Funding drops in real terms, but researchers hopeful things will improve.
The Indian government's first budget has not delivered the good days, or achhe din, promised by new prime minister Narendra Modi. A below-inflation funding increase has …
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects 50
million people worldwide. For many patients, medication helps reduce
seizure frequency; for drug-resistant epilepsy, treatments include diet
therapy and neurosurgery. Although discussed and feared for millennia,
progress towards understanding epilepsy has been slow — even with help
from modern genetic and neurological analysis. Stigmatization of people
with epilepsy continues in certain parts of the world and though lack of
funding limits epilepsy research, new ways to treat and manage seizures
are on the horizon.
Science and technology played a key role in the First World War.
A century later, a selection of articles from our archive reveals how
Nature reported and analysed these developments at the time. From early
analysis of chemical weapons to countering the threat of Zeppelin raids,
this anniversary package offers unique insight into research during
conflict.
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