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- 1From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Gabrielle Walker [illus. 1] Rajendra Pachauri is standing quietly at the front of the small, plain room, his hands clasped behind his back. His expression is thoughtful as he weighs the words of his...
- 2From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedInsults, threats, tears and booing: the latest round of international climate talks made for an entertaining, if gruelling, two weeks in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. These talks may well be remembered for the bold stand that...
- 3From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedA meta-analysis of data on the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) triggered concerns about the drug's safety in May. As well as linking the drug to an elevated risk of heart problems, the study also sparked debate...
- 4From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedBiochemist Bruce Alberts, an American known best for his seminal textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and an advocate of international scientific cooperation, will take over as editor-in-chief of the journal Science...
- 5From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedMirror-image versions of some molecules--called chiral--are not structurally identical, and ensuring that only one version is produced in a chemical reaction is often a problem. One way is to use a metal catalyst...
- 6From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-Reviewed[illus. 1] The next director-general of CERN, Europe's primary high-energy physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, will be Rolf-Dieter Heuer, who will take the reins in January 2009. Heuer, whose appointment was...
- 7From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedMoving bulky proteins around a cell takes a lot of energy. These costs can be cut by moving a single messenger RNA (mRNA) and then producing many copies of its encoded protein where they are needed. Henry Krause of the...
- 8From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Sarah F. Brosnan [1] by Alexander H.Harcourt Kelly J.Stewart University of Chicago Press: 2007. 416 pp. $75 (hbk), $30, £19 (pbk) by DarioMaestripieri University of Chicago Press: 2007. 192 pp. $25, £14...
- 9From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedOn his Nature Network blog, John Wilbanks entertains the idea of e-commerce for biological research materials (http://tinyurl.com/2p6gj9). Whether plasmids, cell lines, mice or fish, such materials -- a "treasure trove...
- 10From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Appy Sluijs (corresponding author) [1]; Henk Brinkhuis [1]; Stefan Schouten [3]; Steven M. Bohaty [4]; Cédric M. John [4, 6]; James C. Zachos [4]; Gert-Jan Reichart [2]; Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté [2, 3];...
- 11From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had a tough year. The Maryland-based agency, whose 10,000 staff are responsible for overseeing most aspects of food and drug safety, used to enjoy an enviable reputation as...
- 12From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedDan Kapner and his colleagues at the University of Washington in Seattle measured the force of gravity between two masses only 55 micrometres apart, roughly the width of a human hair. The force rose as the distances...
- 13From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedGorilla Society: Conflict, Compromise and Cooperation Between the Sexes by Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart University of Chicago Press: 2007. 416 pp. $75 (hbk), $30, 19£ (pbk) Macachiavellian...
- 14From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedWhy is Indonesia withholding samples that could track the virus's evolution and help produce a vaccine? Indonesia is open to international collaboration but this must be fair, transparent and equitable. The WHO's...
- 15From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): P. Monthoux [1, 2]; D. Pines [3, 4]; G. G. Lonzarich (corresponding author) [5] The idea of superconductivity without the mediating role of lattice vibrations (phonons) has a long history. It was realized...
- 16From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedShinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan and his colleagues and James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his co-workers separately managed to create pluripotent stem cells from human skin. Reported...
- 17From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Philip Ball [illus. 1] Perfectly timed for pantomime season, a team of scientists has come up with instructions for how to make a flying carpet. The magical device may owe more to Walt Disney than to...
- 18From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Seth Lloyd [1] There is a strange quantum-mechanical phenomenon. A brilliant researcher receives a Nobel prize for work on quantum physics, but then expresses scepticism about the validity of the theory....
- 19From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-Reviewed[illus. 1] A pessimist might posit that David Pines' 1955 career move cost him a share of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics. But, looking back on a career that spans almost 60 years studying the theory of...
- 20From: Nature. (Vol. 450, Issue 7173) Peer-Reviewed"An experiment on 'telepathy' using television" by Donald Michie & D. J. West--We have made a small-scale trial with the object of testing any generalized extra-sensory perception effect and looking for individuals with...