Nature News highlights: 14 October 2014

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14 October 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                   • 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               Hawking radiation mimicked in the lab ▶ 12 October 2014     Sound waves used to imitate light particles predicted to escape black holes. Read More ▶             Prehistoric currents brought icebergs to Florida ▶ 12 October 2014     Icebergs rafted south along the US east coast on currents fed by glacial floods, simulations show. Read More ▶             Famed Antikythera wreck yields more treasures ▶ 10 October 2014     Researchers find signs of untapped riches at 2,000-year-old site that housed mysterious clock-like object. Read More ▶                     • More Stories               Fish fail to see reflections as rivals ▶ 10 October 2014     Not all cichlids react aggressively to their reflections, casting doubt on the use of mirrors in behavioural studies Read More ▶             Nobel for microscopy that reveals inner world of cells ▶ 08 October 2014     Three scientists used fluorescent molecules to defy the limits of conventional optical microscopes. Read More ▶             Artificial arms get closer to the real thing ▶ 08 October 2014     Smarter nerve stimulation and muscle monitoring vastly improve prosthetic movements. Read More ▶             Seven days: 3–9 October 2014 ▶ 08 October 2014     The week in science: Ebola exported to US and Spain; Italy's health minister rejects controversial stem-cell trial; and tens of thousands of walruses crowd ashore in Alaska. Read More ▶             A call to those who care about Europe’s science ▶ 08 October 2014     Better collaboration is a laudable goal, but that alone will not be enough to fix the damage caused by Europe’s falling investment, says Amaya Moro-Martin. Read More ▶             World's oldest art found in Indonesian cave ▶ 08 October 2014     Analysis of images discovered in 1950s counters Eurocentric view of creativity's origins. Read More ▶             Large Hadron Collider: The big reboot ▶ 08 October 2014     As the Large Hadron Collider prepares to come back to life after a two-year hiatus, physicists are gearing up to go beyond the standard model of particle physics. Read More ▶             Gravity rivals join forces to nail down Big G ▶ 08 October 2014     Metrologists meet to design the ultimate gravitational-constant experiment. Read More ▶             Marmosets are stars of Japan’s ambitious brain project ▶ 07 October 2014     Ten-year brain-mapping effort will use monkeys to study human neural and mental disorders. Read More ▶             Australian cuts rile researchers ▶ 07 October 2014     Political scorn on top of shrinking funds creates hostility between scientists and Tony Abbott’s government. Read More ▶             Gates Foundation Challenges turn ten ▶ 07 October 2014     A decade of aiming to solve specific problems has yielded crucial lessons, says foundation official Steven Buchsbaum. Read More ▶             Nobel for blue LED that revolutionized lighting ▶ 07 October 2014     Physics prize recognizes potential of invention with power to reduce global electricity consumption. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Tragedy strikes Taiwanese research ship Stem-cell fraud makes for box office success UK launches space weather forecast centre European Commission: Tar sands no dirtier than other fuels Nanoscopy pioneers win Chemistry Nobel Spanish Ebola case highlights risks to health-care workers Work still needed to reduce animals in research Blue LED discovery wins Physics Nobel Brain positioning system wins medicine Nobel European regulator confirms milestone medical-data transparency rules 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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