Nature News highlights: 28 July 2016

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28 July 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Collaboration Yields a Potential New Therapy for Usher Syndrome Usher III Initiative Research Consortium scientists have detailed an approach that enabled them to identify and characterize a novel small molecule against hearing loss associated with this disorder. Their findings may have farther reaching applications. Read the article in Nature Chemical Biology (free).         BioPharma Dealmakers  A supplement to Nature Biotechnology & Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Sign up to our NEW networking forum to connect with life sciences companies and partnering professionals looking for dealmaking opportunities.  Stay up to date on emerging therapeutic areas  Ask for advice from our editors and experts in the field SIGN UP NOW        • Latest News               The fiery birth of Earth's largest ocean exposed ▶ 27 July 2016     A volatile arrangement of tectonic plates millions of years ago gave us the Pacific. Read More ▶             The nose knows how to kill MRSA ▶ 27 July 2016     Bacteria from the human body produce an antibiotic that seems to kill resistant bacteria. Read More ▶             180,000 forgotten photos reveal the future of Greenland's ice ▶ 27 July 2016     To tell whether the island's glacial cap will melt away any time soon, researchers are poring over old pictures and drawings for clues to its past behaviour. Read More ▶               • More Stories               The week in science: 22–28 July 2016 ▶ 27 July 2016     Solar-powered plane completes round-the-world trip; 2016 on track to become hottest year; and Mexico tries to save endangered porpoise. Read More ▶             Planet hunters seek new ways to detect alien life ▶ 27 July 2016     Astrobiologists debate which chemical signatures would hint at life on other worlds. Read More ▶             Resilient British science will withstand Brexit ▶ 27 July 2016     UK scientists have had to fight to stay international before, and they must not stop now, says Ehsan Masood. Read More ▶             Chinese satellite is one giant step for the quantum internet ▶ 27 July 2016     Craft due to launch in August is first in a wave of planned quantum space experiments. Read More ▶             Philae comet lander goes quiet for good ▶ 26 July 2016     European Space Agency switches off radio communications with popular space probe. Read More ▶             The Milky Way's dark twin revealed ▶ 26 July 2016     An almost invisible galaxy weighs as much as our own. Read More ▶             Brexit looms large over EU climate agenda ▶ 26 July 2016     Britain's leave vote confuses EU emissions pledges. Read More ▶             Tapping genetics for better beer ▶ 26 July 2016     A Belgian lab aims to turn the brewing world on its head with new strains of yeast. Read More ▶             Trump vs Clinton: worlds apart on science ▶ 26 July 2016     Presidential candidates begin to make clear their stark differences on climate change, energy production and stem-cell research. Read More ▶             Europe's premier funding agency measures its impact ▶ 26 July 2016     European Research Council embarks on an unusual evaluation that could inspire others. Read More ▶             Brazil asks whether Zika acts alone to cause birth defects ▶ 25 July 2016     Puzzling distribution of cases suggests Zika is not the only factor in reported microcephaly surge. Read More ▶             Global rate of new HIV infections hasn't fallen in a decade ▶ 25 July 2016     Number has plateaued at around 2.5 million each year. Read More ▶                 New podcast with Eppendorf Award 2016 winner, Adrian Liston Nature is the partner for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. This year the prize was awarded to Adrian Liston for his groundbreaking work in elucidating key mechanisms by which the immune system avoids attacking its own organism while remaining effective against pathogens. 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