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The article offers information to biologists who wish to submit their papers to the journal "Nature." The journal aspires to publish papers that are not only interesting and thought-provoking, but reproducible and useful. To be published, materials and reagents need to be carefully described and readily available to interested scientists.

Discusses the importance of publishing research papers. Challenges faced by the researcher in publishing the research; Need to convince peer reviewers of the contribution of the research to the collective knowledge; Achievement of a researcher if his or her work get published.

The article reports on the inquiry of a research team led by Tae Kook Kim of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Taejon on two articles published in "Science and Nature Chemical Biology" on imaging living cells. Tae Kook Kim reported a new method for imaging living cells that used magnetized nanoparticles. KAIST's investigation is still going but has released some preliminary findings that the scientific truth of the papers was in question. The journal's editor said that the KAIST investigation team told him that the authors wanted to pull back the paper as soon as possible.

The article presents excerpts of research papers published in previous issues of the journal "Nature." An article published in the March 23, 1905 issue of the journal discussed the contents of the book "Die Kalahari." Another article published in the March 26, 1955 issue of the journal presented the views of scientist J.R. Oppenheimer on issues related to communication.

Discusses the increasing demand for scientists involved in physics and life sciences in the U.S. Necessary interdisciplinary collaboration among physicists and biologists; Training of postdoctoral and graduate students in applying quantitative methods to biology at the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at the University of California in San Diego; High demand for computational biologists.

The article reports that science leaders in Australia are opting for collaborations to overcome funding crisis faced by the industry. Topics discussed include reduction in government funds for research and development (R&D), decline in funds provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC), ranking of research-intensive universities by the periodical, life science research in the country and efforts of the country's chief scientist Ian Chubb for collaborations such as Asian Research Zone.

Examines the implications of the increase in public funds for life-science research in the U.S. in creating academic positions. Career opportunities for scientists; Competition among biomedical research experts; Status of academic science and engineering doctor of philosophy degree holders; implications for scientific research.