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biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination
Credit: National Institutes of Health The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made discoveries about the role of enzymes in assembling
I’m a Palestinian scientist building a more inclusive future
Changemakers This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism in science and who champion inclusion. It also highlights initiatives
Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
Mutations in the gene that encodes a receptor called CCR5 can stop HIV (blue) entering immune cells.Credit: NIAID/National Institutes of
Meet the retired scientists who collaborate with younger colleagues
Julie Gould 00:09 Hello and welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould. This is the sixth
Why US–China relations are too important to be left to politicians
At the end of August, the US–China Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement (STA) is set to lapse. This historic pact
the hidden link between star-forming molecular clouds
The discovery that three star-forming clouds in our cosmic neighbourhood form a single C-shaped structure offers insights into how such
how plants sense and respond to gravity
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What Twisters gets right — and wrong — about tornado science
When Hollywood producers showed up a few years ago at Sean Waugh’s office, he couldn’t wait to show them his
Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers
Sampling, library building and sequencing We sampled a total of 133 teeth, 38 petrous bones and three femur samples from the collections
Wine grapes’ sweetness reveals Europe’s climate history
Records of the quality of annual wine-grape harvests can be used to estimate historical summertime temperatures in western Europe1. Access