Nature News highlights: 30 July 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     30 July 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               EndNote enables you to move through your research process with tools for searching, organizing and sharing research, creating your bibliography and writing your paper. Save hours with features to maximize your time like automatically finding full text and updating records.         • Featured               Nature Special: Learning in a digital age ▶       From massive open online courses (MOOCs) to digital tools that provide tailored learning experiences, technology is transforming the 21st century student. This special collaboration between Scientific American and Nature looks at aspects including the rise of the virtual lab, the impact on developing countries, tips on how to make a MOOC, and much more. Read More ▶                   Panasonic's Sterisonic incubator uses H2O2 decontamination technology to avoid costly downtime, while also providing you with full CO2 recovery in just 2 minutes. H2O2 decontamination technology accomplishes 100% kill rate with at least a 6log reduction in the span of 3 hours as compared to 10-12 hours or 24 hours for dry or moist heat sterilization technology, respectively.         • Latest News               Conflicting studies rekindle monogamy debate ▶ 29 July 2013     Two simulations reach opposing conclusions about why monogamy evolved in primates. Read More ▶             Incan child mummies show evidence of sacrificial rituals ▶ 29 July 2013     'Maiden' ingested large amounts of alcohol and coca just before she died. Read More ▶             Quantum boost for artificial intelligence ▶ 26 July 2013     Quantum computers able to learn could attack larger sets of data than classical computers. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Pilot projects bury carbon dioxide in basalt ▶ 26 July 2013     Two experiments test viability of sequestering emissions in porous layers of hard rock. Read More ▶             Women are more vulnerable to infections ▶ 26 July 2013     Public-health officials discount role of sex in people's response to flu and other infections. Read More ▶             Gastric bypass makes gut burn sugar faster ▶ 25 July 2013     Diabetic rats control blood glucose better after weight-loss surgery. Read More ▶             Asymmetrical glycans synthesized in lab ▶ 25 July 2013     Method uses core carbohydrate to build variations of ubiquitous but enigmatic biomolecules. Read More ▶             Mystery of Earth's radiation belts solved ▶ 25 July 2013     Van Allen belts accelerate their own particles rather than just trapping them. Read More ▶             UK forensic science slammed by inquiry ▶ 24 July 2013     Failures in the forensic services threaten to compromise the UK criminal-justice system, a parliamentary report warns. Read More ▶             Polarization detected in Big Bang's echo ▶ 24 July 2013     B-mode signal provides a way for astronomers to calculate neutrino masses. Read More ▶             Stellar winds in galactic nurseries stifle star birth ▶ 24 July 2013     Outflows from star-forming regions could cap the growth of galaxies. Read More ▶             How to regrow your head ▶ 24 July 2013     Single gene switch makes worms regenerate their whole bodies from their tails. Read More ▶             Doubt cast over tiny stem cells ▶ 24 July 2013     Studies refute the existence of very small embryonic-like cells endorsed by the Vatican. Read More ▶             Seven days: 19–25 July 2013 ▶ 24 July 2013     The week in science: Elusive tar drop caught on film, Alan Turing set for UK pardon, and plan for Antarctic reserves fails. Read More ▶             China's cordgrass plan is 'overkill' ▶ 24 July 2013     Experts say Shanghai sea wall will cripple wetland habitat. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Conviction upheld for Turkish scientist opposing headscarves Europe launches massive laser communications satellite US panel calls for ambitious X-ray laser Pharma industry moves towards greater openness Cassini probe captures view of Earth from Saturn Genome assembly contest prompts soul-searching Monsanto drops bid to have GM crops approved in Europe UK medical research regulators spared the axe Cabinet reshuffle shakes up Canadian science UK animal research increases again more...                   WE launched in 2011 YOU published 2000 papers with us OUR impact factor is 2.927*   Discover what we can do together.  nature.com/scientificreports   *2012 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2013)           Special section on pharmacogenomics: Recent advances and future directions The special section on pharmacogenomics in the June 2013 issue of Journal of Human Genetics features eight articles on the current state of pharmacogenomics research and its implementation in the clinic. 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