CITES accepted the US proposal to limit the trade of all members of the genus Corallium, red and pink corals that make beautiful baubles and beads. The coral trade dates back five thousand years, and today thousands of kilograms of the corals are traded...
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Published online: 15 June 2007; | doi:10.1038/Heidi Convention protects corals; not dogfish News@nature.com rounds up key decisions from this week's conference on international trade in endangered species. Heidi Ledford Punchstock This year's meeting...
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Published online: 14 June 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070611-10 / http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070611/full/070611-10.html Dwarf planet found to be heftier than Pluto Eris is bigger and heavier than our Solar System's 'ninth planet'. Katharine Sanderson...
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Published online: 13 June 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070611-8 / http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070611/full/070611-8.html How a chill pains us Researchers identify protein that signals cold-induced pain. Heidi Ledford Ouch: it's hard for anyone to stand...
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Published online: 13 June 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070611-9 / http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070611/full/070611-9.html Giant bird-like dinosaur found Chinese researchers unearth a surprising find. David Cyranoski Researchers in China have unearthed the...
Lire la suiteLes médecins de l'hôpital Saint-Paul, de Vancouver, se rappelleront longtemps de ce patient, auquel ils ont tenté de poser un cathéter. Et pour cause: le sang qu'ils ont obtenu était vert, d'un beau vert sombre, qu'ils ont comparé à "la pelure d'un avocat...
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Published online: 11 June 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070611-2 Stem cells help primates with Parkinson's Monkey studies highlight multiple stem cell abilities. Helen Pilcher Stem cells can both turn into neurons and help neurons to grow. DAVID MACK / SCIENCE...
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Published online: 11 June 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070611-1 Amber collectors hit on oldest mushroom find 100-million-year-old fungus brings hints of Cretaceous ecology. Virginia Gewin Mushroom hunting in amber brought this prize specimen. Poinar G. & Buckley...
Lire la suiteUne équipe de chercheurs japonais (Pr Shinya Yamanaka, Université de Kyoto) et deux équipes de chercheurs américains (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research de Cambridge, Massachusets - Harvard Stem Cell Institute de Boston) ont réussi à transformer...
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