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Breaking up clusters of circulating tumour cells to halt cancer spread

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Want to become a professor? Here’s how hiring criteria differ by country

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AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms

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‘I don’t think we’ve scratched the surface on systemic exclusion’

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Pictograms, comics and other illustrations: Books in brief

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former US president who dedicated his life after office to peace, human rights and global health

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The structure of bad cholesterol comes into focus

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‘Precocious’ early-career scientists with high citation counts proliferate

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Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams

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