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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.
