doi: 10.1038/35044220pmid: 11100688
The Nobel laureate's prizewinning work was accomplished in the Soviet era, but his example and initiative can help Russia rebuild its science and technology. Philanthropists should take note.
doi: 10.1038/35044222pmid: 11100689
San FranciscoResearchers clashed at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) over a book that has generated a storm of criticism for anthropologists since it was published earlier this year.
doi: 10.1038/35044226pmid: 11100690
MunichFusion research received a tentative boost last week when the member states of the European Union (EU) reaffirmed their commitment to build the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the experiment regarded as a vital next step towards realizing fusion energy.
doi: 10.1038/35044229pmid: 11100691
ParisThe French government has announced plans to triple the funding of research on prions, which are thought to cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, from 2001.
doi: 10.1038/35044232pmid: 11100692
MunichBrussels bureaucrats can be flexible when it matters. The European Union's (EU) research commission last week announced changes to the Quality of Life component of its fifth Framework programme of research — which is usually thought to be set in stone. The changes mean increased support for genomics resource centres and large-scale genomics research.
doi: 10.1038/35044238pmid: 11100693
WashingtonStudy of the placebo effect — the role of medically inactive treatments in healing — could help to bridge the divide between mainstream and alternative medicine, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) meeting was told this week.
doi: 10.1038/35044243pmid: 11100695
JerusalemResearch directors at Israel's universities say that an upcoming government-sponsored report on biotechnology policy will be worthless because they were not consulted by its authors.
doi: 10.1038/35044241pmid: 11100694
MunichDespite their tiny size, the purported pathogenic microorganisms dubbed 'nanobacteria' are still stirring big controversy in microbiological circles.
doi: 10.1038/35044248pmid: 11100697
WashingtonThe US government looks unlikely to bow to demands from Aventis that it temporarily approve the company's genetically modified StarLink corn for human consumption, following the inadvertent and embarrassing release of the strain into the food chain.
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