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The drastic shake-up of the country's science system is intended to boost innovation, but there are concerns about political interference in the new centralized agency.
| License Crispr Patents for free to share gene editing globally
Universities hold the majority of CRISPR patents. They are in a strong position to ensure that the technology is widely shared for education and research.
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| | | How misconduct helped psychological science to thrive
Grass-roots action against bad behaviour has spurred reform — and should keep going.
Jelte Wicherts |
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Selections from the scientific literature. |
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The latest science news, in brief.
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US Covid origins report: researchers pleased with scientific approach
Intelligence investigation is inconclusive on virus's origins, but finds SARS-CoV-2 wasn't weaponized and is unlikely to have been engineered.
Amy Maxmen |
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India's DNA COVID vaccine is a world first – more are coming
The ZyCoV-D vaccine heralds a wave of DNA vaccines for various diseases that are undergoing clinical trials around the world.
Smriti Mallapaty |
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Rogue antibodies involved in almost one-fifth of COVID deaths
The self-targeting antibodies attack type 1 interferons that play a key role in fighting infection.
Diana Kwon |
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US achieves laser-fusion record: what it means for nuclear-weapons research
Scientists are hopeful that the National Ignition Facility's recent success will advance understanding of thermonuclear reactions.
Jeff Tollefson |
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Freak US winters linked to Arctic warming
Models suggest that distortions in polar-vortex winds can send chilly air hurtling southwards. But some climate scientists remain unconvinced.
Quirin Schiermeier |
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Kids and COVID: why young immune systems are still on top
Innate immunity might be the key to why children have fared better with the virus. But the Delta variant poses fresh unknowns.
Smriti Mallapaty |
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Climate science is supporting lawsuits that could help save the world
Governments have failed to slow climate change quickly enough, so activists are using courts to compel countries and companies to act — increasingly with help from forefront science.
Quirin Schiermeier |
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| | The billion years missing from Earth's history
A new theory to explain missing geological time, the end of leaded petrol, and the ancient humans of Arabia. | Why science needs strong mentors
Scientist mentors describe how supporting junior colleagues alongside many other responsibilities is a true labour of love. |
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| | Spatial analysis for visualizing small RNA species implicated in disease and development
Dr. Anushka Dikshit of Advanced Cell Diagnostics will present the miRNAscope™ Assay for specific, sensitive visualization of small RNA species expression with single-cell resolution.
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| | Dispatches from a world aflame
From California's deadliest blaze to a new planetary fire regime, how wildfires are reshaping our climate-changed planet.
Alexandra Witze |
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| | Personalized profiles for disease risk must capture all facets of health
To provide individual care and prevent disease, we need to go beyond genetics in risk scores and include metrics that follow a person's changing environment and health.
Mark McCarthy, Ewan Birney |
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Nicaragua: renewed call to defend human rights
Letter to the Editor
Martin Chalfie, Edouard Brézin, Belita Koiller |
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COVID-19: release approved vaccines for trials of new ones
Letter to the Editor
Melanie Saville |
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Spacefarers, protect our planet from falling debris
Letter to the Editor
Dipshikha Chakravortty, Saptarshi Basu, K. S. Nandakumar |
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Waive CRISPR patents to meet food needs in low-income countries
Letter to the Editor
John van der Oost, Louise O. Fresco |
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| | Five hundred days between pay cheques: the road I took to revive my career
A global career move left one member of a scientist couple unemployed during the pandemic. Here's what he learnt.
Nuwan Bandara |
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Five keys to writing a reproducible lab protocol
Effective sharing of experimental methods is crucial to ensuring that others can repeat results. An abundance of tools is available to help.
Monya Baker |
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Who wants to be a polar bear?
Joel Berger braves freezing temperatures and charging musk oxen to learn how melting sea ice is affecting mammalian encounters.
Amber Dance |
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