FINANCIAL TIMES

Researchers at the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of North Carolina and North Carolina State 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ have reported that they have altered the flow of electricity through tiny carbon nanotubes by rotating them, like controlling the flow of electricity to a light bulb by turning a dimmer switch.

Jellyfish may hold the secret to the quest to create better light-emitting diodes, according to a group of researchers from the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Southern California.

Anyone looking for a white Christmas should turn to the internet, where a physics professor from California has set up a covering every aspect of snow.

Researchers at Friedrich Schiller 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in Jena, Germany, have been looking at how phytoplankton, the photosynthesising microscopic plants that are at the bottom of the food chain, use chemistry to deter their predators - including other forms of plankton.

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THE GUARDIAN

The government is expected to call a snap vote in parliament on relaxing the rules about using human embryos for scientific research, provoking fears among patient groups and scientists that the long-awaited measure could be defeated.

THE INDEPENDENT

Winnie the Pooh and his mates are "seriously troubled individuals" and in dire need of psychoactive drugs, researchers from the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Halifax, Canada, have said.

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DAILY MAIL

Neuroscientists at Vanderbilt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Nashville, Tennessee, say that they have worked out for the first time just what happens in our heads when we realise we have made a mistake.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Germany's reputation as the powerhouse of European science and research is under threat because of an accelerating brain drain.

THE TIMES

Anne Treneman investigates a dispute between the pharmaceutical company Apotex and medical researcher Nancy Olivieri over the new drug deferiprone: already it has led to lawsuits, gags, firings, hate mail and claims of intimidation.

A Cornell 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ laboratory study that suggested GM crops harmed butterflies provoked protests across Europe but now environmentalists are having to backtrack as field trials fail to confirm the risk.

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MISCELLANY

Thale cress is a weed but it promises to trigger a new agricultural revolution: for the first time, scientists have unravelled the complete DNA blueprint of a plant
( Guardian , Daily Mail , Daily Telegraph , Times ).

A lesson learnt the hard way by thousands of dog owners has finally been proved by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig: man's best friend is a cunning creature that will watch its master intently, ready to be disobedient the moment he is not looking ( Daily Telegraph , Times ).