NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 3 August 2010
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A SOLAR SALAMANDER
30 July 2010
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'TOUGH' CHIEF TO DEFEND MRC
John Savill will helm the UK Medical Research Council.
02 August 2010
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SEWER STUDIES BASED ON LEAKY SCIENCE
Questionable sampling techniques have led to murky conclusions about
the contents of waste water.
02 August 2010
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FEELING THE SHAPES OF MOLECULES
The atomic structure of a small organic molecule can be revealed by
atomic force microscopy.
01 August 2010
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SPOTLIGHT
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Special : CAN SCIENCE FEED THE WORLD?
Forty years from now there will be 2 billion more of us to feed.
Today, a billion go hungry. In the hunt for sustainable solutions,
science plays a central role. This week's Nature News special explores
how agricultural research is rising to the challenge of balancing
productivity with shrinking resources.
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How to feed a hungry world looks at ways of boosting yields while
keeping land use in check, while The global farm investigates Brazil
as walking the line between biodiversity hotspot and agricultural giant.
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In Monitoring the world's agriculture, Jeffrey Sachs and 24
food-system experts call for the collection of data on the impacts of
farming worldwide.
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In the free Nature Podcast we showcase the role of GM - and there's
much more on the future of food.
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CELLULAR SUICIDE SPURS CANCER
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A SOLAR SALAMANDER
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MOUSE PAIN STUDY STIRS DEBATE
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CONSUMER GENE TESTING IN THE HOTSEAT
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PHOTONS MEET WITH THREE-WAY SPLIT
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OCEAN GREENERY UNDER WARMING STRESS
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CORRECTIONS
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FOOD: THE GROWING PROBLEM
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FOOD: INSIDE THE HOTHOUSES OF INDUSTRY
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FOOD: AN UNDERGROUND REVOLUTION
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FOOD: THE GLOBAL FARM
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FREEDOM OF SPILL RESEARCH THREATENED
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RETRACTION RECOMMENDED FOR ENZYME-CHIP PAPER
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NEWS BRIEFING: 23-29 JULY 2010
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NOTES FROM AN EXCAVATION
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US CHARGES SCIENTIST WITH ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE
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FEARS OVER EUROPE'S GM CROP PLAN
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PROTEIN MAPPING GAINS A HUMAN FOCUS
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A CLOSER LOOK AT COSMIC IMPACTS
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US SEEKS SOLAR FLAIR FOR FUELS
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THERAPEUTIC HIV VACCINES SHOW PROMISE
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NEWS BLOG
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International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology: Beaks and beyond
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Britain frets over 'cloned milk'
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Everglades and Madagascan rainforest placed on UN 'in danger' list
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First embryonic stem-cell trial back on again
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Crowd-sourcing science funding
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Concerned conservationists' grumbles greet Galapagos danger de-listing
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Poor science fails to stop Tokyo's fish market move
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Fuel from microbes - another LS9 production
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Researchers hail new MRC head
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Drilling project hits Greenland bedrock
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Senate to take up modest energy bill; oil-spill research included
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Bat fungus forces cave closure
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Implanted glucose sensor could help diabetics
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Don Backer, astrophysicist and discoverer of millisecond pulsars,
dies at 66
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More questions raised over South Korea's sunken ship
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PODCAST
This week, how climate change is making marmots fatter, imagining a
world without mosquitoes, and more.
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CHINA'S DRUG PUSH
Research collaborations on the rise between Chinese academic
institutions and multinational pharmaceutical companies.
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TIMING IS EVERYTHING
How replacing daily pills with long-acting drug injections might
radically change the treatment of ailments ranging from alcoholism
to diabetes.
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