Nature News highlights: 14 May 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     14 May 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Search for therapeutic targets leads scientists to map genetic interactions Recent highlights - Artificial forests threaten the biodiversity of the Pampas | Researchers seek signs of a "new physics" | Study investigates internal slave trafficking in Brazil. Sign up for FAPESP's free weekly newsletter to know the latest developments of Brazilian science.               • Featured               Nature special issue: GM crops: Promise and reality ▶       The introduction of the first transgenic plant 30 years ago heralded a second green revolution. In this special issue, Nature looks at how GM crops have in some cases fulfilled the promise, but also at how some controversies have led to a polarized debate. Looking onward, we explore a new breed of transgenics that is coming to market, including the long-awaited GM salmon, and much more. Read More ▶                           Nature Immunology ANIMATION: IMMUNOLOGY IN THE GUT MUCOSA Nature Immunology in collaboration with Arkitek Studios have produced an animation unravelling the complexities of mucosal immunology in health and disease. View the Animation for FREE at: www.nature.com/ni/multimedia/mucosal Produced with support from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson               • Latest News               First proof that infinitely many prime numbers come in pairs ▶ 13 May 2013     Mathematician claims breakthrough towards solving centuries-old problem. Read More ▶             Gut microbe may fight obesity and diabetes ▶ 13 May 2013     Bacterium helps to regulate metabolism in mice. Read More ▶             Hearing changes could be ancient in the human line ▶ 13 May 2013     Comparison between hominins suggests modern middle-ear bones evolved early. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Experimental volcanoes make a blast ▶ 13 May 2013     Controlled explosions could aid monitoring of active eruptions. Read More ▶             Scientists ask public to hunt for power plants ▶ 13 May 2013     Initiative will use crowdsourced data to inform global carbon modelling. Read More ▶             Psychiatry framework seeks to reform diagnostic doctrine ▶ 10 May 2013     Critics say clinical manual unfit for mental-health research. Read More ▶             Blood hormone restores youthful hearts to old mice ▶ 10 May 2013     Protein relieves age-related stiffening and thickening of cardiac muscle. Read More ▶             Spanish research held hostage by deficit cuts ▶ 10 May 2013     Funding goal for 2020 revised from 3% of GDP to 2%, and state share will be cut. Read More ▶             Sickly mosquitoes stymie malaria's spread ▶ 09 May 2013     Researchers harness bacteria to cripple insects that transmit disease. Read More ▶             Common source for Earth and Moon water ▶ 09 May 2013     Chemical fingerprints of lunar rocks suggest both bodies already had their water at birth. Read More ▶             Quantum meld brings photons together ▶ 09 May 2013     Merging the information of two photons could boost quantum-optical technologies. Read More ▶             Fears grow over Australian science funding ▶ 09 May 2013     Researchers braced for budget cuts. Read More ▶             Seafood diet killing Arctic foxes on Russian island ▶ 08 May 2013     Mercury pollution in marine animals may be behind a population crash. Read More ▶             Pear-shaped nucleus boosts search for new physics ▶ 08 May 2013     The strange shape of radium 224 could lead to test alternatives to standard model. Read More ▶             China's citizens must act to save their environment ▶ 08 May 2013     The country's air-pollution crisis offers a lesson in the power of civil society, says Qiang Wang. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. US high court rules against soybean farmer in seed-patent case Somalia records its first wild polio case since 2007 Obama administration announces manufacturing institutes Quantum computer passes speed test Stephen Hawking's 'boycott' of Israeli conference not due to health reasons Tests confirm Pablo Neruda had terminal cancer Neuroscientists brainstorm goals for US brain-mapping initiative NASA astrophysicists seek ideas for the next 30 years US frees Iranian scientist accused of illegal trade Gairdner Foundation honours two of three prizewinners for hepatitis C research more...                           Announcing Principles of Biology, a textbook for the 21st century from Nature Publishing Group Principles of Biology is a peer-reviewed, affordable textbook solution for university-level Introductory Biology courses, featuring 200+ customizable learning modules, 175+ interactive exercises, 3,000+ assessment questions, and access from laptops, smartphones, or tablets. Learn more.                         Special Issue on Falling Sperm Counts and Global Estrogen Pollution: Lessons Learned 20 Years On The March special issue of Asian Journal of Andrology discusses the claim that falling sperm counts worldwide are due to global estrogen pollution, which, when published in 1992, raised the most public, fervent and durable controversy in the short history of Andrology. 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