Nature News highlights: 14 August 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     14 August 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Free Sample: BD Brilliant Violet™ 605 Another brilliant addition to your multicolor panels is now available with Brilliant Violet™ 605 from BD Biosciences. Request a free sample of this new violet-excitable dye with significantly improved brightness over other dyes offered for the violet laser and get the high-sensitivity fluorescence needed to better resolve dim populations.  Bdbiosciences.com/go/bv605               • 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. 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Read More ▶                         Nature Communications #4 in multidisciplinary sciences with first Impact Factor Nature Communications has joined Nature at the top of the multidisciplinary sciences category with its first impact factor of 7.396* Launched in April 2010, Nature Communications is a multidisciplinary online journal publishing high quality research across all areas of the natural sciences. *2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012)               • More Stories               Polar bear scientist opposed industry research initiative ▶ 13 August 2012     Assistance to a rival proposal was investigated. Read More ▶             Shark-tooth weapons reveal lost biodiversity ▶ 13 August 2012     Three shark species once found in the central Pacific Ocean are now missing. Read More ▶             Quantum teleportation achieved over record distances ▶ 13 August 2012     The secure method of speedy communication of information could lead to space-based transmission. Read More ▶             El Niño exerts a deadly effect ▶ 12 August 2012     Lighter rains mean more fires — and more pollution. Read More ▶             Colour printing reaches its ultimate resolution ▶ 12 August 2012     Images made up of metal-nanostructure pixels could be used for security or optical data storage. Read More ▶             Tree's leaves genetically different from its roots ▶ 10 August 2012     Cottonwood trees show genetic differences across individuals as well as within populations. Read More ▶             Bubbles bind beetles underwater ▶ 10 August 2012     Air pockets in bristled feet allow wet-weather walking. Read More ▶             Seizure detector treats epilepsy in rats ▶ 09 August 2012     Minimally invasive brain stimulator reduces duration of seizures. Read More ▶             Rapeseed biodiesel fails sustainability test ▶ 09 August 2012     European Commission's calculations of greenhouse-gas emissions questioned. Read More ▶             Fossils point to a big family for human ancestors ▶ 08 August 2012     Jaw structures suggest that at least three Homo species once roamed the African plains. Read More ▶             Demand for water outstrips supply ▶ 08 August 2012     Groundwater use is unsustainable in many of the world's major agricultural zones. Read More ▶             Danish neuroscientist challenges fraud findings ▶ 08 August 2012     A committee investigating Milena Penkowa suspects misconduct in 15 papers. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. 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