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Vaccines promoted as key to stamping out drug-resistant microbes

Immunization can stop resistant infections before they get started, say scientists from industry and academia.

World View | 19 July 2017
The DeepMind debacle demands dialogue on data
Mishandling of patient information shows how governments and companies must become more worthy of trust, says Hetan Shah.
Comment | 19 July 2017
Solve Antarctica’s sea-ice puzzle
John Turner and Josefino Comiso call for a coordinated push to crack the baffling rise and fall of sea ice around Antarctica.

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News | 19 July 2017
The strange topology that is reshaping physics
Topological effects might be hiding inside perfectly ordinary materials, waiting to reveal bizarre new particles or bolster quantum computing.
News | 19 July 2017
Maryam Mirzakhani, quantum teleportation and the Great Red Spot
The week in science: 14–20 July 2017.
News | 18 July 2017
Ancient genomes heat up dog domestication debate
Results point to a single origin for modern canines and push back the timing by thousands of years.
News | 18 July 2017
Climate scientists flock to France’s call
President said ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ — and researchers signed up.
News | 17 July 2017
Satellite snafu masked true sea-level rise for decades
Revised tallies confirm that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the Earth warms and ice sheets thaw.
News | 14 July 2017
European Commission urges logging ban in ancient Białowieża Forest
Europe’s highest court will rule on Poland's policy that encourages tree-felling in biodiversity hotspot.

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Research Highlights | 20 July 2017
Systemic lupus erythematosus: A repertoire for disaster
- Jessica McHugh
Nature Reviews Rheumatology
Research Highlights | 20 July 2017
The fate of all of our plastics
Huge scale of human plastic production and discarding revealed.
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Research Highlights | 20 July 2017
Sea beds take years to recover from bottom trawling
Huge impact of fishing on invertebrate life quantified.
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Electrocatalysis: Reduced ring makes catalyst sing
- Christopher Windle
Nature Reviews Chemistry 1, 0062
Research Highlights | 19 July 2017
How people came to Madagascar
Study of 2,704 genomes investigates origins of island’s modern residents.
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Research Highlights | 19 July 2017
Alzheimer's disease microglia
- Ioana Visan
Nature Immunology 18, 876

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Turning point: Soft-skills sculptor
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