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Sticky-tape X-rays
In a letter published in this week's Nature, Carlos Camara and colleagues used a motorized peeling machine to unwind a roll of Scotch tape at a rate of 3 centimetres per second. By placing their apparatus in a vacuum, they were able to measure the emission of X-rays strong enough to X-ray a human finger.
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Image: Carlos Camara, Juan Escobar and Seth Putterman
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On this show, we meet a feathered dinosaur with a carnival-style plume, watch in astonishment as researchers make X-rays from sticky tape and find out that oxygen-producing bacteria aren't quite as ancient as we thought. Plus, highlights from last week's autism conference in Pittsburgh.
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Hollywood Ending: Is this the rise of Singapore's golden era?
Scientific Structure: The Fusionopolis towers are the latest signs of Singapore's determination to build its future on science. But can the city-state meet the expectations it has raised?
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Cancer Genomics
Three papers in Nature this week look at Cancer genomics. Richard Wilson et al. examine genetic mutations associated with lung adenocarcinoma and the research identifies several genes that were not previously thought to be involved in lung cancer, roughly tripling the number of genes associated with this disease.
In the first of two papers on glioblastoma, the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network provide a comprehensive overview of DNA copy number, gene expression and DNA methylation aberrations, providing insights into the signalling pathways commonly deregulated in this form of cancer. These include the p53 pathway, and in the second paper Ronald A dePinho et al. show that the combined inactivation of p53 and Pten leads to brain tumours in a mouse model that closely resemble human glioblastomas. The study also highlights Myc as a possible target for future therapies.
