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The global PhD landscape 2025
In May and June 2025, Nature’s careers team surveyed 3,785 PhD candidates from around the globe, exploring everything from supervision practices to workplace concerns.
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The meaning behind our moniker
Alongside the commercial aspects of setting up a company, such as filing patents, attracting investors and recruiting staff, science entrepreneurs face a more creative challenge: what to call their business.
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Alzheimer’s Disease
The outlook for preventing, diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s disease is brighter than it’s ever been.
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Career planning strategies for scientists
Many junior researchers have firm ideas about their longer-term career goals and how to achieve them.
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Biobanks
Biobanks are collections of data and physical samples that share common traits.
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Focal Point on Dairy Research in China
China is emerging as a global force in dairy innovation. Its scientists and industry leaders are advancing sustainable production systems while reimagining dairy to suit local diets.
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Skin
The skin is the largest organ of the human body, and it performs a wide variety of crucial functions.
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Career Guide |
Texas
Texas has always been central to America’s space story and its influence is only growing.
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Climate change
Climate change is intensifying, but so is the international response.
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Microbial strategies to support environmental goals
Microbes have significant potential to improve environmental health - they can degrade persistent pollutants, convert waste into less harmful substances, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Celebrating Bates
2025 marks 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies.
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