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Cold viruses thrive in frosty conditions

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 11:21am

Icy temperatures chill the immune response that thwarts the common cold.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13025

Antarctic neutrino observatory detects unexplained high-energy particles

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 11:21am

A preliminary analysis from the IceCube detector reveals more than two dozen neutrinos of unknown origin.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13026

Pregnancy test helped to bring frog-killing fungus to the US

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 10:21am

Imported African animals released into the wild spread chytridiomycosis.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13013

Scientists look to Saudi Arabia for coronavirus clues

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 10:21am

The country has had the most infections so far, but has released little information.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13000

South Africa's research spending slows down

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 9:21am

Funding drop may thwart ambitions to lead economic development in Africa.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13017

Google and NASA snap up quantum computer

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 7:21am

D-Wave machine to work on artificial-intelligence problems.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12999

Invasive ladybird has biological weapon

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 6:21am

The harlequin ladybird carries a parasite that causes it no harm but kills other native species.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13011

Shocks to the brain improve mathematical abilities

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:21pm

Benefits of electrical brain stimulation lasted months but critics point to study's small size as a weakness.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13012

Islamic nations are 'failing on R&D links and funding'

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:21pm

Lack of investment threatens science in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13014

Driving students into science is a fool’s errand

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 11:21am

If programmes to bolster STEM education are effective, they distort the labour market; if they aren’t, they’re a waste of money, argues Colin Macilwain.

Nature 497 289 doi: 10.1038/497289a

Seven days: 10–16 May 2013

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 11:21am

The week in science: Endangered ecosystems listed, GM patents protected, and wild poliovirus detected in Somalia.

Nature 497 292 doi: 10.1038/497292a

Human stem cells created by cloning

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 7:21am

Breakthrough sets up showdown with induced adult lines.

Nature 497 295 doi: 10.1038/497295a

Neanderthal culture: Old masters

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 4:21pm

The earliest known cave paintings fuel arguments about whether Neanderthals were the mental equals of modern humans.

Nature 497 302 doi: 10.1038/497302a

Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 3:21pm

Ecuador has successfully eradicated invasive pigs and goats from most of the Galapagos archipelago. Now it is taking on the rats.

Nature 497 306 doi: 10.1038/497306a

Australian budget spares research from further blow

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:21pm

But response from science advocates is lukewarm.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12993

Reservoir deep under Ontario holds billion-year-old water

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 12:21pm

Search is on for signs of microbial activity isolated in Earth's crust.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12995

Drug saves fertility in mice receiving chemotherapy

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 1:21pm

Compound protects ovaries from cancer drug ‘burnout’.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12996

Mechanical trouble imperils Kepler

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 12:21pm

NASA mission to find planets outside the Solar System grinds to a halt.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13009

Fossils indicate common ancestor for two primate groups

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 12:21pm

Find suggests Old World monkeys and apes diverged 25 million years ago.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12997

Magnetar found at giant black hole

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:21pm

Magnetized neutron star could test Einstein’s theory.

Nature 497 296 doi: 10.1038/497296a