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Summaries of newsworthy papers include Treating Lou Gehrig’s disease with glial stem cells, Excess fatty acid in Alzheimer’s disease, A sweet surprise and Carbon storage by typhoons?

Identification of a novel protein involved in embryonic development leads to new insights into the first stage of neural development

Newsworthy papers include Braincase modification during the fish-to-tetrapod transition, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Cleaner fish twosomes make better valets, Stem cell polarity linked to ageing?, Bottoms up!, Anomalously hot Archaean mantle spawned enigmatic rocks, Diatom sequence reveals dynamic history and finally Fish swim to the beat

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Hair follicle stem cells identified, Susceptibility to male-pattern baldness, Peatland carbon loss, Seeking promiscuity, New risk factors for basal cell carcinoma

Researchers in Japan have identified part of the mechanism responsible for preventing prolonged—and potentially dangerous—activation of immune cells called T lymphocytes .

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Pluripotent cells from human testis, Stabilizing the roof of the world, Insight into an early star-forming galaxy, Protein linked to antibody production, Opening the door to thermo-spintronics and The key to sound distortion

An international team of scientists including Koji Yamanaka and colleagues at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, have found that damage to brain cells other than motor neurons is critical to the onset of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Japanese researchers provide the first large-scale identification of protein control sites from the model plant Arabidopsis

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Thwarting tumour invasion, Glacier acceleration through subsurface ocean warming, Complement enhances tumour evasion, Groundwater levels determine land response to climate and A century of artificial nitrogen fertiliser

New experiments reveal detailed physical features of a protein thought to exacerbate the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease

Summaries of newsworthy papers include ‘Friendly’ bacteria protect from diabetes, Downward dog, When humans control fire, Survival strategies, Cortisone shakes up channels, Watching protein structures move in nanoseconds and Fish fingers point to origin of digits and All of p53

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Extremely warm year suppresses plants’ carbon dioxide uptake in the long term, Feature shared by two black hole counterparts, New approach for leukaemia treatment?, Colloids borrow a trick or two from DNA structure

Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature journals: Neuroscience: Deaf people learn new speech patterns, The tuberculosis bacterium’s stealthy ways, Susceptibility to bladder cancer, Dual gating in one motion,Risk factor for common kidney disease and A new take on tooth evolution

Last week, at the CopenMind exhibition in Copenhagen, the latest research into Clean Technology was exhibited. Some of the research from Asia included using waste produced by the electronics industry to convert wasted heat into electricity, using hydrogen energy in agriculture, plans for cheap solar energy and more.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genetics: Enzyme associated with vitamin B12 levels and Immunology: Coping with immune cell death

The program, named “Keio KANRINMARU Project” invites applications from around the world for 3 positions as Associate Professor and 10 positions as Assistant Professor.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Where is the science in drug doping?, Blueprint for infection, Virus to virus, A secreted factor controls the bacteria’s virulence, Asymmetric inner workings revealed and A potted history of milk

Concurrently with 21 other countries, SoftBank began selling iPhones in Japan on July 11, selling a reported one million units in three days. This paper will review how the iPhone has affected the Japanese cell phone market.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genetics for mental health disorder, Liquid ethane on Titan, Percolating disease, The impact of microRNA on proteins, Unlocking the door to HIV infection, Creating smart surface networks and Snake fangs bite back

In Nature China this week - Prestressed multiwalled carbon nanotubes have enhanced mechanical properties that are ideal for building space elevators and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Mars: Water almost everywhere, Earth science: Setting off a Cretaceous extinction event, Microscopy: Watching the cavorting of once-invisible atoms and How the brain pays attention

Hydrogen energy: it attracts hope with its potential as the new, clean, eco-friendly energy of the 21st century. A significant topic on the front lines of developmental research is the establishment of hydrogen-synthesizing techniques which would produce energy suitable as a foundation for society, supporting both industry and everyday life.

In the future, we hope to use advanced multi-core processor to create high-performance cell phones driven by solar batteries, safer, comfortable and energy-saving automobiles, small, quiet desktop super-computers and small food generating robots driven by sunlight.

The Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar is a high-risk area for groundwater contamination with arsenic, suggests research published online this week in Nature Geoscience.Other papers include A common inflammatory pathway in silicosis and Alzheimer’s, Genetic risk factor for osteoarthritis and Shells ruled by mass extinctions

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Carbon capture by land and by sea, Gene addiction reveals cancer’s Achilles’ heel, Automated microfluidics-based screening of C. elegans and Improving stroke therapy

The selected programs are Education and Research Center for Stem Cell Medicine, Center for Education and Research of Symbiotic, Safe and Secure System Design, Raising Market Quality - Integrated Design of "Market Infrastructure" and Designing Governance for Civil Societies

In Nature China this week - Researchers in Shanghai identify ion channels in the brain that have a critical role in synaptic development, as well as learning and memory

Summaries of papers include Resolving photon numbers, Microstructures stay on track, Muscle degeneration, Measuring glacial deep-water flow, The unexpected metal, Seafloor’s influence on biodiversity and Expressing fear enhances perception

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Locating the comfort zone, We take more risks when potential pay-offs are well defined, Sequence of response, The carbene catchers, Anderson localization of matter waves and Leaf the temperature alone

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neuroscience: Helping seizures with acidity, Medicine: A drug against blood cancer may also fight lupus and Immunology: Zipping to sites of infection