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US Supreme Court avoids clarifying patent stance
A highly anticipated case yields disappointingly vague results.
- Heidi Ledford
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US biotech firms line up for tax credits
Application process begins for cash to beat the downturn.
- Heidi Ledford
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Companies pledge to make more trial data public
Voluntary agreement by drug firms calls for all large clinical trial results to be published.
- Heidi Ledford
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Asteroid probe begins return from rendezvous
But is Japan's Hayabusa capsule carrying any precious asteroid dust?
- David Cyranoski
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The crop circle evolves
A growing underground art movement combines mathematics, technology, stalks and whimsy. Richard Taylor looks forward to a bumper batch of intricate crop patterns this summer.
- Richard Taylor
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World view: Defending democracy
Government surveillance technology programmes must aim to protect privacy and civil rights from the start, says Daniel Sarewitz.
- Daniel Sarewitz
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Solar cells sliced and diced
Peel-and-stamp technique could pave the way for more efficient semiconductors.
- Geoff Brumfiel
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Scientific steps to nuclear disarmament
An advisory group and a network of international labs is needed to lay the groundwork for multilateral disarmament and forge links between nations, say Martin Rees, Ben Koppelman and Neil Davison.
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Advising the adviser
Europe's Joint Research Centre needs to find its place alongside the new chief scientific adviser.
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US climate bill arrives in Senate
New legislation represents delicate compromise between politicians and industry.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Molecular modelling's $10-million comeback?
Is Bill Gates's decision to invest in software company Schrödinger an early sign of a new computer-aided era for drug design, asks Derek Lowe. Or is it just another small step on what's been a rather lengthy journey?
- Derek Lowe
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Kentucky by the numbers
With targeted recruiting efforts under way, Kentucky is attempting to build a life-sciences hub.
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Green patents corralled
Intellectual-property database could ease technology transfer.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Proposal sets whaling limits
Conservative hunting quotas require more scientific data.
- Janet Fang
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US to overhaul restrictions on sensitive material
Export reform effort could help scientists who collaborate with foreign researchers
- Sharon Weinberger
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Nuclear ambition
The US weapons labs need to develop a twenty-first-century vision of deterrence — one that does not include making new bombs.
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Industry job cuts plunge
Layoffs slow but companies are still not ready to begin hiring.
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A truth test for randomness
Quantifying just how unpredictable random numbers really are could aid quantum cryptography.
- Zeeya Merali
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What it will take to feed the world
Nature talks to the chief executive of France's national agricultural institute.
- Declan Butler
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US nuclear policy could boost basic research
National laboratories to see funding increases.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Maharashtra by the numbers
Bangalore and the south may be India's main information-technology centre, but the country's science hub arguably lies within the state of Maharashtra, home to the cities of Mumbai and Pune.
- K. S. Jayaraman
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Investing in jobs
More venture capital has gone into biotech than any other industry in the past year.
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Atomic clocks use quantum timekeeping
Entanglement could make state-of-the art clocks more precise.
- Zeeya Merali
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Japan plans nuclear power expansion
Proposal for eight new reactors and nuclear fuel reprocessing faces public opposition.
- David Cyranoski
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World view: Missing weapons
The US defence department should be at the centre of the nation's energy policy, says Daniel Sarewitz.
- Daniel Sarewitz
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Breast cancer gene patents judged invalid
Court ruling may spell bad news for biotech industry.
- Meredith Wadman
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Industry in academia: ethical frameworks would clarify links
- Annalee Yassi
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Maths behind Internet encryption wins top award
Abel prize awarded to number theorist John Tate.
- Zeeya Merali
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Buyer beware
Lack of US regulation is allowing dubious dietary supplements to be sold as life-enhancing elixirs.
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Exposing the longevity business
From caloric restriction to red-grape skins, the anti-ageing industry goes beyond scientific results to market treatments to those who hope to cheat death, cautions S. Jay Olshansky.
- S. Jay Olshansky