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In the December 5 Issue:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
- Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
- Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance
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The unveiling of the genetic blueprint of the tiny thale cress ushers in a new era in plant biology. (p. 388)
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Negotiators drafted an agreement to ban or phase out some of the world's most persistent and toxic pollutants. (p. 389)
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A 6-year study shows that vitamin C, beta-carotene, and antibiotics can reverse premalignant conditions that could otherwise lead to stomach cancer. (p. 389)
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The leading explanation for why flags flap in the breeze has run afoul of new experimental findings. (p. 390)
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A gene involved in fetal-brain development may predispose people to develop autism or several related disorders. (p. 390)
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Agricultural pesticides blowing into California's wilderness areas have played a role in mysterious declines in frog populations. (p. 391)
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The product of the Indy gene resembles transport proteins in mammals that enable intestinal and kidney cells to take in metabolites to produce energy. (p. 391)
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DNA becomes part of the artist's palette. (p. 392)
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Stockpiling carbon dioxide in plants and soil may be effective only for the short term, if at all. (p. 396)
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Two research teams have created stable carbon nanotubes with the smallest diameter that scientists believe is physically possible, at just 0.4 nanometer across. (p. 398)
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A new technique can spin individual nanotubes into durable ribbons and threads visible to the naked eye. (p. 398)
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In some people with a bone marrow cancer called multiple myeloma, treatment with thalidomide or PS-341, which induces programmed cell death, may improve their chances of survival. (p. 399)
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The drug STI-571, previously shown to work against chronic myelogenous leukemia, also helps patients who have slipped into an acute, highly lethal form of this cancer. (p. 399)
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Adding exotic substances called quasicrystals to polymers creates nonabrasive hard materials, which could soon serve as coatings in machine parts. (p. 399)
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Researchers have developed a new, safer type of electrode for lithium batteries. (p. 399)
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