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Trials and tribulations of a malaria vaccine

A quick fix for Hubble?: The Hubble Space Telescope has blurred vision, and shakes so much that it has difficulty pointing in the right direction. NASA must now decide what to repair, when to do it and how

Europe plans for cleaner water: Next week European environment ministers meet in Brussels to discuss a proposal to reduce the pollution of the community’s waterways. The water industry is already working out how to cope

Quasar jets and cosmic engines

How plankton change the climate: Plankton affect our planet far more then their-size suggests. Their role in the carbon cycle pushed the world into ice ages and could control how fast our climate changes in the future

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News

‘Ghost molecules’ theory back from the dead

Europe calls for common policy for defence research

杏吧原创s find German research more quotable

AIDS researcher accused of ‘lining his pockets’

Fresh evidence casts doubts on asthma drug

Why South Pole is paradise for astronomers

Congress to smooth path for nuclear power?

Germany to turn salt mines into toxic dumps

Holland’s windmills turn again

Neighbours meet to keep the Danube blue

‘Unethical’ tests split HIV researchers

AIDS studies must focus more on people

Europeans extend computer R&D

Sour grapes land US in the dock

Pollution and hunting threaten Brazil’s manatees

One way to solve parking problems

Pension problem

Un-safety valves

‘Cruelty’ libel

Top of the world

High-speed delay

Taking out the gas

Science: Hope for quick leprosy cure

Science: ‘Ozone killer’ found in atmosphere far away from the polar regions

Science: Graph theory shows how to dig a better mine

Science: Metallic hydrogen claim was premature

Science: ‘Naked singularities’ pose problems for Einstein’s theory

Science: Proteins change their shape in the blink of a laser flash

Science: Naughty nylon creates a hot and bothered atmosphere

Science: How living communities protect their own

Technology

Technology: Hybrid switch speeds data on its way . . .

Technology

Technology: . . . while optical amp spans the globe

Technology

Technology: . . . and a plastic implant provides the cure

Technology

Technology: Sunshine brings water to West Africa

Technology

Technology: Desktop test catches glaucoma early . . .

Technology

Technology: An explosive start to fast-maturing cheeses

Technology

Technology: River flow powers prize pump

Technology

Technology: Engines get a lift from variable valves

Opinion

Comment: Birth rights

Comment: Arms across the water

Features

Trials and tribulations of a malaria vaccine

One of the most hopeful candidates for a malaria vaccine emerged from an area where the disease is endemic. Its results have raised expectations and scientific controversy

A quick fix for Hubble?: The Hubble Space Telescope has blurred vision, and shakes so much that it has difficulty pointing in the right direction. NASA must now decide what to repair, when to do it and how

Europe plans for cleaner water: Next week European environment ministers meet in Brussels to discuss a proposal to reduce the pollution of the community’s waterways. The water industry is already working out how to cope

Quasar jets and cosmic engines

How plankton change the climate: Plankton affect our planet far more then their-size suggests. Their role in the carbon cycle pushed the world into ice ages and could control how fast our climate changes in the future

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Climate

Why do we have different weather in different parts of the world, and at different times of year? The tilt of the spinning Earth, and the distribution of land and sea, are chiefly responsible

Talking Point: Seabirds for fish, a deadly trade-off

Review: Sky high problems

Review: Fatalism’s flaws destroy the wilderness

Review: A close look at fusion

Review: Braintwisters

Review: What it is all about

Review: I sing the body electronic

Forum: Curing within our means – The National Health Service can’t afford to do everything, says Donald Gould

Forum: Tired of bowing down before the bone idols – Nick Hodgetts is falling out of love with sauropods

Forum: Titillation in the table of contents – Titles of papers grow ever more bizarre, notes Frank Ulrich

Forum: Keep singing the auld song – Roger Smith wants a rousing chorus for Scottish nature conservation

Thistle Diary: It all starts at school – Comment from Westminster

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