Volume 557 Issue 7703



News Features

After the violence p.19


doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-04976-7

News & Views

Faulty replication can sting p.34

Inappropriate cellular inflammation can cause disease. It emerges that the protein SAMHD1 prevents the release of newly replicated DNA from the nucleus, blocking an undesirable pro-inflammatory response.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02804-6

Helium discovered in the tail of an exoplanet p.35

As the exoplanet WASP-107b orbits its host star, its atmosphere escapes to form a comet-like tail. Helium atoms detected in the escaping gases give astronomers a powerful tool for investigating exoplanetary atmospheres.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-04969-6

Evolutionary insights from an ancient bird p.36

Ichthyornis dispar is a key extinct bird species from when birds were shedding characteristics of their dinosaur ancestors and evolving their current features. A reconstructed skull of I. dispar now illuminates this transition.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-04780-3

Molecular machines swap rings p.39

A chemical system has been made in which two rings on an axle can switch places by allowing a smaller ring to slip through the cavity of a larger one. The advance opens up potential applications in molecular data storage.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02732-5

Life of a liver awaiting transplantation p.40


doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-04458-w


A randomized trial of normothermic preservation in liver transplantation p.50


doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0047-9

Cryo-EM structure of the gasdermin A3 membrane pore p.62


doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0058-6