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

06 March 2013
Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines. Each week, our editors select the best published research and provide a summary of the results. By organizing this research into a comprehensive, regularly updated, one-stop web portal, we hope to help you quickly reach the resources you need to study, and to keep you up-to-date with the most significant research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong..
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Autoimmune disease: Healthy and phosphorus Protein phosphorylation is at play in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis Molecular biology: Unravelling histone demethylation Understanding the behaviour of enzymes during protein activation could help create new medications to target serious diseases Public health: Putting an end to EV71 A phase II clinical trial in China brings an enterovirus vaccine closer to market Geology: Where's the crust? Missing crust at Marion Rise suggests a new mechanism for oceanic ridge formation Biogeography: Life after collision The evolution of tree frogs helps pinpoint the time of collision between Indian and Asia Imaging genetics: The long and short of depression The long version of the serotonin-transporter gene is associated with anxiety and depression in Asians 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' Nanomaterials: Chemical peel Molten hydroxide causes hexagonal boron nitride sheets to peel off and curl up into nanoscrolls Porous materials: All dreams turned to 'smoke' Researchers convert cheap bacterial cellulose into valuable carbon aerogels Material physics: Superconducting silicon Scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals a possible superconducting gap in silicene
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