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  • Editorial |

    A change in UK government must lead to changes in science policy.

  • Editorial |

    Materials scientists have played a key role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the development of vaccines and diagnostic tools to the rapid prototyping of ventilators.

  • Editorial |

    We are launching a new column to talk about science with our readers from a broader perspective. Our first topic is mental health in academia.

  • Why it Matters |

    Donata Iandolo and Gonçalo Silva on the need for an open discussion on mental health in academia.

    • Donata Iandolo
    •  & Gonçalo Silva

  • Editorial |

    There is room for improvement in materials sustainability, provided we examine carefully the whole value chain.

  • Editorial |

    US research funding sees both winners and losers as the Trump administration outlines its agenda.

  • Editorial |

    Nature Materials is extending editorial policies regarding transparency of reported data in manuscripts from the physical and life sciences.

  • Editorial |

    Researchers and their institutions must play their full part in ensuring that the exciting changes now sweeping France succeed.

  • Editorial |

    To aid the reproducibility of published results for photovoltaic devices, from now on we will ask authors of relevant manuscripts to complete a checklist of key technical information that must be reported.

  • Editorial |

    The outcome of the UK election leaves science challenged on at least three fronts.

  • Editorial |

    In the nuclear industry, safety considerations rely on our ability to understand and control the behaviour of the relevant materials over a range of length and time scales.

  • Interview |

    The incident at Fukushima Daiichi brought materials in the nuclear industry into the spotlight. Nature Materials talks to Tatsuo Shikama, Director of the International Research Centre for Nuclear Materials, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, about the current situation.

    • John Plummer

  • Editorial |

    Scotland's independence debate saw too many scientists absent from the public square.

  • Editorial |

    Freshly re-elected, there seem to be few radical changes ahead for Angela Merkel's government. Her politics have been successful, but will Germany's neighbours start to benefit too?

  • Editorial |

    French research requires a deeper reform with a vision — instead of limited organizational changes that do not provide a new competitive impulse to further develop research capabilities.

  • Editorial |

    Underfunding, chronic structural deficiencies and lack of proper evaluation are acutely harming Greek science. The only way forward is to increase investment in human capital and infrastructure, coupled with organizational reforms and a change of government attitude towards research.

  • Editorial |

    President Obama's re-election was welcome news to many scientists — but it won't release the fiscal vice that's taking a grip of US research spending.

  • Editorial |

    François Hollande, the new French president, has an opportunity to correct and consolidate five years of frantic research reforms under Nicolas Sarkozy.

  • Editorial |

    Japan's new frugal political leadership serves as a threat and an opportunity for Japanese scientists.

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