Italy’s fragile new government is unlikely to stay for the long haul.

This week a new Italian government was finally sworn in and approved by Italy’s Parliament, following months of uncertainty after the country’s elections in February. James Walston assesses the new cabinet, noting that it is intentionally dominated by low profile figures to avoid antagonising the main participating parties. He argues that the government will be under immediate political pressure and could be further undermined by Silvio Berlusconi’s on-going legal battles

Managing Corn Residue with Different Tillage Systems and N Applications Field Days

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host two tours of residue management plots in July

Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia sp. Strain CN3, an Atypical, Noninfective (Nod–) Ineffective (Fix–) Isolate from Coriaria nepalensis

We report here the genome sequence of Frankia sp. strain CN3, which was isolated from Coriaria nepalensis. This genome sequence is the first from the fourth lineage of Frankia, strains of which are unable to reinfect actinorhizal plants. At 10 Mb, it represents the largest Frankia genome sequenced to date

Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia sp. Strain QA3, a Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from the Root Nodule of Alnus nitida

Members of the actinomycete genus Frankia form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with 8 different families of actinorhizal plants. We report a high-quality draft genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain QA3, a nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium isolated from root nodules of Alnus nitida

Antibodies to Nipah-Like Virus in Bats (Pteropus lylei), Cambodia

Serum specimens from fruit bats were obtained at restaurants in Cambodia. We detected antibodies cross-reactive to Nipah virus by enzyme immunoassay in 11 (11.5%) of 96 Lyle’s flying foxes (Pteropus lylei). Our study suggests that viruses closely related to Nipah or Hendra viruses are more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously documented

Cavity BPM System Tests for the ILC Spectrometer

The main physics programme of the International Linear Collider (ILC) requires a measurement of the beam energy at the interaction point with an accuracy of $10^{-4}$ or better. To achieve this goal a magnetic spectrometer using high resolution beam position monitors (BPMs) has been proposed. This paper reports on the cavity BPM system that was deployed to test this proposal. We demonstrate sub-micron resolution and micron level stability over 20 hours for a 1\m long BPM triplet. We find micron-level stability over 1 hour for 3 BPM stations distributed over a 30\m long baseline. The understanding of the behaviour and response of the BPMs gained from this work has allowed full spectrometer tests to be carried out.Comment: Paper submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 35 pages, 23 figure

Models and Studies of Aging: Executive Summary of a Report from the U13 Conference Series

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/148241/1/jgs15788.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/148241/2/jgs15780-sup-0001-supinfo.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/148241/3/jgs15788_am.pd

Bringing the Tiger Back from the Brink—The Six Percent Solution

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