Policy: Marine biodiversity needs more than protection

To sustain the seas, advocates of marine protected areas and those in fisheries management must work together, not at cross purposes.

News | 15 July 2016
First Greek science agency is rare source of joy for beleaguered researchers
European Investment Bank provides surprise loan to halt startling brain drain.
News | 15 July 2016
Algae are melting away the Greenland ice sheet
'Black and Bloom' project explores how microorganisms help to determine the pace of Arctic melting.

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News | 18 July 2016
Atom wranglers create rewritable memory
Chlorine atoms arranged into grids bring researchers closer to data-storage devices that could hold the US Library of Congress.
News | 18 July 2016
Older men and young women drive South African HIV epidemic
Genetics study confirms social cycle that helps infection to spread.
News | 18 July 2016
Science under siege: how Venezuela’s economic crisis is affecting researchers
Chemist Claudio Bifano tells Nature about daily life in a country gripped by hunger, scarcity and violence.
News | 15 July 2016
Algae are melting away the Greenland ice sheet
'Black and Bloom' project explores how microorganisms help to determine the pace of Arctic melting.
News | 15 July 2016
First Greek science agency is rare source of joy for beleaguered researchers
European Investment Bank provides surprise loan to halt startling brain drain.
News | 14 July 2016
Bright light accelerates ageing in mice
Exposure to artificial light weakens rodents’ muscles and bones, but risks to people are less clear.

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Comments and Opinion | 13 July 2016
Postdoctoral plans: PhD — now what?
Of new US PhDs with definite plans, 42% are headed to postdocs.
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Comments and Opinion | 13 July 2016
Grant awards: Age is no advantage
US National Institutes of Health funding rates for younger researchers are similar to those for older ones.
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Comments and Opinion | 13 July 2016
Global jobs: A taste for travel
Moves in science are common, exhilarating — and challenging. Read on for survival tips.
- Emily Sohn
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