NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 5 October 2010
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MARINE BIOLOGY: OUT OF THE BLUE
29 September 2010
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BABY BOOM BAGS NOBEL PRIZE
UK pioneer of in vitro fertilization wins medicine honour.
04 October 2010
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A SHOCKING DISCOVERY
Susan Reverby describes her finding that several hundred Guatemalans
were exposed to syphilis by the US Public Health Service.
04 October 2010
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**Q&A** HOW TO AVERT A GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
A dearth of data on water resources is holding up improved management
practices.
04 October 2010
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Breaking News : NOBEL PRIZE 2010
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have won the 2010 Nobel Prize in
Physics 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.
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Yesterday, physiologist Robert Edwards won the 2010 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in in vitro
fertilization (IVF).
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Edwards described the history of IVF in this Nature Medicine article
in 2001.
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And in 2008, Nature celebrated 30 years of IVF with a special package
of articles.
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See The Great Beyond for up to the minute Nobel coverage this week.
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UGANDA PREPARES TO PLANT TRANSGENIC BANANAS
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KEY INGREDIENT STAVES OFF MARIJUANA MEMORY LOSS
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EMPEROR PENGUIN'S OLD CLOTHES ARE UNVEILED
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VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES SPEED BACTERIAL EVOLUTION
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CONSORTIUM SOLVES ITS 1,000TH PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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BONE-DISEASE DRUG COULD TREAT BREAST CANCER
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BALANCING WATER SUPPLY AND WILDLIFE
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SEVEN DAYS: 24-30 SEPTEMBER 2010
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QUANTUM COMPUTERS MOVE A STEP CLOSER
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MARINE BIOLOGY: OUT OF THE BLUE
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RESEARCH INTEGRITY: SABOTAGE!
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PLAGIARISM PLAGUES INDIA'S GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
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CANADA MUST FREE SCIENTISTS TO TALK TO JOURNALISTS
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SCIENCE SAFE IN BRAZIL ELECTIONS
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PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER WARNING FOR CHINA
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BRAWL IN BEIJING
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PALAEONTOLOGISTS GO TO BAT FOR IDA
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NO SCOPE FOR AGENCY COLLABORATION IN SPACE
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THREATS TO THE WORLD'S PLANTS ASSESSED
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LOOKING BEYOND THE GLAMOUR OF CONSERVATION
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US SCHOOL RANKING NAMES NO WINNERS
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NEWS BLOG
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Sanofi gets hostile in Genzyme takeover bid
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IPCC's second working group responds to InterAcademy review
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Oil-drilling worms and brittlestar cities: taking stock of life in the oceans
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Nobel 2010: IVF snags medicine prize
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Imaging embryos eliminates octomoms
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US apologizes for infecting Guatemalans with syphilis in 1940s study
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French research budget escapes axe, but not controversy
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China moon probe launch a success
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Ruth's Reviews: Why does E=mc2? (and why should we care) - Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
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Small cuts offer little relief for Spanish science
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Filing deadlines set in US stem cell appeal
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Winners and losers from NASA Authorization Act
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Bat fellatio and slime molds take 2010 IgNobels
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Jan Hendrik Schon remains a PhD.
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Physicist Georges Charpak dies
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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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