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Public chooses antibiotics for £10m prize: Preventing increased resistance to antibiotics has been chosen as this year’s challenge in the Longitude Prize 2014, signalling the world’s most pressing scientific issue. The decision was based on a vote by the British public, who chose antibiotics ahead of five other categories.1 People can now register an interest in competing for the £10m (€12.5m; $17.1m) prize over …