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• European biosafety labs set to grow - Premium content

  Bioterrorism and emerging diseases spur building boom, although some question the need for more facilities.

  11 November 2009

• Initiative targets malaria eradication - Premium content

  Focus shifts to blocking parasite transmission.

  03 November 2009

• Jury still out on HIV vaccine results - Premium content

  Some experts see hope in trial findings, but others say that the data do not back up such optimism.

  28 October 2009

• HIV vaccine trial under fire - Premium content

  Expert scrutiny casts doubt on 'historic' results.

  21 October 2009

• Iranian ministers in plagiarism row - Premium content

  Nature investigation reveals duplications in papers by science and transport chiefs.

  30 September 2009

• Publisher retracts paper by Iran's science minister - Premium content

  Iranian scientists press for plagiarism inquiry.

  23 September 2009

• Vaccine venture boosts health hopes - Premium content

  Industry and academia join forces to develop cheap jabs against diseases that afflict the poorest.

  16 September 2009

• France unveils carbon tax

  Nature talks to climatologist Jean Jouzel about the plans.

  11 September 2009

• India says no to HIV drug patents - Premium content

  Patent office rejects applications from two US drug companies.

  03 September 2009

• Flu database rocked by legal row - Premium content

  Dispute over ownership raises concerns among flu scientists.

  12 August 2009

• Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions - Premium content

  Nature reports from three laboratories scrutinizing the pandemic flu virus.

  11 November 2009

• Technology: The textbook of the future - Premium content

  Undergraduate textbooks are going digital. Declan Butler asks how this will shake up student reading habits and the multi-billion-dollar print textbook market.

  01 April 2009

• Bush's legacy: The wasted years - Premium content

  In the first of three features on the legacy of the Bush administration, Declan Butler looks at the United States' failure to deal with the risks of nuclear proliferation.

  14 January 2009

• China: The great contender - Premium content

  China's performance has been remarkable in any number of fields. Declan Butler charts the country's scientific and economic growth.

  23 July 2008

• Translational research: Crossing the valley of death - Premium content

  A chasm has opened up between biomedical researchers and the patients who need their discoveries. Declan Butler asks how the ground shifted and whether the US National Institutes of Health can bridge the gap.

  11 June 2008

• Architecture: Architects of a low-energy future - Premium content

  Low- and zero-energy buildings could have a huge impact on energy use and carbon emissions. We have the technologies, but if they are to mitigate climate change, green-building design must hit the mass market, says Declan Butler.

  02 April 2008

• Earth Monitoring: The planetary panopticon - Premium content

  Technology will soon allow the world to be mapped in near-real time and at high resolution. Declan Butler investigates the potential for operational monitoring of the planet.

  05 December 2007