Nature News highlights: 02 August 2011

02 August 2011       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               Special: Space Shuttle - Triumph and tragedy ▶       Atlantis has returned from its final mission, marking the end of NASA's shuttle programme. In this special section, Nature looks back at the shuttle's history, and considers an uncertain future for human space flight. WATCH Nature's truly awesome video retrospective of every one of the shuttle's 135 missions. Read More ▶                           Imagine Science Film Festival - Where Science meets Art and becomes a culture This year Nature will be sponsoring the 'Scientific Merit' and 'Audience' awards at the Imagine Science Film Festival (ISFF). For information, or to submit your film and compete for the $2,500 Nature Scientific Merit Award and the $1,000 Nature Audience Award visit ISFF 2011.               • Latest News               Placenta to the rescue  ▶ 01 August 2011     In times of starvation the placenta protects the fetus from brain dysfunction. Read More ▶                   Conflict disclosure plan dropped  ▶ 01 August 2011     The NIH will not require universities to create websites detailing researchers' financial ties. Read More ▶                   Closing in on Jupiter's past  ▶ 01 August 2011     NASA's Juno mission aims to reveal how the Solar System's largest planet was formed. Read More ▶                       • More Stories               Chinese depression survey holds surprises ▶ 01 August 2011     Parenting style and level of education have different impact than in the West. Read More ▶                   How to design a safer chemical ▶ 29 July 2011     Chemists urged to avoid molecular properties likely to lead to toxicity. Read More ▶                   Into the Swiss abyss ▶ 29 July 2011     Russian submersible MIR dives into Lake Geneva. Read More ▶                   One antibody to bind them all ▶ 28 July 2011     An antibody that recognizes all strains of influenza A could be a universal vaccine blueprint. Read More ▶                   Fraud case we might have seen coming ▶ 28 July 2011     Vigilance over early signs of misconduct is crucial to tackling scientific fraud. Read More ▶                   What does the US debt ceiling debate mean for science? ▶ 28 July 2011     Across-the-board budget cut would hit science agencies hard. Read More ▶                   Injectable implant to help doctors save face ▶ 27 July 2011     Light-activated polymer may provide non-invasive method of soft-tissue reconstruction. Read More ▶                   Climate-change politics: The sceptic meets his match ▶ 27 July 2011     Joe Bast and his libertarian think tank are a major force among climate sceptics ? but they just can't win the battle over science. Read More ▶                     • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Bush's science advisor John Marburger dies, aged 70 How many research papers are freely available? 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