Nature News highlights: 08 May 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     08 May 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                   • Featured               Survey: 2012 Salary Survey now open ▶       Following on our inaugural 2010 International Salary Survey, we've launched the 2012 edition. Two years ago, more than 10,000 scientists from dozens of countries took part. Take the survey now, and your responses will again help us identify salary and other career trends spanning borders and multiple fields. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               LHC prepares for data pile-up ▶ 04 May 2012     Physicists scramble to see through fog of collisions. Read More ▶             Call for standards in egg bio-monitoring ▶ 04 May 2012     Scramble of results could undermine common method of pollution monitoring. Read More ▶             Blonde hair evolved more than once ▶ 03 May 2012     Golden locks of dark-skinned Melanesians have different genetic basis to those of Europeans. Read More ▶                         Nature Outlook: Malaria The past attempts to eradicate malaria have failed. What will it take to finally subdue this deadly disease? Access the Outlook free online for six months. Produced with support from: Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Sigma-Tau, Vestergaard Frandsen New York               • More Stories               Remote-controlled genes trigger insulin production ▶ 03 May 2012     Nanoparticles heated by radio waves switch on genes in mice Read More ▶             Canadian biofuel plans derailed ▶ 03 May 2012     Iogen cancels a pioneering facility to turn crop waste into ethanol. Read More ▶             Human brain shaped by duplicate genes ▶ 03 May 2012     Multiple copies of a gene may have boosted the computational power of our ancestors' brains. Read More ▶             Archaeology: Date with history ▶ 02 May 2012     By revamping radiocarbon dating, Tom Higham is painting a new picture of humans' arrival in Europe. Read More ▶             Ancient migration: Coming to America ▶ 02 May 2012     For decades, scientists thought that the Clovis hunters were the first to cross the Arctic to America. They were wrong — and now they need a better theory Read More ▶             Mutant flu — the view from the newsroom ▶ 02 May 2012     When reporters aren't given the facts, they are likely to jump to the most extreme conclusions, says David Brown. Read More ▶             Seven days: 27 April–3 May 2012 ▶ 02 May 2012     The week in science: US reports 4th ever case of 'mad cow disease'; Japan's Chikyu research vessel drills through earthquake fault; and a new system launches to alert scientists to research updates. Read More ▶             Special issue: Peopling the planet ▶ 02 May 2012     Read More ▶             Human migrations: Eastern odyssey ▶ 02 May 2012     Humans had spread across Asia by 50,000 years ago. Everything else about our original exodus from Africa is up for debate. Read More ▶             Step by step around the globe ▶ 02 May 2012     An interactive map of ancient human migrations. Read More ▶             Mutant-flu paper published ▶ 02 May 2012     Controversial study shows how dangerous forms of avian influenza could evolve in the wild. Read More ▶             Eli Lilly freshens focus on neuroscience ▶ 02 May 2012     New building for UK site bucks industry trends. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Ancient bones stay put for now in Calfornia lawsuit Japan switches off its last nuclear reactor US releases new fracking rules on government lands French physicist jailed for 5 years on dubious intent-of-terrorism charges NIH responds to criticism over handling of flu papers Officials investigate San Francisco lab worker death South Korea adopts greenhouse-gas regulations Canadian budget bill undermines environment, critics charge NIH centre aims to match scientists with discarded drugs Bruce Alberts to leave Science magazine more...                           Nature Reviews Cancer POSTER - MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND CANCER Author: Douglas C. 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