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  • In the aftermath of one of the deadliest natural disasters in decades, Quirin Schiermeier travels to Sri Lanka with a team of scientists to see how the area was affected. He reports back with details of their investigations, and impressions of life today in one of the countries hit hardest by the wave.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Blogs
    Nature

  • How the oceans mix their waters is key to understanding future climate change. Yet scientists have a long way to go to unravel the mysteries of the deep. Quirin Schiermeier reports.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 447, P: 522-524

  • Retired spacecraft makes its final journey by boat.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 452, P: 794

  • Many Ukrainian research institutes went to the wall when the Soviet Union collapsed. Quirin Schiermeier finds out how home-grown talent — and home-made equipment — have helped one centre to buck the trend.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 416, P: 675-676

  • Could Spain kick off its legacy of inertia and win as much fame for research as for football? It's backing some of its star players with schemes to promote fresh talent, says Quirin Schiermeier.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 431, P: 488-489

  • Nature reporter Quirin Schiermeier explains how one of his stories saw him face a High Court challenge — and win.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 487, P: 141

  • Despite funding uncertainties, Berlin's facilities, charisma and cosmopolitan atmosphere continue to draw researchers from across Europe, says Quirin Schiermeier.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 437, P: 784-785

  • Public funding problems have prevented Italy from catching up with other European scientific hubs. But some privately funded local initiatives show glimmers of hope. Quirin Schiermeier and Alison Abbott report.

    • Alison Abbott
    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 438, P: 1046-1047

  • The Russian Academy of Sciences has resisted pressure from czarists and communists. Can it thwart the reforms planned by Putin's government? Quirin Schiermeier reports.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 449, P: 524-527

  • Germany plans to reform its antiquated academic career structure. But has the new model been fully thought through and is it adequately resourced? Quirin Schiermeier considers the evidence.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 415, P: 257-258

  • Martin Bojowald is on a journey back in time to see what happened during the Big Bang. Quirin Schiermeier tags along for the ride.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 433, P: 12

  • The Arctic is the bellwether of climate change, which shows up there first and fastest. Quirin Schiermeier visits ecologists struggling to keep up.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 441, P: 146-147

  • Despite its diminutive size and modest research budget, the Netherlands makes a major contribution to research in the physical sciences. Quirin Schiermeier reports.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 455, P: 1274

  • Only Russia can rescue the global agreement on climate change. So why aren't Russian climate scientists speaking up? Quirin Schiermeier and Bryon MacWilliams report from Moscow.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    • Bryon MacWilliams
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 431, P: 12-13

  • With its unique access to Mir cosmonauts, Moscow's Institute for Biomedical Problems was a world leader for space biology. But now it is working under greatly diminished circumstances, says Quirin Schiermeier.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 412, P: 853-854

  • The European Union has dreams of becoming a centralized scientific powerhouse. But first it needs to solve its brain-drain problem. Quirin Schiermeier reports.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 422, P: 356-357

  • Dropping the dogma that all are equal is letting Germany's centres of excellence flourish. Quirin Schiermeier meets the new leaders.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 450, P: 452-453

  • Some say that life began in fire. Hauke Trinks thinks it began in ice, and is bent on taking the hard route to prove it. Quirin Schiermeier tells the Arctic adventurer's tale.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 440, P: 20

  • From meeting the Dalai Lama to national media star, Anton Zeilinger is on a mission to bring physics to a wider audience. Quirin Schiermeier listens in.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 434, P: 1066

  • Natural disasters have wreaked havoc on the planet in the past twelve months, and some say that things will only get worse. Quirin Schiermeier assesses the world's growing vulnerability to catastrophe.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 438, P: 903-906

  • After Russian researchers are evacuated from their Arctic base, one member of the team explains what it was like to spend the winter on ice.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature

  • No one knows whether the diagnostic tests being used to search for BSE infection in Europe's cattle can reliably detect animals incubating the disease. Given this limitation, asks Quirin Schiermeier, what is the testing programme likely to achieve?

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 409, P: 658-659

  • They may have first been lured by the romance of underwater discovery, but oceanographers are now riding a wave of career growth and recognition, says Quirin Schiermeier.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Special Features
    Nature
    Volume: 456, P: 540-541

  • As the line between science and business blurs, Quirin Schiermeier looks at how Sweden's capital region is adapting.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 449, P: 254-255

  • The ice covering Greenland holds enough water to raise the oceans seven metres — and it's starting to melt. How far will it go? Quirin Schiermeier wades into the evidence.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 428, P: 114-115

  • Russian submersible MIR dives into Lake Geneva.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature

  • Global warming isn't a new phenomenon — sea-bed emissions of methane caused temperatures to soar in our geological past. But no one is sure what triggered the release. Quirin Schiermeier investigates.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 423, P: 681-682

  • The Irish government is investing heavily in science and technology. As a result, career opportunities are becoming plentiful. Quirin Schiermeier reports

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 444, P: 396-397

  • Will the European Union's member states ever put the goal of continental cohesion in science ahead of their individual national interests? Quirin Schiermeier considers the prospects for creating a 'European Research Area'.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 413, P: 768-770

  • Quirin Schiermeier travels to Sri Lanka with a team of scientists in the wake of last month's tsunami. Together with locals they search through the damage for clues of where the wave hit hardest.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    News
    Nature
    Volume: 433, P: 350-353

  • Economic conditions are making it harder for young German postdocs to stay in their home country. But a few programmes offer some hope, says Quirin Schiermeier.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 423, P: 900-901

  • Many European PhD students and junior researchers are getting a bad deal, with few rights and little or no supervision. But things are about to change, reports Quirin Schiermeier.

    • Quirin Schiermeier
    Special Features
    Nature
    Volume: 434, P: 540-541