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What makes teams tick
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00What makes teams tick
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07525-w
Author: Kara L. Hall
Kara L. Hall examines a study of current research on scientific collaboration.
Categories: Literature
Books in brief
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Books in brief
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07526-9
Author: Barbara Kiser
Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.
Categories: Literature
Trophy hunting: Science on its own can’t dictate policy
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Trophy hunting: Science on its own can’t dictate policy
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07553-6
Author: Chris Darimont
Categories: Literature
Research papers: Lifetime word limits would unleash woe
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Research papers: Lifetime word limits would unleash woe
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07558-1
Author: Robert Gooding-Townsend
Categories: Literature
Landmark contributions: Credit pioneer in plate tectonics
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Landmark contributions: Credit pioneer in plate tectonics
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07559-0
Authors: William Kidd & Kevin Burke
Categories: Literature
Clinical records: Thirty years of Dutch embryo selection
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Clinical records: Thirty years of Dutch embryo selection
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07560-7
Author: Joep Geraedts
Categories: Literature
Gilbert Stork (1921–2017)
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Gilbert Stork (1921–2017)
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07527-8
Author: Paul A. Wender
Chemist who revolutionized molecular synthesis.
Categories: Literature
Energy transitions
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Energy transitions
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07507-y
Author: Michelle Grayson
On a global scale, reducing fossil-fuel dependence is more than just a technological challenge.
Categories: Literature
Power through the ages
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Power through the ages
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07506-z
Author: Stephanie Pain
From elbow grease to electricity, horsepower to hydropower, energy has played a crucial part in shaping society.
Categories: Literature
Energize the people to effect policy change
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Energize the people to effect policy change
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07508-x
Authors: Craig Morris & Arne Jungjohann
Community power projects in Denmark and Germany have inspired politicians worldwide but have failed to translate to other countries. Sometimes the first step is to let people say no.
Categories: Literature
Make low-carbon energy an integral part of the knowledge economy
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Make low-carbon energy an integral part of the knowledge economy
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07509-w
Author: Roger Fouquet
A close relationship would help to drive a faster, more secure transition away from fossil fuels, says Roger Fouquet.
Categories: Literature
How social scientists can help to shape climate policy
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00How social scientists can help to shape climate policy
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07418-y
Author: Michael Eisenstein
Developing strategies to ensure that the ‘needs of the few’ do not outweigh those of the rest.
Categories: Literature
The real cost of energy
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00The real cost of energy
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07510-3
Author: Erica Gies
All energy production has environmental and societal effects. But calculating them — and pricing energy accordingly — is no easy task.
Categories: Literature
The next step on the energy ladder
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00The next step on the energy ladder
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07390-7
Author: Lucas Laursen
Hybrid solar-diesel minigrids in Bangladesh are changing the lives of people in remote rural areas.
Categories: Literature
The complex web behind the siting of power plants
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00The complex web behind the siting of power plants
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07511-2
Author: Peter Fairley
Politics, vested interests, historical dependencies and even mythology can trump the most logical and efficient power-grid plan.
Categories: Literature
Powers of observation
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Powers of observation
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07512-1
Author: Beth Cato
How to be a scientist.
Categories: Literature
Contactless health-care sensing
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 08:00Contactless health-care sensing
Nature 551, 7682 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07434-y
Authors: Leena Ukkonen & Lauri Sydänheimo
A system for monitoring a person’s vital signs — such as their blood pressure and heart rate — offers many advantages over currently used technologies, including enhanced sensing capabilities, comfort and convenience.
Categories: Literature
Enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis reduces amyloid-β proteotoxicity
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 01:00Enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis reduces amyloid-β proteotoxicity
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/nature25143
Authors: Vincenzo Sorrentino, Mario Romani, Laurent Mouchiroud, John S. Beck, Hongbo Zhang, Davide D’Amico, Norman Moullan, Francesca Potenza, Adrien W. Schmid, Solène Rietsch, Scott E. Counts & Johan Auwerx
Alzheimer’s disease is a common and devastating disease characterized by aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide. However, we know relatively little about the underlying molecular mechanisms or how to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Here we provide bioinformatic and experimental evidence of a conserved mitochondrial stress
Categories: Literature
Alcohol-abuse drug disulfiram targets cancer via p97 segregase adaptor NPL4
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 01:00Alcohol-abuse drug disulfiram targets cancer via p97 segregase adaptor NPL4
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/nature25016
Authors: Zdenek Skrott, Martin Mistrik, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Søren Friis, Dusana Majera, Jan Gursky, Tomas Ozdian, Jirina Bartkova, Zsofia Turi, Pavel Moudry, Marianne Kraus, Martina Michalova, Jana Vaclavkova, Petr Dzubak, Ivo Vrobel, Pavla Pouckova, Jindrich Sedlacek, Andrea Miklovicova, Anne Kutt, Jing Li, Jana Mattova, Christoph Driessen, Q. Ping Dou, Jørgen Olsen, Marian Hajduch, Boris Cvek, Raymond J. Deshaies & Jiri Bartek
Cancer incidence is rising and this global challenge is further exacerbated by tumour resistance to available medicines. A promising approach to meet the need for improved cancer treatment is drug repurposing. Here we highlight the potential for repurposing disulfiram (also known by the trade name
Categories: Literature
Electron cryo-microscopy structure of a human TRPM4 channel
Wed, 12/06/2017 - 01:00Electron cryo-microscopy structure of a human TRPM4 channel
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/nature24674
Authors: Paige A. Winkler, Yihe Huang, Weinan Sun, Juan Du & Wei Lü
Ca2+-activated, non-selective (CAN) ion channels sense increases of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, producing a flux of Na+ and/or K+ ions that depolarizes the cell, thus modulating cellular Ca2+ entry. CAN channels are involved in cellular
Categories: Literature