Nature News highlights: 13 March 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     13 March 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       BD Accuri® C6 personal flow cytometer The BD Accuri C6 gives you 4-color cell analysis in an affordable, transportable, and easy-to-use format, putting flow cytometry within reach for both novice and experienced researchers. BD CFlow® software's intuitive interface guides you through workflows, making it easy to begin collecting and analyzing data. Learn more today at bdbiosciences.com/go/accuri               • Featured               Special: Rising from the Rubble ▶       A year after Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Nature dissects what has been learned about the event and how those lessons can help societies to prepare for future disasters. 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Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Retreating ice leaves glacial species on the rocks ▶ 11 March 2012     Creatures that rely on melt water are threatened by climate change. Read More ▶             The 'most important questions' in science policy shortlisted ▶ 09 March 2012     Cambridge initiative addresses difficult relationship between science and policy. Read More ▶             South Africa wins science panel's backing to host SKA telescope ▶ 09 March 2012     Final decision on Square Kilometer Array's location not expected before April. Read More ▶             LSD helps to treat alcoholism ▶ 08 March 2012     Retrospective analysis shows hallucinogenic drug helped problem drinkers. Read More ▶             Neutrino oscillations measured with record precision ▶ 08 March 2012     Result improves prospects for future experiments. Read More ▶             Drug brings HIV out of hiding ▶ 08 March 2012     Exposing the latent virus to the immune system may be first step to an elusive cure. Read More ▶             Biopsy gives only a snapshot of tumour diversity ▶ 07 March 2012     A tumour's genome varies by site. Read More ▶             Drug-free organ transplants without tissue matching ▶ 07 March 2012     Bone-marrow transfer could end the need for lifelong immunosupression. Read More ▶             Tsunami forecasting: The next wave ▶ 07 March 2012     What can scientists learn from the Tohoku tragedy to improve tsunami forecasting and save lives? Read More ▶             The unavoidable cost of computation revealed ▶ 07 March 2012     Physicists have proved that forgetting is the undoing of Maxwell's demon. Read More ▶             Japan's nuclear crisis: Fukushima's legacy of fear ▶ 07 March 2012     Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident displaced more than 100,000 people. Many could now safely return home. Yet mistrust of the government prolongs their exile. Read More ▶             Rebuilding Japan: After the deluge ▶ 07 March 2012     Japan is rebuilding its coastal cities to protect people from the biggest tsunamis. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Oil sands mining carves up carbon sinks Sustainable fishing targets could put 15 million out of work Sherwood Rowland, colossus of atmospheric chemistry, dies Cancer researcher receives legal reprieve in misconduct case University of Toronto refines stance on research primates US science advisers talk about China, but not to China Fukushima reports redux Group urges speedier approvals for badly needed antibiotics Neutrino oscillations measured with record precision Brazilians look to rebuild antarctic station more...                           IBMS BoneKEy: the premier online knowledge environment for bone health Sign up now for the IBMS BoneKEy alert to experience this new online global community. As a registered user of Nature Publishing Group, you have access to IBMS BoneKEy. 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