Nature News highlights: 6 October 2016

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06 October 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Focus on the neuroscience toolbox Nature Neuroscience presents a special focus issue on the neuroscience toolbox highlighting recent technological advances, approaches and collaborative initiatives that are enabling new avenues of research. Access the Focus free online for six months Produced with support from: The Kavli Foundation         • Featured               2016 Nobel Prizes ▶       Medicine: Yoshinori Ohsumi for autophagy Physics: David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for exotic states of matter Chemistry: Fraser Stoddart, Bernard Feringa and Jean-Pierre Sauvage for molecular machines Read More ▶                   nature.com webcasts Springer Nature presents a custom webcast on: Automating Continuous Cell Culture Date: Tuesday October 11, 2016 Time: 7AM PDT, 10AM EDT, 3PM BST, 4PM CEST Speaker: Oliver Gaßmann, Application Specialist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Register for the webcast and live Q&A session Sponsored by: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences         • Latest News               Human age limit claim sparks debate ▶ 05 October 2016     Analysis suggests people will never live much beyond 115 but some scientists say that it's too soon to assume a fixed shelf-life. Read More ▶             Syrian seed bank gets new home away from war ▶ 05 October 2016     Ancient genes will soon be available to researchers again, but the move poses its own challenges. Read More ▶             World's tiniest machines win chemistry Nobel ▶ 05 October 2016     Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa share 2016 award. Read More ▶                     • More Stories               Can we open the black box of AI? ▶ 05 October 2016     Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But before scientists trust it, they first need to understand how machines learn. Read More ▶             A Mars rocket, an artificial pancreas and a plutonium problem ▶ 04 October 2016     The week in science: 30 September–6 October 2016 Read More ▶             Paris climate deal to take effect as EU ratifies accord ▶ 04 October 2016     Agreement is likely to enter into force before next round of UN climate negotiations in Marrakesh. Read More ▶             Warning to forest destroyers: this scientist will catch you ▶ 04 October 2016     Matthew Hansen uses satellites to spot deforestation as it happens. Read More ▶             Physics of 2D exotic matter wins Nobel ▶ 04 October 2016     British-born theorists recognized for work on topological phases. Read More ▶             Corporate culture has no place in academia ▶ 03 October 2016     'Academic capitalism' contributed to the mishandling of the Macchiarini case by officials at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, argues Olof Hallonsten. Read More ▶             Women postdocs less likely than men to get a glowing reference ▶ 03 October 2016     Women and men applying for geoscience postdocs receive very different letters of support from their mentors. Read More ▶             Medicine Nobel for research on how cells 'eat themselves' ▶ 03 October 2016     Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi recognized for work on autophagy. Read More ▶             Drone lights, cameras and sucking up to a whale ▶ 30 September 2016     September's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team. Read More ▶             Mission accomplished: Rosetta crashes into comet ▶ 30 September 2016     Craft sends back wealth of images in 19-kilometre descent. Read More ▶             US left with just one working fusion reactor — for now ▶ 30 September 2016     Design flaw may have doomed machine at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Read More ▶             UK bioethicists eye designer babies and CRISPR cows ▶ 29 September 2016     Panel will focus on the implications of gene editing in human reproduction and livestock. Read More ▶                 nature.com webcasts Springer Nature presents a custom webcast on: Reveal hidden genetic variation by combining long-read target capture with SMRT Sequencing Date: Thursday October 13, 2016 Time: 8AM PDT, 11AM EDT, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST Register for FREE Sponsored by: PacBio           nature.com webcasts Join us for our upcoming webcast with live Q&A: PAIN TARGETING MECHANISMS  Presented by BioPharma Dealmakers Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016 Time: 8AM PDT, 11AM EDT, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST REGISTER FOR FREE Sponsored by: Algomedix, Inc.| Cara Therapeutics, Inc.| Myoscience | Nektar Therapeutics                 Inside View ▶ Advertisement Feature       Short and informative Q&As with leaders in science and technology.                 • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Tenure-Track Faculty Positions     The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital             Laboratory Manager     State University of New York            Research Fellowships     University of Cambridge            Junior Group Leader Positions     Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie          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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