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Reports on developments related to science published in "Nature" periodical. Availability of the book "The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand"; Abatement of the dust nuisance.

The article reports on the demise of the Brief Communications section of the "Nature" periodical at the end of 2006. Articles and full-scale research papers are reviewed in the section. Some of the articles dealt with rat robots, Neolithic noodles and a cloned cat. Some of the reasons for the closure of the section are discussed including the demand for greater detail in presentation.

Presents various research on biological sciences published between July and September 2005 issue of the journal "Nature."

The article focuses on the review articles published in the "Nature" journal. Recent developments in a topical area of scientific research are included in review and progress articles. Themed collections of reviews and related material are published as insights. Papers of outstanding interest that are setting new standards are progress articles.

Comments on the article "Isolation is not the answer," by Thomas May, published in the 2004 issue of the periodical "Nature". European progress towards the goal of harmonizing international research on high-risk biological agents; Activities that speed the development of viable vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostic tools; Efforts to combat bioterrorism.

Reports that the "Nature" magazine will increase the number of publications in its Brief Communications Arising (BCA) section. Publication of articles online; Types of letters and articles published in the BCA section; Improvements in the magazine's navigation for readers.

The article focuses on the efforts of journal editors in dealing with scientific fraud. Due to the costliness of examining every submitted paper for fabrication, editors analyzes some papers in which the raw data are suspect. Journals are in the process of assessing automated computer searches on submitted data. Nowadays, editors tend to challenge research papers that they think are suspicious.

The article focuses on the usefulness of computer tools in detecting fraudulent images in research papers. This could help journal editors identify suspicious images before they are published. Some medical journals have already used the tool in checking submitted manuscripts. The only concern of using the tool is the slow process involved in checking research papers.

The article presents news briefs related to science. Hui Liu, assistant dean of the medical school at Tsinghua University in Beijing was dismissed from his job after the university learned that the research paper he submitted to get the job is not his work. The free magazine called "Science Walker" was launched to combat a declining interest in science among young people. The worth of insects is 57 billion dollars a year in the U.S. The nutrients in the three-quarters of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa is severely degraded. French telecommunications company Alcatel is planning to acquire Lucent Technologies, parent company of Bell Labs.

Focuses on the controversy concerning data sharing among authors of publications in major scientific journals. Principle of universal free access; Release of data about human genome; Data protection.

The article reports developments related to science taken from various Web sites. Editor Juan Carlos Lopez of "Nature Medicine," said that it was fascinating to see how difficult it was for some people to understand that scientific publishing costs money and that there are different models to recover the costs. Nature Publishing Group's license policy is consistent with a newly issued requirement by the U.S. National Institute of Health.

Recounts previous articles published in the journal "Nature" in the U.S. Presentation of a paper by Percival Lowell before the American Philosophical Society on the 375 drawings of the Martian surface made by him during the opposition of 1903, featured in the May 1904 issue; Previous publication on the relevance of ancient Greek thought to present-day scientific philosophy, published in the May 1954 issue.