NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 21 September 2010
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STRONG MEDICINE FOR CHINA'S JOURNALS
15 September 2010
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NANOTUBES HELP CELLS PASS MESSAGES
Actin cables transmit electrical signals between cells.
20 September 2010
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VOLCANO BOREHOLE PROMPTS SAFETY DOUBTS
A drilling study could help defend Naples from an eruption, but
critics call it risky.
20 September 2010
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LASER MAKES MOLECULES SUPER-COOL
Molecules could one day work as quantum computers.
19 September 2010
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Special : FUNDING CRISIS FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH
It's a field sparking huge debate - but human embryonic stem cell
research looked set to gain momentum in the US this year, backed by
hundreds of millions in federal dollars. On 23 August, all that
changed as news broke that federal funding now hangs in the balance:
a US judge has agreed with a lawsuit contending the research is illegal.
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Follow this fast-unfolding story on our stem cell special as Nature
reports on the implications for science.
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LATEST: US government argues for stem cell stay.
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Senators preview stem cell debate-to-come.
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SPAIN'S SCIENCE BUDGET COULD BE SLASHED
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'OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME' AT ROCKEFELLER
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SWEDISH ELECTION COULD SHAKE UP RESEARCH
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RETURN OF LA NINA
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OIL-SPILL BACTERIA GOBBLED GASES FIRST
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ANIMAL AND PLANT GENES HARD-WIRED FOR SPECIATION
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GENE-THERAPY HOPE FOR [beta]-THALASSAEMIA PATIENTS
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MICROBE CARRIES MINIMALISM TO EXTREMES
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ELECTRON MICROSCOPY GETS TWISTED
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STRONG MEDICINE FOR CHINA'S JOURNALS
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STATISTICS SPARK DISMISSAL SUIT
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NEWS BRIEFING: 10-16 SEPTEMBER 2010
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EDUCATION: TEN WEEKS TO SAVE THE WORLD
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WORLD VIEW: SAVE BRITISH SCIENCE, AGAIN
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TSUNAMIS LEAVE IONOSPHERE ALL SHOOK UP
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US CLINICS QUIETLY EMBRACE WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING
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TRANSGENIC FISH GO LARGE
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TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR STEM CELLS
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TINY TRAITS CAUSE BIG HEADACHES
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AUSTRALIA'S 'RAINBOW COALITION' FOCUSES ON CLIMATE
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'SOUND SCIENCE' CODE DRAWS FIRE
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More than half of all flowering plant names invalid
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US government argues for stem cell stay
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Former Los Alamos physicist charged with selling secrets
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NASA administrator rapped over "conflict-of-interest"
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Deepwater Horizon: the end of the beginning
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A new tool for predicting type II diabetes
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Researchers dismissed at gene therapy lab
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Ruth's Reviews: Life Ascending - Nick Lane
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NASA panel grapples with double dark energy missions
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Senators preview stem cell debate-to-come
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Energy Dream Team Asks for Help
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Oral arguments to be heard on stem cell appeal
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MIT researchers rethink the nuclear fuel cycle, Yucca Mountain
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I wish they all could be Tasmanian Devil genomes
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Fusion funding slammed in European Parliament
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PODCAST
This week, a gene therapy success story, a proposed road through the
Serengeti, and a trip to the Singularity University.
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COMBINING CANCER DRUGS TO SPEED DEVELOPMENT
The next generation of cancer treatments could be approved in pairs.
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THE REAL WAR ON DRUGS
Cassandra Willyard looks at the lessons relief agencies have learned
in recent years providing care amidst increasingly complex conflicts.
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