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Reports on the controversy created by a stem cell paper by a team of German biologists published in the 2004 issue of "Applied Physics". Public announcement of the research as a breakthrough in adult stem-cell technology; Protests against research using embryonic lines; Criticisms of the research.

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 discusses a research misconduct case that damaged the reputation of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Kobe, Japan. Topics include papers on pluripotent stem cells in the journal "Nature" that discussed the use of the stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) technique by biochemist Haruko Obokata, a committee report led by materials scientist Teruo Kishi, and the impact of media scrutiny on the scandal.

The article looks at research that uses online databases and network analysis to come up with some rules of thumb for productive collaborations. It discusses science's increasingly collaborative nature, and the factors that determine a team's success. The article highlights the results of a study by sociologist Brian Uzzi of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and colleagues, which analyzed more than two million patents along with nearly 20 million papers published since 1955. It examines key issues relating to productive collaborations.

Focuses on scientific fraud and misconduct. Debate about how many cases of fraud occur in scientific research; Agreement that scientific fraud must be dealt with and eliminated; Explanation of the process of fraud investigation in the United States and in Europe; National committees versus local committees in investigating misconduct; Germany as a leader in instituting procedures for handling and preventing scientific misconduct. INSETS: Japanese scandals raise public distrust;Editors debate whether to blow the whistle on suspect papers;US stalls on new definitions of misconduct.

Reports on the impact that the Internet is having on the publishing of scholarly journals, the influence of scientists, and the authority of learned societies. Decision of Denmark's Technical Knowledge Center and Library in Lyngby to provide scientific journals only through the World Wide Web; Other countries that are moving in the same direction, including the United States; Cost of the printed page compared to the electronic page; Difficulty presented to libraries; Recourse taken by libraries. INSETS: User consortia emerge as `brokers.';Preserving papers for posterity;Roll over Gutenberg.

Provides facts on various issues related to science in Great Britain. Enlargement of a British-owned island in the South Atlantic due to volcanic eruption; Creation of a paper plane that could travel farther than 30 meters by students at the University of Leeds; Citation of a study indicating the potential for spending time with dolphins to help dispel depression.

Presents books related to science. "Religion and Science: Some Suggestions for the Study of the Relations Between Them," by P. N. Waggett; "Buy English Acres," by C. F. Dowsett; "The Collected Papers of Peter J. W. Debye.'

Examines the politics of scientific publication. Role of authors, reviewers and editors in protecting the quality of research; Trends in making decisions about the publication of a scientific paper; Implications for research and publication in biomedical science.

The article reports on the efforts of U.S. government to make scientific research available for all. It reports that the accessibility offered by the Internet has transformed science publishing over the past decade. The government of the U.S. is making efforts to make all federally funded research available for free. The new system will make huge numbers of scientific articles publicly available for all. It reports that such archives will basically contain the final versions of the manuscripts written by the authors. There was an increase in public access in late 2007 when the U.S. Congress passed a bill and made it compulsory for scientists funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to deposit their papers within 12 months of publication.

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 reports on a study conducted by Isaac Kohane and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics in Boston, Massachusetts, that shows that shorter geographical distance between authors on a research paper can make a better citation of their project. It shows that when researchers within a building collaborate, the more highly cited were their papers. Moreover, it looks into the connection between building proximity and impact in scientific productivity.

The article presents numerical facts on various issues published during the year 2005 in the science journal "Nature." A total of 900 papers were published during the year describing original research. Nuclear fusion was identified as the most accessed paper during the period. There were 2,469 authors who contributed to research in the physical sciences during 2005.

Presents quotations of executives in the field of science and technology in the U.S. Description of Andrew Coates, space researcher, on the a probe of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, that crashed into the Tempel 1 comet; Justification of Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academy of Sciences, on the publication of a paper modeling a bioterrorist attack with botulinum toxin; Explanation of Marc Wolfson on the Department of Health and Human Services' objections to the botulinum paper.

The article offers world news briefs related to science in 2009. A cabinet-level working group chaired by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Japan recommended slashing funding for many prominent science projects. International climate negotiators at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark failed to craft a treaty to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. A series of "Nature" investigations uncovered plagiarism in papers co-authored by highlevel officials in Iran.

The article reports on the science funding in Great Britain. This paper gives observation on the changing landscapes in the funding that the government provides. Research councils may be pressured to deliver results as the government now seeks for results to the long and heavily invested science researches. Scientists had enjoyed tremendous funding in the past decade and the government wants to see results as indicated by the council documents implying economic competitiveness and social impacts.

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.

The article suggests ways to avoid disputes over authorship in science. Authors or scientists should spell out their contribution in the paper. In addition, they should be trained in the ethics of authorship. Many scientists also believe that the simplest way to avoid conflict is to discuss authorship when a collaboration begins.

Shares the author's observation on the working relationship between artists and particle physicists. Reference to an exhibition of work of art exhibited internationally; Reaction of artists to the insights offered by particle physicists; Impression on the physics involved in crumpling a piece of paper.

The article provides information on the recent developments across the world related to science and technology. Months of confusion ended last week when the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued licenses that permit the U.S. publishers to accept and print scholarly papers with authors from Cuba, Iran and Sudan. A convoy carrying US$4.6 million worth of laboratory equipment and $1 million worth of academic books is bound for higher-education institutions in Iraq. Impulse Devices, a company in Grass Valley, California is launching an experimental power reactor based on "bubble fusion," despite reservations within the scientific community over whether the effect exists. Zsuzsanna Jakab, secretary of state at Hungary's ministry of health, was last week nominated as the inaugural director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

Reviews global developments in science as of September 2004. Removal of the paper on human cloning from fertility researcher Panos Zavos becuase he publicized his work before publication; Celebration of a promising achievement for earthquake studies; Collaboration of car drivers with wildlife researcher to monitor changes in the number of insects.

Reports on developments related to the global science field as of August 5, 2004. Resumption of the program of vaccinating children against polio in Kano, Nigeria; Arrest of one of the most prominent scientists at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California; Availability of papers on the arrangement of electrons in solids.

Reports on developments pertaining to science recent to January 27, 2000. Includes the shutdown of gene therapy trials at the University of Pennsylvania following the death of a patient; Inclusion of the biological physics papers of the American Physical Society to the index of Medline; Introduction of a term-limit for the office of heads of laboratories in the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.

Discusses the results of a paper which present tomographic images of the earth that will help geochemists to understanding mantle flow of the Earth's crust. The factors which make this contribution notable; The display of narrow compressional velocity anomalies in the lower mantle; Other significant aspects; The paper by van der Hilst and others in the April 10, 1997 issue of `Nature.'

Provides background and analysis of a paper that presents a theory about stochastic resonance. The implications for various systems, such as mesoscopic electronic devices to signal transduction in ion channels through cell membranes; The history of the study of stochastic resonance; The paper by Sergey Bezrukiv and Igor Vodyanoy in the January 23, 1997 issue of `Nature.'

Presents news briefs related to science as of November 18, 1999. Includes the formal agreement between major scientific publishing houses concerning the linking of references in published articles to the source papers on the Web sites of the respective publications; United States pressure groups' call for a moratorium on the release of genetically modified foods.

Examines career prospects for scientists in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. State of scientific research and state-based funding in each country; Number of papers published in the Netherlands between 1992 and 1996; Competition for academic jobs in each place; Belgium's problems with history and culture. INSETS: Search the web for jobs;Belgian biotech boom brings skill shortage.

Reports that the government of Great Britain has pledged to put the commercialization of scientific knowledge at the heart of its industrial policy. Controversy about implementing the series of initiatives; Financing of the initiatives according to the government's white paper; Encouragement of academics to work with industry; Views of Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Emphasis on science to create wealth. INSETS: Making a case in the corridors of power;Foresight initiative goes for competitiveness.

Comments on the latest idea from science fiction to be adopted by quantum physicists, teleportation, as discussed in a paper published in `Physical Review Letters' by Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Claude Crepeau, Richard Jozsa, Asher Peres and William Wootters. Idea behind teleportation; Quantum mechanics; Classical part; Quantum residue; Details of how Bennett et al's device works.

Provides background and analysis of a study which used positron emission tomography to show that there are reduced levels of D1-like dopamine receptors in the prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia. The history of research into the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia; The paper by Okubo and others in the February 13, 1997 `Nature.'

Provides background and analysis for a study of computer simulations that indicate the face-centered cubic phase is favored over the hexagonal close-packed phase when stacking atomic spheres. The margin of the significant, entropy difference; The conditions at which this is realized; The implications for the relative stability of the two structures; The paper by L.V. Woodcock in the January 9, 1997 issue of `Nature.'

Provides background and analysis of two reports that aid in the combination of spatial and temporal measurements on an atomic scale of precision. The development of femtosecond X-ray pulses; The calculation of the sub-femtosecond characteristics of X-rays produced by high-harmonic generation; The paper by Schoenlein and others in a 1996 issue of `Science'; The description by Antoine and others in a 1996 issue of `Physical Review Letters.'

The author reflects on the papers published within the issue with regards to the scientific explanation of music. It has been noted by the author that a series of essays on science and music in the issue illustrates the value of noise and its connection with science. In addition, the author stated that the series would help readers understand the scientific fundamentals and concepts of traditional music.

The article focuses on the issue regarding assessment and funding of science-based disciplines in England. Accordingly, the Higher Education Founding Council for England has announced that the assessment and funding of science-based disciplines will in future be based on citation rates per paper, aggregated for each subject group at each institution. It is then pointed out that the changes in performance indicators always strongly influence individual and institutional behavior will no doubt become a staple of conversation. Discussions on citation practices are also discussed.

The article reports world news briefs in science. An official inquiry found that the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was lost due to a series of errors originating with a programming flaw. A research paper from Seoul National University in Korea that reported the first cloned wolf has been questioned as possibly fraudulent.

The article presents news briefs related to science. Staff at the International Antartic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand have begun giving penguins rubber-soled shoes to protect their feet from calluses and infections. McDonald's Corp. explains why it is not ready to switch to a healthier oil for its signature fries. A Thai zoo has been earning about $8,200 a year from selling fans, cards and bookmarks made from the excrement paper, all with panda faces on.

The article focuses on the career of biologist Alina Vrabioiu. After finishing high school in Romania, she went to the U.S. and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving PhD in biology from Harvard University, she co-authored a paper with her adviser, professor Tim Mitchison.

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.

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.

A letter to the editor is presented about the common words found in the result or conclusion of abstracts of scientific research papers.

Provides information related to science. Percentage of scientists saying they don't believe in God; Development of a paper battery that generates power from urine by Singaporean physicists; Worry of psychiatrist Nick Kanas involving the possible suicidal attempt of astronaut who will participate in the Mars exploration.

Reports on scientific studies published in the previous issues of "Nature". "Personal Factors in Accident Proneness," a paper by Dr. J.A. Smiley in June 25, 1955 issue of "Nature"; Professor E. Wieldemann's statement of observations described in his work on electric discharges and published in the June 22, 1905 issue of the periodical.

Reports on news and developments related to science. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's guidelines on nanotechnology; Increase in the number of science and engineering papers published in journals with authors from Latin America, from 1988 to 2001; Radar images of Saturn's moon, Titan, taken by the Cassini-Hyugens spacecraft; Establishment of Tectonic Observatory at the California Institute of Technology to study the movement of the plates that make up the Earth's crust.

Reports on developments regarding science. Order by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of 2 million doses of vaccine to fight bird flu; Allegations that Mostafa Imam has included in his papers photographs of bacterial fossils taken by fellow paleontologists, with captions indicating that the fossils were found in other sites; Failure of Nobel Prize winner Zhores Alferov to obtain a visa for his lecture in the United States.

There is often a point in research of a mathematical nature when the solution to a problem is sensed before it is proved. An anticipatory instinct tells when something feels right. For someone publishing a scientific paper, the proof is of course essential. Alex Colville, a Canadian artist of his time, works with a slow-burning meditative persistence on the geometrical structures that underlie his pictures. The concept for the picture is triggered by his vision of a pregnant moment in the life of things.

Reports on news and developments in science. Researchers at the Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, California's used of the bacteria, Bacillus anthracis, to create an anthrax vaccine; Russian Supreme Court's overturn of the acquittal of Valentin Danilov, a physicist accused of spying; University of Constance in Germany's withdrawal of the PhD of Jan Hendrik Schon, the German physicist who fabricated data in high-profile papers produced during his stay at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey.

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.