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The week in science: Dutch researcher settles case over fabricated data, two HIV patients on path to cure, and NIH retires nearly all research chimpanzees.

Nature 499 10 doi: 10.1038/499010a

Evolution makes the grade

Tue, 07/09/2013 - 2:21pm

Kansas, Kentucky and other states will also teach climate-change science.

Nature 499 15 doi: 10.1038/499014a

China gears up to tackle tainted water

Tue, 07/09/2013 - 1:21pm

Government is set to spend 500 million renminbi to clean up groundwater polluted by industry and agriculture.

Nature 499 14 doi: 10.1038/499015a

Bioengineers look beyond patents

Tue, 07/09/2013 - 12:21pm

Synthetic-biology company pushes open-source models.

Nature 499 16 doi: 10.1038/499016a

Tissue engineering: How to build a heart

Tue, 07/09/2013 - 10:21am

With thousands of people in need of heart transplants, researchers are trying to grow new organs.

Nature 499 20 doi: 10.1038/499020a

US Senate backs immigration plan

Tue, 07/09/2013 - 10:21am

Proposal would lift visa caps for US-trained scientists and engineers.

Nature 499 17 doi: 10.1038/499017a

Miniature human liver grown in mice

Mon, 07/08/2013 - 6:21pm

Cells self-organize and grow into functional organs after transplantation.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13324

Stem-cell transplants may purge HIV

Mon, 07/08/2013 - 6:21pm

But treatment is too risky for most people infected by the virus.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13297

Hawkmoths zap bats with sonic blasts from their genitals

Mon, 07/08/2013 - 1:21pm

The tropical moths produce ultrasound in response to bat sonar, which may serve as a warning or jam bat echolocation.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13333

European deal cuts red tape

Mon, 07/08/2013 - 4:21am

Horizon 2020 research programme streamlines project reimbursements.

Nature 499 18 doi: 10.1038/499018a

Italian stem-cell trial based on flawed data

Fri, 07/05/2013 - 1:21pm

Scientists raise serious concerns about a patent that forms the basis of a controversial stem-cell therapy.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13329

EU debates U-turn on biofuels policy

Fri, 07/05/2013 - 11:21am

Key vote could signal withdrawal of support from biodiesel.

Nature 499 13 doi: 10.1038/499013a

New Zealand aims high with National Science Challenges

Thu, 07/04/2013 - 3:21pm

Chief science adviser Peter Gluckman unpacks the country's ambitious cross-disciplinary research initiative.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13253

Bid to protect Antarctic waters gets second chance

Mont Blanc growing with help from glaciers

China's coal burning cutting lives short by years

Crowdsourcing may open up ocean science

Anger as Spanish funder claws back science money

Mystery extra-galactic radio bursts could solve cosmic puzzle

Biology must develop its own big-data systems

Seven days: 30 June–4 July 2013