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Experts Criticize Nanoparticle Study >
Paper that hints at dangers of nanoscopic particles has no relevance to human disease, they say
6 Nov
Who's That Sexy Swine? >
Pigs know how to use mirrors
6 Nov
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More Support for Human Role in Chinese Quake >
Filling a reservoir might have set off the disastrous Wenchuan temblor
6 Nov
Gene Therapy Halts Brain Disease in Two Boys >
Study paves way for treating other disorders with modified AIDS virus
5 Nov
Don't Shush That Baby, It's Learning >
Howling infants are actually warming up their speech skills
5 Nov
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The $4400 Genome >
California company announces cheapest sequencing to date
5 Nov
Pushing Earth With a Breath of Air >
Atmospheric tides can nudge landslides along
4 Nov
No Sprinting Advantage With Prosthetic Limbs >
Amputees' prostheses generate less force and possibly limit top speeds
4 Nov
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LHC Violates Human Rights? Swine Flu Vaccine for Poor Countries? >
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
4 Nov
Famed Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies >
Revolutionary view of human culture influenced generations of researchers
3 Nov
The Mountains That Froze the World >
Rise of Appalachians may have triggered an ice age
3 Nov
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A Body Count for Two Man-Eating Lions >
Infamous cats may have been responding to changes in their habitat
2 Nov
Brain Damaged But Self-Aware >
Unusual medical case raises doubts about role of brain region in consciousness
2 Nov
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Whence the Falklands Wolf? >
Researchers solve mysterious origins of South American canid
2 Nov
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News of the Week 6 November 2009

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$ Helium-3 Shortage Could Put Freeze on Low-Temperature Research 
A shortfall of helium-3, the lighter isotope of the most inert element, threatens several research fields, and the Department of Energy, the major supplier, is releasing the gas, which is used in neutron detectors that help prevent the smuggling of plutonium and other radioactive materials into the country, only to researchers with U.S. funding.

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