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Always thought of as addictive, nicotine is now shown to induce a progressive and long-lasting increase of sensitivity in the brain reward systems, reports an online publication from the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

Porous material has huge, handed holes; Understanding antibodies; The Dune thing; Diatoms delve deep for nutrients to stay alive; Human protein interactions go large scale; Corrupting the bacterial quorum; Quicksand won't suck you right in

The theme of this year's conference is "Shadow Lines", which has to do with movement across borders, borders that may be understood in many different ways and in many different contexts.

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE - For papers published online on 25 September 2005

Scientific understanding of flu, and avian flu, is being delayed by the reluctance of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the world's top public-health agency, to provide outside scientists with access to crucial data.

An expert panel responsible for ending the debate about whether or not Pluto is a planet have come up with a radical solution. They want to end use of the term 'planet' altogether, unless it is accompanied by a qualifier.

Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature including An organic thyristor, Sequence of chromosome 18 completed, Surprising diet and lifestyle of ancient microbe revealed, Climate models underestimate air pressure changes and Landscaping by Amazonian ants

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE

Nature Vol.437 No.7057 Dated 15 September 2005

5th Annual Conference of the South East Asian Association for Institutional Research (SEAAIR)

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE. For papers that will be published online on 11 September 2005.

Newsworthy papers from Nature. Vol.436 No.7056 Dated 8 September 2005

Nature and the Nature Research Journals Press Release. For papers that will be published online on 4 September 2005.

Newsworthy articles from Nature Vol.437 No.7055 Dated 1 September 2005

Newsworthy articles from Nature Vol.437 No.7055 Dated 1 September 2005

This research identified a new response factor triggered by intracellular sensors of many types of viruses, which may open up new ways of enhancing our ability to fight infections.

Nature and the Nature Research Journals Press Release - For papers that will be published online on 28 August 2005

Press release of newsworthy papers to be published in NATURE VoL.436 No.7054 Dated 25 August 2005

Nature Medicine - Press release for papers that will be published online on 21 August 2005

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS - Press release for papers that will be published online on 21 August 2005

NATURE VOL.436 NO.7053 DATED 18 AUGUST 2005

H5N1 and H1N1 are high on the international agenda due to fears that it could lead to the next worldwide human flu pandemic. See here for Experts and press releases.

NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE. For papers that will be published online on 14 August 2005

Nature reveals that from the dozens of patients who caught the deadly H5N1 strain this year, the WHO has managed to obtain just six samples.

Press release for Nature's avian flu special issue. 26 May, vol 435, no 7041

The completed rice genome sequence and the gene characteristics will hopefully lead to improvements in rice production; The red pigment in roses also makes cornflowers blue, which has puzzled scientists until now.

Summaries of newsworthy papers from NATURE VOL.436 NO.7052 DATED 11 AUGUST 2005

Nature research journals - For papers that will be published online on 7 August 2005

Up to three million courses of anti-flu drugs, as well as a policy of isolating groups at risk, would be needed to ward off a human outbreak of avian flu in Southeast Asia.

Rice grown in the United States contains an average of 1.4-5 times more arsenic than rice from Europe, India and Bangladesh.