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Romania’s science reforms prompt boycott

Researchers refuse to sit on evaluation panels after government bans international participation.

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Coral-reef fish suck up meals with slime-covered lips
Highly folded mouthparts help tubelip wrasses dodge venom and create a seal to feed.
Editorial | 05 June 2017
Six decades of struggle over the pill
A notable anniversary highlights the progress and benefits of contraceptives, but also the continuing battle for access to them.

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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 | 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.
News | 02 June 2017
Next-generation cancer drugs boost immunotherapy responses
Early clinical trial data suggest that combining medicines improves treatment.
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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Surgery: First penis transplant in the USA
- Clemens Thoma
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Our choice from the recent literature
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Smart materials: To grip or not to grip
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Nitrogen–vacancy centres: Driven by the environment
- Giacomo Prando
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Paths of glory
Look past the academia treadmill, says Ushma S. Neill.
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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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Doctorates: PhD gender gap
US science PhD programmes still attract more men than women, except in biology and agricultural sciences.
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