Nature News highlights: 26 February 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     26 February 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Find out what your cytometer can do for you You've got the green light to trade in your existing cytometer — regardless of make or model — for more value, discounts, upgrades, and capabilities from BD Biosciences. For a limited time, you can take advantage of exceptional packages with our special trade-in, trade-up program. Learn more today. bdbiosciences.com/go/greenlight               • 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 Special: G protein-coupled receptors In this updated online Special we present a selection of recently published Nature papers that involve the structures of various GPCRs. Access selected content from the Special free online for two months. Produced with support from: Receptos, Inc.               • Latest News               Physicist tipped for US energy post ▶ 25 February 2013     Ernest Moniz considers natural gas a bridge to clean energy. Read More ▶             Babies' brains may be tuned to language before birth ▶ 25 February 2013     Brain imaging shows that premature babies process speech in similar ways to adults. Read More ▶             Irish science gets historic €300-million boost ▶ 25 February 2013     New research centres will foster public-private partnernships in seven areas of excellence. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Step inside the real world of compulsive hoarders ▶ 25 February 2013     Recent research has changed the way clinicians treat hoarding as well as refuted popular assumptions about people with excessive clutter. Read More ▶             Tagged seals help find missing piece in global climate puzzle ▶ 24 February 2013     Researchers pinpoint fourth known source of bottom water, a crucial oceanic heat-sink. Read More ▶             Long-lost continent found under the Indian Ocean ▶ 24 February 2013     Sand from Mauritian beaches reveals rock from ancient landmass. Read More ▶             Fall of an Ancient Empire Linked to Crisis in Syria ▶ 21 February 2013     Archaeologists draw comparisons between the fall of the Akkadian empire more than 4,000 years ago and the crises in contemporary Syria. Read More ▶             Stealth nanoparticles sneak past immune system's defences ▶ 21 February 2013     Artificial protein fragment could enable nanobeads to deliver drugs where they're needed. Read More ▶             Bumblebees sense electric fields in flowers ▶ 21 February 2013     Electroreception may help pollinators to guess where others have already fed on nectar. Read More ▶             Newt sequencing may set back efforts to regrow human limbs ▶ 21 February 2013     Amphibian's unique proteins cast doubt on existence of latent potential for regeneration. Read More ▶             Moon-size exoplanet circling sun-like star smallest yet ▶ 21 February 2013     The newly detected world is smaller than any of the solar system's planets and just a bit larger than our moon. Read More ▶             Childhood cancer is a neglected disease ▶ 21 February 2013     Quality of care and survival rates have lagged in poorer countries. Read More ▶             Why tongue twisters are hard to say ▶ 20 February 2013     Maps of neuronal activity reveal how the brain articulates complex speech. Read More ▶             Nitrogen pollution soars in China ▶ 20 February 2013     Emissions from transport and industry have increased faster than those from agriculture. Read More ▶             Seven days: 15–21 February 2013 ▶ 20 February 2013     The week in science: Massive meteor hits Russia; world's first clinical study to put iPS cells in humans gets green light; and head of Fukushima health survey steps down. 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