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Next-generation cancer drugs boost immunotherapy responses

Early clinical trial data suggest that combining medicines improves treatment.

News | 02 June 2017
How scientists reacted to the US leaving the Paris climate agreement
What the United States' departure from the historic pact means for efforts to fight global warming.
Comment | 31 May 2017
Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation
The classification of complex organisms is in chaos.

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News | 06 June 2017
Romania’s science reforms prompt boycott
Researchers refuse to sit on evaluation panels after government bans international participation.
News | 05 June 2017
We need a science of philanthropy
Billions of dollars are being donated without strong evidence about which ways of giving are effective, says Caroline Fiennes.
News | 05 June 2017
Coral-reef fish suck up meals with slime-covered lips
Highly folded mouthparts help tubelip wrasses dodge venom and create a seal to feed.
News | 01 June 2017
Web of Science owner buys up booming peer-review platform
Acquisition could lead to new commercial services in scientific peer review.
News | 01 June 2017
LIGO spots gravitational waves for third time
Detection made from another black-hole merger — but physicists are now keen to see such waves from different types of event.
News | 01 June 2017
Methane exploded from Arctic sea-floor as Ice Age ended
Huge ocean-floor craters were caused by the expulsion of pressurized greenhouse gas thousands of years ago.

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Research Highlights | 06 June 2017
Cyclic polymers: A self-assembly route
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Neuromorphic computation: Lowering dimensions
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Nitrogen–vacancy centres: Driven by the environment
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Octopus-inspired nanosuckers: Adhere to the rough and wet
- Wenjie Sun
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Arabidopsis evolution: Roots in Africa
- Jun Lyu
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Comments and Opinion | 31 May 2017
Paths of glory
Look past the academia treadmill, says Ushma S. Neill.
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Comments and Opinion | 31 May 2017
Workplace habits: Full-time is full enough
Some scientists are fighting a toxic belief that a 50-hour working week is 'slacking off'.
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Comments and Opinion | 24 May 2017
Doctorates: PhD gender gap
US science PhD programmes still attract more men than women, except in biology and agricultural sciences.
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