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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February 2, 2017
Deadly new wheat disease threatens Europe’s crops
Researchers caution that stem rust may have returned to world’s largest wheat-producing region.
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January 31, 2017
Gene drives thwarted by emergence of resistant organisms
Until this obstacle is overcome, the technology is unlikely to succeed in the wild.
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January 31, 2017
How heat from the Sun can keep us all cool
As demand for air conditioning climbs, some see a solution in the very thing that makes us sweat: the Sun.
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January 30, 2017
Consider drug efficacy before first-in-human trials
Ethical review boards must focus on clinical promise as well as safety to hold the first tests of drugs in humans to a higher standard, say Jonathan Kimmelman and Carole Federico.
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January 26, 2017
Astronaut twin study hints at stress of space travel
Unusual study of NASA’s Scott and Mark Kelly finds gene expression shifts during nearly a year in space.
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January 25, 2017
Plant biologists welcome their robot overlords
Old-school areas of plant biology are getting tech upgrades that herald more detailed, faster data collection.
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January 25, 2017
Neuroscience: Big brain, big data
Neuroscientists are starting to share and integrate data — but shifting to a team approach isn't easy.
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January 25, 2017
Big science has a buzzword problem
Moonshots, road maps, frameworks and more are proliferating, but few can agree on what these names even mean.
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January 18, 2017
Billion-dollar project aims to prep vaccines before epidemics hit
Massive effort plans to stockpile vaccines against future outbreaks.
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January 18, 2017
Do you speak virus? Phages caught sending chemical messages
A virus that infects bacteria listens to messages from its relatives when deciding how to attack its hosts.
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