Nature News highlights: 16 July 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     16 July 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • 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 ▶                 • Latest News               Sound waves levitate and move objects ▶ 15 July 2013     Contact-free manipulation could help to protect samples from contamination. Read More ▶             Tyrannosaurus rex hunted for live prey ▶ 15 July 2013     Tooth found in victim's tail shows carnivorous dinosaur did not just feed on carcasses. Read More ▶             Natural defences can sharply limit coastal damage ▶ 14 July 2013     Reefs, dunes and marshes are key to protecting lives and property against storm surges and long-term sea-level rise. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Researchers glimpse microbial 'dark matter' ▶ 14 July 2013     Single-cell DNA sequencing unlocks trove of microbial diversity. Read More ▶             Nerve growth stimulates prostate cancer  ▶ 11 July 2013     Dense arrangement of nerves linked to aggressive disease. Read More ▶             Energy production causes big US earthquakes ▶ 11 July 2013     Fluids injected into wells lubricate faults and increase slippage. Read More ▶             First distant planet to be seen in colour is blue ▶ 11 July 2013     Hubble Space Telescope measures visible light from an exoplanet. Read More ▶             Sharks whip their tails to stun prey ▶ 10 July 2013     'Intelligent' hunting behaviour was previously seen only in marine mammals. Read More ▶             Proposed exoplanets may be just gas and dust ▶ 10 July 2013     Lopsided rings around stars need not have been carved by planets. Read More ▶             Seven days: 5–11 July 2013 ▶ 10 July 2013     The week in science: Ancient pyramid destroyed in Peru, stem-cell patents challenged, and solar plane crosses the United States. Read More ▶             Climate change: The forecast for 2018 is cloudy with record heat ▶ 10 July 2013     Efforts to predict the near-term climate are taking off, but their record so far has been patchy. Read More ▶             Teething troubles at huge telescope ▶ 10 July 2013     The Large Binocular Telescope gets off to a sluggish start. Read More ▶             Science media: Centre of attention ▶ 10 July 2013     Fiona Fox and her Science Media Centre are determined to improve Britain's press. Now the model is spreading around the world. Read More ▶             Imaging hits noise barrier ▶ 10 July 2013     Physical limits mean that electron microscopy may be nearing highest possible resolution. Read More ▶             Outcry over plans for 'Japanese NIH' ▶ 10 July 2013     Researchers fear reforms will bring cuts to basic science. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Senate bill would boost NIH budget to $31 billion in 2014 German cardiologist's stem-cell papers attacked Europe's politicians vote to resuscitate carbon market Management row threatens to blow Sahara solar dream NIH sees surge in open-access manuscripts Russian Academy gets temporary reprieve Dutch psychology fraudster avoids trial Voyager 1 is going, going, but not quite gone from the Solar System 'Liberated' mice from Italian lab now housed in poor conditions NIH retires most research chimpanzees more...                   Naturejobs presents the: Naturejobs Career Expo September 19, 2013 The Business Design Centre, London, UK  Click here for more information or to register for this conference today!           Nature Reviews Neuroscience Article Series on Neuroscience and the law This Article Series explores the interaction between neuroscience and the legal system. 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