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Experienced campaigner Turin-born Rita Levi-Montalcini shared a Nobel prize in 1986 (with Stanley Cohen) for the discovery of nerve growth factor and with her hundredth birthday approaching, she is the oldest living Nobel winner. Still active in research, education and politics, she's not content to rest on her laurels, and is determined to use her position as a life member of the Italian senate to promote support for science. Nature's Alison Abbott spoke to her, and was impressed.rnHouse calls The arrival of a cohort of academic scientists and economists in President Barack Obama's White House has caused excitement in universities and among researchers. But before hopes are raised too high, it's worth looking back at the track record of similar appointees in the past. Not all were unalloyed successes, as Robert Dallek explains.