Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Nature News highlights: 8 June 2010

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NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 08 June 2010
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VOLCANOLOGY: OUT OF THE ASHES
02 June 2010
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=19&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

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MOSQUITO SALIVA MAY SIGNAL INFECTION OUTBREAKS
A mosquito's sweet tooth could help researchers to detect deadly
viruses.
07 June 2010
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=74&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

MEDICS PERFORMED 'INTERROGATION RESEARCH'
Human-rights advocacy group alleges major ethics breaches.
07 June 2010
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=48&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

CROCODILES GO WITH THE FLOW
Surfing currents allows crocodiles to travel long distances.
07 June 2010
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=49&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

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Deepwater Horizon : DISASTER IN THE GULF
Anxious US officials are looking to researchers who study the Gulf of
Mexico and its idiosyncratic currents to help determine where all the
oil is and where it might be heading.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=46&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

For all Nature's coverage of the oil spill, see our Deepwater Horizon
special
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ANTIPSYCHOTIC DEFLATES THE BRAIN
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=47&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

GLACIERS' WANE NOT ALL DOWN TO HUMANS
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=43&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

MARS ROVER FINDS CONDITIONS 'MORE CONDUCIVE TO LIFE'
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=44&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=41&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

JEWS WORLDWIDE SHARE GENETIC TIES
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=42&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

EARTHQUAKE RISK CALCULATOR GOES GLOBAL
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=39&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

LED ENTANGLES LIGHT AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=68&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

FISHERIES: WHAT'S THE CATCH?
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=69&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

VOLCANOLOGY: OUT OF THE ASHES
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=65&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

SYNTHETIC-BIOLOGY COMPETITION LAUNCHES
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=67&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

NEWS BRIEFING: 3 JUNE 2010
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=63&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

MODEL STARS SET TO EXPLODE
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=64&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

WORLD VIEW: DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=56&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

BIOLOGISTS TACKLE CELLS' IDENTITY CRISIS
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=54&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

LAZY CROWS PITCH IN WHEN IT COUNTS
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=58&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

FRUITFLY LARVAE SMELL THE LIGHT
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=57&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

RESEARCHERS TRACK PATH OF OIL FROM RIG SPILL
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=46&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

US PREPARES FOR CLIMATE BURDEN
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=50&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

ACUPUNCTURE FOR MICE
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=51&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

RISK OF GIANT QUAKE OFF AMERICAN WEST COAST GOES UP
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=20&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

FINANCIAL MELTDOWN IMPERILS REACTOR
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=21&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

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Iron age buzz
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=28&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Quotes of the day
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=37&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

$1 billion biotech center gets Cambridge approval
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=16&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Consumer genomics company snafu
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=15&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

First convictions over Bhopal disaster
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=13&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Falcon 9 flies!
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=11&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Flu viruses get lucky
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=10&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Let it flow
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=6&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Deepwater Horizon: containment cap in place
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=3&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

MIT's Subra Suresh tapped to lead National Science Foundation
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=1&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Researchers row over GBP 350m drug access scheme
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=17&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Biotech exec lied about Down syndrome test, says SEC
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=12&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Kavli Prize winners announced
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=14&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

'Roadblocks' await $1 bn stimulus funding for comparative effectiveness
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=4&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

Nature Podcast
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=8&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

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PODCAST
This week, mentoring by numbers, quantum physics gets frustrated and
a new twist on the Big Bang theory.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=38&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

THE WAY AHEAD FOR GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS
Nature Nanotechnology looks at the problems and advantages of
transistors made from atom-thick sheets of carbon.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=73&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0

EVOLVING R&D FOR EMERGING MARKETS
Bethan Hughes investigates the strategies that pharmaceutical companies
are pursuing to meet the medical needs of emerging markets.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=45&m=34960177&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=NzUyNjg2MjUS1&mt=1&rt=0


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