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Biologists face difficulties tracing source
The outbreak illustrates the limitations of modern microbiology. There are no short cuts to epidemiological questioning of patients
Stem cell banks for adults get go-ahead
The ‘wealthy well’ are being given the chance to boost their prospects of surviving cancer and other diseases by banking stem cells extracted from their own blood
Pioneering research offers hope
Oristem’s founders said their stem cells would be almost as versatile as embryonic ones in their applications, some doctors may need clinical data to be convinced
Editorial Comment: Don’t over-react to superbugs
Mutant killer superbugs are on the march again but public health experts are rightly concerned that some reactions to the crisis are going too far
Supercities to reshape business map
The UK’s business map will be redrawn by emerging industries during the coming decade, says a report that glimpses a brighter future beyond painfully slow recovery
Nature worth billions, says environment audit
Nature provides ‘free services’ to Britain’s economy worth tens of billions of pounds a year – from recreational amenities to crop fertilisation and water purification
Lex: Alcatel-Lucent
Sometimes it makes sense to invest in a company that barely breaks even at the operating level. This is no longer one of those times
The Higgs boson: To be or not to be?
The absence of the subatomic particle supposedly responsible for the fundamental property of mass could prove to be just as exciting as its discovery, writes Clive Cookson
Cornwall to trial 4G mobile broadband
Cornwall is to be the location of the UK’s first consumer trial of LTE, a fourth-generation mobile broadband technology that enables speedy web browsing on smartphones
Opinion: Stop dreaming of a new Silicon Valley
It sounds like a joke that America offers tech entrepreneurs a slice of California, while Britain gives them a roundabout, says Philip Delves Broughton
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