Nature News highlights: 03 January 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     03 January 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                   • Featured               Special: 2011 Review of the Year ▶       For science - as for politics and economics - 2011 was a year of upheaval whose effects will reverberate for decades. Relive the key events of the year with Nature's interactive timeline and roundup. Find out which ten people Nature thinks had the biggest impact in science this year. And read the most popular articles of the year and our editors' picks. Read More ▶                           NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY CALENDAR 2012 In celebration of our 10th anniversary, Nature Reviews Immunology is delighted to bring you a FREE calendar for 2012. www.nature.com/nri/calendars/2012 Happy New Year to all our readers! See also our 10th anniversary VIEWPOINT and CROSSWORD. Sponsored by: eBioscience               • Latest News               Taking the pulse of a shrinking glacier ▶ 30 December 2011     Scientists in Chile hike over plains of snow to recover valuable data. Read More ▶             Citizen scientists' climate-impact survey wraps up ▶ 29 December 2011     Forest-monitoring project has measured 150,000 trees and provided researchers with reams of data. Read More ▶             Chemist faces criminal charges after researcher's death ▶ 28 December 2011     UCLA scientist charged three years after lab fire fatality. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Tracking the magnetic south pole ▶ 28 December 2011     Return to Scott's Antarctic camp marks 100-year anniversary. Read More ▶             Spain cuts science ministry in government changeover ▶ 23 December 2011     Responsibility for research handed to minister of economy. Read More ▶             How the elephant got its sixth toe ▶ 22 December 2011     Bone used as a thumb by pandas supports elephants' feet. Read More ▶             Enigmatic fossils are neither animals nor bacteria ▶ 22 December 2011     Scanning techniques reveal detailed cell structure of debated relics. Read More ▶             XMRV paper withdrawn ▶ 22 December 2011     Science retracts paper linking virus to chronic fatigue syndrome. Read More ▶             365 days: 2011 in review ▶ 21 December 2011     From neutrinos to stem cells: a round-up of the year in research and science policy. Read More ▶             A wake-up call for dormant genes ▶ 21 December 2011     Anti-cancer drug holds potential as a treatment for genetic-imprinting disorder. Read More ▶             365 days: Images of the year ▶ 21 December 2011     Flying rhinos and furious rats vie with graphene knots and space technology in 2011's most striking pictures. Read More ▶             365 days: Nature's 10 ▶ 21 December 2011     Ten people who mattered this year. Read More ▶             365 days: Interactive timeline ▶ 21 December 2011     A clickable calendar of the year's events. Read More ▶             Comment pieces of the year ▶ 21 December 2011     The highlights of our expert comment pieces, chosen by our editors. Read More ▶             Seven days: 16-22 December 2011 ▶ 21 December 2011     The week in science: Cornell to build US$2-billion science campus in New York; Kepler finds a twin Earth; and Fukushima is declared to be in cold shutdown. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Graphene and ribosome Nobellists honoured with UK knighthoods American scientist arrested in stem-cell clinic sting Suspect stem-cell paper retracted Method of the year: slicing and dicing with gene-editing nucleases Chemistry professor faces criminal charges after researcher's death Another XMRV study retracted Major personalised medicine test may be pointless Science's breakthroughs of the year XMRV paper withdrawn Environmentalists laud 'historic' mercury rule more...                           Nature Outlook: Multiple Myeloma Although a cure remains a long way off, study of multiple myeloma is yielding insights into bone biology, the role of the tumour microenvironment and the origins of a whole range of different cancers. Access the Outlook free online for six months and request your free copy. 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