Nature News highlights: 17 September 2015

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17 September 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Download Technical Note: How to save time and reduce risk for your genome editing work  Introducing IndelCheck™ insertion or deletion detection system q Validate CRISPR efficiency before starting a 3- to 6-month Knockout/Knockin cell line or mouse line work to avoid experimental failure due to low CRISPR efficiency r Speedup your indel detection using a robust integrated system including cell lysis buffer, optimized gDNA PCR mix and primers, and T7 endonuclease I assay reagent.   >>Download now         • Featured               Interdisciplinarity special issue ▶       Scientists and social scientists are coming together to solve the grand challenges. Nature scrutinises the data on interdisciplinary work and looks at its history, meaning, and funding. A case study and a profile explore the rewards of breaking boundaries; meanwhile we present five principles for working across disciplines. Thus inspired, we invite readers to test their polymathy in our lighthearted quiz. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Dramatic rise seen in antibiotic use ▶ 16 September 2015     New report provides the most comprehensive picture yet of antibiotic use and resistance worldwide. Read More ▶             Welfare breach prompts Nature to update policy on publishing animal experiments ▶ 16 September 2015     US-based team withdraws data and admits mouse tumours were allowed to grow too large. Read More ▶             Nanoparticles disguised as blood-cell fragments slip past body's immune defence ▶ 16 September 2015     Drug-delivery systems coated in platelets used to repair damaged blood vessels. Read More ▶               • More Stories               How to solve the world's biggest problems ▶ 16 September 2015     Interdisciplinarity has become all the rage as scientists tackle climate change and other intractable issues. But there is still strong resistance to crossing borders. Read More ▶             Why interdisciplinary research matters ▶ 16 September 2015     Scientists must work together to save the world. A special issue asks how they can scale disciplinary walls. Read More ▶             Integration of social science into research is crucial ▶ 16 September 2015     Social scientists must be allowed a full, collaborative role if researchers are to understand and engage with issues that concern the public, says Ana Viseu. Read More ▶             Interdisciplinary research by the numbers ▶ 16 September 2015     An analysis reveals the extent and impact of research that bridges disciplines. Read More ▶             How interdisciplinary are you? ▶ 16 September 2015     Many scientists claim to be interdisciplinary — but are they really? Read More ▶             The week in science: 11–17 September 2015 ▶ 16 September 2015     First phage-therapy trial; Tony Abbott ousted in Australia; and US Navy restricts sonar. Read More ▶             Newfound meteor showers expand astronomical calendar ▶ 16 September 2015     Sky-watching cameras spot 86 previously unknown events. Read More ▶             Africa braced for snakebite crisis ▶ 16 September 2015     Health specialists warn that stocks of antivenom will run out in 2016. Read More ▶             Director of US mental-health institute leaves for Google ▶ 15 September 2015     Thomas Insel turned the institution's focus towards biological roots of psychiatric disorders. Read More ▶             Worm's brain cells switched on with ultrasound ▶ 15 September 2015     'Sonogenetics' technique might be used to non-invasively stimulate specific neurons in other animals. Read More ▶             Australia's scientists give new prime minister a cautious welcome ▶ 15 September 2015     Malcolm Turnbull viewed as science-friendly, but has ruled out changing Australia's government's climate targets. Read More ▶             NIH disclosure rules falter ▶ 15 September 2015     Regulations that require researchers to disclose conflicts of interest yield questionable data and cost universities millions. 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