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Nuclear energy: The hybrid returns - Premium content
Slotting a fusion reactor into the heart of a nuclear fission plant could accelerate the development of waste-free nuclear energy. So why are all the designs still on paper, asks Ed Gerstner.
01 July 2009
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Atmospheric science: Climate's smoky spectre - Premium content
With their focus on greenhouse gases, atmospheric scientists have largely overlooked lowly soot particles. But black carbon is now a hot topic among researchers and politicians. Jeff Tollefson investigates.
01 July 2009
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Cyberinfrastructure: Feed me data - Premium content
The iPlant programme was designed to give plant scientists a new information infrastructure. But first they had to decide what they wanted, finds Heidi Ledford.
24 June 2009
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Science journalism: Breaking the convention?
Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there. Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel.
24 June 2009
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Metrology: The new and improved kelvin - Premium content
Metrologists are on a path to redefine the unit of temperature. The freezing point of water will never be the same again, finds Nicola Jones.
17 June 2009
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Forestry: Planting the forest of the future - Premium content
While conservation biologists debate whether to move organisms threatened by the warming climate, one forester in British Columbia is already doing it. Emma Marris reports.
17 June 2009
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Media research: The black box
Assessing the effects of television on young children is far from easy. But, as researchers tell Jim Schnabel, that is no reason not to try.
10 June 2009
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Geomicrobiology: Low life - Premium content
The boundaries of biology reach farther below Earth's surface than scientists had thought possible. Amanda Leigh Mascarelli delves into how microbes survive deep underground.
10 June 2009
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Microscopic marvels: Magnifying power - Premium content
New microscopes are revealing sights that have never been seen before. Nature profiles five machines that are changing how biologists view the world.
03 June 2009
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Science journalism: Breaking the convention? - Premium content
Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there. Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel.
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