Nature News highlights: 07 August 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     07 August 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 ▶                         Feel like your paper is lost in a sea of submissions? Scientific Reports publishes your research quickly and efficiently, and makes it freely available to the global scientific community. Learn more with our one minute illustrative video.               • Latest News               Britain's big bet on graphene ▶ 06 August 2012     Manchester institute will focus on commercial applications of atom-thick carbon sheets. Read More ▶             Curiosity sets down safely on Mars ▶ 06 August 2012     Six-wheeled robot now set to begin its multi-year mission at Gale Crater. Read More ▶             Guinea pig hearts beat with human cells ▶ 05 August 2012     Cardiac cells derived from human stem cells can integrate into injured hearts. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Crater mound a prize and puzzle for Mars rover ▶ 03 August 2012     Curiosity scientists seek to solve the mystery of Mount Sharp. Read More ▶             Mars landing live blog ▶ 03 August 2012     Follow the action as NASA's Curiosity rover heads for its rendezvous with the red planet.  Read More ▶             Satellites watch stellar death throes ▶ 02 August 2012     Scientists record signal as distant black hole consumes star. Read More ▶             Brazil's fund for low-carbon agriculture lies fallow ▶ 02 August 2012     Farmers remain sceptical of programme to reduce agricultural carbon emissions. Read More ▶             Pregnancy alters resident gut microbes ▶ 02 August 2012     Third-trimester microbiota resembles that of people at risk of diabetes. Read More ▶             Court orders temporary closure of Italian dog-breeding premises ▶ 02 August 2012     Rehousing of dogs bred for research could spell end for facility. Read More ▶             Seven days: 27 July–2 August 2012 ▶ 01 August 2012     The week in science: Nine physicists net $3 million each in new prize; India curbs tiger tourism; and Uganda suffers an outbreak of ebolavirus Read More ▶             Cancer stem cells tracked ▶ 01 August 2012     The master builders that underlie tumour growth may inform treatment strategies. Read More ▶             7 minutes of terror ▶ 01 August 2012     The Curiosity rover prepares to plunge down to Mars. Read More ▶             Why great Olympic feats raise suspicions ▶ 01 August 2012     'Performance profiling' could help to dispel doubts. Read More ▶             Human cycles: History as science ▶ 01 August 2012     Advocates of 'cliodynamics' say that they can use scientific methods to illuminate the past. But historians are not so sure. Read More ▶             The time is right to confront misconduct ▶ 01 August 2012     After a generation of denial, research leaders are finally treating scientific fraud with the seriousness it deserves, says Colin Macilwain. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. NASA releases rover's eye view of Mars landing Novartis gives UPenn $20 million for cancer vaccine On fracking and seismic hazards: better data, more quakes Mars orbiter catches Curiosity by the tail Curiosity aims for a smooth runway Mars orbiter plans for a Curiosity close-up Don't be terrified: Curiosity landing less risky than Spirit, Opportunity and Viking Eyes on Curiosity's descent Texas cancer institute digs out after controversy Deforestation drops in the Brazilian Amazon (again) more...                           2012 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science Nominations are open. 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