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Summaries of newsworthy papers include: 'Stealth' earthquake doublet; Massive stars make waves; Imaging quantum fluids; A new role for graphene; A ferroelectric ferromagnet created by strain; High-pressure competition in a high-temperature superconductor; Faithful females foster cooperative breeding

Fossils discovered in South Australia could be the remains of early sea sponges, suggests a paper published online this week in Nature Geoscience.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Evaluating recovery to nervous system injuries; Explaining human allergy to nickel; Exome sequencing of a rare disorder; How to best sequence all of your RNA; The secret is in the pocket

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Biology: Knockout rats

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Wired for anxiety?; Oscillating convection cells in marine cloud fields; Ancient mantle reservoir identified; A closer look at ferromagnets; A fractal surprise in a high-temperature superconductor

Boosting regeneration in the mouse spinal cord; Variants associated with tuberculosis; Metaling in Meiosis; Addicted to microRNA?; Biotin’s mystery solved; Making maps of oxygen in the brain

Plant genome evolution requires reassessment with the discovery that parasitic plants can ‘steal’ nuclear genes from their hosts

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: When crocodiles ruled; Sharper images across a wider field; Sea sponge genome sheds light on animal evolution; New antibiotic caught in action; Negative refractive index without loss

Humans are still evolving and we’re beginning to understand how, suggests an article for Nature Reviews Genetics. From height to blood pressure, we continue to be shaped by selective forces, some of which are of our own making.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Potassium channel’s role in epilepsy; A molecular switch for blood vessels in tumours; Finer tools for cell mechanics; Short-lived pollutants; Single-molecule snapshot

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Potassium channel’s role in epilepsy; Finer tools for cell mechanics; A molecular switch for blood vessels in tumours; Short-lived pollutants; Single-molecule snapshot

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: New treatment for inborn error of metabolism; Atmosphere–biosphere feedbacks; Black carbon plumes; PEGging glycans; Determinants of cellular age

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: A new view of the high-redshift Universe; A lunar mineral rich in volatile elements; Look to the lakes; Making something of graphene nanoribbons; A new route to nanocrystal superlattices; Marmot baby boom linked to climate change

Summaries of newsworthy papers include:The Hacker in Your Hardware; Catastrophic Thinking; Threatening Ocean Life

The Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) is a body set up with a mission that encompasses pursuit, encouragement and enhancement of excellence in the fields of science, engineering and technology for the development of the nation and the benefit of mankind.

Music training may bring about biological changes in the brain that could enhance music processing and even transfer to other domains.

The question as to whether induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells retain a memory of their tissue of origin is addressed in two papers published online this week.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Skin patch delivers influenza vaccination; Lumiracoxib-related liver injury; Pathway linked to leukaemia progression; Uneven climate modification; Tracking oncology diversity; Following the expression of a single human gene

Singapore, 16 July - Groundbreaking of A*STAR’s Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) paves the way for cutting-edge R&D to develop Singapore as a ‘living laboratory’ for smart grid solutions. Four companies, namely, Rolls Royce, Vestas, SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing entered into strategic partnerships with A*STAR today.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: A massive star is born; Outlook: HIV/AIDS; Understanding deep tremor; Electronic surface states that pass through barriers; The viral genome of faeces

The discovery of the fossilized remains of a previously unknown primate from Saudi Arabia could bring us one step closer to dating the divergence between hominoids and Old World monkeys. The findings are reported in a paper in this week’s Nature.

Adolescent male mice are particularly susceptible to cannabis-induced psychosis, reports a study published online this week in Neuropsychopharmacology, indicating that age at exposure and genotype are important factors.

Tropical cyclones obey the law; Evolutionary genomics: Chicken surprise; Sea-level patterns in the Indian
Ocean; A successful pathogen; Seeing uranium nitride in a new light; GPCR
assemblies in view

Newly discovered artefacts and fossils found in a UK river deposit indicate that early humans were living in northern Europe more than 780,000 years ago.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Goodall on securing chimpanzees’ future; Why we should worry about future oil spills; Anatomy of a powerful microquasar; Gathering dust; A bright future for entangled photons

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Moon’s mantle exposed in craters

Supernova diversity explained by asymmetric explosions; Big potatoes the organic way; The roots of multicellular life; Efficient conservation of our futures; Genetic basis for balding disease; First feats of an ultra-intense X-ray laser; The genetics of new species; Add nitrogen to get the opposite effect; Beware mice with ‘come to bed’ eyes

Plant biodiversity can be maintained by a process of negative feedback between tropical trees and soil-dwelling organisms, a Nature study suggests.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Carbon storage for long-term climate control; Ore deposits from magma mixing; Fighting infection with MAITs

Ten years after the announcement of the draft human-genome sequence, Nature’s survey of more than 1,000 life scientists reveals that, for many, biology will never be the same again.