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<jats:p>Brazil's $40 million National Laboratory of Bioethanol Science and Technology, inaugurated on 22 January, represents the country's big bet to maintain its position as the world's most efficient producer of ethanol.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Vernon Ehlers (R–MI), a staunch supporter of science and one of three physicists in the U.S. House of Representatives, is retiring after 17 years in Congress.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week on a new challenge to a "chronic fatigue virus," a new study that explains how nonlethal antibiotic concentrations can lead to resistance, a study with brain cancer patients that hints at brain regions for spirituality, and the first gene mutations linked to stuttering, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Chinese neuroscientists seeking to recruit subjects for a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder last December came away empty-handed because of parents' reluctance to expose children to strong magnetic fields.</jats:p>

<jats:p>With Asian carp poised to invade Lake Michigan, wildlife managers are urgently trying to figure out how many of the voracious 1.5-meter-long fish have already slipped past electric fish barriers in a waterway near Chicago—and they are scrambling to shore up defenses.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider reported this week that the United Nations has formed a joint task force of experts from Haiti and around the world to provide advice on recovering from last month's disaster and that the team hopes to generate a preliminary forecast of seismic activity and provide day-to-day advice to assist relief and recovery efforts, among other stories. </jats:p>