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Reception on Capitol Hill Will Celebrate Scientific American`s Cities Issue

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Cities can help solve many of humankind's most pressing problems, a topic that is explored in-depth in Scientific American‘s September single-topic issue. In fact, today’s cities are increasingly pointing the way toward solutions, rather than simply being a source of health, social and environmental problems. For instance, people living in urban areas produce more patents, [...]

Rachel Scheer is Head of Communications, USA for Springer Nature. She works across Springer Nature working with brands such as Scientific American, Nature Research and BMC.

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