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Shark has mammal-like swimming muscles; Prometheus bound to Saturn's rings; Promoting brain cell growth in adult rats; Rocket-fuelled bacteria clean up waste; Molecular motor spins on a surface; Einstein's and Darwin's letter-writing habits

This URSI General Assembly will be held in New Delhi in 2005. Around 1000 delegates (inclusive of 150 young and talented scientists) from different parts of the world in the telecommunication sector are expected to participate in the event.

Nature and the Nature Research Journals Press Release-For papers published online on 23 October 2005

A simplified strategy for modifying complex sugar molecules, could dramatically increase the ease and speed with which scientists tackle important issues relating to tumor detection and the pathology of infectious diseases.

Chemists have invented an efficient way to incorporate oxygen directly from the air into the hydrocarbon molecules found in oil and gas; Scientists reveal how arranging dopants into regular arrays can improve device performance

Highlights of Papers in Nature Vol 437 No 7062 Date 20 Octobed 2005

Academics and physicians who write the rules on how to prescribe drugs have extensive financial connections with the pharmaceutical industry, according to an investigation by Nature.

Some patients who suffer a right-hemisphere stroke develop a syndrome called 'neglect', in which they ignore the entire left side of their bodies. Researchers have found that this is caused by intact areas of the brain connected to the damaged areas.

High-resolution satellite images of the recent earthquake in Pakistan have been pulled from the websites of international agencies and relief organizations.

The conference will bring together scholars, researchers and practitioners working with language, communication, and culture across all fields of inquiry.

Scientists have found a new drug candidate that can be used to stop the liver-damaging Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from multiplying.

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE - For papers that will be published online on 16 October 2005

The paper raises the possibility that the current prophylactic regimen for Tamiflu (oseltamivir) may have contributed to the emergence of partial resistance to the drug in a Vietnamese patient.

Researchers describe the discovery in China of a bowl of beautifully preserved, thin yellow noodles that are half a metre long and about 4,000 years old.

More from Nature - Abnormal chromosome numbers produce tumours; Short-term earthquake prediction still elusive; South American dinosaur updates family tree; Viruses energize host cells

Palaeontologists digging on the remote Indonesian island of Flores have turned up more bones of Homo floresiensis - the tiny hominin species unveiled last October in Nature

Prof. Dr M.A. Miyan is the founder of South Asian Disaster Management Center (SADMC); Prof. Dr. Mohammed Nasimul Islam worked for the UN as a forensic pathologist; Prof. Masahiro Fukaya is a Professor in the Faculty of Policy Management

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE. For papers that will be published online on 9 October 2005

R & D in animal health is the major activity of VRI, with special emphasis on livestock of economic and public health (zoonotic) importance. It also spearheads R&D of novel vaccines and biologicals for veterinary use.

The 'Spanish flu' virus that killed about 50 million people in 1918-1919 had elements that were new to humans of the time, making it highly virulent and geneticists have compiled the genetic sequences of more than 200 different flu samples

Two new flying reptile species have been discovered in northeastern China. The two pterosaur species belong to groups previously only found in Europe.

Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature Vol.437 No.7060 Dated 06 October 2005 including How earthquakes trigger distant tremors; Fungus lets bacterial subtenant do the work; The staying power of neural stem cells; Male tears have sex appeal

Ergonomics, Geo-spatial Informatics, Environment, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, ICT

Islamic movements, Security in Asia-Pacific, Global Security, Space law and International Law, U.S.-Japan Relations

As the role that wild birds could play in spreading HPAI is far from clear, Wetlands International urges that more research is urgently done and a world wide system for monitoring HPAI in wild birds be put in place.

APCC 2005 will be held in Perth, Australia and the 4th Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases in Southeast Asia will be held in Bangkok, Thailand

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Nature Research Journals Press Release for papers published online on 2 October 2005

The perfect recipe for building a sandcastle is eight parts sand to one part water. In the October issue of Nature Physics, Arshad Kudrolli and co-workers show how water stabilizes the sand

Would-be suicide bombers are encouraged to carry out their plans because they tend to live in small groups with fervent political opinions, say the authors of a Correspondence in this week's Nature.