Editorials in 2014

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  • Policies in Ireland and China make Nature’s 2014 mentoring awards timely.

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  • Patent abuse slows down research and innovation, and must be confronted. Delays to US legislation are not reassuring, but there has been some progress in the courts.

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  • Reforms at the US Department of Energy are recharging research.

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  • Improved biomass stoves are not popular, people everywhere deserve modern cooking methods.

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  • If the threat of antibiotic resistance is to be managed, existing drugs must be marshalled more effectively and new medicines must get to market fast.

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  • The discovery of a Wolf-Rayet supernova rebuts the idea that the biggest stars go quietly.

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  • A project that aims to mutate every gene in the mouse genome to improve our knowledge of mouse biology should help to avoid irreproducible results and costly failures in drug development.

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  • A US push to flag foods as genetically engineered is hard to swallow.

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  • It has been no small feat for the Protein Data Bank to stay relevant for 100,000 structures.

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  • Germany should follow the United Kingdom’s lead and spell out the benefits of animal research.

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  • The release of radioactive material at a US nuclear-waste repository reveals an all-too-common picture of complacency over safety and a gradual downgrading of regulations.

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  • Amoeba races demonstrate a fun way to promote interest in science.

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  • Millions of hours of processing time yield the best picture so far of how the Universe evolved.

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  • Before they can construct a cell, researchers in synthetic biology must first build bridges between disciplines.

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  • Japan’s proposed reforms to science monitoring are welcome but long overdue.

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  • Carbon capture and storage projects promise to make a dent in global emissions — but only as part of a broader programme of technology deployment and economic incentives.

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  • A correlation between error rate and success undermines promise of stem-cell trials.

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  • The United States must tread carefully when building a health-data system.

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  • Illegal dumping of toxic waste in the Italian Campania has been blamed for high rates of ill health in the region. The suspected link needs to be investigated using the most modern methods.

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