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- 1From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedFive years ago, a decadal survey of the United States' space-based environmental-monitoring programme by the National Research Council (NRC) found that its satellite system was "at risk of collapse". In a 2 May study,...
- 2From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedCrack propagation in materials is rarely welcome. But carefully engineered cracks produced during the deposition of a film on silicon can be used to efficiently create pre-designed patterns of nanometre-scale channels....
- 3From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedCrack formation drives material failure and is often regarded as a process to be avoided (1-3). However, closer examination of cracking phenomena has revealed exquisitely intricate patterns such as spirals (4),...
- 4From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedSonar International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art Anhembi Parque, Sao Paolo, Brazil. 11-12 May 2012. Media designer Scott Snibbe creates software apps and interactive science-museum installations,...
- 5From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedThe News Feature 'Date with history' (Nature 485, 27-29; 2012) incorrectly located the University of Waikato in Wellington instead of Hamilton....
- 6From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedThe US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management released a draft on 4 May of rules that would require companies to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking', which involves...
- 7From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedPlant scientists at Rothamsted Research, a complex of buildings and fields in Hertfordshire, UK, that prides itself on being the longest-running agricultural research station in the world, have spent years preparing for...
- 8From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedBruce Alberts will depart his post as editor-in-chief of the journal Science by March 2013, said its publisher, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC, on 3 May. Alberts (pictured) is...
- 9From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedDecoding post-transcriptional regulatory programs in RNA is a critical step towards the larger goal of developing predictive dynamical models of cellular behaviour. Despite recent efforts (1-3), the vast landscape of...
- 10From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedA chip on which cells flow through tiny channels can be used to measure the size and deformability of individual cells at a rate of 2,000 per second--several orders of magnitude faster than existing methods. The chip...
- 11From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedUS pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories will pay US$1.6 billion in connection with its illegal marketing of an anti-seizure drug, Depakote (divalproex sodium). The company, which is headquartered in Abbott Park,...
- 12From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedThe use of adult-tissue stem cells to treat gastrointestinal diseases holds much promise. A method for in vitro growth of gut stem cells and their use in repairing damaged intestines in mice has been described...
- 13From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedThe Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as Told Through Equations Dana Mackenzie PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS 224 pp. $27.95 (2012) Mathematician and writer Dana Mackenzie brings to life 24 of the great...
- 14From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedThe world's largest particle accelerator is roaring along at an unprecedented pace, delivering torrents of data to its physicist handlers. But the hundreds of millions of collisions happening inside the machine every...
- 15From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedWhen a star wanders too close to a giant black hole, it can be pulled apart by the black hole's tidal force. One such event offers insight into the properties of both the black hole and the star. Astronomers have...
- 16From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedDNA-duplication errors that upped the number of copies of a gene may have catalysed the evolution of complex brains in early humans. The gene SRGAP2 is expressed during development of the brain's neocortex--a region...
- 17From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-Reviewed14-15 MAY The US National Institutes of Health hosts a summit to discuss the latest research on Alzheimer's disease, in Bethesda, Maryland.go.nature.com/eo9nyp 14-15 MAY In Washington DC, the US National Science...
- 18From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedHigh blood pressure can damage heart muscle cells and their mitochondrial organelles. DNA from degraded mitochondria has been shown to trigger inflammation leading to heart failure. Heart failure is caused by...
- 19From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedThe Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters Mark Henderson BANTAM 336 pp. 18.99 [pounds sterling] (2012) A geek revolution is upon us, asserts journalist Mark Henderson. Media stars such as physicist Brian Cox have...
- 20From: Nature. (Vol. 485, Issue 7397) Peer-ReviewedYield differences between organic and conventional farming systems are a topic of intensive debate, and numerous studies have compared crop yields. Yet few studies have synthesized this information on a global scale. In...