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Rising star?

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The Japanese city of Nagoya is aiming to turn a history of manufacturing success into fertile ground for science applications. David Cyranoski surveys its potential.

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  • 28 October 2009

    There is a Correction associated with this story. The original article was incorrect in stating that the car-maker Toyota was named after its home city. In fact, the city was named after the car-maker. In addition, the photo on page 833 is of Yoshikazu Takeda not Keigo Takeda. These errors have been corrected in this version of the story.

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Cyranoski, D. Rising star?. Nature 461, 832–833 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7265-832a

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