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-Expedition blog : RESEARCH TRIP TO THE ANTARCTIC
Science journalist Jane Qiu is travelling to the Palmer ecological
research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, joining researchers
investigating how climate change has affected the region in recent
decades. Check The Great Beyond blog for her dispatches from the
bottom of the world.
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---Latest news

-PHYSICS CENTRE PLANS RAPID GROWTH
29 November 2010
Perimeter Institute steps up drive to attract top talent.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=37&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

-PLANTS FLOWERING LATER ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
29 November 2010
Shorter growing season linked to warmer winters on 'the roof of the
world'.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=24&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Q&A **
-SAILING INTO THE UNKNOWN
29 November 2010
Microbiologist Patricia Yager explains what the research cruise she
is leading could reveal about the future of the Antarctic.
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---More Stories

-INDIA BLOCKS NUCLEAR MEETING
29 November 2010
Fission group is 'hostile to India', government claims.
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-TELOMERASE REVERSES AGEING PROCESS
28 November 2010
Dramatic rejuvenation of prematurely aged mice hints at potential
therapy.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=22&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

-ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER THREAT IN UK
26 November 2010
'Perfect storm' of proposed cuts throws field into crisis.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=13&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

-BESPOKE GENETIC CIRCUITS REWIRE HUMAN CELLS
25 November 2010
Engineered DNA device could coax cells to differentiate - or die
- on demand.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=16&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

-ELUSIVE PROTEIN FACTORY MAPPED AT LAST
25 November 2010
Victory claimed in race to determine structure of eukaryotic
ribosome.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=7&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

-THE ROOTS OF RESISTANCE
24 November 2010
Learning how melanoma fights back may yield new therapies.
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-MICROBIOLOGY: THE NEW GERM THEORY
24 November 2010
What can microbiologists who study human bowels learn from those who
study the bowels of Earth?
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=3&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0


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--Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy
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Your top science questions answered?
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Positive review for California stem cell agency
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Institute of Medicine urges ramp-up of AIDS prevention in Africa
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PCAST eyes a $10-billion boost for energy innovation
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Stem cell plaintiff's institute takes sides against him in court
battle
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Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated
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Research trip to the Antarctic: A rough passage
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=8&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

No letup for bluefin tuna
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=5&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

Dopamine-sensing duo offers new target for depression
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=2&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

US polar bears mark their territory
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=21&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

Europe bans bisphenol-A from baby bottles
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Research trip to the Antarctic: Boarding ship
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Obama orders review of Guatemala syphilis experiments
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Would cholera vaccines have helped in Haiti?
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=1&m=36035891&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=ODg0OTI0MTQS1&mt=1&rt=0

"McTerror" at UCLA
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