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The labs that forge distant planets here on Earth

The labs that forge distant planets here on Earth

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-07844-y

Author: Shannon Hall

High-pressure experiments explore what it might take to make exoplanets habitable

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Use machine learning to find energy materials 

Use machine learning to find energy materials 

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07820-6

Authors: Phil De Luna , Jennifer Wei , Yoshua Bengio , Alán Aspuru-Guzik & Edward Sargent

Artificial intelligence can speed up research into new photovoltaic, battery and carbon-capture materials, argue Edward Sargent, Alán Aspuru-Guzikand colleagues.

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The doubly dextrous physics of Enrico Fermi

The doubly dextrous physics of Enrico Fermi

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07830-4

Author: Catherine Westfall

Catherine Westfall lauds a candid life of a Manhattan Project scientist at home in theory and experimentation.

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How Viennese scientists fought the dogma, propaganda and prejudice of the 1930s

How Viennese scientists fought the dogma, propaganda and prejudice of the 1930s

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07819-z

Author: Jordi Cat

Jordi Cat on a history of empirical thinkers whose world view was a beacon in an irrational era.

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Save Iran’s cheetah from extinction

Save Iran’s cheetah from extinction

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08183-8

Authors: Jamshid Parchizadeh & Samual T. Williams

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Celebrate results of German excellence initiative

Celebrate results of German excellence initiative

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08186-5

Author: Inna Sokolova

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Gauging the risk from US nuclear waste

Gauging the risk from US nuclear waste

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08188-3

Author: Rodney C. Ewing

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Scrap very useless qualifiers in research papers

Scrap very useless qualifiers in research papers

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08190-9

Author: Stephen K. Donovan

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Frank Brown (1943-2017)

Frank Brown (1943-2017)

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07832-2

Author: Bernard Wood

Geologist who helped to build the timeline for the origins of humankind.

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Please consider my science-fiction story

Please consider my science-fiction story

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07849-7

Author: David G. Blake

The art of writing.

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Muscle-cell manoeuvres

Muscle-cell manoeuvres

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-07846-w

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A tip of the hat to evolutionary change

A tip of the hat to evolutionary change

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07440-0

Author: Charles R. Marshall

The relative roles of biological and environmental factors in driving evolutionary change have been unclear. Now fossil analysis shows that their action depends on where an animal group is in its evolutionary trajectory.

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Two-dimensional tellurium

Two-dimensional tellurium

Nature 552, 7683 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07159-y

Author: Evan J. Reed

Materials that consist of just one or a few layers of atoms could have a range of useful applications. Computer simulations now show that the element tellurium might form three such phases, and that they have potentially useful properties.

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Opiate deaths demand serious action

Opiate deaths demand serious action

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07657-z

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Epidemic of painkiller addiction and overdoses in the United States needs a wide-ranging response.

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London scientists feel the noise

London scientists feel the noise

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07617-7

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Researchers join those donning headphones to cope with open-plan chatter.

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Pro-science budget is not enough for a Brexit world

Pro-science budget is not enough for a Brexit world

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-07467-3

Author: Venki Ramakrishnan

Clarity in UK and EU policy must come soon, so science funds can be spent well, says Venki Ramakrishnan.

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Illicit gene therapies, forensic data and Australia’s water woes

Illicit gene therapies, forensic data and Australia’s water woes

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-07513-0

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The week in science: 24–30 November 2017.

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Supercomputing poised for a massive speed boost

Supercomputing poised for a massive speed boost

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-07523-y

Author: Katherine Bourzac

Plans to build ‘exascale’ machines are moving forward, but still face major technological challenges.

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Five ways to fix statistics

Five ways to fix statistics

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07522-z

Authors: Jeff Leek , Blakeley B. McShane , Andrew Gelman , David Colquhoun , Michèle B. Nuijten & Steven N. Goodman

As debate rumbles on about how and how much poor statistics is to blame for poor reproducibility, Nature asked influential statisticians to recommend one change to improve science. The common theme? The problem is not our maths, but ourselves.

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How to mobilize group intelligence

How to mobilize group intelligence

Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07524-x

Author: Beth Simone Noveck

Beth Simone Noveck enjoys a seasoned wonk’s analysis of the potential and pitfalls of large-scale collaboration.

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