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LHC set to halt for upgrades
Maintenance, improvement work and data analysis will keep scientists busy as collider’s planned closure begins.
Nature 494 16 doi: 10.1038/494016a
Air pollution delivers smaller babies
Study of 3 million infants suggests connection between inhaled particles and birth weight.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12358
Genes mix faster than stories
Folk tales' 'DNA' shows that people would sooner have sex with strangers than tell their fables.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12359
Researchers opt to limit uses of open-access publications
Advocates of open publishing fret that misunderstandings lead scientists to choose restrictive licenses.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12384
Campus girds for lean times
Plush San Francisco medical hub seeks to safeguard academic research.
Nature 494 19 doi: 10.1038/494019a
Climate adaptation: Survival of the flexible
Many tropical species never experience extreme heat or cold. That may doom them in a warming world.
Nature 494 22 doi: 10.1038/494022a
Scientists use 3-D printer to speed human embryonic stem cell research
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12381
NSF director to step down
Subra Suresh will leave US agency to head Carnegie Mellon University.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12382
Neanderthal remains point to earlier extinction
New dating suggests bones from Spanish sites are 10,000 years older than previously thought.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12355
New initiative throws open access to Arabic science education
New initiative to provide free, open access, high-quality education materials in Arabic, with a focus on science and technology.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12366
Researchers scare 'fearless' patients
Feelings of terror did not involve the brain's 'fear centre'.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12350
Gold-digging bacterium makes precious particles
Biochemical trick could aid in recovery of the metal from waste.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12352
Indian biotechologists protest against management practices
Senior scientists at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology have demanded their director's removal.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12354
Pigeon DNA proves Darwin right
Genome sequencing supports theory that all domestic breeds descend from wild rock dove.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12334
Breast cancer caught in the act of spreading
Characteristics of wandering tumour cells support a leading theory of metastasis.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12342
Diamond defects shrink MRI to the nanoscale
Technique could be sensitive enough to detect structure of a single protein.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12343
RNA fragments may yield rapid, accurate cancer diagnosis
A new method to noninvasively diagnose cancer and monitor its progression could eliminate the need for painful and sometimes life-threatening biopsies.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12344
Scottish science is ready to go it alone
Scientists in restless territories such as Scotland, Quebec and Catalonia should embrace change, Colin Macilwain suggests.
Nature 493 579 doi: 10.1038/493579a