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We celebrate the 15th anniversary issue of Nature Methods with a look back on the past decade and a half, and a look forward to the future of methods development.
There are many misconceptions about science journalism. We aim to provide some clarity on how journalists work and how to give interviews about your research.
Technology development research worthy of publication takes place at many for-profit companies. At Nature Methods, we do not treat such papers any differently than papers submitted from academic labs.
The year 2019 marks two noteworthy anniversaries in chemistry. We use this opportunity to reflect on the importance of chemistry to Nature Methods and to the broader life science research community.
Different methods have contributed to a better understanding of the malaria parasite, but improvements are still needed to uncover basic Plasmodium biology.