Nature News highlights: 12 February 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     12 February 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Save on best-in-class personal flow cytometry With a combined value package, you can save 10% on the BD Accuri™ C6 personal flow cytometer and 40% on high quality BD Pharmingen™ reagents for 2 full years. There's never been a better time to buy and get the best-in-class power, flexibility, and insight personal flow cytometry can offer. Flow cytometry within reach™. bdbiosciences.com/go/accuri               • Featured               Nature Insight: Frontiers in biology ▶       With the field developing at a breakneck speed in all its diverse aspects, it is often said that this is the century of biology. This Insight supplement highlights important advances from the level of molecules to that of entire organisms. It includes reviews on the self-organization of tissues; on Fanconi anaemia and its links to genomic stability; on the possibility of slowing ageing; on the metabolism of inflammation; and on the role of neuron signalling in autism. Read More ▶                           Nature Outlook: Heart Health While improved diet and lifestyle changes play huge roles in combating heart disease, discoveries about the biochemical and cellular mechanisms involved are bringing forth new treatments - from better drugs to surgical procedures. Access the Outlook free online for six months. Produced with support from: Bayer               • Latest News               Computer program roots out ancestors of modern tongues ▶ 11 February 2013     Automated reconstruction of long-extinct languages can test theories on how words evolve. Read More ▶             Lake-drilling team discovers life under the ice ▶ 11 February 2013     Host of microbes found in lake deep under Antarctica's ice sheet. Read More ▶             Do plants 'veto' bad genes? ▶ 08 February 2013     Latest evidence fails to quell doubt about whether plants can access 'ancestral' genes outside their parents' DNA. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Explosive power makes silicone robot jump ▶ 08 February 2013     Simple chemical reaction powers robot to make lofty leaps. Read More ▶             Europe's leaders slash proposed research budget ▶ 08 February 2013     Heads of the 27 European Union governments want €8 billion in savings over 7 years. Read More ▶             Face-to-face with the earliest ancestor of all placental mammals ▶ 07 February 2013     Vast data trove shows that our ancestors diversified only after the dinosaurs died out. Read More ▶             Small-molecule drug drives cancer cells to suicide ▶ 07 February 2013     Studies in mice show therapy is effective even in hard-to-treat brain tumours. Read More ▶             Europe bets on drug discovery ▶ 07 February 2013     Proponents hope consortium will revive flagging industry. Read More ▶             Researchers opt to limit uses of open-access publications ▶ 06 February 2013     Advocates of open publishing fret that misunderstandings lead scientists to choose restrictive licenses. Read More ▶             Astronomers catch rare glimpse of a star's final moments ▶ 06 February 2013     Massive star convulses before going supernova. Read More ▶             Seven days: 1–7 February 2013 ▶ 06 February 2013     The week in science: Richard III skeleton discovery confirmed; South Korea launches first satellite from home soil; and a keenly watched TB booster vaccine fails a major clinical trial. Read More ▶             Landsat 8 to the rescue ▶ 06 February 2013     NASA prepares to launch satellite that will continue historic record of global change. Read More ▶             Genetic privacy needs a more nuanced approach ▶ 06 February 2013     Because confidentiality of health data cannot be guaranteed, people should consider both the risks and advantages of sharing them, argues Misha Angrist. Read More ▶             Translational research: Medicine man ▶ 06 February 2013     As director of the NIH's bold new translational research centre, Christopher Austin has to show that he can jump-start a tortuous drug-discovery process. Read More ▶             LHC set to halt for upgrades ▶ 06 February 2013     Maintenance, improvement work and data analysis will keep scientists busy as collider's planned closure begins. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. North Korea tests "smaller and lighter" bomb New commission takes on high-seas issues NASA launches Landsat 8 into orbit Accused German science minister quits Australian science agency to launch independent bullying investigation Antarctic researchers find life in subglacial lake Crowdsourced coders take on immunology Big Data European Parliament backs major fisheries reform External review reaffirms hurdles for nuclear-fusion superlaser Wellcome Trust names acting director more...                           Announcing Principles of Biology, a textbook for the 21st century from Nature Publishing Group This report assesses the potential of new supergenerics in the setting of specific therapeutic classes. 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