Nature News highlights: 13 April 2017

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13 April 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                     Nature Insight Plants This Insight highlights pertinent issues in plant research, including signalling in plant immunity, plant interactions with the environment, progress in agricultural genomics and harnessing the quantum properties of photosynthesis for human-made energy conversion systems.             • Latest News               Joining the European Union leads to less cross-border collaboration ▶ 12 April 2017     Brain drain from entering member states led to less-integrated research in countries of origin. Read More ▶             US regulators test organs-on-chips for food-safety monitoring ▶ 12 April 2017     The goal is to compare these engineered livers to animal models, with an eye towards replacing animal testing. Read More ▶             How lizards get their spots ▶ 12 April 2017     Each scale on an ocellated lizard coordinates its colour with its neighbours. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Hungary's protests, coral bleaching and a neutrino anomaly ▶ 12 April 2017     The week in science: 7–13 April 2017. Read More ▶             Saturn spacecraft begins science swan-song ▶ 12 April 2017     NASA's Cassini probe will go where no spacecraft has gone before — between a planet and its rings. Read More ▶             Antarctica's sleeping ice giant could wake soon ▶ 12 April 2017     The massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet looks stable from above — but it's a dangerously different story below. Read More ▶             Immigration crackdowns damage health — even for unborn children ▶ 12 April 2017     The lasting effects of stress and fear of deportation are beginning to emerge. Read More ▶             Unravelling why shoelace knots fail ▶ 11 April 2017     A better understanding of this pedestrian problem could lead to improved surgeons' knots and fibres. Read More ▶             Muons' big moment could fuel new physics ▶ 11 April 2017     Fermilab experiment to measure muon magnetic moment more precisely might reveal unknown virtual particles. Read More ▶             Cutting collaborations will not put 'America first' ▶ 11 April 2017     Supporting scientists in the developing world is in the United States' self-interest, argues Wasim Maziak. Read More ▶             Billion-dollar boost sought for Canadian science ▶ 10 April 2017     Highly anticipated independent review also calls for better oversight and coordination of government research spending. Read More ▶             Prehistoric Native Americans farmed macaws in 'feather factories' ▶ 10 April 2017     Birds were spiritual emblems in pueblos of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Read More ▶             Mobile-phone signals bolster street-level rain forecasts ▶ 07 April 2017     Real-time analysis of wireless communications data could improve weather forecasts around the world. Read More ▶             Last-ditch attempt to save world's most endangered porpoise gets go-ahead ▶ 07 April 2017     Funds approved for plan to round up last 30 vaquitas into protective 'sea pens'. Read More ▶             23andMe given green light to sell DNA tests for 10 diseases ▶ 06 April 2017     US Food and Drug Administration says firm can provide consumers with information on genetic risks. 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