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  • Nature Index |

    From personalized vaccines to next-generation screening technologies, the ways the world treats and detects cancer could shift dramatically in the coming years.

    Image: Peter Greenwood
  • Nature Outlook |

    Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 50 million people around the world.

    Image: Chiara Vercesi
  • Spotlight |

    For many, climate change is no longer a future threat but a present reality.

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  • Nature Outlook |

    Birds do it. Bees do it. Babies do it less than their frazzled parents would like. But sleep remains a mysterious process.

    Image: Simon Prades
  • Technology Feature |

    'Spatial proteomics' methods take chemical snapshots of tissues and cells while retaining spatial information about where the materials come from.

    Image: Human Protein Atlas
  • Collection |

    Journals from the Nature Portfolio wish to celebrate the achievements that have been made since the Beijing declaration for women's rights, emphasize areas where progress is needed and bring to the fore ideas offering a path forward.

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  • Collection |

    The MICrONS Project set out to create a massively dense reconstruction of the structural connections and functions of an entire millimeter volume of mouse visual cortex, along with new artificial intelligence-driven tools.

    Image: Forrest Collman; Microns Consortium
  • Nature Index |

    Global energy spending has reached record levels, and with a significant focus on renewables.

    Image: Eva Vázquez
  • Focal Point |

    Japan's rapidly ageing society has presented an opportunity for scientists seeking to slow the symptoms of ageing and improve the final decades of life.

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  • Nature Outlook |

    Most people experience the world through a wide array of senses, but it is vision that is valued the highest.

    Image: Sam Falconer
  • Focal Point |

    Traditionally strong in areas such as precision manufacturing, robotics and diagnostics, Japan is applying its prowess to develop new technologies in the field of medical care.

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