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The 5 most popular scientific papers of June
24 July 2019
Bec Crew
Everything’s melting, but Boaty McBoatface is a beacon of hope.
Harvard University’s top 5 authors in life sciences
23 July 2019
Bec Crew
These scientists are Harvard’s most prolific authors of high-quality life sciences papers.
The top 10 institutions for life sciences in 2018
20 June 2019
Nature Index
These institutions were the largest contributors to life-sciences papers published in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index in 2018.
New tools for new treatments
24 May 2019
Jennifer Cooke & Bec Crew
From antibiotics and organoids to CRISPR, improved biomedical methods and apparatus are enabling new therapies.
How Brexit threatens Irish science’s cross-border collaboration
31 January 2019
Declan Butler
Peace and common membership of the European Union have allowed scientists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to build a unique, cross-border research system.
The top academic and corporate partners in the Nature Index
8 December 2017
Mark Zastrow
The team of scientists finding new ways to develop drugs for kids with rare cancers
2 December 2016
Neil Savage
An encounter helped kick-start the development of new cancer drugs.
Does proximity play a role in science collaborations?
30 November 2016
Neil Savage
Proximity is just one factor driving the high number of collaborations between top performing institutes in the same city.
How the world's largest mosquito genome project was almost derailed
12 May 2016
Sarah O’Meara
A collaborative study included in the Nature Index required the coordinated efforts of more than 130 researchers from around the world.
