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The week in science: Arsenic-loving bacterium needs phosphorus after all; polonium poisoning suspected in Yasser Arafat’s death; and China’s Three Gorges Dam reaches full power.
The week in science: First weight-loss pill approved for more than a decade; GSK pleads guilty to health-care fraud; and Gabon burns ivory in stance against illegal trade.
The week in science: Galapagos giant tortoise 'Lonesome George' dies; United Nations to set up board of science advisers; and London’s Royal Society urges an era of open data.
The week in science: US reclaims world’s top supercomputer; Australia unveils plans for largest marine reserves; and China celebrates another space programme success.
The week in science: Funding for European Extremely Large Telescope; Budget cuts eat into Nobel prize; and ethical thumbs-up for altering embryos to prevent mitochondrial diseases.
The week in science: Private spacecraft docks with International Space Station; changes to Brazil’s deforestation laws; and a US petition urges for open access to research.
The week in science: Canada shuts down influential lakes research site; France’s science minister appointed; and commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX launches its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.
The week in science: Scientific journals to be protected in UK libel reform; Mars rover awakens; and the Global Fund emerges from a fund-raising crisis.
The week in science: Japan switches off its last nuclear power reactor; South Korea passes carbon-trading laws; and French-Algerian physicist Adlène Hicheur is sentenced to prison for plotting terror attacks.
The week in science: US reports 4th ever case of ‘mad cow disease’; Japan’s Chikyu research vessel drills through earthquake fault; and a new system launches to alert scientists to research updates.
The week in science: Premature splashdown for North Korean rocket; Johnson & Johnson fined for improper marketing of Risperdal; and US greenhouse-gas emissions rise.
The week in science: Malaria drug resistance spreading; anti-doping scientist resigns over confidentiality clauses; and the GM ‘Enviropig’ is off the menu.
The week in science: Errors — and resignations — announced in ‘faster-than-light’ neutrino experiment; new rules for US biosecurity research; and cuts to science in Spanish and Canadian budgets.
The week in science: Global health expert may lead World Bank; Supreme Court weighs in on biotech patents; and James Cameron dives solo to the ocean’s deepest spot.
