Nature News highlights: 17 April 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     17 April 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       THE GENETIC BASIS OF DROSOPHILA SONG Listen to the latest edition of the Heredity podcast and find out about convergent molecular evolution and echolocation; the genetic basis of Drosophila song; the genetic signature of violence against women and much more! The podcast is available Free online.               • Featured               Special: Fukushima one year on ▶       One year after the biggest earthquake in Japan's history, and the tsunami and nuclear disaster that followed, Nature dissects what has been learned and how those lessons can help societies to prepare for future disasters. Read More ▶                           Special Review Series and Web Focus: Gender Difference in Hypertension Hypertension Research is proud to present a special Review Series on Gender Difference in Hypertension. The accompanying Web Focus brings together a collection of review articles recently published in Hypertension Research. Access to select articles has been made free for a limited time.               • Latest News               Homegrown labware made with 3D printer ▶ 16 April 2012     'Smart' containers can be customized to drive chemical reactions. Read More ▶             Renegade glaciers gain ice ▶ 15 April 2012     Despite a warming climate, some glaciers in southern Asia are holding their own. Read More ▶             Bias accusation rattles US biosecurity board ▶ 13 April 2012     Case for full publication of controversial flu studies was unbalanced, board member says. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Infant galaxy offers tantalizing peek at early Universe ▶ 13 April 2012     Discovery hints at an unexpected cohort of baby star systems. Read More ▶             Cash reward for saving Australia's water ▶ 13 April 2012     Scientific report puts monetary value on ecological benefits of Murray–Darling plan, but comes too late to influence public debate. Read More ▶             Workhorse climate satellite goes silent ▶ 12 April 2012     Loss of contact with Europe's Envisat monitor raises worries about gaps in environmental data. Read More ▶             Screen uncovers hidden ingredients of Chinese medicine ▶ 12 April 2012     Genetic audit reveals that some traditional remedies contain endangered animals and toxic plants. Read More ▶             Memory 'trick' relieves drug cravings ▶ 12 April 2012     Altering memories of drug use could stop ex-addicts from relapsing. Read More ▶             Baboons can learn to recognize words ▶ 12 April 2012     Monkeys' ability suggests that reading taps into general systems of pattern recognition. Read More ▶             First universal quantum network prototype links two separate labs ▶ 12 April 2012     Physicists demonstrate a scalable quantum network that ought to be adaptable for long-distance quantum communication. Read More ▶             China's stem-cell rules go unheeded ▶ 11 April 2012     Health ministry's attempt at regulation has had little effect. Read More ▶             Scientists and bankers — a new model army ▶ 11 April 2012     Bankers must now surrender more information on their activities. Scientists should use it to build better system-wide financial models, says John Liechty. Read More ▶             Brazil tests GM mosquitoes to fight Dengue ▶ 11 April 2012     Males with offspring-killing genes are replacing wild insects, say researchers. Read More ▶             Seven days: 6–12 April 2012 ▶ 11 April 2012     The week in science: Malaria drug resistance spreading; anti-doping scientist resigns over confidentiality clauses; and the GM 'Enviropig' is off the menu. Read More ▶             Children of the 90s: Coming of age ▶ 11 April 2012     Researchers in Britain have tracked thousands of children since their birth in the 1990s. Now the study is 21, and turning to the next generation. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. UK government report gives green light to fracking No charges in death of Oxford astronomer Indian scientists protest at colleagues' arrests Texas passes stem-cell regulations NASA looks past cancelled Mars missions to 2018 Critics of California stem-cell agency address Institute of Medicine panel Nodding disease origins remain unexplained Why the 11 April Sumatran earthquake has scientists puzzled Milepost for solid-state quantum bits Enigmatic EPA backtracks on green chemistry grant cut more...                             2nd World Congress on Virology 2012 to be held at Embassy Suites Las Vegas during August 20-22, 2012. You are welcome to submit an abstract at this major event. Access the website for further information.               • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Lab Technician     USC - University of Southern California            X-ray Crystallography Technician     King's College London            Program Manager, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Initiative     The New York Academy of Sciences            Phd Student in Human Systems Biology     The Center for Systems Biology at the University of Iceland          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. Keep up-to-date with the latest sector trends, vote in our reader poll and sign-up to receive the monthly Naturejobs newsletter.                   Your email address is in the Nature News Weekly Alert mailing list. You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at: www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact subscriptions@nature.com For print subscription enquiries, please contact feedback@nature.com Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group's offices: Principal offices: London - New York - Tokyo Worldwide offices: Basingstoke - Boston - Buenos Aires - Delhi - Hong Kong - Madrid - Melbourne - Munich - Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Washington DC Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2012 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.