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In science news around the world this week, the European Commission wants to tighten its oversight of deep-sea habitat in the Northeast Atlantic, Europe is poised to approve its first gene therapy, the U.S. National Science Board has given the go-ahead to construct the Large Synoptic Survey Telescop...

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Published in:Science
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.337.6093.394-b
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.337.6093.394-b
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Summary:In science news around the world this week, the European Commission wants to tighten its oversight of deep-sea habitat in the Northeast Atlantic, Europe is poised to approve its first gene therapy, the U.S. National Science Board has given the go-ahead to construct the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, U.K. police have ended the Climategate investigation, and a new estimate of deaths likely to result from the Fukushima nuclear disaster has been challenged by radiation experts.