Nature Newsthe burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil releases carbon dioxide that alters the balance of carbon isotopes naturally found in the environment an effect that is now being found in food,
Nature Newsfinancial donors to a global network of 15 agricultural research centres want changes to the way the influential group plans to reshape its research programme.
But Wadsworth told Nature that funding hikes will depend on the reforms, and on the centres achieving their research targets.
he told Nature. Rather, he suggests, the proposals should be more specific: for example, research on how to increase the productivity of stress-tolerant rice in Asia,
Nature Newsbe very careful. The warning, from Robert Socolow, a climate researcher at Princeton university in New jersey, came at the end of a meeting last week that aimed to thrash out guidelines for the nascent field of geoengineering.
and decades to sort out any number of smaller impacts (see Nature 463, 426-427; 2010).
Nature Newsbon appã tit! A team of European researchers has decoded the genome of the delectable PÃ rigord black truffle.
Nature Newsscientists in New zealand whose work with genetically modified (GM) animals had been threatened by A high Court ruling have been given a reprieve.
Much of the argument centred on the generic nature of the documents and whether they contain enough information to evaluate risks and benefits.
Nature Newscreating and strengthening protected areas and indigenous lands is one of the most effective ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, according to a new paper.
the director of the World Wildlife Fund's science programme and lead author of the paper.
Nature Newstop elephant scientists are up in arms over the prospect of elephant-poaching hot spots in Africa being allowed to sell off their ivory stockpiles.
says Erasmus Tarimo, the director of wildlife at Tanzania's Ministry of Natural resources and Tourism.
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) shares three distinct populations of elephants with the Tanzania National parks,
Nature Newsa study of sexually scrambled chickens suggests that sex in birds is determined in a radically different way from that in mammals.
The work appears in today's Nature and may trigger a rethink of the evolution of sex determination1.
Nature Newsthe brilliant career of a diminutive weed may have hit a snag. Arabidopsis thaliana has been the darling of plant biologists for some 30 years because of its small genome and rapid growth,
which is funded partially by 2010 project funds (see Nature 462,258-259; 2009). ) People seem to feel,'Oh,
Nature Newsthe European commission last week approved Amflora a genetically modified (GM) potato developed by German chemical company BASF.
less than 100,000 hectares of those were in the agricultural powerhouse that is the EU. Nature looks at the reasons why so few GM CROPS have been approved in Europe,
Nature Newsoxygen isotopes in clamshells may provide the most detailed record yet of global climate change,
Nature Newsthe chief veterinary officer of The netherlands has defended the country's decision to cull thousands of goats in an effort to control an unprecedented outbreak of Q fever.
Christianne Bruschke told Nature after a meeting in Breda a city near the heart of the outbreak.
Nature Newsscientists say they have caught the first pieces of interstellar dust the fundamental building blocks of the Sun, Earth and the rest of the Solar system.
Nature Newsa bacterial protein used in a common pesticide kills intestinal parasitic roundworms in mice and may become a treatment option for humans,
Nature Newstree-ring data from more than 300 sites in Asia have allowed scientists to piece together a year-by-year history of the region's monsoon rains as far back as 1300 AD.
what nature can throw at us. That's a big deal, he adds. The monsoon study is also valuable to historians.
Nature Newspolicy Business Business watch Research Events The week ahead Number crunch Sound bites Policy Fusion first:
The news came two weeks after a court ruling went in Singh's favour (see go. nature. com/EQFFG3), overturning a previous decision on Singh's April 2008 article.
See go. nature. com/ov7qku for more. Climatologists cleared: An inquiry has upheld the integrity of research by the'climategate'scientists at the University of East Anglia, UK.
See go. nature. com/XNGGKB for more. Arctic-impact study: The US Department of the interior has requested a scientific review of the possible ecological impact of drilling for oil and gas in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas in the Arctic.
Environmentalists raised concerns last year that drilling could affect wildlife in the region, including walrus and beluga whales.
will replace the ageing Toxic Substances Control Act (see Nature 463,599; 2010). ) Business watch Genetically engineered crops offer significant environmental and economic advantages over non-transgenic varieties,
See go. nature. com/ddcpba for more. Research A microbial world Estimates for the number of microbial species in the world's oceans have jumped massively.
See go. nature. com/Pnstez for more. Data torrents: Scientists at the University of California, Davis, last week unveiled Biotorrents, a website that enables people to share scientific data,
See go. nature. com/ubozh8 for more. Network failure: A 55-year-old clinical-trials network needs a major overhaul, according to a report by the Institute of Medicine, the WASHINGTON DC-based health arm of the National Academies.
See go. nature. com/Ftvahs for more. Events Volcano delays: The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajã kull,
See Nature's online special for a retrospective slideshow and stories from our archive. www. nature. com/hubble 24-28 april About 13,000 scientists are expected at Experimental Biology 2010 in Anaheim, California.
The conference includes lectures and posters from fields such as anatomy, biochemistry and pharmacology. go. nature. com/Errfze 27-29 april The Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Drug Discovery Chemistry conference is held in San diego, California,
with programmes on antibacterial drug development and protein-protein interactions as drug targets. www. drugdiscoverychemistry. com 28-29 april A symposium hosted by the Zoological Society of London examines the link between the conservation of biodiversity
and reductions in poverty. go. nature. com/jr2rlc Number crunch 4%The proportion of global anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by dairy cows,
US President Barack Obama tells Florida's Kennedy space center on 15 april that sending astronauts to the Moon is so last century (see go. nature. com/zwdf2w for more.
Nature Newsmarion Guillou is the chief executive of France's National Institute for Agricultural Research, Europe's largest agricultural-research agency.
Nature Newspolicy Business Research Events People Business watch The week ahead Sound bites News maker Policy Fossil-fuel drilling:
because spinning turbine blades can confuse air-defence radar (see Nature 451,746; 2008). ) But under an agreement announced on 31 march,
See detailsstemcellclini. html>go. nature. com/Zrahkc for more. Synchrotrons and ships: The UK government has approved an earmarked £97. 4 million (US$148 million) to expand the country's Diamond synchrotron in Harwell, Oxfordshire;
The effects of the recession have prompted Arizona State university in Tempe to withdraw from a much-heralded medical school partnership designed to boost biotechnology research in Phoenix (see Nature 446,971-972;
See go. nature. com/Zhgm3a for more. Wind reliability: Linking offshore wind farms together with an undersea cable down the US east coast could produce a reliable supply of grid electricity,
The start-up comes nearly 18 months after a major accident sidelined the LHC for more than a year (see Nature 463,1008-1009;
See go. nature. com/EQFFG3 for more. The week ahead 12 april In London, the Royal Institution of Great britain faces a showdown meeting:
Kenya. go. nature. com/HV9GSH 14-18 april Two annual meetings will see debate on a federal rule that allows Native american tribes to reclaim ancient bones found near their lands (see Nature 464,
The American Association of Physical Anthropologists meets in Albuquerque, New mexico. go. nature. com/7hmvfjand the Society for American Archaeology meets in St louis,
Missouri. go. nature. com/Qdkt9n Sound bites Scientific controversies must be settled by the methods of science rather than by the methods of litigation.
Nature Newsa fight has broken out over attempts to drag'Ardi'-the oldest hominid skeleton found-out of the woods where her discoverers say she lived.
Nature Newstwo new forms of a devastating wheat fungus, known as Ug99 stem rust, have shown up in South africa,
Nature Newspolicy Research Business Business watch People The week ahead News maker Number crunch Policy Oil spill:
See go. nature. com/asmylx for more. Medical disarray: The Indian government on 15 may took over the Medical Council of India (MCI), three weeks after its president,
Ketan Desai, was arrested on corruption charges (see Nature 464,1251; 2010). ) An ordinance signed by Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil establishes a board of governors to run the council for one year.
and make costs predictable for industry (see go. nature. com/2mpfsn). A day later, the Environmental protection agency turned up the pressure on Congress by releasing a rule clarifying how greenhouse-gas emission restrictions would be phased in for major industrial polluters beginning next year
See go. nature. com/uzph7a for more. India defence research: India's largest military technology research body is set for a management revamp under government measures announced on 13 may.
Nature Newsan unlikely coalition of logging companies and environmental groups has reached an agreement to protect more than 300,000 square kilometres of Canadian boreal forest an area larger than the United kingdom the biggest forest
and the Nature Conservancy, have pledged to suspend do-not-buy campaigns against the loggers'products,
Nature 455 213-215; 2008). ) As long as they're alive, they keep accumulating carbon, says Luyssaert.
Nature Newsgrowing cotton that has been modified genetically to poison its main pest can lead to a boom in the numbers of other insects,
Nature Newsthe conservation of biodiversity is touted often as a win-win solution both for the environment and for the world's poorest people,
says social scientist Craig Leisher, a senior adviser to the Nature Conservancy, a conservation agency in Arlington, Virginia.
Nature Newsthe state of California is about to become a giant playground for more than 200 atmospheric scientists.
Nature Newschemists and activists encountered another setback in their battle to see methyl iodide banned from agricultural use last week,
not in regulatory risk management that leads to decisions on registration, the DPR said in a statement to Nature.
press officer Dale Kemery told Nature in September. Our understanding is that there have been no reports of adverse health effects,
Nature Newsa study suggesting that organic agriculture gives better pest control and larger plants than conventional farming is sure to reignite longstanding debates about the merits of organic versus conventional agriculture.
Nature Newsto many people, modern agriculture, with its industrial-scale farms and reliance on petroleum-based fertilizers, may seem a necessary evil one that has fed a growing human population while causing
Nature Newsa widely used microbicide may not be as environmentally friendly as previously thought. The bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) is now the most commonly used microbicide to control mosquitoes worldwide
Nature Newsbaiting mosquito traps with cards soaked in honey, and then analysing VIRAL RNA in saliva left by mosquitoes that feed on them,
Nature Newsfreeloading crows start to contribute to group efforts when hardworking birds become handicapped, a study shows.
Nature Newspolicy Events Research Business Funding Awards Business watch The week ahead Number crunch News maker Policy Nuclear agreement:
See go. nature. com/flsdmx for more. Bird blues: As many as 1, 240 bird species are threatened with extinction,
says the latest update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The bird count was conducted by Birdlife International, a global partnership of conservation organizations.
See go. nature. com/tswuze for more. Business Genzyme fined: On 24 may, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fined Genzyme US$175 million for poor oversight at one of its manufacturing plants.
-osc. no/9 june The 2010 Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded in Helsinki. go. nature. com/Eknzdu Number crunch 2 million-3 million The number of litres per day of oil
the first Howard Hughes Medical Institute research lab outside the United states. See go. nature. com/Uhiftr for more.
Nature Newsafter a decade in which just a single genetically modified (GM) crop was approved for commercial planting in the European union (EU),
 See Editorial, page 531 and http://www. nature. com/food
Mexican'climate migrants'predicted to flood US: Nature Newsa wave of up to 6. 7 million migrants from Mexico could head to the United states to escape the ravages of climate change on crops,
say the authors of a new study. The findings are claimed to be the first to thoroughly quantify how shifts in global climate might affect human migration from one region to another.
Nature Newsa once-in-a-century drought struck much of the Amazon rainforest in 2005,
Nature Newsas the US Senate gears up to debate the latest incarnation of proposed climate legislation next week, a blue-ribbon panel has released
Nature Newsthe amount of illegal logging is estimated down an 22%worldwide since 2002, according to a report released today by Chatham House,
Nature Newssome so-called'non-coding'pieces of RNA may actually encode short proteins that regulate genes,
Nature Newsthe well blew out, the blowout preventer failed, and the drilling rig caught fire and eventually sank.
since some of those papers on its website (http://go. nature. com/rvwuwi). Last week, during Tunnell's most recent trip, the first stop was a rocky limestone shoreline near the town of Champot  n on the Yucat ¡
Nature Newsa crisis is developing beneath China's thirsty farms and cities, but no one knows its full extent.
Nature Newsa decision by the European Court of Justice on a DNA patent held by global seed company Monsanto has caused a stir in the biotechnology industry,
Nature explains more. What is the judgment all about? Since 1996, Monsanto has held a European patent on genes that give soya beans resistance to the company's Roundup herbicide specifically the active ingredient glyphosate.
Nature Newsthe colour of her historic, red wood villa on the Bosporus waterfront in Istanbul may be fading,
See Nature 466,176-178; 2010). ) Modestly,¡, ambel won't say which of her accomplishments was the most rewarding.
Nature Newsthe rigour and honesty of scientists embroiled in the climate change e-mail affair are not in doubt according to an independent review of the matter released today.
Jones was referring to the fact that climatologist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State university in University Park had used direct temperature measurements to reconstruct temperatures over the past 20 years or so in a graph in an earlier Nature paper2.
In an email, Mann told Nature he was satisfied with the results of the review, adding, It is my hope that we can now put this bogus, manufactured scandal behind us.
'Nature Newsnative forests in India are disappearing at a rate of up to 2. 7%per year.
Nature contacted the FSI for comment, but they did not respond by the time of publication. India has been busy planting trees
Nature Newspakistan faces a critical week as flood surges continue to destroy homes and farmland.
Water Management Advisor for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Water Programme, headquartered in Switzerland.
Nature Newspolicy Research Events Business Business watch The week ahead Number crunch Sound bites Policy Sugar-beet ban:
See go. nature. com/YJPZMB for more. US astronomy survey: The US National Academy of Science has released its decadal survey,
since its announcement in May (see Nature 465,845 846; 2010). ) California's health department ruled on 11 august that such analyses constitute medical information,
Released last week, the survey uses six indicators, including Nobel prizes won, publications in Nature and Science,
which reads off DNA sequences at single-molecule resolution in real time (see Nature 465,145; 2010). ) It would also use the money to boost marketing,
See go. nature. com/rknczt for more. The week ahead 19 27 august The International Congress of Mathematicians 墉 the discipline's largest gathering, held once every four years 墉 takes place in Hyderabad
¢go. nature. com/AD8G6E 22 28 august The 28th International Ornithological Congress discusses all things bird-related in Campos do Jord ae'£o, S ae'£o
Nature Newsas fires sweep across Russia during its hottest and driest summer on record, the country is facing a multitude of public-health
Here, Nature explores the scale of the devastation, and the dangers the fires still pose.
Goldammer told Nature that he received unconfirmed reports on 11 august that 200 hectares in the region are alight.
he told Nature. In a statement on 11 august, the Russian government said that radiation in the Bryansk region
Nature Newsa genetically modified (GM) crop has been found thriving in the wild for the first time in the United states. Transgenic canola is growing freely in parts of North dakota,
Tom Nickson, head of environmental policy at Monsanto in St louis, Missouri, told Nature, Those familiar with canola know that these plants are readily found on roadsides and in areas near farmers'fields.
Nature Newsresearchers are warning that inappropriate management of phosphate fertilizer and animal manure in China has resulted in serious water pollution and substantial waste of phosphorus, a nonrenewable inorganic chemical.
Nature Newsindia's moratorium on genetically modified (GM) food crops is unlikely to be lifted after it emerged that key sections from a landmark report by six Indian science academies,
Vijayan told Nature that he is agitated very that such a thing happened, but added that
Kumar told Nature that the plagiarism was unintentional, and that he did not feel he had to reword statements of fact before submitting them for inclusion in the academies'report.
Nature Newsmore than 20%of the world's 380,000 plant species are at risk of extinction,
Existing indicators of biodiversity such as the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) focus mainly on vertebrates,
Nature Newsplants made the evolution of large, complex animals such as predatory fish possible, a study of ocean sediments suggests.
Nature Newsyou are tense and wary, alert to every rustle and snapped twig. A predator is near,
Nature Newsarchaeologists interested in the genetics of ancient organisms have a new molecular tool at hand RNA.
Nature Newsfive years ago, vast areas of the Amazon were hammered by a historic drought, which destroyed trees, impacted the livelihoods of fishermen
Nature takes a closer look. How does the current drought compare with the one in 2005?
Nature Newsnina Fedoroff is preparing to take up the reins of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February next year.
Nature caught up with her at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Montreal last week. What did you achieve as the State department's science adviser?
Nature Newsonce thought of as near total carnivores, early humans ate ground flour 20,000 years before the dawn of agriculture.
Nature Newshuman societies progress in small steps just as biological evolution does, according to a study of the structure and language of societies in South East asia and the Pacific ocean.
who led the study published in Nature today1. He and his team wanted to know
Nature Newsin an approach that many doctors and scientists hope will form the medical care of the future,
Nature Newsgenetically modified (GM CROPS can save farmers using conventional seeds even more money than those using the transgenic varieties,
Nature Newsif current trends continue, global annual water usage is set to increase by more than 2 trillion cubic metres by 2030, rising to 6. 9 trillion cubic metres:
Nature asked Colin Chartres, director of the IWMI and a co-author of the plan, how to avoid running out of water.
Nature Newsscientists in Uganda will next week start field trials of a banana variety genetically engineered to resist a bacterial disease that has been decimating crops across Central africa.
Nature News TEL MEGIDDO Fabled as a site of biblical battles and spectacular palaces, Tel Megiddo today is a dusty mound overlooking Israel's Jezreel valley.
When Nature visited Tel Megiddo in October, excavators were working with brushes, tweezers and teaspoons to gather sediment samples into small plastic vials before taking them to an infrared spectrometer set up on a folding table at the edge of the site.
Nature Newsin many regions, climate change has advanced the timing of spring events, such as flowering or the unfolding of leaves.
Nature Newsin a bid to curb the rapid decline in 10%of wild North american bumblebee species,
and B. occidentalis will be submitted to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species after a conference held at the Saint louis Zoo in Missouri on 9-12 november.
such as the US Forest Service or Fish and Wildlife Service, says Cameron, also a conference organizer.
Nature Newsfunding Policy Research Events Business Business watch Coming up Funding Clean-energy cash A large fund for clean-energy projects in Europe, estimated at Â
The United nations educational scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) in Paris put out its quinquennial science report (go. nature. com/gio8pu), noting that China,
Japan and the United states. Information company Thomson Reuters of New york city, meanwhile, released a report on the United states as part of a regular series profiling nations (go. nature. com/skjoe8.
UK (go. nature. com/htydhk). Researchers analysed more than 400 articles in 12 countries, and found that nearly 80%of them mentioned climate science in less than 10%of their space.
See go. nature. com/6rxdjp for more. Rice research The world's leading rice-research institutions are joining forces to improve rice yields
See go. nature. com/9xjoro for more. Fastest computer China now possesses the world's speediest supercomputer.
See go. nature. com/32lxii for more. Ape deaths solved Japan's premier primate research centre says it has identified the cause of the mysterious series of deaths of its Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) that had puzzled researchers
and worried citizens earlier this year (see Nature 466,302 303; 2010). ) The Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University reported on its website on 11 november that the culprit was simian retrovirus-4 (SRV-4). The problem emerged
%Fraud investigation The European Anti-Fraud Office in Brussels confirmed to Nature last week that it is investigating the alleged misuse of European research money by a group of Greek academics 墉
See go. nature. com/qrvykn for more. Business watch Firms that tap unconventional natural-gas sources 墉 such as in underground shale 墉 are in demand.
on 16 17 november. go. nature. com/prqng2 21 24 november Officials from 13 countries with wild tiger populations meet at a global summit on conservation of the species in St petersburg, Russia
Nature Newsthe world's leading rice research institutions are joining forces to improve rice yields
Nature Newsinternational negotiators might be bogged down in the ongoing United nations climate talks, but there could yet be hope for an agreement on reducing emissions of a class of powerful greenhouse gases  using the same treaty that is responsible for the phasing out of gases responsible for destroying the ozone layer.
Nature Newsthe stunted development common to cystic fibrosis begins at birth and could be a direct consequence of a growth-hormone deficiency caused by the disease.
Nature Newsbetween May and October for four consecutive years, aeroplanes crisscrossed the morning skies above Arizona's cotton fields, dropping millions of tiny moths onto the croplands below.
But as Tabashnik and his colleagues report today in Nature Biotechnology1 the risk seems to have paid off:
Nature Newsthe ancient Maya civilization is recognized widely for its awe-inspiring pyramids, sophisticated mathematics and advanced written language.
Nature Newsin trying to understand the Judith Curry phenomenon, it is tempting to default to one of two comfortable and familiar story lines.
The politically charged nature of the issue seems to have made some scientists reluctant to even mention anything to the public about uncertainty for fear that the likes of Oklahoma's Senator James greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people Inhofe
Nature Newsgenome gastronomes rejoice! Today sees the publication of genome sequences behind two of the tastiest treats:
the genome, published in Nature Genetics, looks at the Belizean Criollo variety of the crop.
The genome of the woodland strawberry, also known as the wild or alpine strawberry, is published also today in Nature Genetics2.
Nature News Hungary's toxic sludge The early start of winter has halted the cleanup of the toxic red sludge that escaped on 4 october from the reservoir of a Hungarian alumina factory,
The spill severely contaminated two tributaries of the Danube, killing all wildlife in the small River Marcal.
'Since then, the campaign to reform England's draconian libel laws has gathered pace (Nature has backed this campaign-see'Unjust burden of proof'.
to an e-mail from Nature by saying that he intends to pay the rest. In Michigan, Heather Ames, the student whose work was targeted,
since Nature's article was published, she has received hundreds of sympathetic e-mails from colleagues and a handful asking for advice on dealing with fraud in their labs. She says that a few colleagues have questioned the wisdom of talking so openly about her lab's problems,
After Nature's story, Lewin's institute has got off the ground a year ahead of schedule.
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