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7 facts about a revolutionary technology

7 facts about a revolutionary technology

What everyone should know about cut-and-paste genetics.

Italian scientists slam selection of stem-cell trial

Italian scientists slam selection of stem-cell trial

Italian politicians have kindled the wrath of some biomedical scientists by hand-picking a stem-cell clinical trial for funding.

Einstein was no lone genius

Einstein was no lone genius

Lesser-known and junior colleagues helped the great physicist to piece together his general theory of relativity, explain Michel Janssen and Jürgen Renn.

Time to cry out for academic freedom

Time to cry out for academic freedom

Giving staff and students a say in how institutions are run would strengthen governance and clip the wings of administrators.

Scientists take to the streets over funding

Scientists take to the streets over funding

Researchers leave their labs to call for greater public support of research.

NIH to retire all research chimps

NIH to retire all research chimps

NIH director Francis Collins announced that the 50 NIH-owned animals that remain available for research will be sent to sanctuaries.

Research for all

Research for all

Numbers on racial bias in research grants awarded by the NIH show that science has more to learn about inclusiveness.

EC names seven researchers as its top science advisers

EC names seven researchers as its top science advisers

The outgoing head of CERN is among a group of seven researchers who will form a panel to provide independent scientific advice to the European Commission.

Artificial intelligence institute launches free science search engine

Artificial intelligence institute launches free science search engine

Semantic Scholar comes from centre backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

A decades-long surge in the numbers of US biomedical postdocs may finally have ended..

2015 Nature graduate-student survey

2015 Nature graduate-student survey

Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.

Over 60% of 2015 research articles on Nature.com are OA

Over 60% of 2015 research articles on Nature.com are OA

Sixty three per cent of original research articles published to date on nature.com in 2015 are open access, nearly 10,000 papers. Ten years ago, NPG introduced its first fully open access journal. Today, NPG publishes over 80 journals with an open access option.

How scientists fool themselves and how they can stop

How scientists fool themselves and how they can stop

Humans are remarkably good at self-deception. But growing concern about reproducibility is driving many researchers to seek ways to fight their own worst instincts.

US National Academies issue call to cut red tape

US National Academies issue call to cut red tape

Report warns that growing government regulations detracts from research.