Nature News highlights: 16 December 2014

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16 December 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               Ebola outbreak ▶       Ebola is ravaging West Africa in the most severe outbreak since the virus was discovered in 1976. Nature reporter Erika Check Hayden is in Sierra Leone tracking the epidemic, and sharing what she's seeing in regular diary entries. As researchers and health workers battle to contain the epidemic and treat those exposed, Nature brings you ongoing coverage of the crisis and the latest research on Ebola. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               First trials of blood-based Ebola therapy kick off ▶ 15 December 2014     Trials of 'convalescent' plasma have begun in Liberia, and plasma and blood studies in Guinea and Sierra Leone will follow. Read More ▶             Lima talks map out path to climate treaty ▶ 14 December 2014     But much remains undecided over goal of reaching international agreement next year in Paris. Read More ▶             US budget deal gives small increases to research ▶ 13 December 2014     US President Obama expected to sign legislation that also includes $5.4 billion for Ebola fight. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Superconductivity record breaks under pressure ▶ 12 December 2014     Everyday compound reported to conduct electricity without resistance at a record-high temperature, outstripping more exotic materials. Read More ▶             NIH ends longitudinal children's study ▶ 12 December 2014     Budget and management problems sink plan to follow 100,000 children from birth to adulthood. Read More ▶             Cloud monitor to hitch a ride on the space station ▶ 12 December 2014     NASA instrument will gather data to improve and refine climate models. Read More ▶             Major cloud-seeding test gives mixed results ▶ 11 December 2014     Rigorous evaluation suggests technique produces more snow — under certain conditions. Read More ▶             Flock of geneticists redraws bird family tree ▶ 11 December 2014     Birds get fresh perches in revamped tree of life built by vast collaboration. Read More ▶             Fate of ocean plastic remains a mystery ▶ 10 December 2014     Surveys find less marine microplastic than expected. Read More ▶             Biodiversity: Life ­– a status report ▶ 10 December 2014     Species are disappearing quickly — but researchers are struggling to assess how bad the problem is. Read More ▶             Stem cells: The black box of reprogramming ▶ 10 December 2014     Scientists have been reprogramming adult cells into embryonic ones for decades — but they are only now getting to grips with the mechanics. Read More ▶             Seven days: 5–11 December 2014 ▶ 10 December 2014     The week in science: NASA's Orion flight soars; James Watson's Nobel medal nabs US$4.1 million; and India becomes full partner in Thirty Meter Telescope Read More ▶             Assess the real cost of research assessment ▶ 10 December 2014     The Research Excellence Framework keeps UK science sharp, but the process is overly burdensome for institutions, says Peter M. Atkinson. Read More ▶             Immune cells boost cancer survival from months to years ▶ 10 December 2014     Firms embrace costly immunotherapy to fight intractable leukaemias and lymphomas. Read More ▶             Tsunami alerts fail to bridge the 'last mile' ▶ 10 December 2014     Ten years after the devastating Sumatra earthquake, warnings for the Indian Ocean go out, but often do not reach the people most at risk. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. 'Tis the season… Gates Foundation announces world's strongest policy on open access research Energy outlook sees continuing dominance of fossil fuels Private rocket explodes on launch to space station WHO plans for millions of doses of Ebola vaccine by 2015 US research ethics agency upholds decision on informed consent Western Australia abandons shark cull Fundamental overhaul of China's competitive funding AstraZeneca neither confirms nor denies that it will ditch antibiotics research More than half of 2007-2012 research articles now free to read more...                 Nature Outlook Melanoma Melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — is on the rise in many parts of the world. But new treatments, and efforts to tell people how to prevent it, could mean we will soon gain the upper hand on the disease. Access the Outlook free online for six months. 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