Nature News highlights: 6 August 2015

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06 August 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               EndoFectin™ Max Transfection Reagent Do you have difficulty transfecting your cells? Try EndoFectin™ Max — a new lipid-based transfection reagent. Superior transfection efficiency for a broad range of cell lines compared with Lipofectamine® 2000. Does not require removal of serum or culture medium, or washing or changing of medium after transfection. Low cytotoxicity. >> Request free sample         • Featured               Ebola: Did we learn? ▶       As the Ebola outbreak winds down, scientists and public health officials are looking closely at what it will take to finish the job and to prepare better for the next big crisis. The apparent success of a vaccine trial is a positive and instructive outcome. Future outbreaks would benefit from such nimble approaches to research. But many of the most important lessons come from failures in preparedness at the local and global level. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Non-magnetic metals turned into magnets ▶ 05 August 2015     Thin films of copper and manganese made to behave like iron, cobalt or nickel. Read More ▶             Train Africa's scientists in crisis response ▶ 05 August 2015     To prevent future epidemics, a new international effort must boost West Africa's scientific and public-health capacity, says Christian Bréchot. Read More ▶             How to beat the next Ebola ▶ 05 August 2015     The world is ill-prepared for the next epidemic or pandemic. But the horror of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa may drive change. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good ▶ 05 August 2015     Opinion piece that calls for bioethics to 'get out of the way' prompts self-reflection among ethicists. Read More ▶             The week in science: 31 July–6 August 2015 ▶ 05 August 2015     Protestors arrested in Hawaii; physicist accused of spying; chimpanzees are not legal persons. Read More ▶             Trailblazing cancer–physics project accused of losing ambition ▶ 05 August 2015     Physical oncologists complain that US National Cancer Institute programme has lost sight of its mission. Read More ▶             Crucial ocean-acidification models come up short ▶ 05 August 2015     Poorly designed studies leave future uncertain for sea dwellers. Read More ▶             Hawaiian telescope project sparks protests at astronomy meeting ▶ 04 August 2015     Demonstration over Thirty Meter Telescope comes after arrests near Mauna Kea construction site. Read More ▶             How Ebola-vaccine success could reshape clinical-trial policy ▶ 04 August 2015     Rapid result has implications for outbreak preparedness as well as West Africa's epidemic. Read More ▶             Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not) ▶ 04 August 2015     Rapid alteration of gene pools could fight disease – and harm ecosystems. Read More ▶             The slow-chemistry movement ▶ 04 August 2015     Slow, solid-state reactions used by lichens and Renaissance pigment-makers could help to make chemistry greener. Read More ▶             Four-legged snake fossil sparks legal investigation ▶ 04 August 2015     Brazilian authorities are looking into whether the specimen was exported illegally. Read More ▶             Physicists announce graphene's latest cousin: stanene ▶ 03 August 2015     First observation of 2D tin can't confirm whether material can conduct electricity without heat loss. Read More ▶             Obama orders stronger limits on power-plant emissions ▶ 03 August 2015     The White House's latest action on climate change will cut greenhouse-gas output from the US electricity sector. 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