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365 days: Nature's 10
Ten people who mattered this year.
- Declan Butler
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Experience counts for Nobel laureates
Study of prizewinning scientists suggests greatest discoveries are now made by middle-aged researchers, not young ones.
- Zoë Corbyn
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Simulated Mars mission 'returns' to Earth
Six crewmen survived 520 days of isolation, but experiment was limited in its realism.
- Katharine Sanderson
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Chemistry resurrected at London university
King's College redesigns programme to focus on biomedicine.
- Katharine Sanderson
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A healthy work–life balance can enhance research
Scientists should make time for play to complement their intense work, maintain creativity and keep the ideas flowing, argues Julie Overbaugh.
- Julie Overbaugh
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Work ethic: The 24/7 lab
Working weekends. Leaving at midnight. Friday evening meetings. Does science come out the winner?
- Heidi Ledford
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Physics meets cancer: The disruptor
Paul Davies likes to ask big questions. But how did the freethinking cosmologist suddenly find himself probing the physics of cancer?
- M. Mitchell Waldrop
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A legacy of scepticism
Edzard Ernst, the world's first professor of alternative medicine, is stepping down.
- Daniel Cressey
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Can Europe build a framework for success?
The European Framework programme, one of the world's largest science funders, has improved its reputation. Not by enough, says Colin Macilwain
- Colin Macilwain
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'Soap opera' sours cancer chief hunt
Spain's scientists worried by fallout from high-profile spat.
- Alison Abbott
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Salmonella hits US teaching labs
Wave of infections triggers investigation into biosafety practices.
- Erika Check Hayden
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A death in the lab
Fatality adds further momentum to calls for a shake-up in academic safety culture.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Biotechnology: DIY biology
Bart Penders relishes an account of 'biohackers' who experiment beyond the confines of the lab.
- Bart Penders
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NIH firm on grant application rules
Unpopular policy limiting applicants to two submissions has sped up approvals.
- Meredith Wadman
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Life as a liquidator
Part of a massive clean-up team, Gennady Laptev recalls his years working to combat Chernobyl's radioactive legacy.
- Mark Peplow
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Meat-growing researcher suspended
Lab closes after a flare up between colleagues.
- Nicola Jones
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Radioactivity challenges dark-matter detector
Researchers on the XENON100 detector are battling contamination of their experiment.
- Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Quiz-playing computer system could revolutionize research
TV star Watson is a step towards a new kind of search engine.
- Nicola Jones
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Lab fakery explored in interactive training tool
Video offers a multi-perspective take on scientific conduct at the bench.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Deep lab denied funding
Divisions within US National Science Foundation throw plans for underground science facility into crisis.
- Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Innovation: The ideas lab
Jascha Hoffman reads about some creative research environments that led to unexpected discoveries.
- Jascha Hoffman
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Study says middle sized labs do best
A comparison of funding level and output has captured attention at the US National Institutes of Health.
- Meredith Wadman
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Paris plans science in the suburbs
Euros flow in to boost French goal of creating critical mass of cross-agency researchers.
- Declan Butler
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Cities: Building the best cities for science
Which urban regions produce the best research — and can their success be replicated?
- Richard Van Noorden
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Stem-cell papers under suspicion
Duplicate plots may be at issue in a retracted stem-cell study.
- Alla Katsnelson
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Research integrity: Sabotage!
Postdoc Vipul Bhrigu destroyed the experiments of a colleague in order to get ahead. It took a hidden camera to expose a surreptitious and malicious side of science.
- Brendan Maher
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Getting a better grip on lab mice
Gentler ways of handling the rodents could keep them calm and reduce experimental variability.
- Janelle Weaver
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Taxing times for Canadian postdocs
Trainee researchers struggle to make ends meet after the government clarifies tax rules for grants.
- Hannah Hoag
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Big science feels the pinch in Europe
Financial hard times in member states are fuelling calls for budget savings across the board.
- Geoff Brumfiel
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World view: Leaders wanted
There's room at the top for more old-fashioned charisma, says Colin Macilwain.
- Colin Macilwain
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Harvard probe kept under wraps
Researchers call for the release of findings of the Marc Hauser misconduct investigation.
- Heidi Ledford
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Forensic science braces for change
FBI laboratory chief is optimistic despite severe criticism and challenges ahead.
- Laura Spinney
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AIDS researcher cleared of misconduct
Berkeley cites academic freedom and lack of evidence as it wraps up investigation over contentious paper.
- Zoë Corbyn
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Crucial data on REACH not disclosed
Disagreement flares up over the number of animals required to implement Europe's chemical-safety law.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Safety oversight trimmed at US energy labs
Lab directors welcome efforts to tackle red tape, but others worry about lax nuclear security.
- Eric Hand