Geoengineer polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise
Wolovick
Stalling the fastest flows of ice into the oceans would buy us a few centuries to deal with climate change and protect coasts, argue John C. Moore and colleagues. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: John C. Moore Rupert Gladstone Thomas Zwinger Michael Wolovick Tags: Comment Source Type: research
What lava lamps and vinaigrette can teach us about cell biology
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03070-2
Author: Elie Dolgin
Like oil in water, the contents of cells can segregate into droplets. It’s called phase separation, and biologists are seeing it everywhere. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Elie Dolgin Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Russian science chases escape from mediocrity
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-02872-8
Author: Quirin Schiermeier
With Vladimir Putin set to earn another presidential term, researchers wonder whether his government will reverse decades of decline. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Quirin Schiermeier Tags: News Source Type: research
Police probe of Brazilian marijuana researcher sparks protests
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-02842-0
Author: Claudio Angelo
Researchers are concerned about potential restrictions to academic freedom. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Claudio Angelo Tags: News Source Type: research
Drilling project probes New Zealand ’s risk of killer quakes
Drilling project probes New Zealand’s risk of killer quakes
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-02640-8
Author: Alexandra Witze
Major expedition will investigate enigmatic sea-floor fault zone. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Alexandra Witze Tags: News Source Type: research
MIT launches multimillion-dollar collaboration to develop fusion energy
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-02966-3
Author: Jeff Tollefson
With corporate participation, researchers seek to build a pilot fusion energy plant within 15 years. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Jeff Tollefson Tags: News Source Type: research
AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-02641-7
Author: Amy Maxmen
Blockchain could let people offer health records for research — without losing control over them. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Amy Maxmen Tags: News Source Type: research
Huge panda park, cancer test and elephant trophies
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03069-9
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The week in science: 9–15 March 2018. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Seven Days Source Type: research
Ocean sensors can track progress on climate goals
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03068-w
Author: Joellen Russell
Uncertainties around carbon emissions will make climate agreements tough to enforce. The answer floats in the seas, says Joellen Russell. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Joellen Russell Tags: Column Source Type: research
Everyone needs a data-management plan
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03065-z
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They sound dull, but data-management plans are essential, and funders must explain why. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
How Putin can restore Russian research
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03066-y
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The sleeping bear of Russian science could finally wake — and China can show it how. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
AI diagnostics need attention
Nature 555, 7696 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03067-x
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Computer algorithms to detect disease show great promise, but they must be developed and applied with care. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - March 15, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing
p; Thomas Voets
Acute pain represents a crucial alarm signal to protect us from injury. Whereas the nociceptive neurons that convey pain signals were described more than a century ago, the molecular sensors that detect noxious thermal or mechanical insults have yet to be fully identified. Here we show that acute noxious heat sensing in mice depends on a triad of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels: TRPM3, TRPV1, and TRPA1. We found that robust somatosensory heat responsiveness at the cellular and behavioural levels is observed only if at least one of these TRP channels is functional. However, combined gene...
Source: Nature - March 14, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Ine Vandewauw Katrien De Clercq Marie Mulier Katharina Held Silvia Pinto Nele Van Ranst Andrei Segal Thierry Voet Rudi Vennekens Katharina Zimmermann Joris Vriens Thomas Voets Tags: Letter Source Type: research
The cis-regulatory dynamics of embryonic development at single-cell resolution
en E. M. Furlong
Understanding how gene regulatory networks control the progressive restriction of cell fates is a long-standing challenge. Recent advances in measuring gene expression in single cells are providing new insights into lineage commitment. However, the regulatory events underlying these changes remain unclear. Here we investigate the dynamics of chromatin regulatory landscapes during embryogenesis at single-cell resolution. Using single-cell combinatorial indexing assay for transposase accessible chromatin with sequencing (sci-ATAC-seq), we profiled chromatin accessibility in over 20,000 single nuclei fro...
Source: Nature - March 14, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Darren A. Cusanovich James P. Reddington David A. Garfield Riza M. Daza Delasa Aghamirzaie Raquel Marco-Ferreres Hannah A. Pliner Lena Christiansen Xiaojie Qiu Frank J. Steemers Cole Trapnell Jay Shendure Eileen E. M. Furlong Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Carbonate-sensitive phytotransferrin controls high-affinity iron uptake in diatoms
rew E. Allen
In vast areas of the ocean, the scarcity of iron controls the growth and productivity of phytoplankton. Although most dissolved iron in the marine environment is complexed with organic molecules, picomolar amounts of labile inorganic iron species (labile iron) are maintained within the euphotic zone and serve as an important source of iron for eukaryotic phytoplankton and particularly for diatoms. Genome-enabled studies of labile iron utilization by diatoms have previously revealed novel iron-responsive transcripts, including the ferric iron-concentrating protein ISIP2A, but the mechanism behind the acqui...
Source: Nature - March 14, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Jeffrey B. McQuaid Adam B. Kustka Miroslav Oborn ík Ale š Horák John P. McCrow Bogumil J. Karas Hong Zheng Theodor Kindeberg Andreas J. Andersson Katherine A. Barbeau Andrew E. Allen Tags: Letter Source Type: research
