Nature News highlights: 02 July 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     02 July 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Brazilian researchers seek photonic applications for graphene Project seeks to promote synthesis, characterization and utilization of the "wonder material of the 21st century" Masculinity and whiteness in the construction of the Brazilian Republic Sign up for FAPESP's free weekly newsletter to know the latest developments of Brazilian science         • Featured               Nature Special: The quantum atom ▶       One hundred years after Niels Bohr published his model of the atom, a special issue of Nature explores its legacy — and how much there is still to learn about atomic structure. This special includes articles on the history of Bohr's discovery; on the enigmatic nature of the electron; on the theoretical limits on atomic and nuclear size; and on how physicists are stretching, stripping and contorting atoms to new and bizarre limits. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               EU debates U-turn on biofuels policy ▶ 01 July 2013     Key vote could signal withdrawal of support from biodiesel. Read More ▶             New Zealand aims high with National Science Challenges ▶ 28 June 2013     Chief science adviser Peter Gluckman unpacks the country's ambitious cross-disciplinary research initiative. Read More ▶             Water flow tracks earthquake healing ▶ 27 June 2013     Rock permeability in the fault that unleashed China's 2008 quake shows that fractures mend quicker than was thought. Read More ▶               • More Stories               'Corkscrew' light could turbocharge the Internet ▶ 27 June 2013     Different-shaped beams could increase fibre-optic capacity, easing Internet congestion. Read More ▶             UK science budget stays frozen ▶ 26 June 2013     No more money for research, but a boost for spending on facilities and buildings. Read More ▶             Baseball players reveal how humans evolved to throw so well ▶ 26 June 2013     A catapult-like mechanism allows energy to be stored in shoulder and torso, a video study of pitchers reveals. Read More ▶             Gut microbes spur liver cancer in obese mice ▶ 26 June 2013     Intestinal bacteria of obese mice brew up carcinogens to trigger liver cancer. Read More ▶             First horses arose 4 million years ago ▶ 26 June 2013     The oldest full genome sequence, recovered from ancient horse bone, pushes back equine origins by 2 million years. Read More ▶             Floating tubes test sea-life sensitivity ▶ 26 June 2013     Ocean labs probe effects of ocean acidification on ecosystems. Read More ▶             Seven days: 21–27 June 2013 ▶ 26 June 2013     The week in science: Indonesian fires spew hazardous haze, Los Alamos scientist admits releasing classified nuclear data, and Fermilab names next leader. Read More ▶             Europe should rethink its stance on GM crops ▶ 26 June 2013     Second-generation crop genetic-modification techniques avoid some of the issues that previously provoked hostility, argues Brian Heap. Read More ▶             Medical research: Cell division ▶ 26 June 2013     In 1962, Leonard Hayflick created a cell strain from an aborted fetus. More than 50 years later, WI-38 remains a crucial, but controversial, source of cells. Read More ▶             Father's genetic quest pays off ▶ 26 June 2013     Mutation provides clue to daughter's undefined syndrome. Read More ▶             Horizon 2020 deal reached in Brussels ▶ 26 June 2013     Agreement thrashed out on EU research programme by MEPs and member states. Read More ▶             Bid to cure HIV ramps up ▶ 26 June 2013     Clinical trial will aim to replicate virus-expunging therapy that worked in US infant. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Russian Academy gets temporary reprieve Dutch psychology fraudster avoids trial Voyager 1 is going, going, but not quite gone from the Solar System 'Liberated' mice from Italian lab now housed in poor conditions NIH retires most research chimpanzees Panel supports hepatitis C screening for baby boomers Fermilab names Nigel Lockyer as new director US lawmakers seek deep cuts to NASA climate research New record: 66 journals banned for boosting impact factor with self-citations NIH funds effort to resurrect abandoned drugs for new uses more...                 • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Professor Computational Biotechnology     TU Graz, Austria            Project Manager     Structural Genomics Consortium at University of Toronto            Director Department of Hematology     karolinska university hospital            Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics     California State University, Fullerton            Full Professorship for Human Genetics     University of Gottingen Medical School          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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