Nature News highlights: 3 February 2015

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03 February 2015       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. 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               Obama budget seeks big boost for science ▶ 02 February 2015     White House plan would increase research and development funding but faces rough road in Congress. Read More ▶             Gravitational-wave hunt enters next phase ▶ 02 February 2015     The landmark BICEP2 result has turned to dust, but the search for primordial cosmic ripples continues. Read More ▶             Graphene's cousin silicene makes transistor debut ▶ 02 February 2015     Creation of electronic device using atom-thin silicon sheets could boost work on other flat materials. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Electric algae, capsized icebergs and cosmic pillars ▶ 02 February 2015     January's sharpest science shots, as chosen by Nature's art team. Read More ▶             Gravitational waves discovery now officially dead ▶ 30 January 2015     Combined data from South Pole experiment BICEP2 and Planck probe point to Galactic dust as confounding signal. Read More ▶             Obama to seek $215 million for precision-medicine plan ▶ 30 January 2015     Details emerge as White House prepares to release budget request to Congress. Read More ▶             Analysis of trial data revives flu-drug row ▶ 29 January 2015     What are the benefits of Tamiflu, and why is it so controversial? Read More ▶             Safety review for Yucca Mountain site released ▶ 29 January 2015     Five years since US abandoned nuclear waste repository, technical analysis is complete. Read More ▶             People identified through credit-card use alone ▶ 29 January 2015     Analysis suggests that making data anonymous is not enough to protect consumers. Read More ▶             Survey finds US public still supports science ▶ 29 January 2015     Researchers question meaning of an apparent opinion gap between scientists and the public. Read More ▶             German police raid animal-research lab ▶ 29 January 2015     Documents seized from Max Planck Institute in Tübingen. Read More ▶             Mystery childhood paralysis stumps researchers ▶ 28 January 2015     Pathogen related to polio and common cold could be the cause — but little is known for sure. Read More ▶             NIH defends monkey experiments ▶ 28 January 2015     Director Francis Collins says the agency has changed how it conducts controversial studies, but argues the work is necessary. Read More ▶             'Gutsy' university chief to take on China's pollution ▶ 28 January 2015     Tsinghua's Chen Jining is slated to become environmental protection minister as China steps up efforts to clean up its air, water and soil. Read More ▶             Neanderthals gain human neighbour ▶ 28 January 2015     Cranium discovery shows that Homo sapiens was living in Middle East 55,000 years ago. 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 Reviews Clinical Oncology  FREE POSTER: Breast cancer intrinsic subtypes   This special Poster highlights recent achievements and development of our genetic understanding of the intrinsic subtypes of molecular breast cancer subtypes.     Produced with support from: NanoString® Technologies, Inc          • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Assistant / Associate / Full Professor as Director of Surgical Pathology     University of Florida            Research Lab Director     Children's Hospital of Philadelphia            Leader for Translational Research Group     Karolinska Institutet (KI)            Lecturer / Associate Professor (Reader) / Professor in Research in Cancer Immunology     Plymouth University            Section Chief, Genetic Medicine     University of Chicago          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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