Nature News highlights: 25 May 2017

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25 May 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS 2017 - Functional Genomics toward Green Crops for Sustainable Agriculture Hosting Organizations: National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement | Huazhong Agricultural University | Nature Genetics | Nature Plants | Nature Communications October 25-27, 2017 Conference Hall, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement | Wuhan, China Register Now!               • Latest News               Colombian biologist cleared of criminal charges for posting another scientist's thesis online ▶ 24 May 2017     Diego Gómez had faced up to eight years in jail in closely watched copyright case whose verdict has been appealed. Read More ▶             Tissue-independent cancer drug gets fast-track approval from US regulator ▶ 24 May 2017     Treatment will be given to patients based on a tumour's molecular markers, rather than its location in the body. Read More ▶             Fund to curb outbreaks and chronic disease on the chopping block ▶ 24 May 2017     The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stands to lose 12% of its budget through proposed cuts in the American Health Care Act. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Fleeting phase of planet formation discovered ▶ 24 May 2017     These celestial bodies coalesce into objects shaped like giant red blood cells. Read More ▶             Drop in cases of Zika threatens large-scale trials ▶ 24 May 2017     Studies are struggling to recruit participants following a marked drop in cases of the virus. Read More ▶             Quantum computing, election pledges and a thief who made science history ▶ 24 May 2017     The week in science: 19–25 May 2017. Read More ▶             The best-kept secrets to winning grants ▶ 24 May 2017     With competition for research funding approaching an all-time high, experts reveal their top tips and tricks. Read More ▶             China expands DNA data grab in troubled western region ▶ 23 May 2017     Alarms raised over suspected efforts to collect massive numbers of genetic samples from citizens. Read More ▶             World Health Organization gets first leader from Africa ▶ 23 May 2017     Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to head agency amid calls for reform. Read More ▶             Trump budget would slash science programmes across government ▶ 23 May 2017     Proposed cuts include 11% at the National Science Foundation, 18% at the National Institutes of Health and 30% at the Environmental Protection Agency. Read More ▶             Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy ▶ 23 May 2017     Canadian foundation says its field research could boost fisheries in Chile, but researchers doubt its motives. Read More ▶             Earth-observing companies push for more-advanced science satellites ▶ 23 May 2017     Firms seek to develop sophisticated instruments to compete with government offerings. Read More ▶             Publish houses of brick, not mansions of straw ▶ 23 May 2017     Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable, warns William G. Kaelin Jr. Read More ▶             Light-sensitive E. coli paint a colourful picture ▶ 22 May 2017     Microbes have been genetically engineered to sense red, green and blue light, and to produce pictures of what they 'see'. Read More ▶             UK political parties promise science funding boost ▶ 19 May 2017     Researchers welcome pre-election promises to raise R&D, implying billions more for science. Read More ▶                       Collection: Entrepreneurship in Quantum Technology Nature want to help inspire and educate today's young scientists in quantum physics to become tomorrow's quantum-technology entrepreneurs. This Collection presents advice for young quantum technology entrepreneurs and features about commercialisation of the technologies. 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