Catálogo de publicaciones - revistas

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider reported this week that attorneys filed more paperwork last week in two federal courts regarding the legality of human embryonic stem cell guidelines set by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>On 7 August, heavy rains in the mountains north of Zhouqu, in western China's Gansu Province, unleashed a torrent of mud, boulders, and rubble, most of which, researchers believe, had been deposited in two gullies north of town by landslides and rockfalls after a big earthquake in 1879. The findings suggested that debris flows could strike more than 100 years after a major quake.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week that "snowball Earths" may have triggered animal evolution, a newly discovered monkey species is already critically endangered, hellish "super-Earths" may abound in the Milky Way, and bacteria that inhabit fruit flies help sway their choice of partners, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>China's new supercomputer, Tianhe-1A, is also the world's fastest, but the number of users able to tap even a thimbleful of the machine's power is surely minuscule.</jats:p>

<jats:p>The U.S. Justice Department surprised many last week with a sweeping new proposal arguing that "genomic DNA that has merely been isolated from the body without further alteration or manipulation" should not be eligible for patenting.</jats:p>

<jats:p> A research team in China has created the most detailed three-dimensional map yet of all the connections between the neurons in a complete mouse brain. The <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/science.1191776">project</jats:ext-link> was unveiled online this week in <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> . </jats:p>

<jats:p>A new technology for creating and viewing stunningly high-resolution panoramic images is becoming a powerful research tool.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Water-starved communities are betting that a fog-harvesting forest will one day quench their thirst.</jats:p>

<jats:p>To cap off the 2010 "Dance Your Ph.D." contest, the Gonzo Scientist explores the history of science dances and asks the contestants how online geek fame has affected their lives—for better or worse.</jats:p>

<jats:p>From Moche burials in Peru to trash dumps in Akhenaten's Egypt, traces of insects are revealing ancient human societies and behavior.</jats:p>