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Editorial |
To get serious on the circular economy, upend how global business works
Reducing our waste’s impact on the planet requires new technology and materials — and, more importantly, a complete rethink of how we incentivize the production and use of resources.
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News & Views |
Plastics can be a carbon sink but only under stringent conditions
Modelling reveals that the carbon emissions associated with plastics could be negative by 2100 under a strict set of technological and socio-economic conditions — including increased recycling and plant-derived production.
- Sangwon Suh
- & André Bardow
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Moving labs: a checklist for researchers with disabilities
How to choose a workplace that is welcoming and safe, and where your career will thrive.
- Adam Levy
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Career News |
Quiet quitting in science: share your views
Are you cutting back on duties to tackle burnout, protect your well-being or protest against poor working conditions? Take Nature’s poll.
- Nikki Forrester
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Where I Work |
‘Fungi are amazing’: turning mushrooms into vegan leather and meat
Fermentation scientist Chuchu Huang grows mycelium that will become vegan protein.
- Linda Nordling
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Editorial |
Ukraine’s scientists need help to rebuild their research system
With countries around the world increasingly focusing on problems at home, the urgent need to reconstruct Ukraine’s research and educational infrastructure must not be forgotten.
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News Feature |
Will war in Ukraine mark a new era for European defence research?
After Russia’s invasion, politicians promised to boost military research funding — but policy specialists aren’t convinced that a rapid change lies ahead.
- Ann Finkbeiner
- & Richard Van Noorden
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Nature Index |
The nanoscience revolution
Breakthroughs in nanotechnology could offer wide-ranging benefits to a host of industries, from agriculture to computing, but getting public buy-in remains key.
- Bec Crew
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Nature Index |
Teamwork drives Australia’s success in nanoscience
Cooperation between researchers and consistent government funding are finally bearing fruit.
- Benjamin Plackett
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Comment |
We commercialized a methane capture technology in ten years — here’s how
Lessons from launching a spin-off company: invest in collaborations and engineering, and protect intellectual property to speed up tech development.
- Guoping Hu
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- & Kevin Gang Li
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Career Column |
Smaller science company? Tailor your CV for a manager, not HR
CVs land you interviews, not jobs. Keep yours brief, relevant and science-focused, says Anthony Hatswell.
- Anthony Hatswell
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Beyond academia: how to select your first scientific role in industry
The sector is broad, ranging from tiny start-ups to huge multinationals. Choose wisely.
- Julie Gould
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Correspondence |
Brazil opens highly protected caves to mining, risking fauna
- Hernani Fernandes Magalhaes de Oliveira
- , Daiana Cardoso Silva
- & Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho Domingos
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Career Feature |
Start-ups create career opportunities for scientists
As companies compete for talent, a candidate’s attitude can matter more than their credentials.
- Chris Woolston
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News |
Climate pledges from top companies crumble under scrutiny
Study reviewing commitments from 25 high-profile businesses highlights the urgent need for a thorough system to evaluate industry’s promises.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Beyond academia: Planning the perfect exit strategy for a scientific career move
If academic research isn’t for you, when is the best time to switch sectors? Industry insiders offer their advice.
- Julie Gould
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Beyond academia: Breaking down the barriers that curtail industry collaborations and career moves
How porous is the metaphorical membrane between academia and industry? Julie Gould finds out.
- Julie Gould
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Correspondence |
Theranos’s lesson for investors: speak to lab workers
- Richard D. Unwin
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- & Simon J. Clark
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News Feature |
The race to make vaccines for a dangerous respiratory virus
Millions of people a year are hospitalized by respiratory syncytial virus and tens of thousands die. After decades of failure, four vaccines are now in late-stage trials.
- Kendall Powell
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Nature Index |
Industry demand drives innovation
Less-established universities form strong business links to learn what the market needs.
- Leigh Dayton
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Nature Index |
Universities under 50 carve their niche
In bioimaging, high-energy physics, geoscience and chemistry, these young universities are making their mark.
- Flynn Murphy
- & Anthea Lacchia
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Nature Index |
Canada’s researchers call for a return to stated science ambitions
The buzz created by a 2017 national science review has faded, prompting calls for a renewed focus on innovation.
- Brian Owens
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Career Feature |
Tips for managing an industry move without your academic supervisor’s support
Struggling with your principal investigator’s bias towards academia? Here are some workarounds.
- Amy DePaul
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Nature Careers Podcast |
How the pandemic widened scientists' mentoring networks
Virtual meetings enabled researchers to look beyond departments, institutions and sectors for career support, Julie Gould discovers.
- Julie Gould
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Outlook |
Stem-cell start-ups seek to crack the mass-production problem
Commercial outfits are building the tools and know-how to manufacture treatments using induced pluripotent stem cells in the quantities required for clinical use.
- Eric Bender
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News |
China’s pledge on overseas coal — by the numbers
China’s promise to stop financing coal power abroad is a positive step, but researchers say the emissions savings pale in comparison to those from its domestic coal use.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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News |
Most fossil-fuel reserves must remain untapped to hit 1.5 °C warming goal
Modelling suggests that many planned coal, oil and gas extraction projects will not be viable if the world hopes to achieve climate targets.
- Bianca Nogrady
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News |
China launches world’s largest carbon market: but is it ambitious enough?
Experts welcome the trading scheme, but question whether it is up to the task of helping China achieve its climate goals.
- Bianca Nogrady
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News |
Deadly Myanmar mine disaster caused by poor planning, say data sleuths
First scientific study of Myanmar’s worst mining accident reveals that human error contributed to the 2020 disaster that killed at least 172 people.
- Andrew Silver
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Outlook |
The Spinoff Prize: Ones to watch
Here are ten university spin-offs that just missed making the final eight in the 2021 Spinoff Prize competition, but are worth keeping an eye on.
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Outlook |
The Spinoff Prize 2020 finalists: where are they now?
One year on from their nomination, Nature finds out what progress these young companies have made.
- Neil Savage
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Editorial |
Google’s AI approach to microchips is welcome — but needs care
Artificial intelligence can help the electronics industry to speed up chip design. But the gains must be shared equitably.
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Career News |
‘Keep your options open’: postdocs offer advice on academic-research careers
Nearly 1,000 respondents to a US survey urge careful thought about future professional pathways.
- Chris Woolston
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News |
Boom in ships that fly ‘fake’ flags and trash the environment
The number of ships using a ‘flag of convenience’ loophole that allows them to be scrapped in a place with lax environmental regulations is skyrocketing.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Where I Work |
A deep-rooted appreciation for the health benefits of plants
Kehinde Apara draws on artificial intelligence and her own family background to source flora for her work at a California bioprospecting company.
- James Mitchell Crow
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Correspondence |
Brazil: video inspires young women to work in solar energy
- Aline Cristiane Pan
- , Aline Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira
- & Izete Zanesco
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Career Column |
Why industry internships can be your ‘golden ticket’ to a prosperous career
The three of us took a break from our PhD programmes for a stint that enriched our CVs and improved our chances of career success.
- Eric Juskewitz
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- & Nancy Saana Banono
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Where I Work |
Meet the food pioneer whose meat replacements are rocking the gravy boat
Pat Brown explains how he’s slicing into the market with plant-based steaks that are eco-friendly and good to eat.
- Jack Leeming
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Career Column |
‘Can you work with less-qualified people?’ and 19 other curveball questions to navigate at industry interviews
Be ready for queries that reflect stereotypes about academia and that probe why you’re switching sectors, says Tina Persson.
- Tina Persson
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Where I Work |
Travails of an intrepid platypus counter
For more than a decade, Josh Griffiths has been trapping the elusive venomous mammals to survey the status of their population.
- Virginia Gewin
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Nature Index |
Samsung’s head researcher wants human–AI interactions to be a multisensory experience
Sebastian Seung outlines his quest for convenient and natural interaction with machines.
- Leigh Dayton
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Nature Index |
Germany’s start-up scene is booming
With record levels of funding, German start-ups are building the nation’s strength in innovation.
- Gemma Conroy
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- & Chris Woolston
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Editorial |
Facial-recognition research needs an ethical reckoning
The fields of computer science and artificial intelligence are struggling with the ethical challenges of biometrics. Researchers, funders and institutions must respond.
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Book Review |
Racism is baked into patent systems
Intellectual-property laws imagine creatorship as white, a book argues. By Shobita Parthasarathy
- Shobita Parthasarathy
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Nature Index |
New York and Boston maintain their lead
The two US cities have a peerless partnership for life sciences.
- Neil Savage
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Book Review |
Can the history of pollution shape a better future?
The poisonous legacy of industry holds lessons, two books show.
- Mark Peplow
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Arts Review |
Tesla biopic, starring Ethan Hawke: eccentric portrayal
The inventor of alternating current, motors and more is back — and this time, he sings.
- Davide Castelvecchi