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War shattered Ukrainian science — its rebirth is now taking shape

The war is far from over but Ukraine’s government is already considering how to build back — and use the opportunity to move on from a Soviet-era system.
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Galyna Tolstolutska stands in her heavily damaged department at the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology

Radiation scientist Galyna Tolstolutska stands in the ruins of the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology in Kharkhiv, Ukraine. Credit: Oleksandr Brynza/Associated Press/Alamy

By this time next year, biochemist Uliana Semaniuk hopes to pack up her laboratory work in Finland and head home to Ukraine to restart her life and her science.

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Nature 618, 900-901 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02031-8

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