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2017 in news: The science events that shaped the year

A giant iceberg, a quantum-entanglement experiment and the death of a spacecraft are among the year’s top stories.
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The quantum teleportation experiment platform in Tibet

The satellite-to-Earth link in China’s quantum entanglement experiment. Credit: Jin Liwang/Xinhua/eyevine

From political chaos to cases of sexual harassment, scientists have had a tough year. But there were also bright spots, including approval of a new type of cancer treatment and the detection of gravitational waves from a neutron-star collision.

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Nature 552, 304-307 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-08493-x

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