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.
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,
'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.
Nature Newsafrican forest-dwelling elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are a separate species from those living in the African savanna (Loxodonta africana),
Nature Newsbuffeted by the economic crisis and a drop in the oil price, US producers of corn ethanol are encountering increasing scepticism from the legislators on Capitol hill even as producers of the'greener'cellulose-derived ethanol struggle to move beyond basic research and development.
Nature Newsresearch Policy Events People Business Trend watch Research Crop catalogue A global search to gather the wild relatives of essential food crops such as wheat,
See go. nature. com/l8mgn2 for more. Higgs hunt extended A 15-month shutdown to upgrade the Large Hadron Collider is set to be delayed by a year to the end of 2012.
See go. nature. com/py46rh for more. Venus probe flop In a bitter disappointment for Japan's space agency,
500 patient studies are in progress at any given time (see Nature 466,172; 2010). ) The same board voted to establish a translational-medicine centre at the NIH (see page 877 for more.
See go. nature. com/mbhs6a for more. TB diagnosis The World health organization (WHO) said on 8 december that a test that can rapidly diagnose tuberculosis (TB) was a'major milestone'for disease control.
Nature Newswe all struggle to communicate after a sleepless night, let alone pull off our best dance moves,
or as an everyday consequence of the busy nature of hives. Bees bustle around, frequently bumping into each other, he says.
Nature Newsinternational negotiators did needed what they to do in Canc  n, Mexico, to keep the United nations climate talks from collapsing into the failure that many had feared.
David Victor, director of the Laboratory on International law and Regulation at the University of California, San diego, calls the global nature of the agreement tremendously important,
Nature Newsresearchers have traced the key genetic changes that enabled the plant pathogen responsible for the 1845 Irish potato famine (Phytophthora infestans) to jump from wild plant hosts to cultivated potatoes.
Nature Newspolicy Events People Business Research Trend watch Coming up Policy New NIH institute? The US National institutes of health (NIH) may create a centre devoted to translational medicine,
As Nature went to press, a board of advisers to NIH director Francis Collins was set to vote on a proposal to create an institute to house The cures Acceleration Network,
See go. nature. com/sg21hh for more. Food safety Sweeping food safety legislation was passed by the US Senate on 30 november
See go. nature. com/xh4vxo for more. Synchrotron cuts Under pressure from the nations that fund it, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble
See go. nature. com/w9iqke for more. People Misconduct finding In a fraud inquiry overshadowed by an anonymous Internet campaign,
See go. nature. com/ik1pgp for more. Klein stays on The head of a US$3-billion stem-cell agency has reversed his decision to quit,
Bob Klein (pictured), chairman of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in San francisco (see Nature 468
See go. nature. com/onn3nt for more. Business Pharma chiefs After four years as chief executive of New york-based drug company Pfizer, Jeffrey Kindler announced his retirement on 6 december.
See go. nature. com/osc3vz for more. Nuclear agreement As part of a series of commercial deals with France announced on 6 december,
and engineers in rebuilding Haiti after January's earthquake. go. nature. com/utb4cs Â
Left turn saves snails from snakes: Nature Newsevolutionary advantage often makes for show-stopping stuff a cheetah's speed, for example,
or a moth's almost perfect mimicry of tree bark. In some snails, however, it's simply down to a poor fit with a snake's jaw.
a study1 published today in Nature Communications suggests. Snail genera tend to be either dextral (right-coiling) or sinistral (left-coiling
Nature Newspolicy Business People Research Trend watch Coming up Policy German GM CROPS The highest court in Germany has upheld a law that makes planters of genetically modified (GM CROPS liable
Patient protection US President Barack Obama has asked his bioethics commission to review the recent discovery that US government-funded scientists intentionally infected subjects with syphilis in a study in Guatemala in the 1940s (see Nature 467,645;
See go. nature. com/j3ixm6 for more. Bisphenol A ban The European commission has agreed to ban the common chemical bisphenol A from baby bottles across the European union by mid-2011.
See go. nature. com/iy9xbq for more. Research Temperature hike The figure of 0. 05 0. 13 °C for the world's warming during the past decade has been underestimated by around 0. 03 °C,
and food security in response to climate change in the region. go. nature. com/b4gqxb 2 december Commercial spaceflight company Spacex, of Hawthorne, California,
Nature Newsjust a few key aspects of climate change could wipe out up to half of the annual gain in the standard of living for the average European household by 2080.
Nature Newsas Malaysia prepares to convert around 7, 000 hectares of forest into an oil-palm plantation,
Nature Newsa slime mould long thought to hunt bacteria as prey turns out to have unexpected abilities: according to researchers in Texas, some of the amoebae are actually farmers,
Nature Newspolicy Research People Business Trend watch Coming up Number crunch Policy Haiti's cholera fight Health officials have outlined plans for a proposed cholera vaccination
See go. nature. com/pshdef for more. Permit for mountaintop mine revoked The US Environmental protection agency (EPA) has revoked for the first time a permit for mountaintop mining.
and maintaining US water resources (see Nature 467, 1021; 2010. But the EPA has ruled that Spruce 1 Mine in the Appalachian mountains of West virginia presented major environmental and water-quality concerns,
See go. nature. com/bbkrbb for more. Climate records Last year was one of the two warmest years on record, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration (NOAA.
See go. nature. com/skf5zx for more. After artemisinin At least US$175 million is needed to halt the spread of malaria parasites that are resistant to artemisinins,
whether to extend the run of the Large Hadron Collider to the end of 2012 in search of the Higgs boson. go. nature. com/udrnvx 24 jan 4 feb The ninth session of the United nations Forum on Forests Â
2011 墉 takes place at the UN headquarters in New york. go. nature. com/potx5i Number crunch 18%The number of health advocacy groups receiving funding from Eli lilly in the first
Nature Newsresearchers have made genetically modified chickens that can't infect other birds with bird flu. The H5n1 strain of influenza which raged through Southeast asia a decade ago
Cobb-Vantress told Nature they have no plans to continue funding this work. All the companies are fairly sensitive to public perceptions,
Nature Newsthe world will be feed able to the predicted 2050 population of nine billion people, according to two French agricultural research organizations.
Nature Newswhen the planting season arrives later this year, farmers in the United states will have a new way to safeguard their crops from drought.
hoping to tap into a multibillion-dollar market (see Nature 466,548-551; 2010). ) In theory, drought-tolerant varieties could fill the gap left in maize supplies in recent years as stocks have been diverted for ethanol production.
Nature Newsbusiness Business watch Research Policy Coming up Business Solar subsidy cuts Spain's government is slashing subsidies to its photovoltaics industry by around 30,
Nature Newsan international effort to protect coastal wetlands by assigning them carbon credits kicked off last week in Paris. The aim is to do for some wetland plants mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes
the environmental group in WASHINGTON DC that has been promoting the concept alongside the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Gland, Switzerland,
Nature Newspolicy Business Events Research People Trend watch Coming up Policy EU funding reform The European commission has launched a public consultation on the future of Europe's main research-funding mechanism.
the European Research Area Board, has recommended already that there be less political interference in the framework programme (see Nature 470,16;
See go. nature. com/hmkyod for more. Grants glitch Computer glitches forced Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council to shut down its online system for accepting funding applications last week.
As Nature went to press the system was still down. The council awards AUS$700 million (US$700 million) in grants each year.
Mohamed El Raey, a physicist at the University of Alexandria, told Nature Middle east that support for education,
For the latest news and interviews, see nature. com/arabawakening. Research Comet flyby NASA's Stardust spacecraft sped past comet Tempel 1 on 14 february.
See go. nature. com/fhikl9 for more. Peruvian artefacts Yale university in New haven, Connecticut, is to establish a museum
See go. nature. com/bhbgby for more. Forest rights The intensifying hunt for land for agriculture
See go. nature. com/ayiyo3 for more. People Stolen secrets A former research chemist at the chemical giant Dow was last week found guilty of stealing trade secrets,
Coming up 22 23 february In La jolla, California, leading genetics researchers gather to discuss the promise of human genomics over the next decade. go. nature. com/w8zzsx 23 february NASA's Glory
and the Sun's radiation output. go. nature. com/z3cke6 Â
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