Nature News highlights: 26 June 2012

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     26 June 2012       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Solution savings: Best-in-class bead-based immunoassays With a combined value package you can save 10% on the BD Accuri™ C6 personal flow cytometer, 40% on BD™ CBA reagents for 2 full years, plus $6,500 worth of free software and cytometer options. There's never been a better time to buy the best-in-class solution for bead-based immunoassays. bdbiosciences.com/go/CBA               • 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 Reviews Cancer POSTER - MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND CANCER Author: Douglas C. Wallace Access the Poster FREE online! www.nature.com/nrc/posters/mitochondria This Poster is freely available thanks to sponsorship from Abcam               • Latest News               California condors face lead menace ▶ 25 June 2012     Signature species may need perpetual conservation. Read More ▶             UNESCO to set up UN science advisory board ▶ 25 June 2012     Board will advise secretary-general on science issues. Read More ▶             Injected proteins protect mice from radiation poisoning ▶ 25 June 2012     Two drugs increase survival of mice even after radiation exposure. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               US northeast coast is hotspot for rising sea levels ▶ 24 June 2012     Report comes after North Carolina senate proposes bill to ban predictions of increase in rates of sea-level rise. Read More ▶             Shark species more diverse than thought ▶ 22 June 2012     Genetic analysis suggests overlooked species, raises concerns about conservation. Read More ▶             Scientists trace a wiring plan for entire mouse brain ▶ 22 June 2012     The first images from a project that has set out to map the whole mouse brain are now publicly available. Read More ▶             Second mutant-flu paper published ▶ 21 June 2012     Just five mutations allow H5N1 to spread between ferrets. Read More ▶             Influenza: Five questions on H5N1 ▶ 21 June 2012     Scientists now know that the deadly bird flu virus is capable of causing a human pandemic. That makes tackling the remaining unknowns all the more urgent. Read More ▶             US$5-billion agricultural research portfolio unveiled ▶ 21 June 2012     Agricultural consortium to focus on "outcome-driven" research. Read More ▶             Lizard's future hinges on voluntary measures ▶ 21 June 2012     Protection plan sparks debate in Texas's oil and gas country. Read More ▶             Astronomers catch video of near-miss asteroid ▶ 20 June 2012     Sixth-closest near-Earth encounter tracked by telescope. Read More ▶             Informed consent: A broken contract ▶ 20 June 2012     As researchers find more uses for data, informed consent has become a source of confusion. Something has to change. Read More ▶             Pottery shards put a date on Africa's dairying ▶ 20 June 2012     North Africans may have been making yoghurt 7,000 years ago. Read More ▶             Gigapixel camera catches the smallest details ▶ 20 June 2012     One-billion-pixel snapshots offer researchers high-resolution view of dynamic processes. Read More ▶             Seven days: 15–21 June 2012 ▶ 20 June 2012     The week in science: US reclaims world's top supercomputer; Australia unveils plans for largest marine reserves; and China celebrates another space programme success. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Tobacco tax proponents concede defeat Live Q&A, 26 June: benefits and risks of mutant-flu research Fishing fleets grow but catch relatively less End of an era as Lonesome George passes away China's Jiaolong submersible plunges below 7,000 metres Hey girl! Science wants YOU – but don't forget the lipstick Israeli airline stops transporting research primates Cachoeirinha Part II: Success (and failure) with family planning in Brazil Korean scientists hit back at creationist textbook campaign Indian HPV vaccine trial should never have happened more...                           The Arab world has a rich history of scientific breakthroughs. 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