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Is COP29 climate deal a historic breakthrough or let-down? Researchers react
Activists protest during at the COP29 climate meeting in Baku.Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA via ZUMA/Alamy A last-minute deal that rescued the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a “fragile consensus”, researchers who study climate finance have told Nature. Visibly relieved COP delegates from rich countries applauded in the early hours of 24 November following a…
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Hopes, fears and uncertainty: life scientists react to Trump’s election victory
Donald Trump will take office on 20 January 2025.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty The re-election of Donald Trump as US president raises the prospect of big changes in US science, in terms of policy, funding and research. Nature asked six life scientists which priorities they’d like to see the administration focus on once Trump takes office in…
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Turning a scientific lens on the wonderful world of fungi
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind: In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms Richard Fortey William Collins (2024) Richard Fortey, best known as a palaeontologist, has left the fossils of extinct marine organisms behind in this lovely book about fungi and his long-standing enthusiasm for field mycology. In Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind, Fortey describes his…
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Topological protection of optical skyrmions through complex media
Abstract Optical Skyrmions have many important properties that make them ideal units for high-density data applications, including the ability to carry digital information through a discrete topological number and the independence of spatially varying polarization to other dimensions. More importantly, the topological nature of the optical Skyrmion heuristically suggests a strong degree of robustness to…
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Forensic science is more than a test result
Forensic science is a mixture of specialties, including many chemistry subdisciplines, that focus on the idea of traces — marks that are remnants of past events. The findings should be affected by scene examination, time factors and context rather than an overreliance on the precision of the laboratory results. This is a preview of subscription…
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Learn about elder plants or explore nature-based science at one of these midfall classes or workshops
Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to [email protected]. ONGOING Walk With a Friend at Tualatin Hills Nature Park: 9 a.m. first Wednesday and third Sunday of the month. Take a guided walk and learn about the plants, wildlife and history of the park. Tualatin Hills Nature…
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Learn about elder plants or explore nature-based science at one of these midfall classes or workshops
Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to [email protected]. ONGOING Walk With a Friend at Tualatin Hills Nature Park: 9 a.m. first Wednesday and third Sunday of the month. Take a guided walk and learn about the plants, wildlife and history of the park. Tualatin Hills Nature…
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China’s regional cities are now major players in world science
As Chinese research goes from strength to strength, it is natural that the country’s biggest and most economically developed urban areas, such as Beijing and Shanghai, would become superstar science cities; as China gets richer, more educated and more technologically sophisticated, the megacities drive further progress. What might be more surprising is that some of…
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How being multilingual both helps and hinders me and my science
Credit: MirageC/Getty When I first arrived in the United States as an international student from India, I was immediately struck by the steep learning curve involved in communicating effectively in English. I’m a former research fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in New Delhi, and a Bengali speaker, as well as being fluent…
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Leading Nature Index science cities in health sciences: US institutions power country’s growth
Due in part to strong institutional collaborations and industry presence, the United States has maintained its lead in health sciences, with the Boston metropolitan area (MA) taking the top spot with a Share of 676.43. However, the Massachusetts capital — which is home to numerous biotech companies, leading universities, and more than 20 hospitals —…