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Growth of biotech clusters over several decades through pioneering, variety and entrepreneurial science
Biotechnology (biotech) clusters have evolved over time. Being a top biotech region in the early years 1978–1990 still positively correlates with the cluster’s biotech strength decades later. An entrepreneurial orientation of scientific actors as well as a variety of networks with partners outside the cluster both contribute to sustained biotech activity. Over a few decades,…
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Daily briefing: Can scientists ever agree on how consciousness works?
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The cloned rhesus monkey, named ReTro, is the first to survive to adulthood.Credit: Qiang Sun Cloned rhesus monkey lives into adulthood For the first time, a rhesus monkey cloned in the laboratory has lived into adulthood…
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Nature – The great ex-ape
The great ex-ape Standing some 3 metres tall and weighing 200–300 kilograms, Gigantopithecus blacki is thought to be the largest primate that ever lived. Pictured in an artist’s reconstruction on the cover, the giant ape was found in China between 2 million and 300,000 years ago, but why it died out remains a mystery. In…
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A crime-busting path to planetary science
A mural featuring George Floyd, whose 2020 murder by a police officer sparked Andrew Lincowski’s career change.Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Working Scientist profiles This article is the first in an occasional Nature series in which we profile scientists with unusual career histories or outside interests. Click on Andrew Lincowski’s LinkedIn profile, and his headline jumps out:…
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Between the Trees Festival shares exciting 2024 lineup
Sam Kelly performs at Between the Trees Stephen Price Between the Trees Festival has shared the lineup for their highly-anticipated 2024 4 day nature and science themed indie-folk festival set in a Welsh woodland by the sea. Between The Trees is the vision of two educators, Andrew Thomas and Dawn Wood, and aims to reconnect people…
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Basic science is not just a foundation
Intellectual freedom for scientists, unconstrained by commercial interests and direct application, fuels unexpected discoveries. Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of how life forms develop and function in their environment and has had wide implications for health and our planet. Investing in this is vital for scientific progress and is worth protecting in…
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Organize your –80 °C freezer to save time and prevent frozen fingertips
Organizing your lab’s freezer can be a massive undertaking — but one that will pay back in spades.Credit: Cavan Images/Alamy Setting a personal New Year’s resolution is common, but what about a New Year’s resolution for your laboratory? One resolution that we can get behind is getting — and staying — organized. In the spirit…
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Stop sending human remains to the Moon
On 8 January, US space company Astrobotic launched the first commercial Moon lander, called Peregrine. Among the spacecraft’s 20 payloads were five instruments built by NASA. Other cargo included the cremated remains of at least 70 people and one dog, sent by two US companies, Celestis and Elysium Space, which give people the opportunity to…
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Can foreign coral save a dying reef? Radical idea sparks debate
Table coral is among the species that could be transplanted to the Caribbean to revive reefs damaged by climate change and other threats.Credit: imageBROKER.com GmbH & Co. KG/Alamy Seattle, Washington Corals in the Caribbean have been dying off for decades — and a devastating heatwave there last summer made matters worse. Researchers are now considering…
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Insights from four female scientists caught at the early-career crossroads
Early-career researchers Cottrell Tamasser (left) and Ifrah Abdullahi discuss their career plans and challenges at the June 2023 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Physiology and Medicine in Germany.Credit: Julia Nimke Each year hundreds of early-career researchers from dozens of countries attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. The annual event provides opportunities for…