Nature News highlights: 02 September 2014

If you are unable to see the message below, click here to view.

02 September 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Laserglow Technologies: Solid-State Lasers For Research Save your time, save your budget, and produce quality data by choosing the right laser for your experiments. Laserglow provides solid-state laser modules from 266-2200 nm, with a complete selection of optics and accessories.   Contact us today for a free consultation, and find out how we're "bringing solutions to light": www.laserglow.com         • Featured               Nature Special: Science advice to governments ▶       As policy experts gathered in Auckland for the first global conference on science advice to governments, a Nature news feature explores advisers' experiences in three recent crises. Meanwhile, Nature and Scientific American bring together highlights of their rich archives on the relationships between scientists, policy-makers and the public. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Neanderthals made some of Europe's oldest art ▶ 01 September 2014     Criss-cross patterns deep in a Gibraltan cave suggest that the species had minds capable of abstract artistic expression. Read More ▶             US agency updates rules on sharing genomic data ▶ 01 September 2014     Changes clarify procedures for telling participants in NIH-funded studies how their data might be used. Read More ▶             Quick test for malaria shows promise ▶ 31 August 2014     Magnetic detection method is more portable and less error-prone than conventional tests. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Ebola drug saves infected monkeys ▶ 29 August 2014     ZMapp is the first treatment to completely protect animals after they show symptoms of disease. Read More ▶             California quake puts warning system in the spotlight ▶ 29 August 2014     Scientists, politicians and business leaders will discuss practicalities of a regional network. Read More ▶             Icelandic volcano erupts ▶ 29 August 2014     Lava flows from Bárðarbunga after nearly two weeks of seismic unrest. Read More ▶             Cost to control Ebola shoots up ▶ 28 August 2014     World Health Organization projects 20,000 cases and requests US$490 million to control West Africa outbreak. Read More ▶             Social sciences suffer from severe publication bias ▶ 28 August 2014     Survey finds that 'null results' rarely see the light of the day. Read More ▶             Ebola virus mutating rapidly as it spreads ▶ 28 August 2014     Outbreak likely originated with a single animal-to-human transmission. Read More ▶             Row reignites over distance of Pleiades star cluster ▶ 28 August 2014     New measurement points to possible error in ESA survey that could also affect the agency's new Gaia mission. Read More ▶             Ebola doctor reveals how infected Americans were cured ▶ 28 August 2014     Techniques used in the US to treat symptoms and subdue the virus in patients could work overseas, Bruce Ribner says. Read More ▶             Entangled photons make a picture from a paradox ▶ 27 August 2014     Quantum imaging outlines objects with light that does not interact with them. Read More ▶             'Wandering stones' of Death Valley explained ▶ 27 August 2014     Scientists spot ice shoving rocks on Racetrack Playa in California, resolving a longstanding geological enigma. Read More ▶             Long-sought neutrinos answer burning question about the Sun ▶ 27 August 2014     Underground lab catches low-energy particles that reveal crucial proton-proton fusion reaction. Read More ▶             How fish can learn to walk ▶ 27 August 2014     Land-raised bichirs provide insight into evolutionary pressures facing first vertebrates to live on land. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. NASA extends Mars rover and Moon orbiter missions US government labs plan biohazard-safety sweep Japanese lab at centre of stem-cell scandal to be reformed 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 more...                   nature.com webcasts Macmillan Science Communication presents a custom webcast on: Accelerating therapeutic development through PET and optical preclinical imaging Thursday September 4, 2014, 9AM PDT, 12PM EDT, 5PM BST/ 6PM CEST Register for the webcast and live Q and A session, Sponsored by: www.perkinelmer.com           Nature Medicine and the Volkswagen Foundation present: IMMUNE HOMEOSTASIS AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASE: A HERRENHAUSEN SYMPOSIUM November 6-8, 2014 Herrenhausen Palace Conference Center, Hanover, Germany Click here for more information or to register for this conference today!         • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Oceanographer     NERC National Oceanography Centre            Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)     University of Cambridge            Research Assistant / Research Fellow     Queen's University Belfast            University Professor of Biochemistry     University of Innsbruck, Austria            PhD positions at Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology, BIU     Bar-Ilan University          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. Keep up-to-date with the latest sector trends, vote in our reader poll and sign-up to receive the monthly Naturejobs newsletter.                   Your email address is in the Nature News Weekly Alert mailing list. You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at: www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact subscriptions@nature.com For print subscription enquiries, please contact feedback@nature.com Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group's offices: Principal offices: London - New York - Tokyo Worldwide offices: Basingstoke - Boston - Buenos Aires - Delhi - Hong Kong - Madrid - Melbourne - Munich - Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Washington DC Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2014 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.