Nature News highlights: 02 April 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     02 April 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • Featured               Nature special issue: Women in science ▶       Science remains institutionally sexist. This special issue of Nature takes a hard look at the gender gap and at what is being done to close it. Three feature articles describe how women in science are still paid less than men, they are kept out of biotech companies' boardrooms, and they face challenges when starting a family while pursuing an academic career. Four comment piece raise issues ranging from subtle biases in men's favour to the disadvantages of gender quotas. Read More ▶                           Subscribe to Nature this Spring for only $60/£60/EUR60 Nature brings you the finest peer-reviewed research in all scientific disciplines, not to mention an enticing round up of news, features and commentaries by global experts. Join our expanding community of scientific leaders and subscribe today!               • Latest News               Indian court rejects Novartis patent ▶ 01 April 2013     Denied claim to cancer drug Gleevec upholds access to cheaper generic medicines. Read More ▶             DNA study links indigenous Brazilians to Polynesians ▶ 01 April 2013     Sequences shared by far-away populations stir up a Palaeoamerican mystery. Read More ▶             Global warming expands Antarctic sea ice  ▶ 31 March 2013     In a polar paradox, melting land ice helps sea ice to grow.  Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Assessing the value of health treatment ▶ 29 March 2013     Michael Rawlins, outgoing chair of the UK National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, reflects on value-based pricing of medicines. Read More ▶             Synthetic vaccine could prevent future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease ▶ 28 March 2013     Technique could be extended to human viruses and help with eradication of polio. Read More ▶             Fungi and roots store a surprisingly large share of the world's carbon ▶ 28 March 2013     Symbiotic organisms that envelope tree roots may play a bigger role in carbon cycle than decomposing leaves. Read More ▶             Taking the crystals out of X-ray crystallography ▶ 28 March 2013     Tiny molecular sponges can hold small molecules in position for imaging. Read More ▶             HeLa publication brews bioethical storm ▶ 27 March 2013     Genome of controversial cell line no longer public, but another sequence is in the works. Read More ▶             Scientists map protein that creates antibiotic resistance ▶ 27 March 2013     Molecule changes shape to help organisms kick drugs out of cells.  Read More ▶             Publishing frontiers: The library reboot ▶ 27 March 2013     As scientific publishing moves to embrace open data, libraries and researchers are trying to keep up. Read More ▶             Open access: The true cost of science publishing ▶ 27 March 2013     Cheap open-access journals raise questions about the value publishers add for their money. Read More ▶             The future of publishing: A new page ▶ 27 March 2013     A special issue of Nature looks at the transformation taking place in scientific publishing. Read More ▶             Sham journals scam authors ▶ 27 March 2013     Con artists are stealing the identities of real journals to cheat scientists out of publishing fees. Read More ▶             Gut-microbe swap helps mice shed weight ▶ 27 March 2013     Bacteria transplant provides some of the benefits of gastric bypass surgery without the surgery. Read More ▶             Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing ▶ 27 March 2013     The explosion in open-access publishing has fuelled the rise of questionable operators. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. 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