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Italy's stem-cell challenge gaining momentum
- Elena Cattaneo
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A framework for success
The time is ripe for Europe's scientists to lobby for community-wide infrastructure funding.
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Research output falls
Russia is one of only two countries whose science-paper publishing rate has fallen.
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India's transgenic aubergine in a stew
Environment ministry rejects bid to grow genetically modified crop.
- K. S. Jayaraman
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Spotlight on New York
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Careers and Recruitment |
Big Apple biotech
More start-ups may be sticking around in New York City, as the city looks to a new science park, prizes and tax breaks to help kick-start a life-sciences cluster. Anne Harding reports.
- Anne Harding
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Divide and conquer
NASA is taking a risk on commercial space services. But the pay-offs could be high.
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John Grunsfeld
Former astronaut John Grunsfeld is the latest deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and will oversee the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
- Virginia Gewin
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Books & Arts |
Q&A: Carl Zimmer on writing popular-science books
Acclaimed essayist Carl Zimmer has eight popular-science books to his name, on topics from parasites and Escherichia coli to evolution. In the second in a series of five interviews with authors who each write science books for a different audience, Zimmer describes how passion breeds popular success.
- Nicola Jones
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Books & Arts |
Why we cannot predict earthquakes
Roger Bilham enjoys a history of a potentially useful field in which spectacular failures can win accolades.
- Roger Bilham
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South African science: black, white and grey
The release of Nelson Mandela sent optimism coursing through South Africa's research community. Twenty years on, Michael Cherry finds that it is still struggling to get on its feet.
- Michael Cherry
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Science lines up for seat to space
The advent of commercial trips could open up research opportunities.
- Katharine Sanderson
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Changes proposed to key psychiatry manual
Controversial revision alters diagnostic definitions.
- Heidi Ledford
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IPCC: cherish it, tweak it or scrap it?
As calls for reform intensify following recent furores about e-mails, conflicts of interest, glaciers and extreme weather, five climatologists propose ways forward for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their suggestions range from reaffirming the panel' governing principles to increasing the number and speed of its publications to replacing the volunteer organization with a permanently staffed structure.
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Spain's vision for science
Science minister Cristina Garmendia outlines her plans for research across Europe, and at home.
- Cristina Jiménez
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The future of European research
With a new research commissioner arriving in Brussels, and big policy changes on the cards, Nature explains how scientists could be affected.
- Alison Abbott
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Muse |
Morals don't come from God
The finding that religion scarcely influences moral intuition undermines the idea that a godless society will be immoral, says Philip Ball. Whether it 'explains' religion is another matter.
- Philip Ball
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Institute gets gift windfall
Philanthropist's gift will yield 300 research and lab-support jobs.
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Boost for brain research
Fellowship aims to boost collaborative research at European academic institutions and industrial labs.
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Correspondence |
Women: diversity among leaders is there if you look
- Nancy C. Andrews
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News & Views |
50 & 100 years ago
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Stand and deliver
Science has done well in the proposed US budget. Researchers need to justify the funding boost.
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Back to books
Researchers should be recognized for writing books to convey and develop science.
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From the blogosphere
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Opportunities: The National Institutes of Health
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Plug-and-play DNA
Bioengineering lab is hiring 29 scientists and engineers to develop synthetic biology 'parts'.
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Engineering: Sticky when wet
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A foot in the door
A postdoctoral application should present a person's best scientific self on paper. Kendall Powell demystifies why some applicants shine and others miss the mark.
- Kendall Powell
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America pushes to overhaul chemical safety law
Congress to consider stronger regulation.
- Brendan Borrell
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Eric Barron
The former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, Eric Barron is the new president of Florida State University in Tallahassee.
- Karen Kaplan
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Books & Arts |
In Retrospect: Funes the Memorious
When Rodrigo Quian Quiroga visited Jorge Luis Borges's private library, he found annotated books that bear witness to the writer's fascination for memory and neuroscience.
- Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
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Q&A: Peter Atkins on writing textbooks
The success of Peter Atkins's classic textbook Physical Chemistry led him to trade research for full-time writing and teaching in the 1980s. In the first of a series of five interviews with authors who each write science books for a different audience, Atkins explains how the rewards for textbooks can be great, but the effort needed can affect your research.
- Nicola Jones
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Biodiversity law could stymie research
Tighter rules on accessing and developing genetic resources may be counterproductive for conservation.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Better all the time
Innovation policies are more likely to be successful if they leverage existing capabilities, argues Daniel Sarewitz.
- Daniel Sarewitz
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Top astronomer suspended after leak allegation
Row may impact on South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope.
- Michael Cherry
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Spotlight on Postdoctoral Positions