Nature News highlights: 18 December 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     18 December 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Hamamatsu's ORCA-Flash4.0 camera now includes ImageConductor Connectivity™, so it's enabled for both USB 3.0 and high-speed Camera Link. If your imaging speed is 30 fps at full 4-megapixel resolution, then the default USB 3.0 configuration is right for you. If you need something faster, upgrade to an optional Camera Link board to achieve 100 fps at full resolution. Both options deliver low noise, high sensitivity imaging.               • Featured               Special: After Kyoto ▶       On 1 January 2013, the world can go back to emitting greenhouse gases with abandon. The pollution-reduction commitments that nations made as part of the Kyoto Protocol will expire, leaving the planet without any international climate regulation and uncertain prospects for a future treaty. What are the options for limiting — or living with — global warming? Use our interactive graphic to find out which countries are taking a lead on renewable energy — and which ones are using up the Earth's resources fastest. And for more on life after Kyoto, read our online collection. Read More ▶                           We've got something to share with you Access the latest scientific news and research when and where you want it. Download the latest issues to browse at your convenience, zoom in on figures and images, save your searches and synchronize your bookmarks across devices. Tap in to find out more               • Latest News               Newsblog: Readers' choice ▶ 18 December 2012     The most read blog posts of 2012. Read More ▶             China's patent boom brings legal wrangles ▶ 17 December 2012     Court decision sets precedent for protecting intellectual property. Read More ▶             Russia shakes up its universities ▶ 17 December 2012     Government plans to close struggling institutions and increase funding to the best. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               First road map of human sex-cell development ▶ 16 December 2012     Study marks a step towards stem-cell treatment of infertility. Read More ▶             Poor may suffer as India caps drug prices ▶ 14 December 2012     Some consumers could end up paying more as price differences shrink. Read More ▶             Japan in pole position to host particle smasher ▶ 14 December 2012     Physicists seek home for the multi-billion-dollar International Linear Collider. Read More ▶             News: Readers' choice ▶ 14 December 2012     Some of the most read stories of 2012. Read More ▶             Relative masses of 7-billion-year-old protons and electrons confirmed to match those of today's particles ▶ 14 December 2012     Read More ▶             Jungle search gives global count of arthropods ▶ 13 December 2012     Survey of a Panamanian rainforest puts number of species worldwide at six million. Read More ▶             Fast DNA origami opens way for nanoscale machines ▶ 13 December 2012     Molecules can now be folded into shapes in minutes, not days. Read More ▶             Massive Malaysian ivory cache seized ▶ 13 December 2012     What does huge haul say about prospects for African elephants? Read More ▶             Galaxy found at record-breaking distance ▶ 12 December 2012     Seven primitive and distant galaxies observed in Hubble image. Read More ▶             Art of cheese-making is 7,500 years old ▶ 12 December 2012     Neolithic pottery fragments from Europe reveal traces of milk fats. Read More ▶             Controversial claim puts life on land 65 million years early ▶ 12 December 2012     Study suggests that Ediacaran fossils were not marine animals but terrestrial lichens. Read More ▶             Seven days: 7–13 December 2012 ▶ 12 December 2012     The week in science: Arctic report card tallies climate-change effects; wave-powered robot breaks distance record; and Amgen snaps up deCODE Genetics. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Moon mapping mission ends with controlled crash Lake Ellsworth drill hits deep trouble Is the scientific literature self-correcting? 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