Nature News highlights: 7 January 2016

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07 January 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Brain disorders across the lifespan This supplement outlines the overarching and intersecting priorities for addressing causes, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, as well as best practices to promote global nervous-system health. Available free online. Financial support for publication has been provided by the Fogarty International Center         • Featured               The science to look out for in 2016 ▶       Space missions, carbon capture, gravitational waves...here's what you can expect from science over the coming year. Read More ▶                   Infectious disease control and elimination The Diagnostics Modelling Consortium was established in 2013 to facilitate the integration of diagnostic data into models of disease transmission dynamics. In this supplement, the Consortium and its partners report on the latest research outcomes across several major diseases. Available free online. Financial support for publication has been provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation          • Latest News               Trial of blood-based Ebola therapy disappoints ▶ 06 January 2016     Death rates weren't reduced by transfusing survivors' plasma into Ebola patients. Read More ▶             Enzyme tweak boosts precision of CRISPR genome edits ▶ 06 January 2016     Engineered enzyme drives genome-editing errors below detection limit. Read More ▶             The week in science ▶ 06 January 2016     Volkswagen sued; Nobel laureate Alfred Gilman dies; and Guinea now free of Ebola. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Alien life could thrive in ancient star clusters ▶ 06 January 2016     Densely packed stars might allow civilizations to survive for many billions of years. Read More ▶             Dutch lead European push to flip journals to open access ▶ 06 January 2016     Academic consortia urge faster changes in scholarly publishing. Read More ▶             China embraces precision medicine on a massive scale ▶ 06 January 2016     Strong genomics record bodes well but a shortage of doctors could pose a hurdle. Read More ▶             Missing mice: gaps in data plague animal research ▶ 05 January 2016     Reports of hundreds of biomedical experiments lack essential information. Read More ▶             Dogs thwart effort to eradicate Guinea worm ▶ 05 January 2016     Epidemic in dogs complicates push to wipe out parasite. Read More ▶             Antarctic clouds studied for first time in five decades ▶ 05 January 2016     AWARE project will help unravel effects of global warming. Read More ▶             The physics of life ▶ 05 January 2016     From flocking birds to swarming molecules, physicists are seeking to understand 'active matter' — and looking for a fundamental theory of the living world. Read More ▶             Four chemical elements added to periodic table ▶ 04 January 2016     Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 to be named by scientists from Russia, the United States and Japan. Read More ▶             Constructive engagement is the key to climate action ▶ 04 January 2016     This year, scientists should resolve to follow the lead of Pope Francis and seek an inclusive approach to climate change, says Daniel Sarewitz. Read More ▶             Hint of new boson at LHC sparks flood of papers ▶ 24 December 2015     Physicists have posted 150 manuscripts to the arXiv preprint server in the wake of December's announcement. Read More ▶             Scientific society withholds honour over lab death ▶ 23 December 2015     The American Association for the Advancement of Science has reversed its decision to make chemist Patrick Harran a fellow. Read More ▶             The week in science: 18–24 December 2015 ▶ 23 December 2015     Postdoc dies in Chinese lab fire; private rocket returns to Earth; and lions are listed as endangered. Read More ▶                 Nature Genetics and Nature Reviews Cancer present: NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING AND THE CANCER GENOME 2016 Sponsored by CapitalBio Corporation February 21-23, 2016 | La Jolla, CA, USA REGISTER NOW!           CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA This focus collection brings to the fore a number of Leukemia articles which highlight new developments in our understanding and management of persons with CML.  Available free online.          • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Business Development Manager     Technical University of Denmark (DTU)            Locum Associate Editor - Nature Reviews Microbiology     Springer Nature            Senior Scientist     Amgen            Staff Scientist     National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH            Postdoctoral Scientist     Medical Research Council          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. 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