http://www.nature.com/news/ Nature Publishing Group en Nature Publishing Group News at Nature Nature Publishing Group permissions@nature.com 1744-7933 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081127/full/news.2008.1263.html?s=news_rss UK charity's �1.5 billion strategy includes plans for 20 new research centres. Boost for work on deadliest forms of cancer 10.1038/news.2008.1263 Physiology and development Thu Nov 27 21:48:16 EST 2008 News at Nature Thu Nov 27 21:48:16 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081126/full/456441a.html?s=news_rss Argentina's government has pledged to reverse a decades-long scientific brain drain. Rex Dalton reports. Argentina: The come back 10.1038/456441a Physiology and development Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2008 News at Nature Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081124/full/news.2008.1252.html?s=news_rss The hair on a horse's head could predict whether it is left- or right-hoofed. A new twist for horse racing 10.1038/news.2008.1252 Physiology and development Mon Nov 24 17:03:24 EST 2008 News at Nature Mon Nov 24 17:03:24 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081119/full/456300a.html?s=news_rss You might think that once evolution has found one way to get something done, it will stick with it. But similar physical forms can hide radically different wiring, finds Tanguy Chouard. Darwin 200: Beneath the surface 10.1038/456300a Physiology and development Wed Nov 19 18:00:00 EST 2008 News at Nature Wed Nov 19 18:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081105/full/news.2008.1206.html?s=news_rss Scientists discover how microbes help the mouse gut to mature. Growing up under the guidance of bacteria 10.1038/news.2008.1206 Physiology and development Wed Nov 05 18:24:15 EST 2008 News at Nature Wed Nov 05 18:24:15 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081024/full/news.2008.1188.html?s=news_rss Mothers transfer the gift of music to the first eggs of their brood. Early bird gets the better song 10.1038/news.2008.1188 Physiology and development Fri Oct 24 17:23:28 EDT 2008 News at Nature Fri Oct 24 17:23:28 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081023/full/news.2008.1187.html?s=news_rss Without a little hydrogen sulphide to relax the muscles, blood pressure starts to rise. 'Bad egg' gas controls blood flow 10.1038/news.2008.1187 Physiology and development Thu Oct 23 17:05:26 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu Oct 23 17:05:26 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/4551023a.html?s=news_rss If you want to start an argument, ask the person who just said 'paradigm shift' what it really means. Or 'epigenetic'. Nature goes in search of the terms that get scientists most worked up. Language: Disputed definitions 10.1038/4551023a Physiology and development Wed Oct 22 17:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Oct 22 17:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081002/full/news.2008.1146.html?s=news_rss Bright blue eggs keep males keen on fatherhood. Female birds sacrifice health to create more colourful eggs 10.1038/news.2008.1146 Physiology and development Thu Oct 02 16:47:13 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu Oct 02 16:47:13 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081001/full/455571a.html?s=news_rss Australia criticized for issuing a patent for a method the Korean lied about using. Hwang work granted patent 10.1038/455571a Physiology and development Wed Oct 01 18:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Oct 01 18:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080928/full/news.2008.1134.html?s=news_rss From a bacterium, surprisingly. How the jellyfish got its sting 10.1038/news.2008.1134 Physiology and development Sun Sep 28 16:16:44 EDT 2008 News at Nature Sun Sep 28 16:16:44 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080925/full/news.2008.1132.html?s=news_rss Virus reprograms cells without disrupting genome. Cell 'rebooting' technique sidesteps risks 10.1038/news.2008.1132 Physiology and development Thu Sep 25 17:25:06 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu Sep 25 17:25:06 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080917/full/455269b.html?s=news_rss Kyoto University secures first award for induced pluripotent cells. Japan fast-tracks stem-cell patent 10.1038/455269b Physiology and development Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080910/full/news.2008.1092.html?s=news_rss Planting a new tree may be a less effective way to sequester carbon than saving an old tree from the axe. Old forests capture plenty of carbon 10.1038/news.2008.1092 Physiology and development Wed Sep 10 17:19:28 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Sep 10 17:19:28 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080903/full/455022a.html?s=news_rss Pioneering biologists are trying to use wiki-type web pages to manage and interpret data, reports Mitch Waldrop. But will the wider research community go along with the experiment? Big data: Wikiomics 10.1038/455022a Physiology and development Wed Sep 03 17:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Sep 03 17:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080808/full/news.2008.1022.html?s=news_rss Changes in shell structure are induced by the presence of predators. Snails transmute to guard against danger 10.1038/news.2008.1022 Physiology and development Fri Aug 08 15:01:56 EDT 2008 News at Nature Fri Aug 08 15:01:56 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080709/full/454154a.html?s=news_rss Does the difficulty in finding the genes responsible for mental illness reflect the complexity of the genetics or the poor definitions of psychiatric disorders? Alison Abbott reports. Psychiatric genetics: The brains of the family 10.1038/454154a Physiology and development Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080626/full/news.2008.915.html?s=news_rss Water snails crawl along under the water surface on ripples of slime. How to walk on water 10.1038/news.2008.915 Physiology and development Thu Jun 26 16:51:53 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu Jun 26 16:51:53 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080618/full/453965a.html?s=news_rss Out of the ovary 10.1038/453965a Physiology and development Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080618/full/453962a.html?s=news_rss United States in race to commercialize pluripotent stem cells. Japan ramps up patent effort to keep iPS lead 10.1038/453962a Physiology and development Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/includes/rj_globnavimages/news_logo.gif http://www.nature.com/news/