Showing papers by "Declan Butler published in 2005"
TL;DR: Record-keeping in the lab has stayed unchanged for hundreds of years, but today's experiments are putting huge pressure on the old ways, so Declan Butler weighs up the pros and cons of electronic alternatives.
Abstract: Record-keeping in the lab has stayed unchanged for hundreds of years, but today's experiments are putting huge pressure on the old ways. Declan Butler weighs up the pros and cons of electronic alternatives to that dog-eared notebook.
60 citations
TL;DR: At its best, academia is a marketplace of ideas, but many scientists are reluctant to embrace the latest web tools that would allow them to communicate their ideas in new ways, says Declan Butler.
Abstract: At its best, academia is a marketplace of ideas. But many scientists are reluctant to embrace the latest web tools that would allow them to communicate their ideas in new ways, says Declan Butler.
41 citations
TL;DR: Use of common drug could stretch world stocks of Tamiflu, say scientists.
Abstract: Use of common drug could stretch world stocks of Tamiflu.
30 citations
TL;DR: Control strategy changes tack, now H5N1 virus is endemic, and efforts to contain the virus are stepped up.
Abstract: Control strategy changes tack, now H5N1 virus is endemic
16 citations
TL;DR: The answer is that a Mediterranean diet based on the diet of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain in the 1960s was very healthy... but that the diet in those countries is less healthy now.
Abstract: Obesity is the main target in the US government's latest dietary guidelines. But can this advice really make a difference? Nature's reporters sift through the heady mix of politics and science to get a taste of things to come.
14 citations
TL;DR: The WHO isn't being sent samples of deadly H5N1 virus because it doesn't think it is necessary to send them, according to the World Health Organization.
Abstract: The WHO isn't being sent samples of deadly H5N1 virus.
11 citations
TL;DR: Cultural divide condemns Vietnam project, which aims to create awareness of human rights abuses in the country and aims to promote human rights in Vietnam.
Abstract: Cultural divide condemns Vietnam project.
11 citations
TL;DR: Congress questions where disease-fighting money has gone and where it will go in the future.
Abstract: Congress questions where disease-fighting money has gone.
9 citations
TL;DR: Up to three million courses of anti-flu drugs and a policy of isolating at-risk groups could stifle a human outbreak of avian flu in Southeast Asia, according to a new epidemiological model.
Abstract: Models show how spread of disease might be stopped. Up to three million courses of anti-flu drugs and a policy of isolating at-risk groups could stifle a human outbreak of avian flu in Southeast Asia, according to a new epidemiological model. By beginning a containment policy when there are 40 or fewer cases, and treating the population around each new case within two days, it should be possible to restrict an outbreak to about 150 cases, preventing millions of deaths.
8 citations
TL;DR: Despite recent reports from governments that bird flu is under control, it continues to spread through Asia's poultry and claim lives — there are even signs of human-to-human transmission.
Abstract: Despite recent reports from governments that bird flu is under control, it continues to spread through Asia's poultry and claim lives — there are even signs of human-to-human transmission. Declan Butler tracks the disease's inexorable spread.
8 citations
TL;DR: Overshadowed by terror attacks in London, the G8 leaders remain focused at summit's close.
Abstract: Overshadowed by terror attacks in London, the G8 leaders remain focused at summit's close.
TL;DR: Declan Butler assesses the situation in Indonesia, and finds out how likely it is that the virus might evolve into a pandemic strain.
Abstract: As officials in Washington discuss how to tackle outbreaks of bird flu more effectively (see From rhetoric to reality ), an outbreak in humans continues in Asia. Declan Butler assesses the situation in Indonesia, and finds out how likely it is that the virus might evolve into a pandemic strain.
TL;DR: Better sharing of information would help vaccine design and improve the quality of research into vaccine design.
Abstract: Better sharing of information would help vaccine design.
TL;DR: AIDS, malaria among the issues that may face funding shortfall in the developing world this year.
Abstract: AIDS, malaria among the issues that may face funding shortfall.
TL;DR: Open-access satellite images are revolutionizing responses to disasters, yet the government of Pakistan has forced aid agencies to remove pictures of earthquake devastation from the Internet.
Abstract: Open-access satellite images are revolutionizing responses to disasters. Yet the government of Pakistan has forced aid agencies to remove pictures of earthquake devastation from the Internet.
TL;DR: Plans to digitize university library collections sparks copyright spat, but which collections will be digitized and which will not are still in doubt.
Abstract: Plan to digitize university library collections sparks copyright spat.
TL;DR: Project could lead to more ‘intelligent’ web pages, according to research published in the journal ‘Next Generation Engineering’.
Abstract: Project could lead to more ‘intelligent’ web pages.
TL;DR: Internal plan says obtain drugs for a third of staff, according to internal plan, while the rest of staff are told not to take drugs.
Abstract: Internal plan says obtain drugs for a third of staff.
TL;DR: Conflicting results from Vietnam cause concern, but experts say it is too early to say whether or not there will be a change in the number of refugees in the country.
Abstract: Conflicting results from Vietnam cause concern.
TL;DR: International partners finally agree that next-generation reactor will be built in Europe, and Germany will be the first country to build it.
Abstract: International partners finally agree that next-generation reactor will be built in Europe.
TL;DR: Sixty nations sign up to Earth-watching satellite system, which aims to provide real-time information on volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and other natural disasters to decision-makers and aid agencies.
Abstract: Sixty nations sign up to Earth-watching satellite system.
TL;DR: Critics fear use of politically sensitive data is being used for marketing purposes and may not be suitable for use in the classroom.
Abstract: Critics fear use of politically sensitive data.
TL;DR: Jacques Chirac calls for proposals to digitize Europe's libraries in a speech at the European Library Congress in Strasbourg.
Abstract: Jacques Chirac calls for proposals to digitize Europe's libraries.
TL;DR: The ITER project carries much prestige, along with billions of dollars in construction, work for physicists and other contracts as discussed by the authors. But it has taken decades to convince all the parties involved that it was possible and affordable.
Abstract: Russia, the United States, Europe and Japan agreed on the importance of building ITER in the late 1980s. But it has taken decades to convince all the parties involved that it was possible and affordable. For the past year and a half the argument has been over who would get to host it. The project carries much prestige, along with billions of dollars in construction, work for physicists and other contracts.
TL;DR: Scientists say home-grown programme will suffer as international isolation ends and efforts to boost domestic production will be hampered.
Abstract: Scientists say home-grown programme will suffer as international isolation ends.