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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March 27, 2019
Antarctic project to drill for oldest-ever ice core
International team plans to extract 1.5-million-year-old ice that holds secrets about the planet’s ancient climate.
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March 27, 2019
Why the sexes don’t feel pain the same way
After decades of assuming that pain processing is equivalent in all sexes, scientists are finding that different biological pathways can produce an ‘ouch!’.
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March 15, 2019
Japan poised to allow ‘reprogrammed’ stem-cell therapy for damaged corneas
If approved, the treatment could restore vision.
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March 14, 2019
New York City climate-change plan proposes adding land to Manhattan
To protect the city from sea-level rise, Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes extending the southern part of the island into the river.
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March 14, 2019
Thousands of scientists are backing the kids striking for climate change
Students around the world are walking out of school to urge governments to do more about global warming.
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March 13, 2019
Nearly half of global childhood cancer cases go undiagnosed
Tens of thousands of cancers are missed each year, particularly in countries where children have poor access to health care.
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March 6, 2019
Molecular envoys pave the way for pancreatic cancer to invade the liver
Pancreatic cancer usually spreads to the liver. The identification of signals from cells adjacent to pancreatic tumours that boost liver colonization might suggest ways to block this deadly form of cancer invasion.
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February 27, 2019
Battling disease by giving mosquitoes an antimalarial drug
Insecticides that kill mosquitoes have helped to fight malaria, but insecticide resistance is rising. Treating mosquitoes with drugs that target the disease-causing parasite offers another way of tackling malaria.
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February 27, 2019
A newly discovered stem cell that keeps bones growing
Bone elongation requires the maintenance of a growth plate of cartilage. Two studies have now identified stem cells specific to this structure that give rise to both cartilage cells and bone-marrow stem cells.
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February 27, 2019
Night-vision ‘super-mice’ created using light-converting nanoparticles
The particles bind to photoreceptors in the eyes and convert infrared wavelengths to visible light.
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