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In Nature China this week - A skeleton found in Liaoning province provides a new insight into the evolution and migration of modern humans in East Asia and more research stories.

11 June 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.

Immunology: Too eager to defend
Hyper innate immune responses in newborn mice may make them more vulnerable to infection

Atrial fibrillation: Back in the rhythm
Acacetin, a natural compound extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine Xuelianhua, is a promising atrium-selective drug for treating atrial fibrillation

Human evolution: Eastern promise
A skeleton found in Liaoning province provides a new insight into the evolution and migration of modern humans in East Asia

Data storage: Remembering resistance
Computer memory systems could work by switching the resistance of zinc oxide cells

Odour perception: Crossing the line
Researchers in Beijing have identified a new mechanism whereby olfactory inputs from two nostrils are coordinated in the brain

Encryption: Quantum code-breaker
Quantum computers can implement new mathematics that could quickly break our most sophisticated encryption codes

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• NATURE China