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Beads made from meteorite reveal prehistoric culture's reach

Objects unearthed at Native American burial site are remnants of an ancient space rock.

News | 12 May 2017
Ebola vaccine could get first real-world test in emerging outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported nine suspected cases of infection in recent weeks.
Editorial | 15 May 2017
Keep doors open for constructive dialogue between religion and science
A meeting between the Pope, patients and researchers acknowledges how the two sectors can help each other.

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News | 16 May 2017
Trump officials act to tilt federal science boards toward industry
Critics say that changes to advisory groups at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior could restrict or paralyze them.
News | 16 May 2017
Geneticists enlist engineered virus and CRISPR to battle citrus disease
Desperate farmers hope scientists can beat pathogen that is wrecking the US orange harvest.
News | 16 May 2017
Rescue old data before it’s too late
If we don’t act soon to preserve past records, invaluable knowledge will be lost, warns Elizabeth Griffin.
News | 12 May 2017
Revamped 'anti-science' education bills in United States find success
Legislation urges educators to ‘teach the controversy’ and allows citizens to challenge curricula.
News | 12 May 2017
Arctic nations strike down research roadblocks
Binding pact aims to ease access to field sites and shipment of samples across national borders.
News | 11 May 2017
China cracks down on fake data in drug trials
Researchers and manufacturers face possible jail time — or execution — for fraudulent submissions to nation's drug agency.

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Research Highlights | 16 May 2017
Prostate cancer: Circulating free DNA as biomarker
- Clemens Thoma
Nature Reviews Urology
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Sticky gripper can lift flasks and tomatoes
A gecko-inspired adhesive could help robots to climb bumpy walls and grasp fragile objects.
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Research Highlights | 16 May 2017
Lung cancer: Tracing tumour evolution
- Diana Romero
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
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Nanomedicine: Design and conquer
- Amos Matsiko
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Transplantation: Anti-viral therapy enables transplantation of HCV⁺ kidneys
- Andrea Aguilar
Nature Reviews Nephrology
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Technology: Nucleic acid detection — it's elementary with SHERLOCK!
- Dorothy Clyde
Nature Reviews Genetics

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Field Instruments: Build it yourself
From custom wildlife collars to underwater recorders, a tailor-made field device is within a biologist's grasp.
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