Nature News highlights: 18 June 2015

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18 June 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Latest News               Podcast: Positive memories fight depression, a Mars-sized exoplanet and clever plants ▶ 18 June 2015     Nature's weekly audio round-up. Read More ▶             Activating happy memories cheers moody mice ▶ 17 June 2015     Findings could help researchers to target the neural mechanisms behind depression. Read More ▶             How gravity kills Schrödinger's cat ▶ 17 June 2015     Theorists argue that warped space-time prevents quantum superpositions of large-scale objects. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               French scientists welcome new research minister ▶ 17 June 2015     Seasoned politician Thierry Mandon appointed after three months with no one in the post. Read More ▶             The week in science: 12–18 June 2015 ▶ 17 June 2015     Neutrinos switch their flavours; biomedical research using chimps may be stymied in the US; and common Eurasian bird is in population freefall. Read More ▶             Rethink our approach to assessing risk ▶ 17 June 2015     The 'post-normal science' framework would make regulatory decisions about research in humans more effective, says Frederick Grinnell. Read More ▶             The super materials that could trump graphene ▶ 17 June 2015     A wave of innovative flat materials is following in the wake of graphene — but the most exciting applications could come from stacking them into 3D devices. Read More ▶             Anti-ageing pill pushed as bona fide drug ▶ 17 June 2015     Regulators asked to consider ageing a treatable condition. Read More ▶             Graphene booms in factories but lacks a killer app ▶ 17 June 2015     Although the wonder material is being made in record volume, commercial success is elusive. Read More ▶             Neutrinos found to switch to elusive 'tau' flavour ▶ 16 June 2015     Experiment that once claimed faster-than-light observation achieves its original goal. Read More ▶             'Reassuring' data show slowdown in South Korean MERS outbreak ▶ 16 June 2015     Public-health measures are proving effective in the fight against Middle East respiratory syndrome. Read More ▶             Mining the microbial dark matter ▶ 16 June 2015     Microbiologists are finding new ways to explore the vast universe of unknown microbes in the hunt for antibiotics. Read More ▶             US 'export rules' threaten research ▶ 16 June 2015     Proposed updates to national-security regulations would restrict collaboration with foreign scientists and industry. Read More ▶             Turkey election results delight scientists ▶ 16 June 2015     Researchers hope that a more pluralistic parliament will put an end to interference and slipping standards. Read More ▶             Revived Philae poised to do comet science ▶ 16 June 2015     Comet lander has enough power to do experiments but needs a better communications link. 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