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-News: GERMAN E. COLI OUTBREAK
Confronted with what has become one of the world's most severe outbreaks
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the crisis properly.

While the source of the outbreak is still a mystery, overuse of antibiotics
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-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY IN CRISIS
14 June 2011
Researchers warn of 'withdrawal of hope' as funding shrivels.
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-SPECIES SPELLCHECKER FIXES PLANT GLITCHES
13 June 2011
Online tool should weed out misspellings and duplications.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=3&ms=MzY3MTI2NjAS1&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAzODM1NTk2S0&mt=1&rt=0

-RESEARCHERS CALL FOR NUCLEAR DATA RELEASE
13 June 2011
Trove of data from Fukushima and beyond could improve nuclear
monitoring and benefit research.
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-HUMAN CELL BECOMES LIVING LASER
12 June 2011
Jellyfish protein amplifies light in first biological laser.
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-UK CLIMATE PROJECTS EVAPORATE
10 June 2011
British Council axes climate-change work to balance books.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=32&ms=MzY3MTI2NjAS1&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAzODM1NTk2S0&mt=1&rt=0

-SUMMIT PLOTS ROUTE TO CLEAN ELECTRICITY
10 June 2011
Interdisciplinary talks call for investment in nuclear and geothermal
power.
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-TEVATRON TEAMS CLASH OVER NEW PHYSICS
10 June 2011
Independent search fails to confirm earlier report of novel particles.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=23&ms=MzY3MTI2NjAS1&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAzODM1NTk2S0&mt=1&rt=0

-SPACESUITS GET NEW LEASE ON LIFE
10 June 2011
Museum collection to be shipped to a better home.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=48&ms=MzY3MTI2NjAS1&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAzODM1NTk2S0&mt=1&rt=0

-PHAGE ON THE RAMPAGE
09 June 2011
Antibiotic use may have driven the development of Europe's deadly
E. coli.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=46&ms=MzY3MTI2NjAS1&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAzODM1NTk2S0&mt=1&rt=0

-TIME UP FOR RELATIVITY TABLE-TOP TEST?
09 June 2011
Nobel prizewinners clash over use of atoms as clocks to test Einstein's
theory.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=39&ms=MzY3MTI2NjAS1&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAzODM1NTk2S0&mt=1&rt=0

-AUTISM LINKED TO HUNDREDS OF SPONTANEOUS GENETIC MUTATIONS
09 June 2011
Analysis suggests that girls are partially shielded from effects
of the changes.
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Stephen Jay Gould accused of fudging numbers
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GAVI Alliance vastly exceeds US$3.7bn fundraising target
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NIH finds a few new friends in budget chill
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Sweet relief as salty satellite soars skywards
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Beansprouts: guilty
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Off-target effects of bans on embryonic stem cell funding
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Equinox Summit: communiqu� outlines vision for electrification in 2030
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Dark matter signal to be tested within months
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?Virtual? trial brings clinical research home
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Agriculture omitted from deforestation plans
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UK Treasury science adviser is an internal appointment
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Mars rover faces contamination issues
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Middle East light source moves forward
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Huge solar flare races towards Earth
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Shuttle and ISS snapped in balletic embrace
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