Nature News highlights: 22 July 2014

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22 July 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               News Special: HIV workers on Flight MH17 ▶       Following the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in which all 298 passengers are presumed dead, the HIV-AIDS research and health-care community is reeling. The flight was carrying several delegates to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Among them was Dutch researcher Joep Lange, who spearheaded the development of antiretroviral therapy and efforts to bring treatments to the developing world. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Gene-hunt gain for mental health ▶ 21 July 2014     Flood of genetic locations linked to schizophrenia helps spark financial boost to research field. Read More ▶             Why galactic black hole fireworks were a flop ▶ 21 July 2014     Giant 'G2' cloud at centre of Milky Way could be falling in a continuous stream, without the spectacle astronomers were hoping for. Read More ▶             Fibre production drives deforestation in Indonesia ▶ 21 July 2014     Study debunks belief that palm-oil plantations are main culprit. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Spider gene study reveals tangled evolution ▶ 21 July 2014     Arachnid family tree suggests that many spider species evolved away from web-weaving. Read More ▶             Sandstone arches form under their own stress ▶ 20 July 2014     Downward pressure and erosion combine to create celebrated rock formations.  Read More ▶             Cancer treatment clears two Australian patients of HIV ▶ 18 July 2014     Patients' virus levels became undetectable after bone-marrow therapy with stem cells. Read More ▶             Scientist killed on MH17 brought HIV therapy to the poor ▶ 18 July 2014     Research community mourns Joep Lange, who was among the passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine. Read More ▶             HIV community reels from losses in MH17 plane tragedy ▶ 18 July 2014     HIV researcher Joep Lange among at least six delegates to AIDS conference who died in crash. Read More ▶             Fiendish wheat genome reveals grain's history ▶ 17 July 2014     Near-complete sequence of bread-wheat DNA accelerates breeding efforts. Read More ▶             Cutting down crop waste could feed 3 billion ▶ 17 July 2014     Localized farming reforms would bulk up food security. Read More ▶             Quantum bounce could make black holes explode ▶ 17 July 2014     If space-time is granular, it could reverse gravitational collapse and turn it into expansion. Read More ▶             Duck-shaped comet could make Rosetta landing more difficult ▶ 17 July 2014     Surprising irregularity could be the result of a merger. Read More ▶             Solar sail to hitch free ride on light breeze in 2016 ▶ 17 July 2014     LightSail 1 will launch from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to demonstrate propellant-free propulsion. Read More ▶             Many women scientists sexually harassed during fieldwork ▶ 16 July 2014     An expanded survey of abuse in the field points to the need for clearer policies. Read More ▶             Safety lapses in US government labs spark debate ▶ 16 July 2014     Head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pledges 'comprehensive, sweeping change' after incidents involving influenza and anthrax. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. 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