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    Meet the neuroscientists breaking the walls around their discipline.

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    China’s former ancient capital of Xi’an stands to gain from the Belt and Road initiative, a government scheme to link the country across land and sea to Europe, Africa and the rest of Asia.

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    Colombian science faces stark problems, but some researchers are finding reasons to be hopeful.

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    Deep local collaborations and research with local character are powerful drivers in Western Australia, one of the world’s most remote scientific communities.

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    An alternative Japan experience Meet the sides of Japanese cities that most international researchers never see

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    Beating the odds to secure a permanent contract. Six early-career researchers offer advice on how to secure a permanent contract in academia, and then make the most of it.

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    Earth-observation scientists are powering through an uncertain funding landscape to understand a changing climate better.

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    In the global race for high-tech excellence, a historic region of China is taking a prominent role on the international stage.

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    Hong Kong is using its proximity to science hubs in mainland China to encourage innovation, but barriers to collaboration remain.

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    Tax breaks have boosted Australian biotechnology and fuelled overseas investment, but industry insiders fear that threatened budget cuts could slow growth.

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    Designing machines that can grasp and manipulate objects with anything approaching human levels of dexterity is first on the to-do list for robotics.

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