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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October 3, 2016
Medicine Nobel for research on how cells 'eat themselves'
Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi recognized for work on autophagy.
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September 8, 2016
Ale genomics: how humans tamed beer yeast
Sequences of nearly 200 beer-making strains reveal evolution in action.
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September 8, 2016
DNA reveals that giraffes are four species — not one
Finding could alter conservation strategies for long-necked animals.
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September 7, 2016
Boom in unproven cell therapies intensifies regulatory debate
Controversial US guidelines attempt to rein in rogue stem-cell clinics.
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September 6, 2016
The new breed of cutting-edge catalysts
Advances in catalyst research could create a superhighway to clean energy sources and a more-sustainable chemical industry.
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August 23, 2016
Giant, deadly ice slide baffles researchers
Climate change could be to blame for Tibetan tragedy.
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August 22, 2016
Brain's chemical signals seen in real time
Imaging technique reveals dopamine surges as mice learn to associate a sound with pleasure.
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August 18, 2016
‘Radically rewritten’ bacterial genome unveiled
The altered Escherichia coli represent the most extensive reengineering yet of an organism’s genetic code.
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August 17, 2016
Mosquito guns and heavy fines: how Cuba kept Zika at bay for so long
It is one of the last Caribbean countries to get hit.
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August 17, 2016
Bottles, bags, ropes and toothbrushes: the struggle to track ocean plastics
Scientists know that there is a colossal amount of plastic in the oceans. But they don’t know where it all is, what it looks like or what damage it does.
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