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Human evolution: Old finger with modern traits

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Human evolution: Old finger with modern traits

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524391a

A 1.84-million-year-old finger bone from Tanzania is the oldest known hominin hand bone with human-like features.Ancient human relatives used stone tools 2 million to 3 million years ago, but had hands that were suited to living in trees. A team led by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo

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Atmospheric science: Carbon dioxide levels peak up high

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Atmospheric science: Carbon dioxide levels peak up high

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524391b

The carbon dioxide concentration in Earth's upper atmosphere is increasing at more than twice the average rate observed at the surface.Jia Yue of Hampton University in Virginia and his colleagues analysed CO2 measurements at different atmospheric heights and latitudes between 2002 and

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Medical microbiology: Lung pathogen evolves in isolation

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Medical microbiology: Lung pathogen evolves in isolation

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524391c

Bacteria that infect the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis evolve into different forms in various parts of the lungs.Pradeep Singh at the University of Washington in Seattle and his team dissected the infected lungs of ten people with the disease who were having

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Information technology: Suspended rods serve as bits

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Information technology: Suspended rods serve as bits

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524391d

Rod-shaped nanoparticles suspended in water can store the zeroes and ones of digital computing on the basis of the rods' physical location.Most digital memories are made of solid matter. But Madhavi Krishnan at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and her colleagues stored bits

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Astrophysics: Cosmic neutrinos abound

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Astrophysics: Cosmic neutrinos abound

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524391e

Super-high-energy neutrinos from outside the Milky Way pepper Earth from all directions.Neutrinos are created in the Universe's most violent environments and travel through it almost unimpeded, providing a way to study distant astronomical objects. A team at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South

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The week in science: 21–27 August 2015

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

The week in science: 21–27 August 2015

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/524392a

Endangered bird mix-up, methane emission restrictions, and ice lab drifts home

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Biohackers gear up for genome editing

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Biohackers gear up for genome editing

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/524398a

Author: Heidi Ledford

Amateurs are ready and able to try the CRISPR technique for rewriting genes.

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How cities can beat the heat

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

How cities can beat the heat

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/524402a

Author: Hannah Hoag

Rising temperatures are threatening urban areas, but efforts to cool them may not work as planned.

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Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524409a

Authors: Amir AghaKouchak, David Feldman, Martin Hoerling, Travis Huxman & Jay Lund

California's current extreme drought must be a lesson for managing water in a warmer, more densely populated world, say Amir AghaKouchak and colleagues.

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History of science: The crucible of change

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

History of science: The crucible of change

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524412a

Author: Philip Ball

Philip Ball gets to grips with a revolutionary history of the scientific revolution.

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Digital privacy: Subverting surveillance

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Digital privacy: Subverting surveillance

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524413a

Author: Anthony King

Anthony King tours a playful exhibition that probes covert data collection and tracking.

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Science fiction: Cosmology boot camp

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Science fiction: Cosmology boot camp

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524414a

Author: John Gilbey

John Gilbey goes on the road in the US far west to refine the science in his fiction.

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Food production: Cut food waste to help feed world

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Food production: Cut food waste to help feed world

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415a

Author: Don Gunasekera

Climate-proofing farms to help feed the world's expanding population needs to be complemented by global measures to cut food losses and waste (see Nature523, 396–397;10.1038/523396a2015).Roughly one-third of the food produced annually for human consumption — around

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Neuroanatomy: Forgotten findings of brain lymphatics

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Neuroanatomy: Forgotten findings of brain lymphatics

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415b

Authors: Éva Mezey & Miklós Palkovits

Antoine Louveau and colleagues describe lymphatic vessels in the central nervous system (Nature523, 337–341;10.1038/nature144322015), suggesting that “the unique location of these vessels may have impeded their discovery to date”. However, these findings are not without precedent.

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Europe: Lifelong learning for all in biomedicine

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Europe: Lifelong learning for all in biomedicine

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415c

Authors: Cath Brooksbank & Claire Johnson

Cross-disciplinary and team-based modern research is overwhelming established mechanisms for maintaining professional competency. This calls for a change to personnel training that is not limited to professors (see C. E.Leiserson and C.McVinneyNature523, 279–281;10.1038/523279a2015).

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History: Physicist's death changed war policy

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

History: Physicist's death changed war policy

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415d

Author: Min-Liang Wong

Just over 100 years ago, on 10 August, the 27-year-old British physicist Henry Moseley was killed in the First World War at the battle of Gallipoli. His work on the X-ray spectra of atoms had already explained the basis of Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table of

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Offsets: Conservation served by flexibility

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Offsets: Conservation served by flexibility

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415e

Authors: Jared J. Hardner, Raymond E. Gullison & Porter P. Lowry II

The debate over whether national protected areas are eligible for biodiversity-offset funding should factor in the different challenges and contexts for countries seeking to conserve their biodiversity (see M.Maronet al. Nature523, 401–403;10.1038/523401a2015).Offsets that

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Yoichiro Nambu (1921–2015)

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Yoichiro Nambu (1921–2015)

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524416a

Author: Michael S. Turner

Visionary theorist who shaped modern particle physics.

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Know your network

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Know your network

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nj7566-507a

Author: Peter Fiske

Seek and cultivate professional relationships to advance your career, says Peter Fiske.

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Trade talk: Impact assessor

Nature - Tue, 08/25/2015 - 23:00

Trade talk: Impact assessor

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nj7566-508a

Author: Monya Baker

Arie Meir describes his route from a PhD in biophysics to a leadership position assessing projects for the philanthropic arm of Google.

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