Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines.
Antibiotic synthesis: Fine adjustments
The soil bacteria Streptomyces can be manipulated to produce polyene antibiotics with improved pharmacological properties
Neurogenesis: Control factors
Researchers in Shanghai have identified a number of transcription factors involved in the neural development of the dorsal spinal cord
Aquaculture: Stressful scallops
Scallops under environmental stresses have higher adrenaline and noradrenaline levels, but a lower dopamine level
Nanowaste: Reduce, reuse, recycle
A simple process can transform the toxic nanomaterials from industrial waste into recyclable products
Atomic force microscopy: Here's a tip
A simple approach promises a high success rate for growing a nanosphere at the tip apex of an atomic force microscopy probe
High-temperature superconductivity: Warmer than expected
An iron oxide superconductor optimally doped with fluorine challenges some of the basic theories of superconductivity
