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Leaders wanted

Leaders wanted

Nature 466, 919 (2010). doi:10.1038/466919a

Author: Colin Macilwain

There's room at the top for more old-fashioned charisma, says Colin Macilwain.

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Mitigate food loss to feed more people right now

Mitigate food loss to feed more people right now

Nature 466, 920 (2010). doi:10.1038/466920a

Author: Trevor Nicholls

The proposals for agricultural monitoring systems by Jeffrey Sachs and colleagues (Nature466, 558–560; 2010) will take five years to mature and deliver value. We can make an immediate difference to agricultural advisory services and farmers by providing access

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Culturing practices can make roots more robust too

Culturing practices can make roots more robust too

Nature 466, 920 (2010). doi:10.1038/466920b

Author: Norman Uphoff

The growth and performance of root systems can be enhanced by altered management practices, not just by plant breeding (Nature466, 552–553; 2010).Researchers in China, India, Thailand and Japan have shown how the structure and function of rice

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Reduce soil damage for more sustainable crop production

Reduce soil damage for more sustainable crop production

Nature 466, 920 (2010). doi:10.1038/466920c

Author: Jeff Tullberg

Your series on solving world hunger in the future (Nature466, 531 and 546–561; 2010) focuses mainly on biological measures. Better management of soil and cropping systems could improve productivity right away, with minimal environmental threat.Reducing soil

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Monitoring systems outdated and protectionist

Monitoring systems outdated and protectionist

Nature 466, 920 (2010). doi:10.1038/466920d

Author: Kamaljit S. Bawa

None of Jeffrey Sachs and colleagues' cited monitoring systems (Nature466, 558–560; 2010) meets the innovation requirements for the comprehensive monitoring of agro-ecological zones worldwide.Information technologies now offer an array of approaches and tools for rapid collation, organization

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Track social and economic impacts of food production

Track social and economic impacts of food production

Nature 466, 920 (2010). doi:10.1038/466920e

Authors: Don Gunasekera & John Finnigan

Food security depends on efficient distribution and affordability as well as on sustainable production (Nature466, 558–560; 2010). We are already seeing the acquisition of African farmland by Asian countries to feed their own populations, and we can expect

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Long view of the Human Genome Project

Long view of the Human Genome Project

Nature 466, 921 (2010). doi:10.1038/466921a

Author: Jan Witkowski

A bold attempt to tell the complicated story behind the human DNA sequence highlights that social change is needed before personalized medicine can take off, finds Jan Witkowski.

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In Retrospect: Science — The Endless Frontier

In Retrospect: Science — The Endless Frontier

Nature 466, 922 (2010). doi:10.1038/466922a

Author: Roger Pielke

Vannevar Bush's pivotal report that marked the beginning of modern science policy catapulted the phrase 'basic research' into popular usage, explains Roger Pielke Jr.

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Books in brief

Books in brief

Nature 466, 923 (2010). doi:10.1038/466923a

Author: Joanne Baker

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are true explorers. Among the earliest spacecraft to visit the neighbourhoods of Jupiter and Saturn, they will soon exit the Solar System and witness interstellar space. Environmental historian Stephen Pyne sets these missions within the wider arc of

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Atmospheric chemistry: A missing sink for radicals

Atmospheric chemistry: A missing sink for radicals

Nature 466, 925 (2010). doi:10.1038/466925a

Authors: Jos Lelieveld

Air pollution can cause a widespread haze in the Arctic. A study of the lower atmosphere there suggests that haze particles might take up free radicals, and so extend the lifetime of air pollutants in the region.

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Gene expression: How plants avoid incest

Gene expression: How plants avoid incest

Nature 466, 926 (2010). doi:10.1038/466926a

Authors: Daphne Goring & Emily Indriolo

Different versions of the same gene can be either dominant or recessive. A small non-coding RNA mediates such differences in dominance as part of a system that prevents inbreeding in plants.

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50 & 100 years ago

50 & 100 years ago

Nature 466, 927 (2010). doi:10.1038/466927a

50 Years AgoThousands of people know the “Broads”... But how many holiday makers have ever asked themselves how these large lakes were formed?... Much research has been devoted to this problem in recent years, and it has been attacked from various points of view—geological,

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Astrophysics: Waves on Orion's shores

Astrophysics: Waves on Orion's shores

Nature 466, 928 (2010). doi:10.1038/466928a

Authors: John Bally

Waves have been discovered in the molecular cloud surrounding the Orion nebula, generated by shearing flows in the cloud. This finding provides clues to the way filamentary substructures form in the interstellar medium.

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DNA repair: Blocking ubiquitin transfer

DNA repair: Blocking ubiquitin transfer

Nature 466, 929 (2010). doi:10.1038/466929a

Authors: April Rose & Christian Schlieker

The protein OTUB1 inhibits DNA repair without using its enzymatic activity. Instead, it sequesters a protein that is required for the assembly of certain forms of ubiquitin chain, which function as key signals during repair.

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Evolutionary biology: Oh sibling, who art thou?

Evolutionary biology: Oh sibling, who art thou?

Nature 466, 930 (2010). doi:10.1038/466930a

Authors: Andrew Cockburn

Help from earlier offspring in rearing a subsequent brood should evolve more easily when the mother is strictly monogamous. A comparative study of birds provides evidence in support of this view.

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Earthquakes: Double trouble at Tonga

Earthquakes: Double trouble at Tonga

Nature 466, 931 (2010). doi:10.1038/466931a

Authors: Kenji Satake

A puzzling case is presented by the occurrence of two large but dissimilar earthquakes at almost the same time and place. One must have acted as the trigger, but which one and how did it do so?

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Obituary: Stephen Henry Schneider (1945–2010)

Obituary: Stephen Henry Schneider (1945–2010)

Nature 466, 933 (2010). doi:10.1038/466933a

Authors: Michael D. Mastrandrea

A voice of reason in climate-change science and policy.

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Stay special

Stay special

Nature 466, 1014 (2010). doi:10.1038/4661014a

Author: Susan Lanigan

With age comes ...?

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Harvard probe kept under wraps

Harvard probe kept under wraps

Nature 466, 908 (2010). doi:10.1038/466908a

Author: Heidi Ledford

Researchers call for the release of findings of the Marc Hauser misconduct investigation.

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FDA challenges stem-cell clinic

FDA challenges stem-cell clinic

Nature 466, 909 (2010). doi:10.1038/466909a

Author: David Cyranoski

Injunction raises questions over regulation.

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