Nature News highlights: 07 October 2014

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07 October 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: Diversity ▶       Embracing diversity – in all its forms – is key to good science. In this special, Nature and its sister publication Scientific American explore the experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered scientists in the lab, and how neglecting to include participants from all ethnicities in clinical trials can endanger populations. We also cover how confronting economic inequalities within collaborations can strengthen global research, and how a more ethnically diverse team can have a positive impact on citation rate. Read More ▶                       • Latest News               Manure fertilizer increases antibiotic resistance ▶ 06 October 2014     Faeces from antibiotic-free cows helps resistant bacteria to flourish in soil, puzzling researchers. Read More ▶             Nobel prize for decoding brain’s sense of place ▶ 06 October 2014     Discoverers of brain’s navigation system get physiology Nobel. Read More ▶             Neuroscience: Brains of Norway ▶ 06 October 2014     Nobel prizewinners May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have spent a career together near the Arctic Circle exploring how our brains know where we are. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Dirty skies can swell rivers ▶ 05 October 2014     Sunlight-blocking air pollution hampers evaporation and produces more surface runoff. Read More ▶             Disclosing conflicts of interest has unintended effects ▶ 03 October 2014     US database of payments to physicians is likely to complicate ties to patients and drug companies. Read More ▶             New particle is both matter and antimatter ▶ 03 October 2014     Researchers see signature of 'Majorana particles' inside superconducting iron. Read More ▶             Ethnography could help in Ebola crisis ▶ 03 October 2014     Tapping into local cultures is key to curbing outbreak, says anthropologist Sharon Abramowitz. Read More ▶             How disease detectives are fighting Ebola's spread ▶ 02 October 2014     Rapid 'contact tracing' will be key to containing the disease in west Africa. Read More ▶             Gravity map uncovers sea-floor surprises ▶ 02 October 2014     Sharpest pictures yet of the ocean basins reveal uncharted volcanoes and other geological wonders. Read More ▶             Computer scientist makes prion advance ▶ 02 October 2014     Onset of inherited disease does not change over generations, finds Eric Minikel, whose wife is affected. Read More ▶             Physicists' model proposes evolutionary role for cancer ▶ 02 October 2014     Stressed cells could become cancerous as a 'safe mode', pointing to oxygen and immunotherapy are the best ways to beat the disease. Read More ▶             Moon's largest plain is not an impact crater ▶ 01 October 2014     Gravity data suggest flats of volcanic basalt formed from tectonic stretching. Read More ▶             Cyanide cloud puts a chill in Titan's air ▶ 01 October 2014     Icy particles high above south pole of Saturn moon create hiccups in atmospheric models. Read More ▶             Seven days: 26 September–2 October ▶ 01 October 2014     The week in science: Japanese volcano erupts, India's Mars mission enters orbit, and Obama orders massive expansion of marine reserve. Read More ▶             Steven Pinker on his sense of style ▶ 01 October 2014     The Harvard psychologist offers a writing guide based on how the mind works. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Blue LED discovery wins Physics Nobel Brain positioning system wins medicine Nobel European regulator confirms milestone medical-data transparency rules End of the road for rogue stem-cell therapy in Italy Imperial College cleared of animal-cruelty allegations World’s first ‘clean coal’ commercial power plant opens in Canada PNAS narrows pathway to publication UK and US universities slip in latest rankings Schön loses last appeal against PhD revocation First US Ebola case diagnosed more...                   A picture of health In a series of four films reporter Lorna Stewart travels to the German island of Lindau to meet 600 of science’s brightest young minds and 37 rock stars – Nobel laureates. 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