NATURE CHINA
26 November 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. Each week, our editors select the best published research and provide a summary of the results. By organizing this research into a comprehensive, regularly updated, one-stop web portal, we hope to help you quickly reach the resources you need to study, and to keep you up-to-date with the most significant research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong.
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Pharmacology: Herbal terminator
Derivatives of a Chinese medicinal plant may inhibit the growth of cancer cells by inducing apoptosis
Structural biology: Unique taggers
The crystal structure of a bacterial effector reveals a novel class of ubiquitin ligases
EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
Palaeoclimatology: Pollinating history
Ancient pollen found in the Tian Shan mountains correlates with worldwide climate changes during the Cenozoic era
MATERIALS
Nanoassemblies: Controlled stains
Patterns of ordered assemblies of gold nanostructures can be changed with particle shape
Supercapacitors: Foam success
Researchers in Lanzhou have fabricated a material that has the highest
specific capacitance known so far
NEUROSCIENCE
Neurons: Needing noise
Electrical noise from ion channels may actually improve a neuron's ability to detect low-amplitude signals
