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Newsworthy papers include A cold snap explained, I think therefore I touch, The 'good', the 'bad' and the gut, Forced out and fighting it, An infrared ring round a neutron star, Diagnostics in the balance, The big thaw, Engineering surface features of titania crystals, Quantum phase transition in a quantum dot, Visual invisibles, Packing wrapped up

Read more of the article entitled 'Malaria parasites can adjust sex ratios'

Newsworthy papers include Nanoparticles need 'stripes' for cellular success, Genetic variants affect cancer risk in alcohol drinkers, Conducting without pressure, A critical factor for maintaining blood stem cells, Understanding cocaine craving, Genetic clue to 'clubbing', Searching for cancer's 'Achilles' heel', Observing virus birth

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include Outburst marking the birth of a supernova, Molecular clues to appetite and drug addiction, Magma can directly produce earthquakes, A trick of light, Stem cells: Getting to grips with self-renewal, How a vaccine enhancer, Climate : Tracking extreme conditions and A Texan fossil astride the amphibian gap

Read more of the article entitled 'Antivirals: Target identified for dengue therapy'

A genome wide study from Japan and Korea suggests generic susceptibility to gastric cancer. Other newsworthy papers include Fewer Atlantic hurricanes under global warming, Genetic links between pigmentation and skin cancer, Towards a model for Huntingdon’s disease and Three-dimensional microscopy at nanoscale resolution

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Mariam Sticklen urges governments around the world to acknowledge the pressing need to develop these technologies — without such action biofuels will remain expensive and may even add to the environmental threat.

Read more of the article entitled 'Affordable biofuels impossible without plant genetic engineering '