Nature News highlights: 11 June 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     11 June 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               The new BD FACSAria™ Fusion Exceptional multicolor performance and ease-of-use has been elegantly combined with the latest thinking in laboratory safety to create the most thoughtfully integrated cell sorting and biosafety solution on the market. Learn more about the fusion of safety, performance, and sorting today. bdbiosciences.com/go/fusion          • Featured               Nature Special: The quantum atom ▶       One hundred years after Niels Bohr published his model of the atom, a special issue of Nature explores its legacy — and how much there is still to learn about atomic structure. This special includes articles on the history of Bohr's discovery; on the enigmatic nature of the electron; on the theoretical limits on atomic and nuclear size; and on how physicists are stretching, stripping and contorting atoms to new and bizarre limits. Read More ▶                   Research at the cutting edge of knowledge in Brazil 17 new Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers will receive funding of than US$ 680 million. Study outlines the evolutionary history of dengue virus type 2 Sign up for FAPESP's free weekly newsletter to know the latest developments of Brazilian science          • Latest News               Rock samples suggest meteor caused Tunguska blast ▶ 10 June 2013     Grains from Siberian peat bog may be remnants of the biggest Earth impact in recorded history. Read More ▶             US science fleet's future is far from ship-shape ▶ 10 June 2013     Costs and ageing vessels pile pressure on oceanographic research. Read More ▶             Skeletons show rickets struck the Medici family ▶ 07 June 2013     Indoor life and poor nutrition condemned the children of Florence's rulers to bone disease. Read More ▶                   Nature Outlook: Sleep Researchers are defining the various functions of sleep, from how we learn to the regulation of metabolism and immunity. New ways to treat troubled sleeping are being developed, and better sleep practice can help people with mood disorders. Access the Outlook free online for six months.    Produced with support from: ResMed          • More Stories               Compulsive behaviour triggered and treated ▶ 06 June 2013     Pulses of light start and stop obsessive grooming in mice. Read More ▶             How the chicken lost its penis ▶ 06 June 2013     Molecules that signal cell death quash nascent rooster genitals. Read More ▶             London biomedical hub sets its research agenda ▶ 06 June 2013     Paul Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute, tells Nature about the centre's scientific strategy. Read More ▶             UK official defends badger cull ▶ 06 June 2013     Top government environmental scientist says wildlife control still necessary to stem bovine tuberculosis. Read More ▶             Two techniques unite to provide molecular detail ▶ 05 June 2013     Raman spectroscopy souped up with scanning tunnelling microscopy hones in on individual atoms and bonds. Read More ▶             Temporal cloak erases data from history ▶ 05 June 2013     Technique that hides rapid data streams could provide ultra-secure communications. Read More ▶             Oldest primate skeleton unveiled ▶ 05 June 2013     Near-complete remains of tiny creature support early origin for lineage that led to humans. Read More ▶             Bohr's model: Extreme atoms ▶ 05 June 2013     Physicists are stretching, stripping and contorting atoms to new and bizarre limits. Read More ▶             Quantum physics: The quantum atom ▶ 05 June 2013     One hundred years after Niels Bohr published his model of the atom, a special issue of Nature explores its legacy — and how much there is still to learn about atomic structure. Read More ▶             Seven days: 31 May–6 June 2013 ▶ 05 June 2013     The week in science: Transgenic wheat escapes from US testing fields, H7N9 returns after lull in China, and Martian minerals get mapped. Read More ▶             Brazil reports sharp drop in greenhouse emissions ▶ 05 June 2013     Decrease in deforestation drives the trend, but emissions from energy and agriculture grow. Read More ▶             'Plastic wood' is no green guarantee ▶ 05 June 2013     Researchers question benefits of tropical-wood substitute. 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