Bacterial persister cells tackled
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Chronic infections can be hard to treat because slow-growing bacteria known as persister cells are usually unharmed by antibiotics. The identification of molecules that target such cells might provide a solution. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Julian G. Hurdle Aditi Deshpande Tags: News & Views Source Type: research
50 & 100 years ago
50 & 100 years ago
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03910-1
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Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Tags: News & Views Source Type: research
Two-pore channels open up
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-02783-8
Author: Sandip Patel
Two-pore channels span the membranes of acidic organelles inside cells. A structural and functional analysis reveals secrets about how these channels open to allow ions to pass across the membrane. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Sandip Patel Tags: News & Views Source Type: research
Novel electronic states seen in graphene
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-02660-4
Author: Eugene J. Mele
A simple system made from two sheets of graphene has been converted from an insulator to a superconductor. The finding holds promise for opening up studies of an unconventional form of superconductivity. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Eugene J. Mele Tags: News & Views Source Type: research
Forests in flux as climate varies
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How do changes in climate affect forest ecosystems? A study of temperate forests in the United States has assessed alterations in biomass and tree-species composition across a 20-year period of climate variability. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Sebastiaan Luyssaert J. Hans C. Cornelissen Tags: News & Views Source Type: research
G ünter Blobel (1936–2018)
Günter Blobel (1936–2018)
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03849-3
Author: Sanford Simon
Biologist who decoded how proteins are sorted in cells. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Sanford Simon Tags: Obituary Source Type: research
Swansong of Hans Rosling, data visionary
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03921-y
Author: Jim O’Neill
Jim O’Neill hails the last book by a statistician who recast progress in health and development. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Jim O ’Neill Tags: Books and Arts Source Type: research
Reward food companies for improving nutrition
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-03918-7
Author: Lawrence Haddad
Governments must provide incentives for businesses to fix the global food system, not just punish them for acting irresponsibly, argues Lawrence Haddad. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Lawrence Haddad Tags: Comment Source Type: research
Beguiling dark-matter signal persists 20 years on
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03991-y
Author: Davide Castelvecchi
Physicists at experiment in Italy continue to see a data fluctuation that they say represents dark matter — but the mystery deepens. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Davide Castelvecchi Tags: News Source Type: research
Cancer researchers push to relax rules for clinical trials
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03355-6
Author: Heidi Ledford
US government examines whether criteria for participating in drug studies unnecessarily exclude some people. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Heidi Ledford Tags: News Source Type: research
NASA reveals major delay for $8-billion Hubble successor
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03863-5
Author: Alexandra Witze
Setback for James Webb Space Telescope could have broader effects on agency’s astrophysics programme. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Alexandra Witze Tags: News Source Type: research
Use our personal data for the common good
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-03912-z
Author: Hetan Shah
Technology giants should take lessons from the Human Genome Project and be data stewards, not data owners, says Hetan Shah. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Hetan Shah Tags: Column Source Type: research
Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental health
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/d41586-018-04023-5
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An outpouring on Twitter highlights the acute pressures on young scientists. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Erratum: Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/nature26163
Author: Zeqing Ma, Dali Guo, Xingliang Xu, Mingzhen Lu, Richard D. Bardgett, David M. Eissenstat, M. Luke McCormack & Lars O. Hedin
Nature555, 94–97 (2018); doi:10.1038/nature25783In this Letter, owing to an error during the production process, only author L.O.H. was listed as a corresponding author, instead of both D.G. (guodl@igsnrr.ac.cn) and L.O.H. (lhedin@princeton.edu). This has been corrected online. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Zeqing Ma Dali Guo Xingliang Xu Mingzhen Lu Richard D. Bardgett David M. Eissenstat M. Luke McCormack Lars O. Hedin Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Erratum: Asparagine bioavailability governs metastasis in a model of breast cancer
Nature 556, 7699 (2018). doi:10.1038/nature26162
Author: Simon R. V. Knott, Elvin Wagenblast, Showkhin Khan, Sun Y. Kim, Mar Soto, Michel Wagner, Marc-Olivier Turgeon, Lisa Fish, Nicolas Erard, Annika L. Gable, Ashley R. Maceli, Steffen Dickopf, Evangelia K. Papachristou, Clive S. D’Santos, Lisa A. Carey, John E. Wilkinson, J. Chuck Harrell, Charles M. Perou, Hani Goodarzi, George Poulogiannis & Gregory J. Hannon
Nature554, 378–381 (2018); doi:10.1038/nature25465In this Letter, several errors were inadvertently introduced during the production process. In Fig. 3d, the blue bars should be...
Source: Nature - April 4, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Simon R. V. Knott Elvin Wagenblast Showkhin Khan Sun Y. Kim Mar Soto Michel Wagner Marc-Olivier Turgeon Lisa Fish Nicolas Erard Annika L. Gable Ashley R. Maceli Steffen Dickopf Evangelia K. Papachristou Clive S. D ’Santos Lisa A. Carey John E. Wilkinson Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
