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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July 24, 2015
Rice researchers redress retraction
Team that retracted its own papers finally finds elusive trigger of plant immune response.
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July 24, 2015
Nitrogen glaciers flow on Pluto
New Horizons data also seem to reveal a hazy atmosphere growing colder and thinner.
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July 23, 2015
Brain area found that may make humans unique
Experiment compares the way monkey and human brains respond to abstract information.
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July 22, 2015
Simple cooking methods flush arsenic out of rice
Preparing rice in a coffee machine can halve levels of the naturally occurring substance.
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July 22, 2015
Antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s show glimmers of promise
After a string of failed trials, drugs that target protein build-up in the brain appear to slow disease progress.
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July 22, 2015
A cellular puzzle: The weird and wonderful architecture of RNA
Cells contain an ocean of twisting and turning RNA molecules. Now researchers are working out the structures — and how important they could be.
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July 22, 2015
UK shifts its space-science strategy
Research surrounding human spaceflight is booming.
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July 21, 2015
Vibrant Pluto stuns scientists
Mission seeking clues to early Solar System finds a world made anew.
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July 21, 2015
Quest for climate-proof farms
Climate change is a major threat to food production, so researchers are working with farmers to make agriculture more resilient.
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July 20, 2015
World Health Organization to recommend early treatment for everyone with HIV
Public-health experts convinced by weight of evidence from several large trials.
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