NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 12 October 2010
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ALTRUISM RESEARCHERS MUST COOPERATE
06 October 2010
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ANALYSIS LAGS ON HUNGARIAN SLUDGE LEAK
Report stirs controversy as it reveals unexpected levels of toxic
heavy metals.
11 October 2010
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BIODIVERSITY HOPE FACES EXTINCTION
Upcoming meeting will set out global conservation targets.
11 October 2010
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=45&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
BIG ROW OVER TINY T. REX
Palaeontologists dispute classification of famous dinosaur fossil.
11 October 2010
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News : NOBEL PRIZE 2010
Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki have won the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry for their development of reactions that cleanly
connect chains of carbon atoms, using small amounts of the metal
palladium.
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Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the physics Nobel
for their experiments on graphene: atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms
that have become the darling of physicists and materials scientists
since the Nobellists created them in free-standing form six years ago.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=43&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Physiologist Robert Edwards won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine on Monday for his pioneering work in in vitro
fertilization (IVF).
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WHAT MAKES A 300-YEAR-OLD POCKET WATCH TICK?
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=41&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
NON-PROLIFERATION: A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=42&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
GENOME-BUILDING FROM THE BOTTOM UP
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=39&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
TURTLE RESCUE PLAN SUCCEEDS
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=40&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
SUPERCONDUCTORS COME OF AGE
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=36&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
GM MAIZE OFFERS WINDFALL FOR CONVENTIONAL FARMS
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EUROPEAN RESEARCH ANIMAL USE HOLDS STEADY
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=68&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
AUSTERITY MEASURES SAP SPANISH SCIENCE
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ANDRE GEIM: IN PRAISE OF GRAPHENE
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=66&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
KUIPER BELT MAY BE BORN OF COLLISIONS
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=63&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
DAMAGED CELL POWERHOUSES LINKED TO PARKINSON'S
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=64&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
DECLINING SOLAR ACTIVITY LINKED TO RECENT WARMING
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SEVEN DAYS: 1-7 OCTOBER 2010
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CORRECTIONS
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EARTH SCIENCE: WEIGHING THE WORLD
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GARAGE BIOTECH: LIFE HACKERS
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=49&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
SAFETY AUTHORITY REBUTS CONFLICT CLAIM
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=50&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
EPIGENOME EFFORT MAKES ITS MARK
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=51&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
CLEVER COUPLING CATALYSTS LAUDED BY CHEMISTRY NOBEL
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=38&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
PLAN FOR ADDICTION INSTITUTE SPLITS NIH
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SCIENTISTS NEED A SHORTER PATH TO RESEARCH FREEDOM
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My genome has how many genes?
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'Sustainable' fishing row takes new turn
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=34&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Community pressure saves micropalaeontology group
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Video: a nuclear exchange
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=14&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
British scientists rally to protest funding cuts
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=12&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Old claims of bad climate science countered by new claims of
plagiarism
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=9&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
New glimpse of Vesta whets appetite for discovery
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=8&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Ruth's Reviews: A World Without Ice - Henry Pollack
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=3&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Building blocks of proteins discovered in Titan's atmosphere
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=2&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Miners prepare for life after dark
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=1&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
FDA unveils plans to modernize regulatory science
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=16&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
US genetics advisory committee closes shop
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=10&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Israel's education ministry dismisses chief scientist
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=13&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
Heroic Hayabusa may have delivered asteroid dust
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=4&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
African medical education gets a $130 million boost in NIH/PEPFAR
initiative
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=6&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
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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.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=35&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
COMBINING CANCER DRUGS TO SPEED DEVELOPMENT
The next generation of cancer treatments could be approved in pairs.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=70&m=35873390&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODQwMTk3NzUS1&mt=1&rt=0
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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