目录:This Week in Science
Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
On Becoming a Scientist
Bruce Alberts
Science 13 November 2009: 916.
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Editors' Choice
Highlights of the recent literature.
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Science Podcast
Science 13 November 2009: 1008.
The show includes climate change predictions, creating hermaphroditic worms, and more.
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New Products
Science 13 November 2009: 1008.
A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers.
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News of the Week
Diplomacy
U.S. Takes Steps to Use Science To Improve Ties to Muslim World
Robert Koenig
Science 13 November 2009: 920-921.
In a surprise announcement, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week named three prominent scientists as special envoys to assess the potential for scientific partnerships with Muslim-majority countries.
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Philanthropy
Wellcome Trust to Shift From Projects to People
Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 13 November 2009: 921.
This week, Wellcome Trust officials announced that they are phasing out their biomedical research grants for U.K. scientists, which consists of 3-year to 5-year awards focused on a specific problem, and instead will put that money into a new program called Investigator Awards. The awards will be bigger, more flexible, and longer—up to 7 years.
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Pandemic Influenza
Europe Reconsiders H1N1 Flu Shots for Children
Martin Enserink
Science 13 November 2009: 922.
As the H1N1 flu outbreak gathers speed and more vaccine becomes available, some European countries are now telling families that healthy children—or at least infants—are candidates for vaccination after all. The change of mind did not reassure a jittery public.
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Russia
Restructuring Physics Labs Brings Delight and Despair
Andrey Allakhverdov and Vladimir Pokrovsky
Science 13 November 2009: 923.
Four of Russia's most prominent physics labs are to be merged into a new national research center. But a different reform aimed at separating basic and applied research at one of the institutes has researchers up in arms.
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ScienceInsider
From the Science Policy Blog
Science 13 November 2009: 923.
This week, ScienceInsider explored why academic biomedical scientists report that they are receiving less corporate support for their research now than in the 1990s and reported on the Dutch House of Representatives' rejection of a motion asking the government to sever all ties with virologist Albert Osterhaus, who had been accused of conflicts of interest in his role as a health adviser, among other stories.
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Climate Change
No Sign Yet of Himalayan Meltdown, Indian Report Finds
Pallava Bagla
Science 13 November 2009: 924-925.
Himalayan glaciers are beating a rapid retreat in the face of global warming, according to a flurry of recent reports by BBC and other mass media. But the picture is more complex—and poses scientific puzzles, according to a review of satellite and ground measurements released by India's Ministry of Environment and Forests earlier this week.
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Climate Change
Could Glacier Research Help Thaw Himalayan Standoff?
Pallava Bagla
Science 13 November 2009: 925.
Because of lingering tensions over a swath of the Himalayas that is claimed by both China and India, a diplomatic initiative to get Chinese and Indian scientists working together on glaciers has quietly been put on ice.
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ScienceNOW.org
From Science's Online Daily News Site
Science 13 November 2009: 925.
ScienceNOW reported this week on expert criticism of a nanoparticle study, additional support for a human role in China's devastating Wenchuan earthquake, and the findings that prosthetic limbs offer no advantage to sprinters and babies cry in their native language, among other stories.
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Random Samples
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News Focus
Climate Change
Amid Worrisome Signs of Warming, 'Climate Fatigue' Sets In
Richard A. Kerr
Science 13 November 2009: 926-928.
As scientists debate whether climate is changing faster than anticipated, some worry that a drumbeat of dire warnings may be helping to erode U.S. public concerns about global warming.
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Cell Biology
Internal Affairs
Mitch Leslie
Science 13 November 2009: 929-931.
Newly discovered cytoplasmic defenses called inflammasomes sound the alarm when pathogens penetrate our cells.
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Fusion
ITER Blueprints Near Completion, But Financial Hurdles Lie Ahead
Daniel Clery
Science 13 November 2009: 932-933.
As staff put finishing touches to the fusion project's final design, member governments mull over the latest cost estimates and prepare to raid piggybanks.
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Letters
Protecting the Herd from H1N1
Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Allison E. Aiello, Ian H. Spicknall, Arnold S. Monto, and Arthur Reingold
Science 13 November 2009: 934.
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Protecting the Herd from H1N1—Response
Jan Medlock and Alison P. Galvani
Science 13 November 2009: 934.
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Repurposing for Neglected Diseases
Silvia Reni Bortolin Uliana and Marcello André Barcinski
Science 13 November 2009: 935.
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Repurposing for Neglected Diseases—Response
Mark S. Boguski, Kenneth D. Mandl, and Vikas P. Sukhatme
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A SMART Plan for New Investigators
Debomoy K. Lahiri
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Corrections and Clarifications
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Books et al.
Theater: History of Science
Newton in Three Dimensions
Rebecca Stott and Hannah Morrish
Science 13 November 2009: 937.
Constructed from Newton's own words, Baxter's play brings to life the complexity and controversy of its subject's character.
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Books Received
Science 13 November 2009: 937.
A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 06 November 2009.
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Policy Forum
Public Health
Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj
Shahul H. Ebrahim, Ziad A. Memish, Timothy M. Uyeki, Tawfik A. M. Khoja, Nina Marano, and Scott J. N. McNabb
Science 13 November 2009: 938-940.
Published online 29 October 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1183210] (in Science Express Policy Forum)