Editorials
The US National Cancer Act of 1971 has fostered tremendous progress in our understanding of the biology that underlies cancer. However, scientific and social challenges remain.
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A new action plan to halt biodiversity loss needs scientific specialists to work with those who study how governments function.
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News
Researchers hope that a person who has so far lived for a week with a genetically modified pig heart will provide a trove of data on the possibilities of xenotransplantation.
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Amid concerns over lost antibody defences, some researchers argue that more attention should be paid to T cells.
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Despite evidence that pregnant people are at high risk of serious disease, many remain unvaccinated.
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In a fresh report, federal researchers recommend ways to strengthen scientific integrity and preserve public trust in government.
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Inactivated-virus vaccines elicit few, if any, infection-blocking antibodies — but might still protect against severe disease.
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News Features
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News & Views
Cell-free RNA transcripts in maternal blood can be analysed to monitor the progression of pregnancy and to predict a potentially harmful pregnancy-specific condition called pre‑eclampsia.
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A silicon-based quantum-computing platform has met key standards for reducing error — setting the stage for quantum devices that could benefit from established semiconductor microchip technologies.
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A computational method has been devised to identify drug-candidate molecules from a library of billions of molecules using 100 times less computational power than is used by standard methods.
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The chirality, or handedness, of nanoparticles is shown to be a key factor in determining how well such particles engage with the immune system — a finding that might help to inform the design of vaccines and anticancer therapeutics.
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Archival images of glacial ice on a Norwegian archipelago, together with the islands’ climatic diversity, enable application of an innovative method for making long-term projections of ice loss using short-term observations.
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Advances in the precision of radiocarbon dating can offer year-specific data. Analyses of archaeological sites in Denmark and Canada provide insights into the chronology of the global networks of the Viking Age.
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Articles
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