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How severe will the flu outbreak be?

Nature.com -- How severe will the flu outbreak be?Epidemiologists race to pin numbers on the global H1N1 spread.Declan ButlerMobile health units check people with symptoms.O. TORRES/AFP/Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization (WHO) this week remained on the verge of declaring a pandemic of the H1N1 swine-associated flu virus. Public-health bodies and scientists have made progress in starting to understand the...     05-07     采编 saraa
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Geologists suffer observatory glitches

Nature.com -- Geologists suffer observatory glitchesFlagship experiment on the San Andreas fault has been troubled since last autumn.Richard MonasterskyDeep trouble: a drill rig or crane could fix SAFOD.EarthScopeAs US geophysicists gathered last week to celebrate EarthScope, one of their most ambitious programmes ever, researchers let slip an embarrassing fact that they had kept largely under wraps for 6 month...     05-07     采编 saraa
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UK scientists get funding ban reprieve

Nature.com -- UK scientists get funding ban reprieveSerially unsuccessful applicants can still apply for grants.Richard Van NoordenAfter a campaign by scientists, the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has softened and delayed its controversial policy to bar serially unsuccessful grant applicants from making funding bids for one year. The ban — which may be unique among European and U...     05-07     采编 saraa
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Climate researchers in a spin after satellite loss

Nature.com -- Orbiting Carbon Observatory crash sets back post-Kyoto emissions monitoring.Jeff Tollefson& Geoff BrumfielSome hoped the Orbiting Carbon Observatory would smooth the way for future emissions agreements after Kyoto.NASAThe climate community is counting the costs of losing NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), which plummeted into the ocean during launch on 24 February.The satellite would have m...     02-27     采编 kaylazhou
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'Harmless' prion protein linked to Alzheimer's disease

Nature.com -- Non-infectious form of prion protein could cause brain degeneration.Heidi LedfordPrion proteins may react with amyloid-β peptides inside the brain cells of Alzheimer's patients.Thomas Deerinck NCMIR/Science Photo LibraryNon-infectious prion proteins found in the brain may contribute to Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found. The surprising new results, reported this week in Nature1, show that...     02-27     采编 kaylazhou
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