the measured dielectric constant of amorphous boron nitride ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03163-x)**Seokmo Hong, Min‐Hyun Lee, Sang Won Kim et al.*2 citations*
2133. **[Reply to: Perovskite decomposition and missing crystal planes in HRTEM ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03424-3)**Zhijun Ning, Xiwen Gong, Riccardo Comin et al.*2 citations*
2134. **[Research round-up: oral health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02927-3)**Benjamin Plackett*2 citations*
2135. **[Scientific publishers expedite name changes for authors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02014-7)**Amy DePaul*2 citations*
2136. **[Scientists zero in on long-sought marker of COVID-vaccine efficacy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01372-6)**Smriti Mallapaty*2 citations*
2137. **[Sea squirts teach new lessons in evolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03475-6)**Shamini Bundell, Benjamin A. Thompson*2 citations*
2138. **[Sell yourself and your science in a compelling personal statement ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01101-z)**Andy Kah Ping Tay*2 citations*
2139. **[Shedding squeezed light on dark matter ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00295-6)**I.G. Irastorza*2 citations*
2140. **[Simplify drug labelling to show benefits clearly ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03050-z)**Jonathan J. Darrow*2 citations*
2141. **[Six mentoring tips as we enter year two of COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01598-4)**Ruth Gotian, Christine Pfund*2 citations*
2142. **[Solar cells that make use of wasted light ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01673-w)**Neil J. Savage*2 citations*
2143. **[Sponge cells hint at origins of nervous system ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03015-2)**Max Kozlov*2 citations*
2144. **[Sponge-like fossil could be Earth’s earliest known animal ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02066-9)**Max Kozlov*2 citations*
2145. **[Squeezed light improves sensitivity of microscopy technique ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01514-w)**Eric Olaf Potma*2 citations*
2146. **[Stem cells and spinal-cord injuries: an intricate issue ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02623-2)**Lauren Gravitz*2 citations*
2147. **[Steven Weinberg (1933–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02170-w)**Frank A. Wilczek*2 citations*
2148. **[Stretchy electronics go wireless for flexible wearables ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03757-z)**Dan Fox*2 citations*
2149. **[Superconductivity in a graphene system survives a strong magnetic field ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01890-3)**Yi‐Ting Hsu*2 citations*
2150. **[Swedish research misconduct agency swamped with cases in first year ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02451-4)**Holly Else*2 citations*
2151. **[The 3D print job that keeps quake damage at bay ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03506-2)***2 citations*
2152. **[The COVID Cancer Effect ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03404-7)**Usha Lee McFarling*2 citations*
2153. **[The COVID pandemic must lead to tuberculosis vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02892-x)***2 citations*
2154. **[The Quest to Overcome Gene Therapy’s Failures ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02734-w)**Tanya Lewis*2 citations*
2155. **[The UN Environment Programme needs new powers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00528-8)***2 citations*
2156. **[The UN must get on with appointing its new science board ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03615-y)***2 citations*
2157. **[The Venezuelan health-care workers secretly collecting COVID stats ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02276-1)**Luke Taylor*2 citations*
2158. **[The chimaera challenge ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02624-1)**Liam Drew*2 citations*
2159. **[The singing neutrino Nobel laureate who nearly bombed Nevada ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01318-y)**Alison Abbott*2 citations*
2160. **[There is no silver bullet against climate change ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02980-y)**C. V. Devan Nair*2 citations*
2161. **[This robot vapes for science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02679-0)***2 citations*
2162. **[To beat Omicron, Delta and bird flu, Europe must pull together ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03661-6)**Amélie Desvars-Larrive*2 citations*
2163. **[To build resilience, study complex systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01925-9)**Len Fisher*2 citations*
2164. **[Toilets – what will it take to fix them? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00953-9)**Josie Glausiusz*2 citations*
2165. **[Traces of a series of human dispersals through Arabia ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02321-z)**Robin Dennell*2 citations*
2166. **[Tracking 20 leading cities’ Sustainable Development Goals research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02406-9)***2 citations*
2167. **[Tracking Chernobyl’s effects on wildlife ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01883-2)**Virginia L. Gewin*2 citations*
2168. **[Transporter-protein structures show how salt gets a sweet ride into cells ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03555-7)**David Drew*2 citations*
2169. **[UK aid and research double accounting hits SDG projects ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00895-2)**Chris Foulds, Aled Wynne Jones, Zareen Pervez Bharucha*2 citations*
2170. **[Uneven spread of research leaves poorer cities short of solutions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02410-z)**Xuemei Bai*2 citations*
2171. **[Untwisted trilayer graphene hosts superconductivity and magnetism ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02773-3)**Thiti Taychatanapat*2 citations*
2172. **[Vaccine made of live malaria parasites shows early success ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01806-1)**Heidi K. Ledford*2 citations*
2173. **[We need to talk about post-pandemic lectures ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02112-6)**Michael Robert Doran*2 citations*
2174. **[Webcast: how to green your lab ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02352-6)**Jack Leeming*2 citations*
2175. **[When Finnish researchers took on the Twitter trolls ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03407-4)**Jacqui Thornton*2 citations*
2176. **[Why Black women with ovarian cancer require greater focus ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03715-9)**Sophia H.L. George*2 citations*
2177. **[Why COVID vaccines didn’t win a science Nobel this year ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02754-6)**Ewen Callaway*2 citations*
2178. **[Why hundreds of scientists are weighing in on a high-stakes US abortion case ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02834-7)**Amy Maxmen*2 citations*
2179. **[Why industry internships can be your ‘golden ticket’ to a prosperous career ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00730-8)**Eric Juskewitz, Kathleen Anne Heck, Nancy Saana Banono*2 citations*
2180. **[Why science needs strong mentors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02440-7)**Julie Gould*2 citations*
2181. **[Young universities forge new paths to success ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03631-y)**James Mitchell Crow*2 citations*
2182. **[‘I was no longer pretending or hiding’: a trans scientist finds a lab to call home ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00024-z)**Josie Glausiusz*2 citations*
2183. **[‘Inflammation clock’ can reveal body’s biological age ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01915-x)**Max Kozlov*2 citations*
2184. **[‘Keep your options open’: postdocs offer advice on academic-research careers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01437-6)**Chris Woolston*2 citations*
2185. **[‘Pregnant’ male rat study kindles bioethical debate in China ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01885-0)**Smriti Mallapaty*2 citations*
2186. **[A base-pair view of interactions between genes and their enhancers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01494-x)**Anne Onrust-van Schoonhoven, Ralph Stadhouders*1 citation*
2187. **[A child’s grave is the earliest known burial site in Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00805-6)**Louise Humphrey*1 citation*
2188. **[A heat-radiating material goes sideways to keep its cool ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00428-x)***1 citation*
2189. **[A mammoth discovery: oldest DNA on record from million-year-old teeth ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00442-z)**Benjamin A. Thompson, Shamini Bundell*1 citation*
2190. **[A two-step hormone-signalling mechanism that drives physical activity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02725-x)**Stéphanie L. Padilla*1 citation*
2191. **[A year after lockdowns began, has research got any kinder? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01579-7)**Gemma Derrick*1 citation*
2192. **[A ‘spirit mirror’ used in Elizabeth I’s court had Aztec roots ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02701-5)***1 citation*
2193. **[AI mathematician and a planetary diet — the week in infographics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03612-1)***1 citation*
2194. **[Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02997-3)**Ehsan Masood*1 citation*
2195. **[Academic bullying: mediatiors hear both sides ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01468-z)**Alastair Hay*1 citation*
2196. **[Accelerating the diagnosis of epilepsy with computer modelling ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01666-9)**Eric Bender*1 citation*
2197. **[Active retirement keeps me involved in science and helps others ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00032-z)**Juergen K. V. Reichardt*1 citation*
2198. **[Afghanistan: vaccinate drug users against COVID-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01275-6)**Attaullah Ahmadi, Blaise Ntacyabukura, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno*1 citation*
2199. **[Africa’s reforestation: European Union and United States should step up ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03642-1)**David Gurwitz*1 citation*
2200. **[Africa’s vaccines revolution must have research at its core ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01038-3)***1 citation*

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