Nature News highlights: 19 March 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     19 March 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                       Nature Neuroscience FOCUS ON MEMORY Nature Neuroscience presents a special Focus that discusses some of the most exciting recent developments and emerging ideas in our understanding of the neurobiology of learning and memory. Read this Focus online: www.nature.com/neuro/focus/memory               • Featured               Nature special issue: Women in science ▶       Science remains institutionally sexist. This special issue of Nature takes a hard look at the gender gap and at what is being done to close it. Three feature articles describe how women in science are still paid less than men, they are kept out of biotech companies' boardrooms, and they face challenges when starting a family while pursuing an academic career. Four comment piece raise issues ranging from subtle biases in men's favour to the disadvantages of gender quotas. Read More ▶                           We know you're busy, so let the research come to you Scientific Reports is an open access journal that publishes research across all areas of the natural sciences. New papers are published daily. Stay updated with our latest content. Choose to receive a weekly round-up of all content published in the last seven days or monthly subject specific alerts. Sign up today.               • Latest News               Distinctive virus behind mystery horse disease ▶ 18 March 2013     Origin of Theiler's hepatitis was a century-old puzzle. Read More ▶             Flashing fish brains filmed in action ▶ 18 March 2013     Fast imaging in larval zebrafish produces first neuron-level vertebrate brain-activity map. Read More ▶             Swallows may be evolving to dodge traffic ▶ 18 March 2013     Road-kill numbers crash as birds shorten their wings to become more agile. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Exquisite bird fossils reveal egg-producing ovary ▶ 17 March 2013     Early avians lost one of two ovaries to take flight. Read More ▶             Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant ▶ 17 March 2013     Pressure changes cause precious metal to deposit each time the crust moves. Read More ▶             Obama to announce $2 billion plan to get US cars off gasoline ▶ 15 March 2013     Hopes bolstered for a cleaner-energy future. Read More ▶             Most popular human cell in science gets sequenced ▶ 15 March 2013     The HeLa cell genome is riddled with errors, raising questions about its continued use. Read More ▶             Life found deep under the sea ▶ 14 March 2013     Oceanic-crust microbes survive on hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Read More ▶             Early birds flew on four wings ▶ 14 March 2013     Two-winged flight followed emergence of avian ancestors.  Read More ▶             Wildlife trade meeting endorses DNA testing of seized ivory ▶ 14 March 2013     Protection for elephants, rhinos, sharks and trees extended in Bangkok. Read More ▶             Blood test tracks cancer ▶ 13 March 2013     Monitoring tumour DNA shows promise for following progress of disease. Read More ▶             Painkillers mobilize blood stem cells ▶ 13 March 2013     Aspirin-related drugs suggest a way towards more effective stem-cell transplants. Read More ▶             Receptor for new coronavirus found ▶ 13 March 2013     Virus might have many animal reservoirs. Read More ▶             Super-dense celestial bodies could be a new kind of planet ▶ 13 March 2013     Space telescope's discoveries may be the remains of wandering ice giants. Read More ▶             Seven days: 8–14 March 2013 ▶ 13 March 2013     The week in science: Life found in Antarctica's largest subglacial lake; Higgs still a standard boson; and trade protections agreed for endangered sharks. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. U.S. Bioethicists recommend more tests before child anthrax vaccine trials Fight for clinical data 'needs to go global' GSK absorbs controversial 'longevity' company Drug-resistant bacteria and lack of new antibiotics pose 'catastrophic threat' Italian seismologists appeal L'Aquila ruling India fails to deliver on promises to boost science budget Global call for coordinated fight against cancer Former Bell Labs head abandons bid to become South Korea's science minister Blaze leaves Naples science museum in ashes Obama nominates Moniz for energy, McCarthy for EPA more...                           Published research in BJC makes the BBC news Differences in cancer awareness and beliefs between Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): do they contribute to differences in cancer survival? 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