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- 1From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedNo one ever told Graeme Jones not to play with his food. The chemical ecologist and sculptor has created a sci-art exhibit for the British Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) called Carbon Rapture. It relates to the RSC's...
- 2From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedIf the UK government makes policy decisions that contradict recommendations from its science advisers, it should make clear why it has done so, politicians exhorted last week. In a 23 July report on the use of science...
- 3From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedUrea, the water-soluble organic compound found in mammalian urine, has been known for its ability to denature--or unfold--proteins for more than 100 years. To this day, it is among the most widely used protein...
- 4From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedGeneticists spent more than a decade getting their first complete reading of the 3 billion base pairs of the human genome, which they finally published in 2003. But today's rapid sequencing machines can run through that...
- 5From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedThe Italian government has finally given the go-ahead to a national research evaluation agency, ANVUR. But at the same time it published Italy's first university ranking and said performance-related funding would begin...
- 6From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedChen Zhao, Alan Chen, Catriona H. Jamieson, Mark Fereshteh, Annelie Abrahamsson, Jordan Blum, Hyog Young Kwon, Jynho Kim, John P. Chute, David Rizzieri, Michael Munchhof, Todd VanArsdale, Philip A. Beachy & Tannishtha...
- 7From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedThe rate at which a planet rotates is a fundamental property that informs our understanding of its formation, evolution, internal dynamics and meteorology. For planets with solid surfaces, the spin rate can simply be...
- 8From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedSIR--The international scientific community and decision-makers on public health are debating how best to manage the anticipated vaccine shortage for the new pandemic strain of influenza A virus, recently emerged from...
- 9From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedThe rotation period of a gas giant's magnetic field (called the System III reference frame) is commonly used to infer its bulk Rotation (1). Saturn's dipole magnetic field is not tilted relative to its rotation axis...
- 10From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedTo increase the amount of flu vaccine available, the World Health Organization recommends using adjuvants, which boost the body's immune response to the drug. But the five trials you announced last week are for...
- 11From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedIn Praise of Idleness: And Other Essays by Bertrand Russell Routledge Classics: 2004. Many academics in the United States will have spent the past few months frenetically applying for support from the sudden...
- 12From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedBehav. Process. 82, 81-84 (2009) Even cockroaches develop psychological problems if they are denied a normal social life. Animals reared in solitude are less likely to explore new environments or search for food, are...
- 13From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedRecent observations of biologically generated turbulence in the ocean have led to conflicting conclusions regarding the significance of the contribution of animal swimming to ocean mixing. Measurements indicate elevated...
- 14From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedOn Wednesdays after work, Adam meets with Vera and Pete at a bar across the street from his office. "My man," he says, sliding into the booth. "Where's Vera?" "Running late," Pete says. "No, wait, here she is."...
- 15From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedNASA's Cassini mission has collected a treasure trove of data about Saturn. Among these, three-dimensional maps of the planet's atmosphere have allowed researchers to apply a novel approach to determining the still...
- 16From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedDevelopment 136, 2695-2703 (2009) Transplanting a nucleus from a specialized adult cell into an enucleated egg overhauls gene expression in the nucleus, allowing it to direct development into any one of many tissue...
- 17From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedAn accreditation system that aims to raise the standard of disease diagnosis in African medical laboratories was launched on 27 July in Kigali, Rwanda. The process, developed by the World Health Organization in...
- 18From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- Even as US legislators work to limit ties between academic physicians and industry, a small group of doctors is calling for greater industry collaboration. On 23 July, they gathered at Brigham...
- 19From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedMyogenic potential, survival and expansion of mammalian muscle progenitors depend on the myogenic determinants Pax3 and Pax7 embryonically (1), and Pax7 alone perinatally (2-5). Several in vitro studies support the...
- 20From: Nature. (Vol. 460, Issue 7255) Peer-ReviewedA conference that charges 4,500 £ (US$7,440) to attendees, attracts sponsorship from the likes of Nokia and GE, and stuffs 600 participants into a stiflingly hot Oxford theatre (as happened last week) had better deliver....