Nature News highlights: 06 January 2015

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06 January 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               2014 in science — and a look ahead at 2015 ▶       2014 was a roller coaster ride for scientists. They celebrated the first mission to land on a comet — and mourned the devastation wrought by the Ebola virus. Here, Nature rounds up the discoveries, stories and people that mattered in science this year. A separate special issue previews what science will look like in 2015. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Greek science haunted by hydra of problems ▶ 06 January 2015     Leading researchers hang on despite austerity, but their Herculean efforts may not be enough. Read More ▶             Galaxy seen shuddering from ancient collision ▶ 05 January 2015     High-resolution portrait of Andromeda reveals patterns of star formation. Read More ▶             Scientists protest Romanian decree on PhD revocation ▶ 05 January 2015     Change to law allows people to relinquish their degrees without an investigation. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               End of cancer-genome project prompts rethink ▶ 05 January 2015     Geneticists debate whether focus should shift from sequencing genomes to analysing function. Read More ▶             Questions linger over stress-induced stem cells ▶ 31 December 2014     Investigation confirms STAP cells were contaminated, but mystery still surrounds original results. Read More ▶             China sees dip in research-grant misconduct ▶ 31 December 2014     The country's premier science-funding agency reports fewer offences than in previous years, but some say ethics problem is still 'rampant'. Read More ▶             New clues to where the Ebola epidemic started ▶ 31 December 2014     A Guinean child who played with bats residing in a hollow tree later became the first known victim in the West African outbreak. Read More ▶             Side effects vex anti-malaria push in Sierra Leone ▶ 30 December 2014     Mass drug distribution intended to reduce cases with Ebola-like symptoms. Read More ▶             What to expect in 2015 ▶ 30 December 2014     Nature looks at what the New Year holds for science. Read More ▶             Science in 2015 ▶ 30 December 2014     From Gradzilla to coffee consumption: the research enterprise quantified for the year to come. Read More ▶             The arXiv preprint server hits 1 million articles ▶ 29 December 2014     Website where scientists flock to upload manuscripts before peer review has doubled its holdings in six years. Read More ▶             NASA launches next-generation scientific balloon ▶ 29 December 2014     Super-pressure technology could keep γ-ray telescope aloft for 100 days or more around Antarctica. Read More ▶             The rising pressure of global water shortages ▶ 29 December 2014     Water is becoming more scarce as populations increase, potentially leading to conflict. The age of hydro-diplomacy is upon us, says Jan Eliasson. Read More ▶             Planet hunters plot course for habitable worlds ▶ 29 December 2014     Researchers aim to set aside differences in search for life on distant spheres. Read More ▶             Nicaragua defies canal protests ▶ 27 December 2014     Scientists call for independent environmental assessment. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Contamination created controversial 'acid-induced' stem cells US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men '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 more...                     • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Principal Investigator     Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute            Assistant / Associate / Full Teaching Professor     University of Missouri - Kansas City            Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities     The European Spallation Source (ESS)            Assistant / Associate / Professor in Nanjing Tech University     Nanjing Tech University            Assistant / Associate Professor     University of Vermont College of Medicine          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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