Nature News - Archive
Biology and other science news items from Nature News, the popular science syndication arm of the premier international science publisher, the Nature Publishing Group. Nature News is an authoritative and accessible online roundup of what's new in science research.
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March 14, 2017
CRISPR, microbes and more are joining the war against crop killers
Agricultural scientists look beyond synthetic chemistry to battle pesticide resistance.
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March 2, 2017
Dying woolly mammoths were in ‘genetic meltdown’
Genomic study of extinction in progress may offer insights for modern conservation.
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March 2, 2017
Amazon rainforest was shaped by an ancient hunger for fruits and nuts
People living in the area thousands of years ago may have changed the forest around them in ways that are still visible today.
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March 1, 2017
Hepatitis C drugs re-energize global fight over patents
Lawsuits in India and Argentina seek to reduce drug costs by allowing generic versions of antiviral treatments.
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February 28, 2017
The drug-resistant bacteria that pose the greatest health threats
World Health Organization publishes list that it hopes will focus development of antibiotics.
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February 11, 2017
Three sites where NASA might retrieve its first Mars rock
Agency narrows possible targets for the first-ever sample return from the red planet.
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February 8, 2017
'Riskiest ideas' win $50 million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Initiative's first grants will fund a medley of wild ideas from top San Francisco Bay Area biologists, engineers and programmers.
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February 8, 2017
Catch wave power in floating nets
Zhong Lin Wang proposes a radically different way to harvest renewable energy from the ocean using nanogenerator networks.
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February 8, 2017
Arctic 2.0: What happens after all the ice goes?
Researchers look into the future of the far North for clues to save species and maybe even bring back sea ice.
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February 6, 2017
How plants evolved into carnivores
Distantly related plants acquired their ability to eat meat through similar genetic changes.
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