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    The Baltic country marks 20 years of European Union membership this year with a push to retain homegrown talent, persuade diaspora scientists to return, and attract researchers from abroad, lured by a collaborative research culture.

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    Fraught societal debates, particularly surrounding gender identity, are raising new questions about how to best take account of sex and gender in research, both in human health and elsewhere – even as scientists are increasingly recognizing that they must move beyond paradigms based on extrapolating findings from men or male animals.

    Image: Sophi Gullbrants

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    Switzerland has enjoyed a warm relationship with the rest of Europe for decades – but how has that influenced the research done in the country?

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    To fully understand human health and allow everyone access to advances in biomedicine, research programmes must include participants from diverse backgrounds.

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    Understanding the heterogeneities in Earth’s mantle, including their origin, structure, and variability, is crucial for comprehending the long-term history of internal changes that have shaped our planet.

    Image: Dorling Kindersley: Arran Lewis / NASA / Alamy Stock Photo

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    What does a scientist do, where do they work, and what do they look like? Nature marked its 150th anniversary in 2018 by introducing a weekly photo essay profiling a scientist in their workplace. Since then, the Where I Work section has showcased more than 200 scientists from more than 70 countries at work in labs, during fieldwork, running companies, funding agencies, treating patients and teaching children. The photographs, now exhibited in King’s Cross, London, depict and celebrate the diversity of science and scientists.

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    Female scientists in Latin America are forming alliances nationally and internationally to address systemic challenges faced by women in science across the world, but also those that are specific to their region.

    Image: Dirección de Comunicaciones/Universidad de Los Andes

  • Nature Outline |

    The use of vaccines not to prevent illness but as treatments, rallying the immune system to attack existing tumours, has the potential to revolutionize cancer therapy.

    Image: Andrew Khrosravini

  • Focal Point |

    Japan is a leading country in terms of the number of diagnostic imaging devices per capita due to a strong radiological technology market.

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  • Spotlight |

    Recent government policy changes have encouraged Chinese hospitals to look to suppliers based in China for their equipment and materials.

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