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COVID, Racism, China: Three Tests for the Next NIH Leader

COVID, Racism, China: Three Tests for the Next NIH Leader

The successor to Francis Collins will need to be steadfast, nimble and creative in how they run the world's largest biomedical research agency at a pivotal time.

'I Hope You Die': How the COVID Pandemic Unleashed Attacks on Scientists

'I Hope You Die': How the COVID Pandemic Unleashed Attacks on Scientists

Dozens of researchers tell Nature they have received death threats, or threats of physical or sexual violence.

Eight Career Tips from Nobel Laureates

Eight Career Tips from Nobel Laureates

Stefano Sandrone's Nobel Life features interviews with 24 prizewinners on everything from handling rejection to seizing the moment.

How Local Communities Helped Polar Scientists During the Pandemic

How Local Communities Helped Polar Scientists During the Pandemic

Erica Gillis describes the strong connections with residents that helped her colleagues keep working when they couldn't travel.

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Antibody Evolution After MRNA Vaccination - Nature

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Antibody Evolution After MRNA Vaccination - Nature

Results suggest that boosting vaccinated individuals with currently available mRNA vaccines will increase plasma neutralizing activity but may not produce antibodies with equivalent breadth to those obtained by vaccinating convalescent individuals.

Real-world Data Show That Filters Clean COVID-causing Virus from Air

Real-world Data Show That Filters Clean COVID-causing Virus from Air

An inexpensive type of portable filter efficiently screened SARS-CoV-2 and other disease-causing organisms from hospital air.

How the World's Biggest Brain Maps Could Transform Neuroscience

How the World's Biggest Brain Maps Could Transform Neuroscience

Scientists around the world are working together to catalogue and map cells in the brain. What have these huge projects revealed about how it works?

'Elegant' Catalysts That Tell Left from Right Scoop Chemistry Nobel

'Elegant' Catalysts That Tell Left from Right Scoop Chemistry Nobel

Benjamin List and David MacMillan share the award for developing cheap, environmentally friendly organic catalysts.

Medicine Nobel Goes to Scientists Who Discovered Biology of Senses

Medicine Nobel Goes to Scientists Who Discovered Biology of Senses

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share the award for identifying receptors that allow the body's cells to sense temperature and touch.

Climate Modellers and Theorist of Complex Systems Share Physics Nobel

Climate Modellers and Theorist of Complex Systems Share Physics Nobel

Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi split the award for their work on complex systems - including modelling Earth's climate and global warming.

How to Shrink the Gap That Holds Black Scientists Back

How to Shrink the Gap That Holds Black Scientists Back

As UK universities prepare to welcome new undergraduates, a study suggests ways to level the playing field between white and minority-ethnic science students.

What a Personal Saga Reveals About Scientists' Lives - and About Science Itself

What a Personal Saga Reveals About Scientists' Lives - and About Science Itself

Two scientists allowed Nature to chronicle their lives for three years. Their story speaks to the epic professional and personal struggles involved in establishing a career in research.

New UK Science Minister Takes on Ambitious Research Agenda

New UK Science Minister Takes on Ambitious Research Agenda

Researchers will be watching former biotech investor George Freeman to see whether he can fulfil the government's science funding target.

Closest Known Relatives of Virus Found in Laos

Closest Known Relatives of Virus Found in Laos

Studies of bats in China and Laos show southeast Asia is a hotspot for potentially dangerous viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2.

Greece Used AI to Curb COVID: What Other Nations Can Learn

Greece Used AI to Curb COVID: What Other Nations Can Learn

Governments are hungry to deploy big data in health emergencies. Scientists must help to lay the legal, ethical and logistical groundwork.