Nature News highlights: 01 October 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     01 October 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Brazilian drug shows good results against sickle cell anemia  A hybrid molecule offers the benefits of thalidomide and hydroxyurea without showing the toxic effects of the original drugs. Scientists in Brazil develop an artificial implantable heart  Sign up for FAPESP's free weekly newsletter with the latest developments of Brazilian science         • Featured               Outlook for Earth: Nature special issue on the IPCC ▶       In a special issue, Nature explores the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A graphic and a video show how climate science has evolved over the IPCC's 25-year history. A feature examines the latest research on rising sea levels and another profiles Ottmar Edenhofer, a leader of the IPCC's upcoming report on mitigation. In a Comment piece, Elliot Diringer proposes that individual actions by nations to tackle the causes of climate change can set the stage for international action. And K. John Holmes looks at the history of large-scale environmental assessments. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Grafted ovaries lead to successful pregnancy ▶ 30 September 2013     Healthy baby born after ovarian tissue removed, stimulated and reinserted. Read More ▶             Rapid evolution behind Shigella's rise ▶ 30 September 2013     Researchers track a series of genetic mutations that gave one species of bacterium a competitive edge. Read More ▶             Budget partially restores Spain's science funding ▶ 30 September 2013     Government allocates first increase in five years but not enough to revert recent cuts. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Rewired nerves control robotic leg ▶ 30 September 2013     Video shows man walking and kicking a football with direct signals from brain. Read More ▶             Curved space-time on a chip ▶ 29 September 2013     Photonic device simulates gravitational lensing predicted by Einstein's general relativity. Read More ▶             How to see quantum gravity in Big Bang traces ▶ 27 September 2013     Gravitons could be detectable in the cosmic microwave background. Read More ▶             Why reducing emissions may not be enough ▶ 27 September 2013     Geoengineering expert Tim Kruger encourages research on ways to take carbon out of the atmosphere. Read More ▶             IPCC: Despite hiatus, climate change here to stay ▶ 27 September 2013     Global warming will be irreversible for centuries, latest report warns. Read More ▶             Hormone disruptors rise from the dead ▶ 26 September 2013     Broken-down pollutants reform in the dark, casting doubt on environmental risk assessments. Read More ▶             NASA rover gets curious about Martian dirt ▶ 26 September 2013     Curiosity finds water, but no definitively extraterrestrial carbon compounds. Read More ▶             'Pan-cancer' study unearths tumours' genetic trademarks ▶ 26 September 2013     Analyses reveal cancer-associated genomic changes that can occur in many types of tumour. Read More ▶             Science safeguarded in French budget ▶ 26 September 2013     Small drop in national research funding but other programmes untouched.  Read More ▶             Biological clocks defy circadian rhythms ▶ 26 September 2013     Two marine animals have tidal and monthly timekeepers that work independently of daily cycle. Read More ▶             United States extends life of helium reserve ▶ 25 September 2013     Congress moves to head off shortages, but US researchers still face ballooning prices. Read More ▶             New measure shifts biodiversity focus ▶ 25 September 2013     Some temperate waters rival tropical reefs in new analysis. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Australia may scale back on marine protection Threat of US government shutdown looms Researcher posts protected Science Curiosity papers on blog Court upholds need for export permits for risky flu research $80m anti-poaching initiative unveiled MacArthur Foundation awards 2013 'genius grants' Nobel prize guessing game begins Deadly Pakistan quake may have unleashed a mud volcano Iranian student awarded human-rights prize while in prison $500 million cancer pledge comes with a catch more...                   nature.com webcasts   Macmillan Science Communication presents a custom webcast: Investigation of chromosomal microarray analysis as the successor to prenatal karyotyping   October 8th 8am PDT/11am EDT/4pm BST/5pm CEST   Register for free    Sponsored by: Agilent           Nature Communications is ranked #3 in the Multidisciplinary Sciences with an Impact Factor of 10.015* Your research. Our reach. 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