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Radioactivity spreads in Japan

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Declan Butler - Mar. 29 (News) - In a week that has seen little good news about the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, the latest data on radioisotope fallout from the plant is so far offering a glimmer of hope.

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Gulf-oil studies stalled by scarce samples

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Nature - By Mark Schrope - Jan. 14 (News Report) - Frustration of independent researchers spills out over suspended distribution by BP and US government

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Oil spill cruise finds field of dead coral

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Mark Schrope - Nov. 05 (News) - Though the scientists caution that they cannot say definitively what caused the damage, they believe the limited evidence available points to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as the culprit.

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In their nurture

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Lizzie Buchen - Sep. 08 (News Analysis) - Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.

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Big emitters team up

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By David Cyranoski - Sep. 07 (News Report) - China and the United States have taken a small but significant step together towards reducing their energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions. On 2 September, US energy secretary Steven Chu announced the first projects of a bilateral programme, the US–China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). Those involved admit that its US$150-million budget is a tiny fraction of what will be needed to address both nations' growing energy demands, but say that it is important both as a symbolic effort, and because it paves the way for future collaboration.

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Deepwater Horizon: A scientist at the centre of the spill

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Mark Schrope - Aug. 04 (News Report) - Vernon Asper was one of the first researchers in the Gulf of Mexico to study the oil gushing out from the BP well. But it has not all been smooth sailing, reports Mark Schrope.

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Financial meltdown imperils reactor

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Geoff Brumfiel - May. 28 (News) - It has been billed as the solution to tomorrow's energy crunch, but ITER, a massive fusion experiment by seven international partners, is under serious threat from a present-day problem: the financial crisis.

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Geothermal quake risks must be faced

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Nature - By Domenico Giardini - Dec. 17 (Opinion) - Deep geothermal energy is increasingly being explored as an attractive alternative energy source. Conventional hydrothermal resources, such as hot springs in geothermal areas, have been effectively exploited in the past century, but their distribution and potential for supplying electricity is somewhat limited. Tapping deep geothermal energy offers new prospects.

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Obama promises spending boost for science

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Jeff Tollefson - Apr. 30 (News Report) - President Barack Obama bolstered his lofty promises to US scientists on Monday, saying he would push through an historic increase in research and development funding.

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Enceladus shoots supersonic jets of water : Nature News

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Nature - By Ashley Yeager - Nov. 26 (News Report) - Four supersonic jets of water vapour have been detected within the enormous geyser of gas and dust that spurts from the south polar region of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.

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Dozens of new cancer genes found

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:14:00 -0800

Nature - By Michael Hopkin - Mar. 07 (News Report) - The range of mutations that can drive cancer growth could be much wider than thought. An international research effort called the Cancer Genome Project has identified around 120 new genes that contain mutations promoting the disease. "This is a lot more cancer genes than we expected to find," says Michael Stratton of the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, one of the leaders of the research.

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