Nature News highlights: 16 June 2016

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16 June 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Advancing the Microbiome Research Symposium Explore the latest scientific findings in videos from the symposium held on April 26th: Tumor growth kinetics in genetically similar but microbiome dissimilar models Role of intestinal microbiota in the preservation of psychological and cognitive resilience Investigations of microbiome associations in inflammatory disease, with therapeutic implications Watch the presentations now         BioPharma Dealmakers  A supplement to Nature Biotechnology & Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Sign up to our NEW networking forum to connect with life sciences companies and partnering professionals looking for dealmaking opportunities.  Stay up to date on emerging therapeutic areas  Ask for advice from our editors and experts in the field SIGN UP NOW       • Latest News               LIGO detects whispers of another black-hole merger ▶ 15 June 2016     After historic first discovery last September, twin observatories detected gravitational waves again on Boxing Day. Read More ▶             Mass coral death drives efforts to identify resilient reefs ▶ 15 June 2016     Widespread bleaching gives scientists new urgency to avert decline of key ocean ecosystems. Read More ▶             Boon or burden: what has the EU ever done for science? ▶ 15 June 2016     More than 500 million people and 28 nations make up the European Union. It will lose one of its richest, most populous members, if the United Kingdom votes to leave on 23 June. Ahead of a possible 'Brexit', Nature examines five core ways that the EU shapes the course of research. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               The week in science: 10–16 June 2016 ▶ 15 June 2016     LIGO spots another gravitational wave; increasing light pollution on Earth obscures the Milky Way; and moose develop infectious prion disease in Norway. Read More ▶             How iPS cells changed the world ▶ 15 June 2016     Induced pluripotent stem cells were supposed to herald a medical revolution. But ten years after their discovery, they are transforming biological research instead. Read More ▶             Promising gene therapies pose million-dollar conundrum ▶ 15 June 2016     Economists, investors and medical insurers can't figure out how to pay for cutting-edge drugs. Read More ▶             Can you teach old drugs new tricks? ▶ 14 June 2016     Faced with skyrocketing costs for developing new drugs, researchers are looking at ways to repurpose older ones — and even some that failed in initial trials. Read More ▶             Muddled meanings hamper efforts to fix reproducibility crisis ▶ 14 June 2016     Researchers tease out different definitions of a crucial scientific term. Read More ▶             Stem cells for Snoopy: pet medicines spark a biotech boom ▶ 14 June 2016     Firms chase a new breed of advanced veterinary care, from antibodies to cell therapies. Read More ▶             Science can map a solution to a fast-burning problem ▶ 14 June 2016     Wildfires such as those that hit Canada last month are a growing worry, writes Marc-André Parisien, but risk-assessment models can limit future damage. Read More ▶             South Korean scientists fight plan to scrap military exemptions ▶ 13 June 2016     Defence ministry says army needs more recruits because of country's low-birth rate. Read More ▶             France launches massive meteor-spotting network ▶ 10 June 2016     Tracking space rocks that reach Earth will give insight into the early Solar System. Read More ▶             First rodent found with a human-like menstrual cycle ▶ 10 June 2016     The spiny mouse could one day aid studies of women's reproductive problems. Read More ▶             Brazil's scientists start street protests against ministry merger ▶ 10 June 2016     But politicians say that restoring a stand-alone science ministry is unlikely. Read More ▶             Google moves closer to a universal quantum computer ▶ 08 June 2016     Combining the best of analog and digital approaches could yield a full-scale multipurpose quantum computer. 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