Issue # 263 _ January 2018

Notes

Digital Information

World's largest library to begin collecting tweets on a selective basis

Nutrition

New Brazilian Food Composition Database

Salk Institute

Nobel laureate to leave Salk Institute amid controversy

Genetics

Gene therapy reverses genetic deafness in mice

Astronomy

Black hole activity determines star formation

Chemistry

Enzyme transforms plants into a source of light

Genetics

The baby girl from ancient Beringia

public health

Fetal mortality is higher than neonatal mortality in 42% of municipalities in São Paulo State

Education

Fewer foreign students in the United States

Lepidothrix vilasboasi

Amazonian bird originated as a hybrid of two other species