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Ultrashort laser pulses squeezed out of graphene

Katia Moskvitch — 2013-05-24

Experiments suggest that the carbon sheets can produce beams in broad range of colours.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12911

New avian flu readily transmits in key animal model

Declan Butler — 2013-05-24

Emerging H7N9 virus easily jumps between ferrets even though there is no evidence for human-to-human transmission.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13062

Patients leave a microbial mark on hospitals

Beth Mole — 2013-05-23

The microscopic ecosystems in health-care centres mirror those of their patients.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13057

Studies cast doubt on cancer drug as Alzheimer's treatment

Helen Shen — 2013-05-23

Independent researchers fail to replicate bexarotene results.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13058

Stem-cell cloner acknowledges errors in groundbreaking paper

David Cyranoski — 2013-05-23

Critics raise questions about rush to publication.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13060

Scientists discover molecular trigger for itch

Chris Palmer — 2013-05-23

Identification of distinct neural circuit distinguishes the sensation from pain.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13061

Pure hype of pure research helps no one

Daniel Sarewitz — 2013-05-22

Congressman Lamar Smith hopes to ‘improve’ peer review by adding a layer of accountability, but his bill aims at imaginary ideals, argues Daniel Sarewitz.

Nature 497 411 doi: 10.1038/497411a

Seven days: 17–23 May 2013

2013-05-22

The week in science: Chile pushes for a national science ministry, Indonesia protects its forests, and Nobel laureate Heinrich Rohrer dies.

Nature 497 414 doi: 10.1038/497414a

Russian academy awaits new head

Quirin Schiermeier — 2013-05-22

Reform is in the air at the nation’s oldest research body.

Nature 497 420 doi: 10.1038/497420a

A network to track Caribbean hazards

Alexandra Witze — 2013-05-22

Multi-nation effort is a test of scientific diplomacy.

Nature 497 421 doi: 10.1038/497421a

Graphene knock-offs probe ultrafast electronics

Eugenie Samuel Reich — 2013-05-22

Honeycomb lattices in different materials enable experiments impossible in the real thing.

Nature 497 422 doi: 10.1038/497422a

Voyager: Outward bound

Alexandra Witze — 2013-05-22

Ed Stone has spent 36 years guiding the twin Voyager spacecraft through the Solar System. Next stop, interstellar space.

Nature 497 424 doi: 10.1038/497424a

The big fat truth

Virginia Hughes — 2013-05-22

More and more studies show that being overweight does not always shorten life — but some public-health researchers would rather not talk about them.

Nature 497 428 doi: 10.1038/497428a

Financial blow for Alaskan volcano monitoring

Alexandra Witze — 2013-05-22

As government funding ebbs, scientists launch commercial company to continue analysis efforts.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13041

'Universal' flu vaccine effective in animals

Ed Yong — 2013-05-22

Self-assembling nanoparticles could make updating seasonal vaccines easier.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13042