Nature News highlights: 02 October 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     02 October 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Hamamatsu offers a wide variety of detectors for microarray scanners. They include fluorescence detectors with improved sensitivity such as side-on PMTs and PMT modules. We also offer advanced detectors, such as multianode PMTs and hybrid photodetectors, for next-generation microarray scanners. Also available are CCD and scientific CMOS cameras for high scanning throughput.               • Featured               Special: Election 2012 ▶       Science and politics are uneasy bed-fellows. Nowhere is that relationship more fraught than in the United States, where the need to win votes can trump scientific evidence on issues such as climate change and public health - and where scientists have little sympathy for political give and take. Nature scrutinizes the intersection of politics and science in the run-up to the US election on Tuesday 6 November. Read More ▶                           Confronting the Universe - 5 short films on physics At the 2012 Meeting of Nobel Laureates, we filmed five debates on issues that matter to the current generation of researchers. Watch the full series of films including this week's release 'The energy endgame' featuring Mario Molina and Robert Laughlin. nature.com/lindau/2012 Supported by Mars, Incorporated and published weekly from Sept 19th - Oct 10th               • Latest News               Animals engineered with pinpoint accuracy ▶ 02 October 2012     More accurate genetic modification has created allergen-free cow's milk and pigs that could serve as a model for atherosclerosis.  Read More ▶             Misconduct is the main cause of life-sciences retractions ▶ 01 October 2012     Opaque announcements in journals can hide fraud, study finds. Read More ▶             Making growth sustainable ▶ 01 October 2012     Jeffrey Sachs discusses a new approach to solving sustainable-development problems. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               French science dodges austerity ▶ 01 October 2012     While François Hollande struggles to rein in the deficit, research and higher education gets a 2.2% boost. Read More ▶             Earth's carbon sink downsized ▶ 01 October 2012     Abundance of soil nutrients a limiting factor in plants' ability to soak up carbon dioxide. Read More ▶             Ice may lurk in shadows beyond Moon's poles ▶ 28 September 2012     Catalogue of craters uncovers extra sites of interest for rovers. Read More ▶             US grants licence for uranium laser enrichment ▶ 28 September 2012     But technology raises fears over nuclear proliferation. Read More ▶             Tiny fossils hint at effects of ocean acidification ▶ 28 September 2012     Sediment-bound specimens allow comparison of ancient and present responses to changing oceans. Read More ▶             Element 113 at last? ▶ 27 September 2012     Japanese researchers claim success after nine years of searching. Read More ▶             Biodegradable electronics here today, gone tomorrow ▶ 27 September 2012     Dissolvable electronic materials could be used in medical implants and environmentally friendly gadgets. Read More ▶             Closest look yet at a distant black hole ▶ 27 September 2012     Astronomers combine telescopes to measure features at the centre of a galaxy outside the Milky Way. Read More ▶             US election: Political science ▶ 26 September 2012     Read More ▶             Unusual Indian Ocean earthquakes hint at tectonic breakup ▶ 26 September 2012     April 2012 quakes occurred away from plate edges, suggesting formation of a new boundary. Read More ▶             It is time for full disclosure of author contributions ▶ 26 September 2012     Online databases could increase fairness and transparency by fully documenting the role of each contributor to a paper, says Sebastian Frische. Read More ▶             African spiny mice can regrow lost skin ▶ 26 September 2012     Rodents are first mammals observed regenerating tissue. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Cleared of misconduct, polar bear researcher is reprimanded for leaked emails Spain plans fourth consecutive year of cuts to research budget Updated – Transgenic cassava armed with dual disease resistance Conservationists to highlight successes with species 'green list' Spanish researchers get political on EU researchers' night Massive shrinkage in African great ape habitat since 1990s Spanish scientists complain about unspent budget Mars rover finds evidence for an ancient streambed Looming cutbacks threaten long-term US research FDA to oversee reporting of clinical trials more...                           Nature Insight: Gut Microbes and Health This Insight focuses on the ecological principles that govern microbiota composition; interactions of the microbiota with the immune system and metabolic processes; and genomic tools that can aid in the analysis of microbial communities. Access the Insight free online for six months. 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