Nature Middle East update: 19 November 2015

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Nature Middle East update 19 November 2015 In this issue Latest news and features Latest research Editor's blog Our picks Stay connected: sponsor Latest news & features News: Decoding the date palm Gene sequencing unveils the secrets and history of date palms. Feature: Kiss of Life: Muslim world taskforce wants to save science universities Founder of the Muslim World Science Initiative Athar Osama talks about its big plans to revitalize the Muslim world’s ailing science universities. News: Reforming science in Muslim countries A report calls for reform in Muslim-world universities, but is there a roadmap? News: Jordan ‘hub’ hopes to use stem cells to cure the incurable A University of Jordan cell therapy centre promises to succeed where traditional medicine has failed, thanks to stem cell research. Latest reseach Better resolution with novel digital X-ray detector in Applied physical sciences , Chemistry , Medical research , Physics Pre-historic humans harvested honeybee products too in Ecology and evolution Snapshot of interacting gas atoms on metal-organic crystals in Applied physical sciences , Chemistry Continuous harvest of stem cells is now possible in Genetics , Medical research Editor’s blog - House of Wisdom World Diabetes Day: The silent killer endures A vast ancient river is buried beneath the Sahara Our picks Get free access to some premium content of relevance to you published in journals and portals across the Nature Publishing Group. Note - free access is only available through the Nature Middle East Our picks page. A robust SNP barcode for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains. Coll, F. et al. Nature Communications You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at:www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact our registration department For print subscription enquiries, please contact our subscription department For other enquiries, please contact our feedback department Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th Floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group | Chiyoda Bldg, 2-37 Ichigayatamachi | Shinjuku | Tokyo 162-0843 | Japan Nature Publishing Group's worldwide offices: London - Paris - Munich - New Delhi - Tokyo - Melbourne San Diego - San Francisco - Washington - New York - Boston Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2015 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.