Nature News highlights: 18 November 2014

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18 November 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Speed. Resolution. Clarity. Accuracy. The Hamamatsu NanoZoomer Series delivers all of this and more. The ultimate digital whole-slide scanner and virtual microscopy tool, the NanoZoomer delivers reliable, robust scanning 24/7/365. Features include high sensitivity, fast scanning, flexible fluorescence capabilities, and a Z-stack feature to accommodate thicker tissue samples.         • Featured               Nature Special: The great depression ▶       Depression causes a greater burden of disability than any other condition, yet it is widely undiagnosed and untreated. In this special collection, Nature provides a global view of the burden caused by the illness, and considers why it is so often ignored in medical research – what if depression were cancer? We also look at how science is unpicking how cognitive behavioural therapy works, and the future for psychiatric drug discovery. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Drug trial supports importance of low cholesterol to treat heart disease ▶ 17 November 2014     Results bolster the practice of using medicines to drive down cholesterol levels. Read More ▶             Philae: life and times of a comet lander ▶ 17 November 2014     Rosetta mission images reveal spacecraft activity before hibernation. Read More ▶             First clues found in mysterious sea star die-off ▶ 17 November 2014     DNA analyses link outbreak along North America's Pacific Coast to a densovirus. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Peer-review website vows to fight scientist's subpoena ▶ 14 November 2014     Cancer researcher Fazlul Sarkar claims that anonymous comments on PubPeer cost him a job. Read More ▶             Green List promotes best conservation areas ▶ 14 November 2014     Project puts spotlight on protected reserves that boost biodiversity. Read More ▶             Cellular 'computers' gain a hard drive ▶ 14 November 2014     DNA-based memory can record multiple inputs from engineered gene circuits. Read More ▶             Joint effort nabs next wave of US supercomputers ▶ 14 November 2014     National laboratories collaborate to purchase top-flight machines. Read More ▶             European Commission scraps chief scientific adviser post ▶ 13 November 2014     It is not yet clear what mechanism the commission will use as a replacement. Read More ▶             Personalized cocktails vanquish resistant cancers ▶ 13 November 2014     Tailored approach uses cultured tumour samples to find effective drug combinations. Read More ▶             Shade spells trouble for Philae comet lander ▶ 13 November 2014     Probe's solar panels will get just three hours of light per Earth day, hindering its science goals. Read More ▶             Ebola trials to start in December ▶ 13 November 2014     Experimental treatments to be tested in Guinea at Médecins Sans Frontières sites. Read More ▶             Strange comet behaviour puzzles researchers ▶ 12 November 2014     Dust from Comet Siding Spring pelted Mars, but another distant visitor seems to have no dust tail at all. Read More ▶             Rosetta probe makes history by landing on comet ▶ 12 November 2014     Philae spacecraft has transmitted data to Earth, but may not be anchored to comet surface. Read More ▶             Gas giant spins a surprise ▶ 12 November 2014     Uranus rotates differently in its northern and southern hemispheres. Read More ▶             Help luck along to find psychiatric medicines ▶ 12 November 2014     To increase the chances of stumbling on existing drugs that can double as brain treatments, a systematic search is needed, says David Nutt. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Energy outlook sees continuing dominance of fossil fuels China's plans for research-grant reforms get cautious welcome Private rocket explodes on launch to space station WHO plans for millions of doses of Ebola vaccine by 2015 US research ethics agency upholds decision on informed consent Western Australia abandons shark cull Fundamental overhaul of China's competitive funding AstraZeneca neither confirms nor denies that it will ditch antibiotics research More than half of 2007-2012 research articles now free to read Outbreak of great quakes underscores Cascadia risk more...                   CALL FOR PAPERS  Nature Plants: From Bench to Biosphere Nature Plants is now open for submissions and welcomes manuscripts from all areas of plant research. 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