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Career Feature |
Climate change pits clan against clan in drought-hit Somalia
Amid battles for water and grazing land, an awareness of local power dynamics is key, says United Nations adviser Christophe Hodder.
- Shihab Jamal
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Career Feature |
Tracking women’s mental health amid trauma in Yemen
Psychologist Anjila Sultan returned to the city where she grew up, after witnessing the effects of war and cultural pressures on mothers and children.
- Shihab Jamal
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Outlook |
Tracking RSV in low- and middle-income countries
By surveilling respiratory syncytial virus, the World Health Organization is hoping to understand who the virus infects and the burden it has.
- Pratik Pawar
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Career Feature |
Research at the intersection of ‘human rage and nature’s fury’
Geochemist Charles Balagizi monitors water safety and volcanic activity in a region where violence is common. The deaths of colleagues means he never assumes an area is safe.
- Shihab Jamal
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Editorial |
Rich countries must align science funding with the SDGs
Research in poorer countries maps closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — wealthy nations must follow if the goals are to be met.
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Correspondence |
When authors play the predatory journals’ own game
- Jeremiah Joven Joaquin
- & Hazel T. Biana
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Career Q&A |
I train farmers to use plant science in the fight against climate change
Plant breeder and geneticist Prince Matova helps farmers in drought-prone areas to increase their yields.
- Clemence Manyukwe
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Article
| Open AccessCauses and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings
Analysis of data from 33 longitudinal cohorts from low- and middle-income countries indicates that conditions during pre-conception, pregnancy and the first few months of life are crucial in determining the risk of growth faltering in young children.
- Andrew Mertens
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- & Pablo Penataro Yori
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Article
| Open AccessChild wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries
An analysis of longitudinal cohort data across diverse populations suggests that the incidence of wasting between birth and 24 months is higher than previously thought, and highlights the role of seasonal factors that affect child growth.
- Andrew Mertens
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- & Pablo Penataro Yori
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Article
| Open AccessEarly-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries
A pooled analysis of longitudinal studies in low- and middle-income countries identifies the typical age of onset of linear growth faltering and investigates recurrent faltering in early life.
- Jade Benjamin-Chung
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- & Pablo Penataro Yori
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Editorial |
The world’s goals to save humanity are hugely ambitious — but they are still the best option
Not one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals looks set to be achieved by 2030. But deadlines can help focus the mind, and scientists should double down on their work to support the goals.
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Nature Index |
African scientists call for research equity as a cancer crisis looms
Rising death rates are defying global trends but the continent’s researchers are keen to lead the fightback.
- Linda Nordling
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World View |
A new model for public health in Africa can become a reality
As Africa emerges from the COVID pandemic, combating infectious diseases must be a priority — along with treating non-communicable and mental health conditions.
- Jean Kaseya
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Outlook |
In search of a vaccine for leishmaniasis
Researchers hope that immunization will provide much needed protection against the neglected parasitic disease in conflict zones.
- Anthony King
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Editorial |
Reducing inequality benefits everyone — so why isn’t it happening?
Those urging world leaders to take action on inequality should study why earlier efforts did not translate to changes in policy.
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World View |
Predatory journals entrap unsuspecting scientists. Here’s how universities can support researchers
Training from institutions on publishing norms could help to thwart predatory publishers.
- Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri
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Career Column |
Children on fieldwork: how two scientist mothers made it happen
We both struggled with the idea of juggling our families and field teams — but we found good reasons to keep pursuing our goals.
- Verónica Laura Lozano
- & María Laura Sánchez
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Comment |
Millions of jobs in food production are disappearing — a change in mindset would help to keep them
Halting the loss of jobs and knowledge from small-scale producers requires investing in rural sustainability, addressing poverty and inequity and ensuring the economic gains stay local. The benefits would be shared globally.
- Eduardo S. Brondizio
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- & Beate Henschel
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Article
| Open AccessAccelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China
To meet China’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2060, substantial investment in upgrading power systems needs to be made to optimize the deployment of new photovoltaic and wind power plants.
- Yijing Wang
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- & Renhe Zhang
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World View |
Saving tens of millions of children a year from the effects of lead poisoning is a surprisingly solvable problem
Funding to help nations eliminate lead paint and other sources of exposure would avert millions of deaths and one trillion dollars a year in income loss.
- Nafisatou Cissé
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Career Feature |
Pack up the parachute: why global north–south collaborations need to change
Global-south researchers want equal partnerships that value intellectual exchange.
- Virginia Gewin
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News |
Rings of fire: centuries of tree growth show wildfires increasing in Vietnam
The data suggest human activities are more to blame for the increase than climate change.
- Jude Coleman
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News |
Sweden’s researchers outraged at decision to axe development-research funding
Sudden move could derail collaborations that have taken decades to build, scientists say.
- Marta Paterlini
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Outlook |
Battling a health crisis in the Amazon
Scientists are racing to control malaria in northern Brazil where the disease is playing a major part in the current health emergency threatening the region’s Indigenous people.
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Outlook |
The challenges facing scientists in the elimination of malaria
The world now has a malaria vaccine, but it won’t be enough to wipe out the parasitic disease
- Richard Hodson
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News |
Promising tuberculosis vaccine gets US$550-million shot in the arm
The candidate is moving to long-awaited phase III trials — if successful, it would be the first new jab against the disease in more than 100 years.
- Lilly Tozer
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Editorial |
A decades-long decline in extreme poverty has gone into reverse — here’s how to fix things
Factors ranging from COVID-19 to Russia’s war in Ukraine are increasing extreme poverty. Finding effective solutions starts with agreeing on how to measure what poverty means.
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Outlook |
Malaria’s modelling problem
Southern Africa wants to eliminate the disease by 2030, but predicting where and when the disease will strike remains a challenge.
- Linda Nordling
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Outlook |
Can malaria researchers slow the spread of drug resistance?
Concerns that artemisinin combination treatments are losing their effectiveness against Plasmodium parasites have set scientists looking for alternatives.
- T. V. Padma
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Outlook |
The next frontier for malaria vaccination
Hot on the heels of the first approved vaccine for malaria, researchers are racing to develop even better shots that tackle the parasite at every stage of its life cycle.
- Cassandra Willyard
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Outlook |
Malaria: highlights from research
A mosquito hibernation mystery solved, parasites grown in dishes for the first time, and other studies and trials.
- Laura Vargas-Parada
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Outlook |
In search of a vaccine for Plasmodium vivax malaria
Vaccinologist Arturo Reyes-Sandoval explains how researchers are edging closer to a much-needed vaccine.
- Laura Vargas-Parada
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Outlook |
Monoclonal antibodies show promise for malaria prevention
Immunologist Robert Seder and malaria epidemiologist Kassoum Kayentao talk to Nature about their work and how they think the parasitic disease could be controlled in the future.
- Cassandra Willyard
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Outlook |
How genetically modified mosquitoes could eradicate malaria
Gene-drive technology that can spread antimalarial modifications throughout mosquito populations is maturing, but there are questions to answer before it can be used in the wild.
- Sam Jones
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Career Q&A |
How I mixed microbiome research with public-health advocacy
Evolutionary geneticist Aashish Jha studies the gut microbiome of infants while advocating for better hygiene and health care in their marginalized communities.
- Saugat Bolakhe
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Spotlight |
Why China’s changing diet is a bellyache for public health
The shift from traditional cuisine to an increasingly Western diet is creating issues for nutrition researchers and countering other steps forward in public health.
- Yvaine Ye
- & Jack Leeming
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Outlook |
African countries fight for tobacco control
A lack of resources and interference from the tobacco industry make it difficult to strengthen anti-smoking regulations.
- Tammy Worth
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Article |
The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries
A survey of mortality data from low- and middle-income countries shows that government-led cash transfer programmes are associated with decreased mortality among women and children under five years of age.
- Aaron Richterman
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- & Harsha Thirumurthy
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World View |
Why I’m leading Pacific Islands students in the fight on climate change
Our voices were crucial in persuading UN states to back legal obligations to act on climate change. Here’s how we did it.
- Cynthia Houniuhi
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Career News |
Anonymizing peer review makes the process more just
Authors from richer, English-speaking countries gain unconscious boost when identified to referees, study finds.
- Natasha Gilbert
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News |
World’s first house made with nappy-blended concrete
The challenge for the hybrid material is more one of logistics than compressive strength.
- Elissa Welle
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Science on a shoestring: the researchers paid $15 a month
Scientists based in resource-poor regions describe how they tackle salary uncertainty, power outages and equipment shortages.
- Adam Levy
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Career Feature |
Split-site doctorates are helping to build Africa’s research base
University partnerships that let PhD students split their time between two countries and keep jobs at home have many benefits.
- Rachel Nuwer
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Article
| Open AccessDiminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
The advantage of living in cities compared with rural areas with respect to height and BMI in children and adolescents has generally become smaller globally from 1990 to 2020, except in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Anu Mishra
- , Bin Zhou
- & Majid Ezzati
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Technology Feature |
How Latin America’s genomics revolution began — and why the field is under threat
The sequencing of two bacterial species created a legacy that could be at risk without further investment, warn the region’s genomic leaders.
- Carrie Arnold
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Outlook |
Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in diabetic kidney disease
Diabetes is on the rise globally, mostly in low- and middle-income countries and among minority ethnic groups in wealthier nations. This increase is behind a surge in chronic kidney disease.
- Charles Schmidt
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World View |
Science needs strong advocates in the Nigerian elections
Presidential candidates pay lip service to the role of science and technology in solving Nigeria’s problems — researchers must come together to be heard.
- Amina Ahmed El-Imam
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Career Q&A |
Creating a paper device to improve public health in Nepal
Chemist Basant Giri designs inexpensive assays to test for contaminants and other health hazards in low-income countries.
- Saugat Bolakhe