Nature News highlights: 21 January 2014

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Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     21 January 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               BD high quality reagents at everyday low prices Your institutional buying agreement with BD Biosciences allows you to use BD high quality research reagents in your research without spending your time researching promo codes or shopping for discounts. Buy with confidence, because lower prices are already in your basket. bdbiosciences.com/go/myprice         • Featured               Special collection: Woo Suk Hwang revisited ▶       Ten years ago, South Korean stem-cell researcher Woo Suk Hwang became a science celebrity, claiming that he had created stem cells from cloned human embryos. But those results were later revealed to be fraudulent. Now, Hwang has refashioned himself as an expert at cloning pets. Can the disgraced biologist redeem himself? This special collection includes all previous Nature coverage of the Hwang story. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Laser looks under the surface of art ▶ 20 January 2014     Technique takes three-dimensional profiles of paintings without taking samples. Read More ▶             Cash wanted to help monitor Fukushima ocean radioactivity ▶ 20 January 2014     Scientist launches crowd-funded survey of US west coast but says health concerns are overblown. Read More ▶             Budget offers recovery hope ▶ 20 January 2014     US physical sciences benefit more than biomedical research. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Light from ancient quasar reveals intergalactic web ▶ 19 January 2014     Astronomers say it's the first direct imaging of the long-sought gas filaments stretching between galaxies. Read More ▶             Frequency of extreme El Niños to double as globe warms ▶ 19 January 2014     Climate models agree on projections of changing rainfall patterns from future warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Read More ▶             Canadian government accused of destroying environmental archives ▶ 17 January 2014     Researchers fear that valuable documents will disappear as libraries close and merge. Read More ▶             Search for primordial black holes called off ▶ 17 January 2014     Mass constraints show that black holes are unlikely to explain dark matter. Read More ▶             Chemical treatment could cut cost of biofuel ▶ 16 January 2014     Solvent easily breaks down tough plant matter into sugars without costly enzymes. Read More ▶             Wonders of flat physics now seen in 3D ▶ 16 January 2014     Three-dimensional graphene analogues could help to replace electronics with spintronics. Read More ▶             Drug helps to clear traumatic memories ▶ 16 January 2014     Medication removes markers from brain's DNA to increase effectiveness of existing treatment. Read More ▶             Is the $1,000 genome for real? ▶ 15 January 2014     With the release of the HiSeq X Ten, genetic-sequencing company Illumina attempts to cement market dominance. Read More ▶             Tree growth never slows ▶ 15 January 2014     Idea debunked that young trees have the edge on their older siblings in carbon accumulation. Read More ▶             Precision formation flight astounds scientists ▶ 15 January 2014     Flocks accomplish a feat of coordination to save energy during migration. Read More ▶             Seven days: 10–16 January 2014 ▶ 15 January 2014     The week in science: Astronomers glimpse super-deep galaxies, India marks polio-free milestone, and Italian police investigate animal activism. Read More ▶             Researchers question rescued polar expedition ▶ 15 January 2014     Australian Antarctic Division says it did not approve research strategy of stricken mission. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Rosetta wakes up and phones home Climate comments push open-access publisher to terminate journal New revelations on controversial stem-cell foundation in Italy Even after prodding, animal researchers omit key details China crushes tonnes of seized ivory India's heavy-lift rocket passes crucial test Lack of transparency casts doubt on Tamiflu's efficacy, say UK politicians NASA lays out long-term vision for astrophysics Novel China flu seems to pose low risk to humans Patient's suicide forces belated university investigation more...                   Nature Methods METHOD OF THE YEAR: SINGLE-CELL SEQUENCING   Nature Methods presents a series of articles that report the unique considerations related to sequencing single cells and their recent exciting applications in biology and medicine.   Access the METHOD OF THE YEAR and METHODS TO WATCH by visiting: www.nature.com/nmeth/focus/moy2013           NATURE REVIEWS CANCER & NATURE REVIEWS CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 2014 CALENDAR   Download the calendar for FREE    As well as plundering the Nature Reviews Cancer image bank for more clinically oriented figures for our 2014 calendar, we have chosen six images and figures from our sister journal, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology.   Our calendar is freely available thanks to support from  OriGene          • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoc / Postdoctoral Fellow     German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)            Postdoctoral Research Assistant     Queen Mary University of London            Research Assistant     Harvard Medical School            President     Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)            Bioinformatics Team Leader     The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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