Nature News highlights: 24 July 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     24 July 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Special Offer: Complete Cell Analysis and Cell Sorting Package For a limited time, $260,000 buys the new BD FACSJazz™ sorter, the BD Accuri™ C6 analyzer with BD CSampler™, high quality BD reagents for 2 years, an advanced biosafety cabinet, 2 workstations, and BD FACS™ Sortware and BD Accuri™ C6 software. Add up the savings - it equals unprecedented value. bdbiosciences.com/go/plus               • Featured               Special: Olympics 2012 ▶       Science has had a hand in every aspect of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Nature looks at what scientists are doing behind the scenes of this year’s contest, and at what athletics research means for future games, future medallists and for normal mortals’ mental health. Read More ▶                         Scientific Reports publishes 457 open access papers in its first year Publishing technically sound research articles, Scientific Reports is Nature Publishing Group’s fastest growing journal. Given the speed and visibility offered, no wonder 93% of our authors said that they are “likely” or “very likely” to submit again. Keep your research moving. Submit to Scientific Reports               • Latest News               Contest to sequence centenarians kicks off ▶ 23 July 2012     First entrant pins hopes on semiconductor technology. Read More ▶             Artificial jellyfish built from rat cells ▶ 22 July 2012     Reverse-engineered life form could be used to test drugs. Read More ▶             Conflicting verdicts on Romanian prime minister's plagiarism ▶ 20 July 2012     Victor Ponta cleared of misconduct by government ethics board, but charges reaffirmed by university. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Europe nears first approval for gene therapy treatment ▶ 20 July 2012     Therapy for rare fat-processing disease gains medicines regulator’s approval. Read More ▶             Researchers monitor volcanic activity at Santorini ▶ 20 July 2012     Sea-floor sensors will investigate the geological unrest that shook the islands last year. Read More ▶             The great gene-patent debate ▶ 20 July 2012     How the Myriad Genetics gene-patent case might affect personalized medicine. Read More ▶             Stars draw atoms closer together ▶ 19 July 2012     Previously unknown bonding mechanism predicted in magnetic fields of white dwarfs. Read More ▶             Perfect storm hit Gulf of Mexico dolphins ▶ 19 July 2012     Cold weather, Deepwater Horizon and an influx of cold fresh water combined to cause record cetacean mortality. Read More ▶             Fukushima's uncertainty problem ▶ 18 July 2012     Science holds few definitive answers for those worried about radiation exposure, says Geoff Brumfiel. Read More ▶             Science at the Olympics: Team science ▶ 18 July 2012     The Olympics is a vast experiment in human performance, sport technology and global travel. Nature meets some of the scientists behind the scenes. Read More ▶             Performance enhancement: Superhuman athletes ▶ 18 July 2012     Enhancements such as doping are illegal in sport — but if all restrictions were lifted, science could push human performance to new extremes. Read More ▶             Dumping iron at sea does sink carbon ▶ 18 July 2012     Geoengineering hopes revived as study of iron-fertilized algal blooms shows they deposit carbon in the deep ocean when they die. Read More ▶             Neanderthals ate their greens ▶ 18 July 2012     Tooth analysis shows that european hominins roasted vegetables and may have used medicinal plants. Read More ▶             The legacy of Lonesome George ▶ 18 July 2012     Tortoise’s death spurs Galapagos conservation efforts. Read More ▶             Wildfires ignite debate on global warming ▶ 18 July 2012     As temperatures soar, forests blaze and houses burn, the media and public may be forced to face up to the reality of a changing climate, says Max A. Moritz. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. 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