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In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have developed a rapid and effective strategy for identifying DNA-binding regulatory factors

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Volcanoes: Under my umbrella, Developmental biology: Molecule implicated in stem cell engraftment, Earth Science: The lingering effects of deglaciation, Gene Patenting: new perspectives and potential problems and Oldest, well-preserved bony fish found

Summaries of newsworthy papers including; Heat-assisted magnetic recording, Geoscience: Dangers in the deep, Risk factors for cardiovascular health, Unexpected tumour growth?, Chemical Biology: Fragment filtering goes virtual, Finding footprints in the genome, And finally…Stellar evolution: Is it or isn’t it?

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Metal rings for molecular dumb-bells, Heat in the crust, Light switch for brain signalling pathways, Pollen tube attractant found and Ancient feathered dinosaur and rise of the blogs

During the last two weeks of March, 2009, polar oceanographers around the world will join students and teachers in local and broadcast events in Italy, Canada, Malaysia, Scotland, France, Germany, Brazil, USA, and Mexico.

In Nature China this week - Researchers have dated the 'Peking Man' fossils as 200,000 years older than previously thought

The dream of a space to highlight the unique cultural heritage and contributions of Asian Canadians will soon make a dream a reality with the creation of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH). The first phase of the project will be launched in March 2009.

In early March, ResearchSEA sent out detail of experts in these subjects to journalists. This information is now posted on ResearchSEA for the benefit of other users.

Model projections suggest ice-free Arctic Ocean by 2100, Quantum entanglement could boost communication capacity, New York sea level to rise owing to slowing ocean circulation, A brain trauma–Alzheimer’s disease connection, How nerve fibres degenerate, Many antibodies make light work and Shutting the door on obesity

In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have uncovered the molecular mechanism by which resistance to chemotherapy drugs is developed

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Link between cancer and dietary restriction, Was the Wenchuan quake an indicator of crustal shortening?, The smart way to beat hunger, Sorting senses in the fruitfly, Real time light–matter mix and A new super-battery!

Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including: Turning decision-making on its head, Weaving a web of tiny reactors and Neuroscience: Forming first impressions.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: HIV: Microbicide curbs virus transmission in monkeys; Astrophysics: Binary black hole system discovered; Microbiology: Antibiotic design questioned and We cannot live by scepticism alone

In Nature China this week - Children exposed to melamine-tainted formula were seven times more likely to have urinary stones than those exposed to melamine-free formula and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers include ‘PiggyBac’ to pluripotency; Where decisions are made; Microtubes made easy; First-rate help; Managing iron overload and Clostridium virulence factor identified

In Nature China this week - Researchers have identified a key region of the avian influenza virus that is responsible for viral replication and transcription in the nucleus of infected cells

OTTAWA, Feb. 25 - The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canada Research Chairs Program are pleased to announce eight research partnerships between outstanding university scholars in Canada and their peers in the developing world.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Prehistoric sex, The missing asteroid mystery, Melding brain and machine, Unexpected prion link in Alzheimer’s disease, Atlantic seesaw, Friction on a small scale and Giant sand dune formation explained

Body-friendly nanomaterials; Childhood abuse permanently modifies stress genes; A human hand in Indonesian fires; HIV sweetly slips by; Jump-starting cancer-gene discovery; Imaging colour centres on the nanoscale; Aerosols and underlying clouds lead to warming; THz phase modulator and How your genes can make you fat

In Nature China this week - A national study shows that cigarette smoking remains a major risk factor for mortality in China

Summaries of newsworthy papers include MRI: The big picture; Climate: Carbon storage in African forests; Neuroscience: We know what you’re thinking; Molecular pathway for neuronal cull and Self-assembled ‘daisies’

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Erasing fearful memories, Lighting up brain maps, Relicts of martian ice?, Common variants that regulate blood pressure, Nitrous oxide hot spots and Once a boggy plant, always a boggy plant?

Researchers in China have used lentiviruses to reprogram adult rat fibroblasts and bone marrow cells into induced pluripotent stem cells

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Going ape, Blood cell ‘birth’ caught on camera, Petite press breaks the mould and Gene influences stem cell fate, Should scientists study ‘race’ and IQ?

The 30th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran; Valentine's Day, Mate Selection Theory and College Students and the “Scientific Study of Love”; The Hollywood Oscars and “The Demise of the System Known as Film Studios”; World Agricultural Forum; End of U.N. Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neurotrophins to the rescue; Susceptibility to heart attack; Flies go large on RNAi; Zinc irritates an ion channel and The memory of things past

Summaries of newsworthy papers include The earliest animal life, H5N1 structure reveals focus of viral replication, Failing the fish, Hyper-starburst spawned galaxy bulge, No man is an island, Radioresistance in cancer stem cells explained? and A long story about tropical temperatures

In Nature China this week - Insight into the signalling pathway of insulin resistance opens up new strategies against type 2 diabetes

Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including Genetics: Clue to gene-environment interaction in Parkinson's disease, Nature: Getting to know you and Genetics: Gene variant increases risk of essential tremor

British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough presents his views on Charles Darwin, natural selection, and how the Bible has put the natural world in peril in an exclusive interview for Nature Video.