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Nature, Published online: 23 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01668-8 A guilt-free pass for polluters is not enough, billion-year-old fossil rewrites history of fungi and ozone-destroying emissions traced to China. Press Release Distribution Service

Virtual reality (VR) can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than ‘gold standard’ cognitive tests currently in use, new research suggests. Press Release Distribution Service

Leonardo da Vinci produced some of the world’s most iconic art, but historical accounts show that he struggled to complete his works. New research now suggests the best explanation for Leonardo’s inability to finish projects is that the great artist may have had attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 22 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01561-4 The European Union’s cross-border collaborative programmes offer lessons for the rest of the world. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 22 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1243-y MRG-1 indirectly promotes anchoring of chromatin in differentiated intestinal cells in Caenorhabditis elegans by sequestering the histone acetyltransferase CBP-1/p300. Press Release Distribution Service

Scientists have developed material that can drive mechanical systems, with movements controlled by a pattern set into the design. Potential applications include opening windows in humidity, and allowing fabric to evaporate sweat Press Release Distribution Service

Researchers report a key breakthrough in how the performance of cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells is improved even further by the addition of another material, selenium. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 22 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1267-3 Publisher Correction: Innervation of thermogenic adipose tissue via a calsyntenin 3β–S100b axis Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 22 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1268-2 Publisher Correction: Sensory experience remodels genome architecture in neural circuit to drive motor learning Press Release Distribution Service

Many ways to approach the Riemann Hypothesis have been proposed during the past 150 years, but none of them have led to conquering the most famous open problem in mathematics. A new article suggests that one of these old approaches is more practical than previously realized. Press Release Distribution Service

Native Americans’ use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States was more profound than previously believed, according to a researcher who determined that forest composition change in the region was caused more by land use than climate change. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01571-2 A chronicle tracing the drug’s ancient roots and role in research grips Alison Abbott. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01576-x Device exploits semiconductors to whisk heat away from a polymer skin patch. Press Release Distribution Service

Researchers show how the rod-shaped bacteria Bacillus subtilis maintains its precise diameter while growing end to end. Press Release Distribution Service

Researchers describe what happens when Yellowstone — adapted to recurring fires every 100 to 300 years — instead burns twice in fewer than 30 years. Yellowstone as we know it faces an uncertain future, the researchers say, and one of the big questions they hope to answer is whether the forests can recover. Press Release…

They’re in a range of consumer products — everything from toothpaste and yogurt to fabric softeners and insoles for shoes. But what puts the spring, the elasticity in gels? New research has found the answer. Press Release Distribution Service

New research finds that bonobo mothers take action to ensure their sons will become fathers. This way bonobo mothers increase their sons’ chance of fatherhood three-fold. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01580-1 The draft rules mean that anyone who manipulates human genes in adults or embryos is responsible for adverse outcomes. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01585-w Supersolids are highly sought-after structures whose atoms can simultaneously support frictionless flow and form a crystal. Hallmarks of a supersolid have now been observed in three experiments that involve quantum gases of dipolar atoms. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01600-0 Who needs 64 codons anyway? Plus: the first samples from the far side of the Moon and Australia’s climate-change election. Press Release Distribution Service

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01584-x The biggest synthetic genome so far has been made, with a smaller set of amino-acid-encoding codons than usual — raising the prospect of encoding proteins that contain unnatural amino-acid residues. Press Release Distribution Service

Much like cancer, sepsis isn’t simply one condition, but rather many conditions with varying clinical characteristics that could benefit from different treatments, according to the results of a study involving more than 100,000 patients. These findings could explain why several recent clinical trials of treatments for sepsis, the number one killer of hospitalized patients, have…