Nature News highlights: 07 February 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     07 February 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Announcing Principles of Biology, a textbook for the 21st century from Nature Publishing Group Principles of Biology is a peer-reviewed, affordable textbook solution for university-level Introductory Biology courses, featuring 200+ customizable learning modules, 175+ interactive exercises, 3,000+ assessment questions, and access from laptops, smartphones, or tablets. Learn more.               • Featured               Special: The changing Amazon ▶       Earth's largest rainforest will be in the news more than ever this year. In June, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will discuss how to protect the Amazon, and a proposed change to Brazil's forest code could speed the destruction of this biodiversity hot spot. Already the forest is becoming a net carbon source rather than a sink, as a review in Nature shows. Read more about the science and the controversies in Nature's News stories, Comment articles and research papers. Read More ▶                           Nature Reviews Genetics – Animation on RNA interference Nature Reviews Genetics, in association with Arkitek Studios, has brought RNAi to life in this vivid, audio-visual journey into the cell. See RNAi in action by viewing the animation for FREE at: www.nature.com/nrg/multimedia/rnai Produced with support from Thermo Scientific               • Latest News               US environment agency misses dioxin deadline ▶ 06 February 2012     Academia and industry unite to criticize delays in publishing regulatory guidelines. Read More ▶             Fission power back on NASA's agenda ▶ 06 February 2012     Space-technology report prioritizes nuclear propulsion. Read More ▶             Malaria death toll disputed ▶ 03 February 2012     Study doubles official estimate, but scientists say its methods are flawed. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Minnesota starts to destroy stored blood spots ▶ 03 February 2012     Court ruling that the state must get consent to store samples from newborn screening could hinder biomedical research. Read More ▶             Isotopes hint at North Korean nuclear test ▶ 03 February 2012     Data suggest that the country has experimented with a fusion boost to its fission weapons. Read More ▶             Europe's research plan starts to take shape ▶ 03 February 2012     Teresa Riera Madurell describes her goals for the Horizon 2020 funding programme. Read More ▶             Researchers feel pressure to cite superfluous papers ▶ 02 February 2012     First survey to quantify problem finds that junior faculty are more likely to be targeted. Read More ▶             One genome from many ▶ 02 February 2012     Researchers extract genome for single organism from water sample. Read More ▶             Questions hang over red-wine chemical ▶ 02 February 2012     How resveratrol benefits health a matter of debate. Read More ▶             Norway to bring cancer-gene tests to the clinic ▶ 02 February 2012     A pilot programme will use latest tumour-sequencing techniques to help guide cancer care. Read More ▶             Success through cooperation ▶ 01 February 2012     Anders Ekblom, head of science and integration at AstraZeneca, explains that the future of drug discovery lies in 'predictive innovation'. Read More ▶             African land grabs hinder sustainable development ▶ 01 February 2012     Sales of forest land to corporations are dispossessing inhabitants and harming ecosystems. Read More ▶             Seven days: 27 January–2 February 2012 ▶ 01 February 2012     The week in science: sequencing stock rebounds after takeover bid for Illumina; drug companies and nations team up against neglected diseases; and turmoil at the Global Fund. Read More ▶             Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA ▶ 01 February 2012     For decades, Robert Daum has studied the havoc wreaked by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Now he thinks he can stop it for good. Read More ▶             Japan plans to merge major science bodies ▶ 01 February 2012     Drive to save money could increase bureaucracy. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. 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