Nature News highlights: 13 November 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     13 November 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 such as PMTs and modules with improved sensitivity. We also offer advanced detectors, such as multianode PMTs and hybrid photodetectors, for next-generation microarray scanners. Also available are CCD and CMOS cameras for high scanning throughput.               • Featured               Special: The new map of science ▶       Today more nations — from China and India to Singapore, Brazil and South Korea — are taking their place at the high table of research alongside the traditional science superpowers. At the same time national boundaries are being transcended through collaboration networks and 'brain circulation'. In this special issue Nature examines how the movement of people and ideas will change how science is done, how it is funded and the questions that it addresses. Read More ▶                           High quality BD reagents are now more affordable Lower pricing on BD Biosciences reagents means that you don't have to sacrifice quality. Now the consistency and reliability of BD flow cytometry reagents are more affordable, including thousands of proven products and innovative new brilliant dyes. Find the right product for your needs here. bdbiosciences.com/reagents               • Latest News               Why dissonant music strikes the wrong chord in the brain ▶ 12 November 2012     The common aversion to clashing harmonies seems to be due to mathematical relationships of overtones. Read More ▶             South Pacific coconut gene bank under threat ▶ 12 November 2012     Bacterial disease outbreak threatens collection of 3,200 coconut palms. Read More ▶             Infant stress affects teen brain ▶ 11 November 2012     Two-decade study reveals neural connection between early stress and anxiety and depression in girls. Read More ▶                         This year's Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, held in September 2012, included a variety of programs to discuss the theme of moving "toward the ultimate goal of hypertension treatment". In order to further facilitate this discussion within the community, the JSH has released the "Nagoya statement 2012: Challenge for overcoming high blood pressure" published in Hypertension Research. Read online               • More Stories               European research projects plagued by financial errors ▶ 09 November 2012     Auditors lay blame on complexity of payment systems. Read More ▶             UK unveils plan to fight deadly ash disease ▶ 09 November 2012     But most of the country's 90 million ash trees are likely to be wiped out. Read More ▶             New carnivorous harp sponge discovered in deep sea ▶ 09 November 2012     Read More ▶             Fungus that controls zombie-ants has own fungal stalker ▶ 09 November 2012     A specialized parasite fungus can control ants' behavior. But that fungus also faces its own deadly, specialized parasites. Read More ▶             Malaria vaccine gives disappointing results ▶ 09 November 2012     Interim poor results of RTS,S vaccine trial in African children raise question marks over deployment. Read More ▶             Corals under attack summon friendly fish ▶ 08 November 2012     Chemical alarm enlists gobies to trim toxic seaweed. Read More ▶             Drought hastened Maya decline ▶ 08 November 2012     A prolonged dry period contributed to civilization's collapse. Read More ▶             Climate change action and more drilling likely in Obama's second term ▶ 08 November 2012     The newly re-elected President may be on course to becoming one of America's greenest. Read More ▶             Wrens teach their eggs to sing ▶ 08 November 2012     Teaching embryos the password for food helps parents avoid having to feed imposters. Read More ▶             Why math is like the honey badger ▶ 08 November 2012     Read More ▶             Plagiarism exposed in Romanian grant applications ▶ 07 November 2012     More than a dozen applications suspected of plagiarism. Read More ▶             Courage for sound science wins John Maddox prize ▶ 07 November 2012     Shi-min Fang and Simon Wessely win award for standing up for science in the face of attacks and death threats. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Farish A. 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