Nature News - Archive

Biology and other science news items from Nature News, the popular science syndication arm of the premier international science publisher, the Nature Publishing Group. Nature News is an authoritative and accessible online roundup of what's new in science research.
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September 16, 2015
Africa braced for snakebite crisis
Health specialists warn that stocks of antivenom will run out in 2016.
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September 15, 2015
Director of US mental-health institute leaves for Google
Thomas Insel turned the institution's focus towards biological roots of psychiatric disorders.
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September 15, 2015
Worm's brain cells switched on with ultrasound
'Sonogenetics' technique might be used to non-invasively stimulate specific neurons in other animals.
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September 11, 2015
South African scientists trial humane shark deterrents
Orca-patterned wetsuits and shark-friendly nets among proliferation of research trials.
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September 11, 2015
Southern Ocean sucks up more carbon dioxide than was thought
Remote ocean has doubled its intake of the greenhouse gas since 2000, reversing an earlier decline.
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September 9, 2015
The revolution will not be crystallized: a new method sweeps through structural biology
Move over X-ray crystallography. Cryo-electron microscopy is kicking up a storm by revealing the hidden machinery of the cell.
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September 1, 2015
Intellectually disabled often get antipsychotics in absence of mental illness
UK study confirms widespread use of drugs to control disruptive and aggressive behaviour.
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September 1, 2015
Giant study poses DNA data-sharing dilemma
US Precision Medicine Initiative must decide how much data to release to participants.
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August 26, 2015
How cities can beat the heat
Rising temperatures are threatening urban areas, but efforts to cool them may not work as planned.
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August 25, 2015
Minnesota bog study turns up the heat on peat
Experiment boosts temperature and carbon dioxide to gauge global-warming response.
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