Nature News highlights: 03 September 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     03 September 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Research opportunities in Brazil  Conferences with FAPESP representatives at the Naturejobs Career Expo 2013, in London, will showcase opportunities in different fields Brazil to begin clinical trials for an oral vaccine against hepatitis B  Sign up for FAPESP's free weekly newsletter with the latest developments of Brazilian science         • Featured               HeLa cell line genome data published ▶       Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), has brokered a deal with the family of Henrietta Lacks to publish genome data from the HeLa cell line. The cell line has contributed to the development of a polio vaccine, the discovery of human telo­merase and countless other advances but were used without Lacks' knowledge or permission. An earlier paper caused a bioethical storm. Collins discuss how the NIH worked with the Lacks family in a Q&A with Nature, and reveals more details of the agreement in a Comment piece with Kathy L. Hudson. A editorial calls for researchers to work more closely with donors in future. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Evidence found for planet-cooling asteroid ▶ 02 September 2013     Clue to impact in Quebec fuels debate about cause of one of Earth's big freezes. Read More ▶             How soot killed the Little Ice Age ▶ 02 September 2013     Industrial revolution kicked off Alpine glacier retreat fifty years before warming began. Read More ▶             Moon mission to suck up lunar dust ▶ 02 September 2013     Orbiter will analyse Moon's atmosphere and help to solve mystery of glowing horizons. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Last-minute reprieve for Canada's research lakes ▶ 02 September 2013     Government strikes temporary deal with independent institute to keep freshwater experimental site open. Read More ▶             Genomes reveal roots of TB drug resistance ▶ 01 September 2013     Tuberculosis strains evolve by gradually acquiring subtle mutations. Read More ▶             Common nutrient keeps flies sharp into old age ▶ 01 September 2013     Polyamines reverse age-related memory decline. Read More ▶             Crop pests advancing with global warming ▶ 01 September 2013     Fungi and insects migrate towards the poles at up to 7 kilometres per year. Read More ▶             Popular plant database set to charge users ▶ 31 August 2013     Loss of grant support leaves resource with no other option. Read More ▶             Is it too late to determine which chemical weapons were used in Syria? ▶ 29 August 2013     Probably not, but it's better to act sooner than later. Read More ▶             Fukushima leaks 18 times worse than first thought ▶ 29 August 2013     New revelations from stricken plant's operator add to claims that it cannot cope with clean-up operation. Read More ▶             Flu vaccine backfires in pigs ▶ 28 August 2013     Antibodies against one strain increase risk of infection with another. Read More ▶             Stem cells mimic human brain ▶ 28 August 2013     'Mini-brains' help researchers to study neurological diseases in living human tissue. Read More ▶             Tropical ocean key to global warming 'hiatus'  ▶ 28 August 2013     Surface cooling in equatorial Pacific drives decade-long pause in global temperature rise. Read More ▶             Overpumping threatens to deplete US high plains groundwater ▶ 28 August 2013     The former dust bowl's lone water source could run dry without a change in agricultural practices. Read More ▶             Seven days: 23–29 August 2013 ▶ 28 August 2013     The week in science: Concerns grow over radioactive leak at Fukushima, NASA revives asteroid-seeking spacecraft, and Amgen takes over Onyx in US$10-billion buyout. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Two scientists to join Italian senate Taiwan court set to decide on libel case against scientist Differences on display on US informed consent rules Pitch-drop custodian dies without witnessing a drop fall EU insecticide ban triggers legal action Virus pinpointed in US dolphin die-off Swedes claim confirmation of element 115 Magnetic bubbles may mean Voyager 1 has left the Solar System EU escalates 'herring war' with Faroe Islands Indian court halts projects in wake of calamitous monsoon more...                   LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Nature and Scientific American collaborate to probe the revolution underway in education and discuss what it means for learning, teaching and research. 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