Nature News highlights: 29 May 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     29 May 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Nature Outlook: Diabetes 5% of the world's population are afflicted by either type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder, or type 2 diabetes, largely linked to lifestyle. Nature Outlook: Diabetes examines the latest research into the causes, therapy, prevention and impact of these devastating diseases. Access the Outlook free online for six months. Produced with support from: Eli Lilly and Company               • Featured               Special Issue: Peopling the planet ▶       Not long ago, the story was simple. A vanguard of modern humans left their African birthplace 50,000–60,000 years ago and quickly conquered Asia. They turned left into Europe some 40,000 years ago, later crossing the Bering Strait and marching southward into the Americas. With their advance, Neanderthals and other earlier peoples dwindled and vanished. But in the past five years, the picture has grown more complex — and more interesting. Read More ▶                           Nature and Nature Reviews Cancer WEB FOCUS: CANCER METABOLISM This joint Nature and Nature Reviews Cancer Web Focus highlights recent progress in the field and the promise of therapeutics based on interfering with metabolic pathways. Access the Web Focus at: http://www.nature.com/focus/cancermetabolism               • Latest News               Polio's last stand ▶ 28 May 2012     As the global eradication effort ramps up, funding shortfalls threaten the programme's gains in Africa and Asia. Read More ▶             Anarchists attack science ▶ 28 May 2012     Armed extremists are targeting nuclear and nanotechnology workers. Read More ▶             Rediscovered photos reveal Greenland's glacier history ▶ 28 May 2012     Ice retreat was as drastic in the 1930s as it is today. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               White House petitioned to make research free to access ▶ 25 May 2012     Other science agencies should follow NIH policy, say campaigners. Read More ▶             Ageing eyes hinder biometric scans ▶ 25 May 2012     Research suggests that irises do not remain the same for life after all. Read More ▶             Nations to split telescope project ▶ 25 May 2012     Australia and South Africa will share the SKA. Read More ▶             Stem cells take root in drug development ▶ 24 May 2012     Increasing use by industry showcases stem cell technology as research tool. Read More ▶             'Artificial leaf' hits development hurdle ▶ 23 May 2012     Company founded to commercialize solar hydrogen device goes back to drawing board. Read More ▶             Cancelled project spurs debate over geoengineering patents ▶ 23 May 2012     SPICE research consortium decides not to field-test its technology to reflect the Sun's rays. Read More ▶             Seven days: 18–24 May 2012 ▶ 23 May 2012     The week in science: Canada shuts down influential lakes research site; France's science minister appointed; and commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX launches its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. Read More ▶             Fukushima's doses tallied ▶ 23 May 2012     Studies indicate minimal health risks from radiation in the aftermath of Japan's nuclear disaster. Read More ▶             Gran Sasso: Chamber of physics ▶ 23 May 2012     The world's largest underground laboratory has been a success story for Italian science. But 30 years after construction began, its future is uncertain. Read More ▶             New desalination technique yields more drinkable water ▶ 23 May 2012     A new, more energy-efficient seawater distillation membrane yields more potable water, and less briny discharge. Read More ▶             Bird-flu research: The biosecurity oversight ▶ 23 May 2012     The fight over mutant flu has thrown the spotlight on a little-known government body that oversees dual-use research. Some are asking if it was up to the task. Read More ▶             Hubble to revisit exoplanet puzzle ▶ 23 May 2012     Team aims to settle running dispute over mysterious object. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Green groups and scientists in anti-GM battle amid sun, cheese and folk music Chemists image the Olympic rings on a molecular scale Mission to drill into Japan's quake zone half a success Brazilian president vetoes parts – but not all – of controverial forestry bill Butanol hits the biofuels big-time ISS catch of the day: Dragon! Argentine legislators approve open-access law China to boost clean energy as global CO2 climbs to all-time high California stem-cell agency shifts toward clinical work White House appoints Macfarlane to head nuclear commission more...                           Nature Neuroscience FOCUS ON SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE This Focus discusses how the brain implements social processes and behavior, and how these processes are in turn modified by the brain, to influence things ranging from physical and mental health to the punishment of deviation from social norms. Read this Focus online: http://www.nature.com/neuro/focus/socialneuroscience               • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research associate professor(s)     Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, CCG            Researcher Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering     Med.Univ. 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