Nature News highlights: 10 February 2015

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10 February 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                     Avoid accidental plagiarism with this free white paper by an AJE editor & PhD.   Make sure you're citing correctly and thoroughly. Avoid common pitfalls (and the resulting embarrassment when a journal notices). Download "In Your Own Words: Best Practices for Avoiding Plagiarism." AJE© provides publication services and resources for researchers. A division of Research Square©.         • Latest News               Hubble successor will struggle to hunt alien life ▶ 09 February 2015     Exoplanet researchers will vie with astrophysicists for access to James Webb Space Telescope, which is not optimized for studying Earth-like worlds. Read More ▶             Spotlights flip the switch on an evolutionary arms race ▶ 06 February 2015     When lights go on, moths drop their guard against predatory bats. Read More ▶             Tapeworms battle it out to control shared host ▶ 06 February 2015     When two parasites want different things, only one can triumph. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Ice ages made Earth's ocean crust thicker ▶ 05 February 2015     Signatures of climate cycles spotted in hillocks on the sea floor. Read More ▶             US government abandons carbon-capture demonstration ▶ 04 February 2015     FutureGen project would have retrofitted a coal-fired power plant to collect and bury carbon emissions. Read More ▶             Blended structure makes steel light yet sturdy ▶ 04 February 2015     Material bests titanium alloy for strength and ductility. Read More ▶             Protein tweak boosts plants' drought tolerance ▶ 04 February 2015     Creative technique is a welcome step in the face of warming climates and water shortages. Read More ▶             Seven days: 30 January–5 February 2015 ▶ 04 February 2015     The week in science: US nuclear-waste plan technically sound, China opens its first top-level biosecurity lab, teams scoop prizes for progress en route to the Moon. Read More ▶             Trail of dust and gravitational waves tracked in arXiv papers ▶ 04 February 2015     Manuscripts posted to preprint website tell a tale of increasing scepticism. Read More ▶             Autonomous vehicles: No drivers required ▶ 04 February 2015     Automation is one of the hottest topics in transportation research and could yield completely driverless cars in less than a decade. Read More ▶             Comet scientists abandon Philae flyby ▶ 03 February 2015     Rosetta comet orbiter will continue with its planned course which rules out making a special trip to find Philae lander. Read More ▶             Scientists cheer vote to allow three-person embryos ▶ 03 February 2015     British decision could be a watershed to approving mitochondrial replacement technique in other countries. Read More ▶             Saudi university backs slow road to modernization ▶ 03 February 2015     Researchers at top science institute say education will have more effect than vocal opposition. Read More ▶             Major biodiversity initiative needs support ▶ 03 February 2015     An effort aimed at protecting ecosystems, modelled on the agency battling climate change, will need protecting from powerful enemies, warns Ehsan Masood. Read More ▶             Neuroscience: The brain, interrupted ▶ 03 February 2015     Babies are increasingly surviving premature birth — but researchers are only beginning to understand the lasting consequences for their mental development. 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 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...                     Nature Collections Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. 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