Nature China (Chinese site) Research Highlights, 6 March 2013

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06 March 2013


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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Autoimmune disease: Healthy and phosphorus
Protein phosphorylation is at play in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid
arthritis
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=10&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0

Molecular biology: Unravelling histone demethylation
Understanding the behaviour of enzymes during protein activation could
help create new medications to target serious diseases
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=3&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0


CLINICAL MEDICINE

Public health: Putting an end to EV71
A phase II clinical trial in China brings an enterovirus vaccine closer
to market
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=4&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0


EARTH & ENVIRONMENT

Geology: Where's the crust?
Missing crust at Marion Rise suggests a new mechanism for oceanic
ridge formation
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=5&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0


ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biogeography: Life after collision
The evolution of tree frogs helps pinpoint the time of collision
between Indian and Asia
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=6&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0


GENETICS

Imaging genetics: The long and short of depression
The long version of the serotonin-transporter gene is associated with
anxiety and depression in Asians
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=7&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0


MATERIALS

Biological engineering: By your powers combined
Multiple enzymes with complementary functions can be encapsulated in a
permeable shell to create an all-round 'super enzyme'
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=8&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0

Nanomaterials: Chemical peel
Molten hydroxide causes hexagonal boron nitride sheets to peel off and
curl up into nanoscrolls
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0

Porous materials: All dreams turned to 'smoke'
Researchers convert cheap bacterial cellulose into valuable carbon aerogels
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=11&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0


PHYSICS

Material physics: Superconducting silicon
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals a possible superconducting gap in
silicene
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=12&ms=NDExMDAyNjMS1&r=MzcwNDEzOTk1MjkS1&b=2&j=MTgwMDEyNzI0S0&mt=1&rt=0

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