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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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2201. **[Alopecia areata: why the battle isn’t over ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01838-7)**Laura Vargas-Parada*1 citation*
2202. **[Alternatives to standard quantum theory ruled out ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03678-x)**William K. Wootters*1 citation*
2203. **[An ancient Alaskan dog’s DNA hints at an epic shared journey ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00477-2)***1 citation*
2204. **[An array of four germanium qubits ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01116-6)**Nico W. Hendrickx, Menno Veldhorst*1 citation*
2205. **[An expanding molecular toolbox untangles neural circuits ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03054-9)**Esther Wei-Yun Landhuis*1 citation*
2206. **[Ancient DNA points to origins of modern domestic horses ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02858-z)**Tosin Thompson*1 citation*
2207. **[Antony Hewish (1924–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02617-0)**Malcolm S. Longair*1 citation*
2208. **[Are mothers too easy to blame? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03053-w)**Julian Nowogrodzki*1 citation*
2209. **[Attraction and repulsion cooperate during brain-circuit wiring ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01502-0)**Yajun Xie, Corey C. Harwell*1 citation*
2210. **[Audio long-read: The secret lives of cells — as never seen before ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03699-6)**Diana Kwon, Benjamin S. Thompson*1 citation*
2211. **[Beetles make ‘Teflon’ to grease their knees ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01853-8)***1 citation*
2212. **[Better together: collaborative spaces can inspire scientists of all ages ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01658-9)**Ethan N. Gotian*1 citation*
2213. **[Brazil: video inspires young women to work in solar energy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01147-z)**Aline Cristiane Pan, Aline Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira, Kathlen Schneider et al.*1 citation*
2214. **[Breeding heat-tolerant corals to save the Great Barrier Reef ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01753-x)**James Mitchell Crow*1 citation*
2215. **[Bronze Age genomes reveal migration to Britain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03770-2)**Daniel G. Bradley*1 citation*
2216. **[Bryozoan fossils found at last in deposits from the Cambrian period ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02874-z)**Andrej Ernst, Mark A. Wilson*1 citation*
2217. **[Burnt seeds show people used tobacco 12,000 years ago ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02789-9)**Tosin Thompson*1 citation*
2218. **[Business of science: How technology-transfer teams can help your spin-off succeed ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01005-y)**Adam Levy*1 citation*
2219. **[Business of science: The transferable skills that straddle academia and industry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01008-9)**Adam Levy*1 citation*
2220. **[C. Austen Angell (1933–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01319-x)**Pablo G. Debenedetti, Peter H. Poole, Srikanth Sastry et al.*1 citation*
2221. **[COP architects furious at lack of climate justice at pivotal summit ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03088-z)**Ehsan Masood*1 citation*
2222. **[COP26: Meet the scientists behind the crucial climate summit ↗](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03029-w)**Quirin Schiermeier, Tosin Thompson, Jeff Tollefson*1 citation*
2223. **[COVID evolution and the Webb telescope — the week in infographics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03694-x)***1 citation*
2224. **[COVID mega-database, single-shot vaccine and Pfizer results ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00529-7)***1 citation*
2225. **[COVID vaccination studies: plan now to pool data, or be bogged down in confusion ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00563-5)**Natalie E. Dean*1 citation*
2226. **[COVID’s cardiac connection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01456-3)**Elie Dolgin*1 citation*
2227. **[Californium—carbon bond captured in a complex ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03385-7)**Julie E. Niklas, Henry S. La Pierre*1 citation*
2228. **[Can CRISPR cure sickle-cell disease? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02255-6)***1 citation*
2229. **[Can start-ups fast-track fusion energy? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02203-4)**Melanie Windridge*1 citation*
2230. **[Canada’s scientific strength depends on greater support for innovation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03058-5)**Bec Crew*1 citation*
2231. **[Cancer aided by greasy traitors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00421-4)**Caroline E. Perry, Ulf Henning Beier*1 citation*
2232. **[Cash boost looms for historically Black US colleges and universities ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02528-0)**Chris Woolston*1 citation*
2233. **[Chemical modelling with a sense of touch ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02042-3)**Kendall Powell*1 citation*
2234. **[Chilean polymath Humberto Maturana remembered ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01524-8)**Francisco J. Parada, Alejandra Rossi, Daniel Rojas‐Líbano*1 citation*
2235. **[China faces one–two punches of extreme weather as Earth warms ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02495-6)***1 citation*
2236. **[Clusters of flowstone ages are not supported by statistical evidence ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03586-0)**Philip J. Hopley, Pieter Vermeesch, Randall R. Parrish et al.*1 citation*
2237. **[Colour blindness: journals should enable image redisplay ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02982-w)**Jeremy Adler*1 citation*
2238. **[Community power could boost confidence in vaccination programmes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00049-4)**Renee C. Wurth, Herman Saksono*1 citation*
2239. **[Coral conservation strikes a balance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02409-6)**Clare Watson*1 citation*
2240. **[Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00523-z)**Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, Amy Maxmen*1 citation*
2241. **[Coronapod: Waiving vaccine patents and coronavirus genome data disputes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01239-w)**Noah Baker, Amy Maxmen*1 citation*
2242. **[Coronapod: new hope from COVID antiviral drugs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03441-2)**Noah Baker*1 citation*
2243. **[Coronapod: our future with an ever-present coronavirus ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00457-6)**Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, Nicky Phillips*1 citation*
2244. **[Coronapod: the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine - what you need to know ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00847-w)**Noah Baker, Ewen Callaway*1 citation*
2245. **[Cosmic electromagnetic bomb sheds light on the origins of γ-ray bursts ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03657-8)**Christopher Thompson*1 citation*
2246. **[Cruise ships could sail now-icy Arctic seas by century’s end ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01889-w)***1 citation*
2247. **[Daily briefing: Biology begins to tangle with quantum computing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01856-5)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2248. **[Daily briefing: COVID vaccines might be wasted on booster shots ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02243-w)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2249. **[Daily briefing: Can COVID spread through frozen meat? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00547-5)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2250. **[Daily briefing: First authorization for Novavax COVID vaccine ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03048-7)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2251. **[Daily briefing: Global CO2 emissions might have been flat for a decade ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03083-4)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2252. **[Daily briefing: Ground-breaking carbon capture plant starts up ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02473-y)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2253. **[Daily briefing: How to share surplus COVID-19 vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00648-1)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2254. **[Daily briefing: Largest trial shows psilocybin is effective to treat depression ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03413-6)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2255. **[Daily briefing: Medicinal plant knowledge linked to threatened Indigenous languages ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02590-8)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2256. **[Daily briefing: Merck downgrades COVID pill results ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03754-2)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2257. **[Daily briefing: Omicron might weaken vaccine protection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03689-8)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2258. **[Daily briefing: Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID vaccine is back on track ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00849-8)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2259. **[Daily briefing: Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine looks promising for young children ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02579-3)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2260. **[Daily briefing: Positive results from Sputnik V COVID vaccine trials ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00301-x)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2261. **[Daily briefing: The first billion COVID vaccinations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01197-3)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2262. **[Daily briefing: The human genome sequence, 20 years on ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00413-4)**Flora Graham*1 citation*
2263. **[Dear grant agencies: tell me where I went wrong ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00444-x)**Juan Manuel Parrilla Gutierrez*1 citation*
2264. **[Decades-old SARS virus infection triggers potent response to COVID vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02260-9)**Smriti Mallapaty*1 citation*
2265. **[Direct installation of boron groups offers boost to medicinal chemistry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02007-6)**Christine M. Le*1 citation*
2266. **[Discovering allyship at a historically Black university ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02527-1)**Adrienne Nugent*1 citation*
2267. **[Ditch gendered terminology for cell division ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03490-7)**Peter White, Shahnaz Masani, Stef M. Shuster et al.*1 citation*
2268. **[Donald Caspar (1927–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03820-9)**Lee Makowski*1 citation*
2269. **[Early humans far from the South African coast collected unusual objects ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00795-5)**Pamela Rae Willoughby*1 citation*
2270. **[Education outreach can inspire the next generation of scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01518-6)**David Hiller*1 citation*
2271. **[Ei-ichi Negishi (1935–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01828-9)**Kit Chapman*1 citation*
2272. **[Elite US science academy expels astronomer Geoff Marcy following harassment complaints ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01461-6)**Nidhi Subbaraman*1 citation*
2273. **[Europe’s COVID death toll could rise by hundreds of thousands ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03455-w)**Smriti Mallapaty*1 citation*
2274. **[Europe’s pandemic recovery: embed resilience ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01700-w)**Mariya Gabriel, Sandrine Dixson-Declève*1 citation*
2275. **[Fairer taxation to curb inequality and boost health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01698-1)**Barry A Bogin*1 citation*
2276. **[Famed Chinese immunologist cleared of plagiarism and fraud ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00219-4)**David Cyranoski*1 citation*
2277. **[Feedback needed: take our salary and job-satisfaction survey ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01538-2)**Chris Woolston*1 citation*
2278. **[Ferroelectric materials prompt a rethink of matter ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01792-4)**Chris Woolston*1 citation*
2279. **[First authors: is co-equal genuinely equal? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02310-2)**Jonathan Kipnis*1 citation*
2280. **[First video and sounds from China’s Mars rover intrigue scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01770-w)**Smriti Mallapaty*1 citation*
2281. **[Fix databases that fail with two surnames ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01188-4)**Jorge Mira, M. Carmen Parafita Couto*1 citation*
2282. **[Flies sense the world while sleeping ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02441-6)**Wanhe Li, Alex C. Keene*1 citation*
2283. **[Flood risk rises as people surge into vulnerable regions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02149-7)**Nick Petrić Howe, Shamini Bundell*1 citation*
2284. **[Flowing crystals for quick camouflage ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02458-x)***1 citation*
2285. **[Food for thought about the immune drivers of gut pain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03661-y)**Stuart M. Brierley*1 citation*
2286. **[Forceful synapses reveal mechanical interactions in the brain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03516-0)***1 citation*
2287. **[Freak US winters linked to Arctic warming ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02402-z)**Quirin Schiermeier*1 citation*
2288. **[Fresh twists in China’s bid for research dominance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01401-4)**Catherine Armitage*1 citation*
2289. **[Gene errors, electric cars — the week in infographics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02274-3)***1 citation*
2290. **[Giant ice cube hints at the existence of cosmic antineutrinos ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00486-1)**Carla Distefano*1 citation*
2291. **[Global virus tracker ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01175-9)**Kendall Powell*1 citation*
2292. **[Glutamate receptor complexes open up and reveal their molecular dialect ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01380-6)**Andrew J.R. Plested*1 citation*
2293. **[Handling snakes for science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03629-6)**Virginia L. Gewin*1 citation*
2294. **[Hard times tear coupled seabirds apart ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03509-z)***1 citation*
2295. **[Head-injury risk higher for female soccer players, massive survey finds ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01184-8)**Katharine Sanderson*1 citation*
2296. **[Heart-inflammation risk from Pfizer COVID vaccine is very low ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02740-y)**Smriti Mallapaty*1 citation*
2297. **[How Canada stacks up in science against its closest competitors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03061-w)***1 citation*
2298. **[How I advocate the importance of vaccines to my Black family ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00480-7)**Ty Fletcher-Beals*1 citation*
2299. **[How cigarettes became a civil-rights issue ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02849-0)**Nidhi Subbaraman*1 citation*
2300. **[How pirouettes and pliés prepared me for a research career ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00846-x)**Aisling Roche*1 citation*

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