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• Toward a new model of the cell: Everything you always wanted to know about genes
• Scientists discover evidence of giant panda's population history and local adaptation
• 'Missing' polar weather systems could impact climate predictions
• Action by 2020 key for limiting climate change

Toward a new model of the cell: Everything you always wanted to know about genes Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST Turning vast amounts of genomic data into meaningful information about the cell is the great challenge of bioinformatics, with major implications for human biology and medicine. Researchers have proposed a new method that creates a computational model of the cell from large networks of gene and protein interactions, discovering how genes and proteins connect to form higher-level cellular machinery.

Scientists discover evidence of giant panda's population history and local adaptation Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST A research team has successfully reconstructed a continuous population history of the giant panda from its origin to the present.

'Missing' polar weather systems could impact climate predictions Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST Intense but small-scale polar storms could make a big difference to climate predictions, according to new research. Difficult-to-forecast polar mesoscale storms occur frequently over the polar seas; however, they are missing in most climate models. New research shows that their inclusion could paint a different picture of climate change in years to come.

Action by 2020 key for limiting climate change Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST Limiting climate change to target levels will become much more difficult to achieve, and more expensive, if action is not taken soon, according to a new analysis.

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