Nature News highlights: 12 November 2015

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12 November 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Nature Reviews Neuroscience FREE POSTER - Cell-reprogramming technology and neuroscience This Poster illustrates the principles through which cell-reprogramming technology can be used to generate distinct types of neural cells and outlines the most promising applications of these cells in neuroscientific research. Produced with support from STEMCELL Technologies           Nature Medicine FOCUS ON INFLAMMATORY DISEASE  This series of Reviews highlights new data that point toward the influence of environmental factors and addresses recent advances in our knowledge of the cell types and signaling pathways involved in inflammatory disease onset and progression. Produced with support from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson         • Latest News               Early farmers minded their own beeswax ▶ 11 November 2015     Chemical traces of honeybee products discovered on Neolithic pottery from Europe to the Middle East. Read More ▶             How to judge scientists' strengths ▶ 11 November 2015     Institute director's struggle with hundreds of applications triggers online discussion of assessment of researchers. Read More ▶             The week in science: 6–12 November ▶ 11 November 2015     Canadian scientists unmuzzled; Manhattan project national park; Google heart-disease boost. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Science and sexism: In the eye of the Twitterstorm ▶ 11 November 2015     Social media is shaking up how scientists talk about gender issues. Read More ▶             Uncertainty for UK science ahead of giant spending review ▶ 11 November 2015     A flat budget is one of several possible outcomes that worry researchers. Read More ▶             China must act decisively to eradicate the ivory trade ▶ 11 November 2015     The continued existence of large stockpiles of legal raw ivory in the country is hampering China's promises to save the elephant, says Li Zhang. Read More ▶             Google offers jackpot to one research group ▶ 10 November 2015     Company matches American Heart Association for a $50-million grant to a single coronary-artery-disease project. Read More ▶             Astronomers spy most distant Solar System object ever ▶ 10 November 2015     Newfound world could belong to rare group of distant dwellers far beyond Pluto. Read More ▶             New life for pig-to-human transplants ▶ 10 November 2015     Gene-editing technologies have breathed life into the languishing field of xenotransplantation. Read More ▶             New meningitis strains could thrive following vaccine success ▶ 10 November 2015     Outbreaks of meningitis A have all but vanished from sub-Saharan Africa, but health officials worry that the bacteria could return. Read More ▶             European Commission names seven researchers as its top science advisers ▶ 10 November 2015     High-level panel includes outgoing head of CERN, Europe's particle-physics laboratory. Read More ▶             Psychologists' betting market hints at most reliable research findings ▶ 09 November 2015     Markets beat opinion polls in predicting which studies will be replicated successfully. Read More ▶             Icy volcanoes may dot Pluto's surface ▶ 09 November 2015     New Horizons mission spots a pair of mountains with deep pits at their centres. Read More ▶             Arecibo Observatory director quits after funding row ▶ 09 November 2015     Departure of long-term advocate adds to woes of the financially troubled radio telescope. Read More ▶             Mega science prize split between 1,377 physicists ▶ 08 November 2015     Multimillion-dollar Breakthrough awards announce winners in physics, life sciences and mathematics. Read More ▶                 Focus on Telomeres In this special Focus on Telomeres, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology explores how the length of chromosome ends is regulated to limit cell proliferation, and how this mechanism is compromised in human disease or is circumvented by tumor cells, thus permitting unregulated cell growth. Access the Focus free online for six months.  Produced with support from Geron Corporation and Janssen Oncology.           Social Media Guide for Authors Nearly 50% of researchers engage in scientific discussion on Twitter* Learn how to make your research part of the conversation. *Source: Nature, Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network (doi:10.1038/512126a)         • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Group Leader in Neuroscience     Université de Bordeaux            Professor or Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Experimental Geochemistry / Mineral Physics     ETH Zurich - The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich            Department of Microbiology Research Assistant Professor     Chinese University of Hong Kong            Independent Research Fellows     The University of Manchester            Dean – College of Natural Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa     University of Hawaii at Manoa          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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