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Summaries of newsworthy papers include Return of North Atlantic deep convection, Family ‘friendly’ bacteria, Lessons from New Orleans, Reviving exhausted immune cells, Unbreak my heart, Molecular arms race, Snowball Earth or open oceans? and Sexual cycle of a fungus

Fed up of years of arguments about the pros and cons of GM crops, the African Union brought together key individuals and institutions to discuss the issue ; A new generation of lithium-ion batteries, coupled with rising oil prices and the need to address climate change, has sparked a global race to electrify transportation.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Protein complex influences body clocks and metabolism, The rise and fall of thermotolerance, Photons drive tiny device, Binding too tight, Atom economy raises the stakes, Earliest evidence of subduction?, Iron storage in phytoplankton, Unexpected organic-matter-munchers live in deep waters and Heroes in a half shell

In Nature China this week - Derivatives of a Chinese medicinal plant may inhibit the growth of cancer cells by inducing apoptosis and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Sticky seizures, Predicting vaccine immunogenicity, Inside-out antivirals, Uncoupling cannabinoid effects, Wind-resistant ocean currents and Making connections for face recognition

The application ‘Google Flu Trends’, launched last week, attracted a great deal of attention and the research behind the tool is published online in Nature today.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Mixed-up waters influence greenhouse gases, Possible signature of dark matter annihilation?, A role for Rhesus factors, Stripy nanowires fine-tuned, Inflammatory mutation found in liver cancer and Lava dome soufflé

After thousands of years of extinction, the woolly mammoth has its DNA decoded this week in Nature. The study marks the first report of nuclear genome sequencing for an extinct animal. Also, this week’s features celebrate the anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species.

In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have found two supporting factors that make the production of human-induced pluripotent stem cells much more efficient and more.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Black carbon in soils affects terrestrial carbon dioxide release, Fruitfly Y chromosome well endowed, New chiral catalyst, Fast flow in Antarctic outlet glacier during drainage of subglacial lakes, Peptide recycling and ‘Killer’ cells recruit ‘foot soldiers’

To avoid unpredictable pharmacological responses among adolescents, this population should be more actively recruited into clinical trials, according to a new Commentary in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

In Nature China this week - The abundance of bacteria found in ice and snow deposits from Tibet is strongly linked to climatic changes and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Molecular tug of war predicts tamoxifen response, The shape of things to come?, Recipe for optical qubit control, Catalysis in the spotlight, Feeding back the melody and A slow song

Summaries of newsworthy papers including Himalaya rising to a monsoonal tune; Monkey vaccine fights off AIDS; Souped-up T cells; Neuronal contribution to risk of multiple sclerosis; Duplicitous role for classic cancer molecule; Risk variants for intracranial aneurysm; Making polymers with a lazy enzyme and Giving petals their colour

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Cancer genome sequenced, Whose data is it anyway?, Where to find dark matter, Engineered DNA 'scissors' show promise, Bacteria 'chat' with immune system, Sediment cores prompt icy rethink, Structure of key 'bird flu' protein revealed, Ultrafast optical oscilloscopes, Linking lemmings to climate change

In Nature China this week - Cathelicidin found in snake venom is one of the most potent antimicrobial peptides discovered so far and more.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Fighting neuroblastoma, Don’t stop the beat, Bacterial gangs cause clots, Anaemic soils, Widespread alternative splicing, Subverting host immunity to intracellular pathogens and A rose by any other name

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Microbiology: You are what you eat and pesticide problems

In Nature China this week - The first genomic map of the Chinese ethnic group Uygur uncovers ancestry contributions from Europe and East Asia and more.

"Regional Workshops on the Right to Water and Sanitation in Emergencies." An international scientific event which will be convened in in early 2009 in Amman, Nairobi, Panama, Kinshasa, Bangkok and Geneva.

Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals also including Combating muscle fatigue Ranking geo-engineering schemes

Countries must learn how to make better use of their citizens’ cognitive resources if they are to prosper economically and socially, according to a major new study.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Grow your own prostate, A feathered but flightless dinosaur, Galaxies: Pure and simple, Being Human, Reassessing early photosynthesis, Quantum physics: Moving memories, Mouse brain tumour model highlights causative role for gene duo, Sticky-tape X-rays

In Nature China this week - DNA profiling shows that the workers who built the mausoleum for the first Emperor of China came from many different places and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Treating Lou Gehrig’s disease with glial stem cells, Excess fatty acid in Alzheimer’s disease, A sweet surprise and Carbon storage by typhoons?

Newsworthy papers include Braincase modification during the fish-to-tetrapod transition, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Cleaner fish twosomes make better valets, Stem cell polarity linked to ageing?, Bottoms up!, Anomalously hot Archaean mantle spawned enigmatic rocks, Diatom sequence reveals dynamic history and finally Fish swim to the beat

In Nature China this week - Researchers in Beijing have identified the gene controlling the self-renewal of intestinal stem cells and more.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Hair follicle stem cells identified, Susceptibility to male-pattern baldness, Peatland carbon loss, Seeking promiscuity, New risk factors for basal cell carcinoma

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Pluripotent cells from human testis, Stabilizing the roof of the world, Insight into an early star-forming galaxy, Protein linked to antibody production, Opening the door to thermo-spintronics and The key to sound distortion

In Nature China this week - Researchers have found evidence that a magma plume under South China contributed to the break-up of the supercontinent Rodinia and more.