Nature News highlights: 23 February 2017

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23 February 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Fluorescence-Based Cell Apoptosis Assays Easily and accurately measure cell death biomarkers in early and late stages of apoptosis Annexin V Binding Assays Caspase Activity Assays Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Assays TUNEL Assays Learn more >>       • Latest News               These seven alien worlds could help explain how planets form ▶ 22 February 2017     The Earth-sized astronomical bounty circles a dim star that flew under the radar of exoplanet researchers. Read More ▶             Life expectancy set to hit 90 in South Korea ▶ 22 February 2017     By 2030, nation's girls can expect to live to 91, says statistical analysis. Read More ▶             Daring deep-sea explorers, armyworm offensive and GM-rice theft ▶ 22 February 2017     The week in science: 17–23 February 2017. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Why British universities are unlikely to accept invitation to set up campuses in France ▶ 22 February 2017     Paris consortium hopes to lure UK institutions with promise of access to European research funds after Brexit. Read More ▶             An epigenetics gold rush: new controls for gene expression ▶ 22 February 2017     How rediscovered chemical tags on DNA and RNA are shaking up the field. Read More ▶             Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world's most dangerous pathogens ▶ 21 February 2017     Maximum-security biolab is part of plan to build network of BSL-4 facilities across China. Read More ▶             Energy scientists must show their workings ▶ 21 February 2017     Public trust demands greater openness from those whose research is used to set policy, argues Stefan Pfenninger. Read More ▶             Delay in hiring science advisers intensifies Brexit worries ▶ 20 February 2017     Policy experts want scientists at the table when government decides on environmental protection and membership of international collaborations. Read More ▶             Giant crack in Antarctic ice shelf spotlights advances in glaciology ▶ 20 February 2017     Rift through Larsen C ice shelf has grown to 175 kilometres, and collapse of nearby ice shelves could offer a glimpse of its future. Read More ▶             The race to map the human body — one cell at a time ▶ 20 February 2017     A host of detailed cell atlases could revolutionize understanding of cancer and other diseases. Read More ▶             Why the CRISPR patent verdict isn't the end of the story ▶ 17 February 2017     From legal challenges to ongoing experimentation, the story of who owns the rights to CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing is still being written. Read More ▶             Geologists spy an eighth continent: Zealandia ▶ 16 February 2017     This mostly submerged world should be recognized alongside Africa, Australia and others, argue some researchers. Read More ▶             Ocean meadows scrub seawater of harmful bacteria ▶ 16 February 2017     Seagrasses keep waterborne pathogens in check, potentially benefiting people and coral reefs. Read More ▶             Collapse of Aztec society linked to catastrophic salmonella outbreak ▶ 16 February 2017     DNA of 500-year-old bacteria is first direct evidence of an epidemic — one of humanity's deadliest — that occurred after Spanish conquest. Read More ▶             Ebola funding surge hides falling investment in other neglected diseases ▶ 16 February 2017     Global research funds for these illnesses are at their lowest levels for a decade, when cash for West Africa epidemic is excluded. 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