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Teen smokers who were also exposed to nicotine before birth show a dramatic reduction in attention capacities related to vision and hearing. The study also demonstrates that male and female attention capacities are affected by the exposure in different ways.

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Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature journals online on 18 March 2007 including Understanding cancer spread, Spawn of hag, and Reversing the magnetic vortex core.

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Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature Vol.446 No.7133 dated 15 MARCH 2007: Fossil sheds light on middle ear evolution, The aftermath of a catastrophic collision, The shape and evolution of subduction zones, Life history of a photon, Light fantastic, Tracking tremor beneath Japan and Surprise addition to flowering plant family tree

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Scientists have identified unforeseen mechanisms by which quinolones - a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics among the most widely prescribed - induce bacterial cell death. The study is published online this week in Molecular Systems Biology.

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