Editorials
Low pay, job insecurity, bullying and harassment all contribute to academic researchers reporting above-average levels of anxiety and depression. Institutions can improve working environments by looking at best practice elsewhere.
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Research will satisfy Africa’s demand for energy — but only if the continent is allowed to invest more in its science and innovation.
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News
The state-of-the-art centre will help to enforce a near-universal ban on certain chemicals and train analysts from around the world.
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Regulation aims to reduce facilities’ emissions of climate-altering gases — a goal that could require carbon burial.
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Genetic resilience found in a person predisposed to early-onset dementia could potentially lead to new treatments.
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Immune genes could play a part in the risk of needing intensive care when infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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Researchers worry that certain regions, including Africa, will suffer if global attention moves away from the outbreak.
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It pays to be an warm hunter in the cold ocean depths, so the animals shut down oxygen intake to conserve heat.
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News Features
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News & Views
Inorganic phosphate is an essential mineral for cellular metabolism and signalling. It emerges that a fruit-fly organelle can store this chemical in the form of phospholipids, releasing it in times of need.
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A long-sought photon that is emitted by the nucleus of a thorium isotope has now been observed. The feat is a key step in efforts to build a nuclear clock, a device that is precise enough to probe the Universe’s best-kept secrets.
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The processing of messenger RNA during splicing requires the activity of a complex of RNAs and proteins termed the spliceosome. Structural data shed light on previously mysterious aspects of splicing in humans.
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A limit on the resolution of optical-microscopy techniques has been broken by using a mixture of tags to label copies of target molecules in a sample, opening the way to better views of molecular organization in cells.
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In the earliest stages of mammalian development, individual cells possess the unrestricted potential to form a new organism. Researchers are closing in on the goal of growing these cells in the laboratory.
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Muscle loss during chronic disease is a life-threatening condition for which there is no effective treatment. The identification of an underlying molecular mechanism might offer new therapeutic targets.
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Perspective
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Articles
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