Nature News highlights: 12 June 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     12 June 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       BD Accuri® C6 personal flow cytometer The BD Accuri C6 gives you 4-color cell analysis in an affordable, transportable, and easy-to-use format, putting flow cytometry within reach for both novice and experienced researchers. The software's intuitive interface guides you through workflows, making it easy to begin collecting and analyzing data. Learn more today at bdbiosciences.com/go/accuri               • Featured               Special: Rio+20 ▶       Twenty years after global leaders pledged to protect Earth's climate and biodiversity at the Rio Earth Summit, they are back for another try at Rio 2.0. In this special report, Nature shows that while the leaders have made little headway, scientists' understanding of the environmental crisis continues to deepen. Read More ▶                           Nature Outlook: Breast Cancer Each year, 1.3 million women - and some 13,000 men - are diagnosed with breast cancer. The past few decades have seen huge advances in treatment, but about one-quarter of those diagnosed will die from the disease. The difficult challenges are only just starting. Access the Outlook free online for six months. Produced with support from: Saisei Mirai               • Latest News               Genome test slammed for assessing 'racial purity' ▶ 12 June 2012     Hungarian far-right politician certified as 'free of Jewish and Roma' genes. Read More ▶             How geography shapes cultural diversity ▶ 11 June 2012     Study offers evidence that long countries give better protection to languages than those that are wide. Read More ▶             NASA scientists fight budget cuts with cupcakes ▶ 11 June 2012     Planetary researchers bake cakes and shine shoes to raise awareness of declining budget. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               A slim chance for South African medical research ▶ 11 June 2012     Incoming president of the nation's Medical Research Council, Salim Abdool Karim, talks about the challenges he faces. Read More ▶             Cholera vaccine deployed to control African outbreak ▶ 11 June 2012     Patients in Guinea are first in Africa to be given oral vaccination during an epidemic. Read More ▶             Scientists protest against prison sentence for Iranian student ▶ 11 June 2012     Scientific societies and human-rights organizations ask for fair treatment for Omid Kokabee. Read More ▶             Tabletop X-rays light up ▶ 08 June 2012     Compact device promises to open window on chemical reactions in the lab. Read More ▶             Giant reef fish headbutt rivals to score with the opposite sex ▶ 08 June 2012     First sighting of ramming behaviour in bumphead parrotfish during competition for females. Read More ▶             Fetal genome deduced from parental DNA ▶ 06 June 2012     Method could make non-invasive screening commonplace — and problematic. Read More ▶             Return to Rio: Second chance for the planet ▶ 06 June 2012     Read More ▶             Earth summit: Rio report card ▶ 06 June 2012     The world has failed to deliver on many of the promises it made 20 years ago at the Earth summit in Brazil. Read More ▶             Fisheries science falls foul of privacy rules ▶ 06 June 2012     European restrictions on personal data endanger marine research and sustainability, scientists warn. Read More ▶             Seven days: 1–7 June 2012 ▶ 06 June 2012     The week in science: Tension over Europe's next research funding programme; Venus transits the Sun; and the Shaw and Kavli prizes are awarded. Read More ▶             Mapping identifies best targets for malaria prevention ▶ 06 June 2012     Seasonal treatment would save lives, but leave many behind. Read More ▶             Antibody alarm call rouses immune response to cancer ▶ 06 June 2012     Trial drug outperforms earlier efforts to marshall the body's defences to combat tumours. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Bioethics board backs embryo alteration for mitochondrial disease Brains thaw at Harvard repository US officials investigate E. coli outbreak More Turkish scientists resign from state Academy Vitamin D fails diabetes test Apology accepted, climate scientist reinstated at Pacific Institute A sign of cancer immortality in mitochondria? Huge phytoplankton bloom found under Arctic ice Texas cancer institute adds scientific review of controversial grant NASA cancels small X-ray mission more...                           A personalized experience in clinical trial publishing Network with Pharma Solutions on Linked In. 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