01 October 2008
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.
Agricultural sciences: Good neighbours
Cotton plants that have been genetically modified to produce insecticidal toxins could reduce pest populations in unmodified crops nearby
Glucose homeostasis: Sugar boost
A compound found in tree fungus can be used to raise blood sugar levels
MicroRNA: Fingerprinting diseases
Discovery of a type of small RNA in the blood could lead to novel non-invasive approaches to diagnosing diseases
Pollination strategy: Speedy domination
A new orchid species found in China shows that self-pollination is a brilliant strategy for flowering plants to dominate a habitat
Nanotubes: Confusing conduction
Carbon nanotubes made with lots of deliberate defects could conduct electricity in strange nonlinear ways
Left-handed materials: Different Dopplers
The Doppler shift in left-handed materials depends on whether the movement is straight or rotational
