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Atomic clocks use quantum timekeeping
Entanglement could make state-of-the art clocks more precise.
- Zeeya Merali
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Japan plans nuclear power expansion
Proposal for eight new reactors and nuclear fuel reprocessing faces public opposition.
- David Cyranoski
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World view: Missing weapons
The US defence department should be at the centre of the nation's energy policy, says Daniel Sarewitz.
- Daniel Sarewitz
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Breast cancer gene patents judged invalid
Court ruling may spell bad news for biotech industry.
- Meredith Wadman
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Industry in academia: ethical frameworks would clarify links
- Annalee Yassi
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Maths behind Internet encryption wins top award
Abel prize awarded to number theorist John Tate.
- Zeeya Merali
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Buyer beware
Lack of US regulation is allowing dubious dietary supplements to be sold as life-enhancing elixirs.
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Exposing the longevity business
From caloric restriction to red-grape skins, the anti-ageing industry goes beyond scientific results to market treatments to those who hope to cheat death, cautions S. Jay Olshansky.
- S. Jay Olshansky
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50 & 100 years ago
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Beauty contest
For those who don't mind researching the tints, smells, sheens and softeners that contribute to everyday cosmetic products, the industry can offer a rewarding career path. Alaina Levine reports.
- Alaina Levine
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Science in court: The fine print
A single incriminating fingerprint can land someone in jail. But, Laura Spinney finds, there is little empirical basis for such decisions.
- Laura Spinney
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Italian molecular cookery 'ban' condemned
Decree to rein in additives could put more processed foods on restaurant tables.
- Emiliano Feresin
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Chemistry: Cellulose busters
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Evolution of the motor car
A proposed reinvention for urban motoring based on ultra-small electric vehicles does not address the bigger environmental or social challenges, finds Daniel Sperling.
- Daniel Sperling
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Stop laser uranium enrichment
The US Congress should discourage efforts to advance the technology to make fuel for nuclear reactors, say Francis Slakey and Linda R. Cohen — the risks outweigh the benefits.
- Francis Slakey
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Non-proliferation: Borderline detection
Georgia's borders are guarded by some of the best radiation detectors available — so why are nuclear smugglers still slipping through? Sharon Weinberger reports.
- Sharon Weinberger
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Chinese bioscience: The sequence factory
The bold ambitions of one institute could make China the world leader in genome sequencing. David Cyranoski asks if its science will survive the industrial ramp-up.
- David Cyranoski
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Bridges, not barriers
Industry talent should be welcomed into academia, not seen as a corrupting influence.
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Energy: Carbon from the mountains
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Theft or innovation?
A history of intellectual-property rights reveals how the pirating of ideas and goods has transformed science publishing, drug development and software, explains Michael Gollin.
- Michael Gollin
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Underwater robot automates ocean testing
'Lab in a can' eliminates the middleman between sample site and lab.
- Richard A. Lovett
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A land without Google?
A survey reveals how Chinese scientists could be affected by the stand-off between their government and the search-engine giant.
- Jane Qiu
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Pebble-bed nuclear reactor gets pulled
South Africa cuts funding for energy technology project.
- Linda Nordling
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Did design flaws doom the LHC?
Catastrophic failure that caused accelerator shutdown was not a freak accident, says project physicist.
- Geoff Brumfiel
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Sexual predators flock to energy boom towns
Oil and gas attract more criminals than tourism or agriculture do.
- Richard A. Lovett
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Final frontier beckons for researchers
Cheap spaceflight set to transform science, industry claims.
- Amanda Mascarelli
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Asian pollution delays inevitable warming
Dirty power plants exert temporary protective effect.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Carbon sequestration: Buried trouble
Protesters saying "no to CO2" are just one roadblock facing carbon sequestration — a strategy that could help prevent dangerous climate change. Richard Van Noorden investigates.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Genomics firms turn to other markets
Next generation of machines could answer different research questions.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Drug discovery for the masses
To sustain innovation, pharmaceutical companies will have to change the way they do research, says Derek Lowe. But does anyone know what changes to make?
- Derek Lowe
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China's patents push
Asia defies patent-filing downturn as global economy slips.
- David Cyranoski
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Divide and conquer
NASA is taking a risk on commercial space services. But the pay-offs could be high.
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Big Apple biotech
More start-ups may be sticking around in New York City, as the city looks to a new science park, prizes and tax breaks to help kick-start a life-sciences cluster. Anne Harding reports.
- Anne Harding
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India's transgenic aubergine in a stew
Environment ministry rejects bid to grow genetically modified crop.
- K. S. Jayaraman
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Engineering: Sticky when wet
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America pushes to overhaul chemical safety law
Congress to consider stronger regulation.
- Brendan Borrell