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search empty handed. After to confirm the appointment a 20-month run, the Large of Philippe Mauguin Underground Xenon (LUX) on 19 July. Mauguin, a COMING UP experiment in South Dakota former chief of staff to the announced on 21 July that agriculture minister, takes 27 JULY–10 AUGUST it had seen no collisions of over “in a climate of strong Young scientists from MARY ALTAFFER/AP PHOTO ALTAFFER/AP MARY ‘weakly interacting massive mistrust”, says the INRA around the world take particles’ (WIMPs) with branch of the trade union part in the London its 370 kilograms of liquid CGT. It fears that Mauguin International Youth xenon. The researchers say will focus on innovation at Science Forum 2016, that WIMPs could still exist, the expense of basic research, hosted by Imperial but might interact more rarely which would be potentially College London. than current experiments “deadly” for the agency’s www.liysf.org.uk can detect. Preparations are position as a leader in under way to build a much agricultural research. 1–12 AUGUST larger dark-matter detector, PEOPLE Physicists discuss called LZ. POLICY LIGO’s gravitational- Clinton picks Kaine wave detection at the Hottest year Hillary Clinton, the Porpoise protection Kavli Institute for This year is on track to presumptive Democratic Environmental groups Theoretical Physics beat 2015 as the warmest nominee for US president, have welcomed the latest in Santa Barbara, year since systematic named Virginia senator attempts by Mexico’s National California. measurements began. The Tim Kaine (pictured) Commission of Aquaculture go.nature.com/2afhjwa first 6 months of the year as her vice-presidential and Fishing (Conapesca) to were 0.2 °C warmer than the running mate on 22 July. save the vaquita porpoise first half of 2015, the World Kaine previously served as (Phocoena sinus), the world’s regulations on 25 July by Meteorological Organization governor of Virginia, which most endangered marine declaring that greenhouse- said on 21 July. The average has been among the key mammal. On 19 July, gas emissions from aircraft global temperature was battleground states in recent Conapesca announced rules endanger public health and 1.3 °C above pre-industrial elections. He advocated for banning ‘gill nets’ and night the environment. The finding levels, and 1.05 °C above the action on as fishing in the northern part comes five months after the twentieth-century average, governor and had worked on of the Gulf of California, United Nations’ International according to data sets education and foreign policy where the animals live. Only Civil Aviation Organization maintained by NASA, the in the Senate. 60 vaquita were thought to (ICAO) proposed the first US National Oceanic and have been alive in the gulf greenhouse-gas standards for Atmospheric Administration Agriculture chief in December 2015, down aircraft. Environmentalists and the UK Met Office. A French President François from 97 in 2014; gill nets criticized the ICAO proposal strong 2015–16 El Niño Hollande ignored scientists’ are blamed for much of the as weak and are pressuring warming event in the Pacific furious protests about decline. the EPA to suggest stronger Ocean contributed to his choice to head the regulations. The EPA said the record temperatures, French National Institute Aircraft emissions that its standards would be which are driven by rising for Agricultural Research The US Environmental “at least as stringent” as those atmospheric concentrations (INRA) for the next four Protection Agency (EPA) proposed by the ICAO. of greenhouse gases. years, and allowed his cabinet paved the way for new climate Predator plan New Zealand hopes to be free of introduced predators DECLINE IN NEW HIV INFECTIONS STALLS — which include rats, . (2016) TREND WATCH Although deaths from HIV/AIDS have dropped steadily over stoats and possums — by

ET AL ET the past ten years, the global annual number of new Deaths from HIV/AIDS have infections has stayed largely the same. 2050, according to a plan declined steadily around the New infections Deaths from HIV/AIDS announced on 25 July. The world over the past decade — but 4 government will invest

SOURCE: WANG SOURCE: WANG the annual rate of new infections an initial NZ$28 million has stayed much the same, a (US$20 million) and work global data analysis published 3 with the private sector on 19 July shows (H. Wang to rid the country of the et al. Lancet HIV http://doi.org/ predators, which it says kill bm2p; 2016). The number of 2 25 million native birds each new HIV infections peaked at Millions year. Conservation minister 3.3 million in 1997, and dropped Maggie Barry says that the by an average of about 2.7% 1 plan will need technology that each year to around 2.5 million does not yet exist.

in 2005. But the infection rate 0 has stagnated since then. In 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 NATURE.COM 74 countries, it has increased. For daily news updates see: www.nature.com/news

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