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    Understanding the heterogeneities in Earth’s mantle, including their origin, structure, and variability, is crucial for comprehending the long-term history of internal changes that have shaped our planet.

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    What does a scientist do, where do they work, and what do they look like? Nature marked its 150th anniversary in 2018 by introducing a weekly photo essay profiling a scientist in their workplace. Since then, the Where I Work section has showcased more than 200 scientists from more than 70 countries at work in labs, during fieldwork, running companies, funding agencies, treating patients and teaching children. The photographs, now exhibited in King’s Cross, London, depict and celebrate the diversity of science and scientists.

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    Female scientists in Latin America are forming alliances nationally and internationally to address systemic challenges faced by women in science across the world, but also those that are specific to their region.

    Image: Dirección de Comunicaciones/Universidad de Los Andes

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    The use of vaccines not to prevent illness but as treatments, rallying the immune system to attack existing tumours, has the potential to revolutionize cancer therapy.

    Image: Andrew Khrosravini

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    Japan is a leading country in terms of the number of diagnostic imaging devices per capita due to a strong radiological technology market.

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    Recent government policy changes have encouraged Chinese hospitals to look to suppliers based in China for their equipment and materials.

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    More money is being spent on medical R&D than ever before, but with few new drugs to show for it.

    Image: Taj Francis

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    Quantum computers are set to transform computing and society with their ability to solve problems that are currently intractable.

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    'Universal' stem cell-derived therapies promise clinical benefits across a range of conditions.

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    The John Maddox Prize is for individuals who stand up and speak out for science and for evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics despite challenges or hostility, successfully making change happen in public discourse, opinion or policy.

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    2024 marks 200 years since William Buckland reported his research on Megalosaurus, later recognised as the first non-avian dinosaur genus to be formally named by science.

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