Nature News highlights: 26 August 2014

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26 August 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               Special report: Ebola outbreak in West Africa ▶       The current Ebola outbreak is the largest since records began. This Nature special has comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the crisis, including why the WHO declared it a global public-health emergency; how drugs have been given to a handful of those infected with the disease; and a commentary proposing to scale up the trial of experimental Ebola drugs. Latest: Treatment for Ebola relative effective days after infection Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Liquid salts by-pass skin to treat infections ▶ 25 August 2014     'Ionic liquids' can disrupt microbial biofilms or penetrate outer skin layers. Read More ▶             Hundreds of sea-floor methane plumes spotted by sonar ▶ 24 August 2014     Bubble streams off the US East Coast could be methane-rich ices warming and releasing the potent greenhouse gas.   Read More ▶             Atlantic Ocean key to global-warming pause ▶ 21 August 2014     Changing currents could be driving heat into the deep sea. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Imprint of primordial monster star found ▶ 21 August 2014     Chemical signature in relic star brings long-awaited evidence for massive stellar ancestors. Read More ▶             What Argentina's financial woes mean for science ▶ 21 August 2014     The nation's latest default is not as bad as the infamous one of 2001, but it could still affect research. Read More ▶             Drug saves monkeys from close relative of Ebola ▶ 20 August 2014     Animals spared from Marburg virus even when treated three days after infection. Read More ▶             Scale up the supply of experimental Ebola drugs ▶ 20 August 2014     Estimates of the probable impact of the outbreak show that existing stocks of potentially useful medicines are insufficient, says Oliver Brady. Read More ▶             Lakes under the ice: Antarctica's secret garden ▶ 20 August 2014     Samples from a lake hidden under 800 metres of ice contain thousands of microbes and hint at vast ecosystems yet to be discovered. Read More ▶             Neanderthals: Bone technique redrafts prehistory ▶ 20 August 2014     Carbon-dating improvements show that Neanderthals disappeared from Europe much earlier than thought. Read More ▶             Seals brought TB to Americas ▶ 20 August 2014     Bacteria found in ancient Peru remains points to relatively recent origin of the disease and to its spread by sea. Read More ▶             More parents nixing anti-bleeding shots for their newborns ▶ 20 August 2014     Anti-vax parents are extending their fears into a rejection of all shots — including vitamin K, which can prevent potentially fatal hemorrhaging in infants. Read More ▶             Icelandic volcano shakes ominously ▶ 20 August 2014     Seismic unrest at Bárðarbunga has scientists primed for an eruption. Read More ▶             Seven days: 15–21 August 2014 ▶ 20 August 2014     The week in science: Africa's Ebola problem continues to worsen, the true cost of scientific misconduct in the United States, and Maryam Mirzakhani is first woman to win a Fields Medal. Read More ▶             Double threat for Tibet ▶ 19 August 2014     Climate change and human development are jeopardizing the plateau's fragile environment. Read More ▶             African elephant numbers collapsing ▶ 19 August 2014     Long-awaited study suggests that many of the continent's elephant populations could be wiped out in ten years. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Updated: Icelandic volcano erupts Oceans need saving before science is nailed Indian universities ordered to cut length of science courses Student may be jailed for posting scientist's thesis on web Geneticists say popular book misrepresents research on human evolution Ban all ivory sales for 10 years, says conservationist Science shut down at crippled UK Antarctic base Physics student arrested after axe attack Space agencies battle to keep Mars mission on track Researcher's death shocks Japan more...                   Nature Outlook Assessing Science   Australia and New Zealand might be neighbours, but their programmes of research assessment are very different. 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