Thursday, January 21, 2016

Nature News highlights: 21 January 2016

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  Brain disorders across the lifespan

This supplement outlines the overarching and intersecting priorities for addressing causes, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, as well as best practices to promote global nervous-system health. Available free online.

Financial support for publication has been provided by the Fogarty International Center
 
 
 
 
  Infectious disease control and elimination

The Diagnostics Modelling Consortium was established in 2013 to facilitate the integration of diagnostic data into models of disease transmission dynamics. In this supplement, the Consortium and its partners report on the latest research outcomes across several major diseases.

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Financial support for publication has been provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
 
 
 
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2015 declared the hottest year on record

20 January 2016
 
 

Warming in the Pacific helps shatter past marks, and could bring even faster temperature rises. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

The week in science: 15–21 January 2016

20 January 2016
 
 

Ebola returns; a rocket falls; and a scientist becomes Taiwan's next vice-president. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

When chickens go wild

20 January 2016
 
 

The feral chickens of Kauai provide a unique opportunity to study what happens when domesticated animals escape and evolve. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sexual harassment must not be kept under wraps

20 January 2016
 
 

A female scientist who was harassed by a senior male colleague feels let down by the system that is supposed to protect her. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Monster El Niño probed by meteorologists

20 January 2016
 
 

Unprecedented Pacific Ocean campaign aims to improve forecasts for strong storms. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Evidence grows for giant planet on fringes of Solar System

20 January 2016
 
 

Gravitational signature hints at massive object that orbits the Sun every 20,000 years. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Unusual deal ensures Ebola vaccine supply

20 January 2016
 
 

Drugmaker commits to stockpiling 300,000 doses and beginning approval process. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Research gets increasingly international

19 January 2016
 
 

Big US report documents increases in international collaboration and Chinese science output. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Independent study tallies 'true catch' of global fishing

19 January 2016
 
 

Huge collaboration raises questions about official reporting. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Ecology's $434,000,000 test

19 January 2016
 
 

The United States has invested in a grand ecological observatory, but the project has been dogged by budget overruns and delays. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Scientists in the dark after French clinical trial proves fatal

18 January 2016
 
 

Knowledge about the drug's structure would help researchers understand what happened. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Turkish scientists rocked by accusations of supporting terrorism

18 January 2016
 
 

Peace petition leads to arrests and university investigations. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

Italian papers on genetically modified crops under investigation

18 January 2016
 
 

Work that describes harm from crops was cited in Italian Senate hearing. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

'Cave of forgotten dreams' may hold earliest painting of volcanic eruption

15 January 2016
 
 

France's iconic Chauvet cave holds mysterious spray-shaped imagery, made around the time when nearby volcanoes were spewing lava. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 

The science you showed us

15 January 2016
 
 

In hotels and at sea, from code to cartilaginous fish: a celebration of the responses to Nature's #ShowUsYourScience. Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Nature Index 2015 China

The 2015 Nature Index supplement dedicated to China reveals the country's output of high quality science continues to grow - a trend that shows no signs of slowing.

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  CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

This focus collection brings to the fore a number of Leukemia articles which highlight new developments in our understanding and management of persons with CML.

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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences (Microbiology)

 
 

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Assistant Professor - Molecular Microbiology or Immunology

 
 

University of Victoria 

 
 
 
 
 

Associate Dean, WSBS

 
 

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) 

 
 
 
 
 

Senior Nutritional Research Translator

 
 

Nestle Institute of Health Sciences 

 
 
 
 

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