Nature News highlights: 1 April 2014

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01 April 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • Featured               Nature Special: Waves from the Big Bang ▶       The discovery of gravitational waves from the Big Bang — if confirmed — opens a new chapter in astronomy, cosmology and physics. Nature News has comprehensive coverage of the ‘B-modes’, including an exclusive video; an interview with John Kovac, the leading discoverer; our FAQ on gravitational waves; a round-up of experts' reactions; and much more. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Archaeageddon: how gas-belching microbes could have caused mass extinction ▶ 31 March 2014     Study suggests gene transfer led to sudden release of methane 252 million years ago, killing most life on Earth. Read More ▶             Cosmology: Polar star ▶ 31 March 2014     After years of work in the Antarctic, John Kovac and his team have captured strong evidence for a long-held theory about the Universe’s birth. Read More ▶             UK open-access movement sways towards low-cost repositories ▶ 31 March 2014     Higher-education funders encourage academics to archive copies of papers online Read More ▶                     • More Stories               ‘Electronic skin' equipped with memory ▶ 30 March 2014     Wearable sensor stores and transmits motion data and delivers drugs. Read More ▶             Images of the Month: March 2014 ▶ 28 March 2014     Pictures from the world of science, selected by Nature’s art team. Read More ▶             First synthetic yeast chromosome revealed ▶ 27 March 2014     US-based project recruited dozens of undergraduates to stitch DNA fragments together. Read More ▶             Mismatch alleged in acid-bath stem-cell experiment ▶ 27 March 2014     Cell lines linked to blockbuster papers came from different mouse strain to that claimed, study suggests. Read More ▶             Mutations explain poor showing of 2012 flu vaccine ▶ 27 March 2014     Study raises questions over production of flu vaccines in chicken eggs. Read More ▶             Salamander shrinkage linked to climate change ▶ 26 March 2014     Hotter, drier weather causes the amphibians to burn energy faster, researchers suggest. Read More ▶             Misleading mouse studies waste medical resources ▶ 26 March 2014     Retrospective of more than 100 failed drugs show many should have never made it to clinical trials. Read More ▶             Asteroids can have rings, too ▶ 26 March 2014     Chariklo is the first body after the giant planets found to have a ring system. Read More ▶             Prehistoric 'weird shrimps' traded claws for nets ▶ 26 March 2014     Cambrian fossil is earliest example of large swimming filter-feeder. Read More ▶             Dwarf planet stretches Solar System's edge ▶ 26 March 2014     Icy body found far beyond Pluto raises questions about cosmic history. Read More ▶             UK faces physics ‘catastrophe’ without funding increase ▶ 26 March 2014     Report to funding council warns UK could lose leading international position. Read More ▶             Seven days: 21–27 March 2014 ▶ 26 March 2014     The week in science: Ebola kills dozens in Guinea, the top quark become more precise, and Japan hands over nuclear material. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. New cholesterol drugs make strides in clinical trials UN climate change report marks risks of a warm future Science is no excuse for Japan’s Antarctic whaling, court rules WHO doubles estimates of air pollution’s health toll WMO: “No standstill in global warming” UK funders get tough on privacy breaches UK budget sees boosts for data science, graphene and cell therapy The new dilemma of online peer review: too many places to post? 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