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Research assessment toolkit
Research assessment exercises are mostly seen as an important tool to allocate funding and measure performance.
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Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) across orbits
Rapid advancements into space from many new companies, countries, and space-related entities has enabled a “Second Space Age.”
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Changemakers in science
This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism in science and champion inclusion, highlighting initiatives that could be applied to other scientific workplaces.
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Nature’s Technologies to Watch
In 2018, Nature began highlighting a few of the technologies they expect to make big advancesin the year ahead.
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China
China's status at the summit of the Nature Index remains unrivalled as the gap between it and the United States grows.
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Cancer treatment
A diagnosis of cancer still strikes fear into many people.
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Focal Point on Sustainable Fruit and Functional Components in China
China is one of the world’s major producers of fruit. Its food and agricultural scientists are leading a drive to develop sustainable methods to produce and process fruit.
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Working Scientist career profiles
These articles profile individual scientists with unusual career histories, achievements, skills or outside interests.
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Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC)
MoTrPAC is a national research consortium designed to discover and characterize the molecular map that underlies the effects of physical activity in humans.
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Lithuania
The Baltic country marks 20 years of European Union membership this year with a push to retain homegrown talent, persuade diaspora scientists to return, and attract researchers from abroad, lured by a collaborative research culture.
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Sex and gender in science
Fraught societal debates, particularly surrounding gender identity, are raising new questions about how to best take account of sex and gender in research, both in human health and elsewhere – even as scientists are increasingly recognizing that they must move beyond paradigms based on extrapolating findings from men or male animals.
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