Nature News highlights: 08 October 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     08 October 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Geographic distribution of Atlantic Rainforest trees could decrease 65% by 2100  Researcher presents estimate based on the worst case scenario for global warming at recent conference. Dengue virus is more stable than originally thought  Sign up for FAPESP's free weekly newsletter with the latest developments of Brazilian science         • Featured               Live updates: US government shutdown ▶       The US government shut down on 1 October after Congress failed to agree on a new budget. Most government scientists have been ordered to stay away from work and from scientific conferences, grant-making has halted, and academic scientists are cut off from key databases. US-funded facilities, such as the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, are beginning to shut down as their government funding dries up. The US Antarctic Program may cancel its field season. Meanwhile, students are worried the shutdown will scupper their experiments. Read More ▶                   BD Accuri™ C6 for teaching-institution labs  It's easy to learn and operate, powerful enough for the majority of routine flow applications, transportable, and affordably priced. The BD Accuri C6 is perfectly suited for demanding educational environments requiring flexibility for personal research, student mastery, and core lab use. bdbiosciences.com/go/learn          • Latest News               Higgs theorists amass physics prize ▶ 08 October 2013     François Englert and Peter Higgs rewarded Nobel 50 years after hunt for boson began. Read More ▶             Cell transport carries off Nobel ▶ 07 October 2013     Medicine prize goes to discoverers of vesicle system that shuttles biomolecules around cells. Read More ▶             Why a jellyfish is the ocean's most efficient swimmer ▶ 07 October 2013     Elastic body allows moon jellyfish to travel extra distance at no energy cost. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Faeces-filled pill stops gut infection ▶ 07 October 2013     Treatment halts recurrence of Clostridium difficile bacteria, but a commercial pill is still far off.  Read More ▶             US Antarctic research season is in jeopardy ▶ 04 October 2013     Shutdown may force evacuation of US research stations. Read More ▶             Paintings turning black? Blame mercury ▶ 04 October 2013     Salty air and light produce liquid metal from red paint pigment. Read More ▶             'Higgsogenesis' proposed to explain dark matter ▶ 04 October 2013     Interactions of Higgs bosons and anti-Higgs in early Universe may also have caused asymmetry between matter and antimatter. Read More ▶             Formula predicts research papers' future citations ▶ 03 October 2013     Mathematical model allows the success of publications — and perhaps scientists — to be forecasted. Read More ▶             RNA-based cholesterol drug shows early promise ▶ 02 October 2013     Trial provides proof of concept for statin alternative. Read More ▶             Amorous insects predict the weather ▶ 02 October 2013     Changes in atmospheric pressure reduce mating in beetles, moths and aphids. Read More ▶             Climate report puts geoengineering in the spotlight ▶ 02 October 2013     IPCC statement suggests tinkering with the atmosphere could be necessary to meet climate goals. Read More ▶             Ancient supervolcanoes revealed on Mars ▶ 02 October 2013     Giant depressions may be the remains of eruptions rather than old impact craters. Read More ▶             NIH shutdown effects multiply ▶ 02 October 2013     Businesses and academic researchers among those affected by ongoing US government shutdown. Read More ▶             Seven days: 27 September–3 October 2013 ▶ 02 October 2013     The week in science: Island appears after Pakistan quake, MacArthur Foundation announces 'genius' grants for 2013, and Spain's 2014 budget offers small boost to science. Read More ▶             Uncertainty on trial ▶ 02 October 2013     Former US drug-company chief appeals conviction for fraud over interpretation of results. Read More ▶             The Anthropocene could raise biological diversity ▶ 02 October 2013     Humanity has wrought an age of ecological transformations. It is time to rethink our irrational dislike of invading species, argues Chris D. Thomas. 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