16 January 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.
Lake sediments: Pollen probes the past
Pollen trapped in lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau provides an indicator of the past climate
Trace fossils: Revealing an ancient gardener
Alternating layers of trace fossils of marine organisms yield clues to a prehistoric gardening animal at the Sydney basin of south-eastern Australia
Zinc nanowire: Easy wiring
High-quality zinc nanowires have been synthesized using a shortcut strategy that does not require templates, seeds or catalysts
Visual perception: Left or right
The two sides of the brain play different roles during visual recognition to identify general properties before specific features
Boron nanotubes: Rolling metals into semiconductors
Boron can make better nanotubes than carbon
Quantum computing: Making qudits
Qudits, entangled qudits and multicolour entangled qudits can be generated using a series of single-photon sources
