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- 1From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedAuthor Affiliations: Ecologists in New Zealand feared the worst when they first found the Argentine ant -- one of the world's most invasive species -- in the country in 1990. But their fears were overblown: by 2011,...
- 2From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedChemical bonds add strength to faults Earthquakes are the result of unstable slip at faults, a function of the frictional properties of the rock surfaces that are in contact at the fault. Contacts between rock surfaces...
- 3From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedEurope's largest economy is boosting research on alternative energy sources and generating job opportunities. Author(s): Quirin Schiermeier 1 , Katrin Kohnert 2 Author Affiliations: (1) Quirin Schiermeier is...
- 4From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedChris Loss savours a wide-ranging exploration of flavour that takes in evolution and physiology -- and suggests it could be key to a healthier future. Author(s): Chris Loss 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Chris Loss...
- 5From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedCancer cells ignore oxygen availability, opting for less efficient, anaerobic ways of generating energy. The wisdom behind this choice seems to be in preventing the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, and so...
- 6From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedAuthor Affiliations: A strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli has been genetically engineered to break down switchgrass into sugars, and then convert those sugars into three types of biofuel. This consolidated...
- 7From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedUniversity establishes science posts despite austerity measures. Author Affiliations: Despite austerity measures across Britain, the University of Manchester is creating more than 30 science faculty posts as part...
- 8From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedTheoretical chemist, poet and playwright Roald Hoffmann won a Nobel prize in 1981 for his work on how molecules change as they react. As the International Year of Chemistry comes to a close and he releases two books,...
- 9From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedThe 2009 pandemic arrived suddenly and lethally, exposing our plans to reality. Are we now better prepared? Author(s): Laura Vargas Parada 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Laura Vargas Parada is a freelance science...
- 10From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Colin Tudge 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Oxford, UK Steven Pinker argues that humans have been short of rationality throughout most of history, and suggests we may now be putting that right ( Nature...
- 11From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Herb Brody 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Supplements Editor, Nature Outlook., A midst the series of tragic events that was the first half of the twentieth century, the 1918 influenza pandemic stands out...
- 12From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedA simple and mild strategy for the direct trifluoromethylation of unactivated arenes and heteroarenes that acts via a radical-mediated mechanism and uses commercial photocatalysts. Light-induced trifluoromethylation...
- 13From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Xavier Bosch 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain In the United States, the Office of Research Integrity and the National Science...
- 14From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedInfluenza mutates fast and spreads easily, earning a place among humanity's biggest killers. Author(s): Duncan Graham-Rowe 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Duncan Graham-Rowe is a science writer in Brighton, UK.,...
- 15From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedMurine epidermal stem cells undergo alternate cycles of dormancy and activation, fuelling tissue renewal. However, only a subset of stem cells becomes active during each round of morphogenesis, indicating that stem...
- 16From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedMaking hybrid nanophotonics smaller The advance of modern technology is still driven largely by miniaturization, with optical devices now following electronics in the race towards single-molecule functionality. The...
- 17From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedAuthor Affiliations: The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet Basic Books 240 pp. $24.95 (2012) Planet hunters have been busy bagging their...
- 18From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedArising from C. J. Phiel, C. A. Wilson, V. M.-Y. Lee & P. S. Klein 10.1038/nature01640 A major unresolved issue in Alzheimer's disease is identifying the mechanisms that regulate proteolytic processing of amyloid...
- 19From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedThere are bigger things in the Universe than our earthly worries. Much bigger. Author Affiliations: People have always looked to the heavens for inspiration and distraction from everyday life. Some see their...
- 20From: Nature. (Vol. 480, Issue 7376) Peer-ReviewedThere is something to be said for letting go of the mantle of expert, argues Peter Fiske. Author(s): Peter Fiske 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Peter Fiske is chief executive of PAX Water Technologies in Richmond,...