Nature News highlights: 2 June 2016

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02 June 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Secreted Luciferase Reporter for Live Cell Analysis Secreted Luciferase Assays: Gaussia Luciferase (GLuc) and Secreted Alkaline Phosphatase (SEAP) enable live cell analysis Reporter Vectors and Clones: Cloning vectors Promoter reporter clones 3" UTR miRNA target clones Transcriptional response element reporter clones Learn more >>           Advancing the Microbiome Research Symposium Click here to view videos from the symposium held on April 26th: Cancer and the microbiome Microbiome effects on neurological resilience (Alzheimer's and depression) Microbiome-driven inflammatory disease Considerations in monitoring mouse colony microbiome Watch the presentations now         • Latest News               UK government slammed for losing track of its own research ▶ 01 June 2016     Government can't say how many policy studies it paid for or published, report reveals. Read More ▶             Open-access journal eLife gets £25-million boost ▶ 01 June 2016     Biology's big funders announce investment will continue to 2022. Read More ▶             The week in science: 27 May–2 June 2016 ▶ 01 June 2016     Good grades for international nuclear-fusion project; EU ministers lend support to open-access movement; and US study raises doubts about mobile-phone safety. Read More ▶                   Nature Outlook Open Innovation In the competitive world of drug discovery and development, secrecy is no longer as important as it was. As it has become more difficult and costly to produce therapies, competitors have begun to view greater collaboration and openness as a way to improve the efficiency of research. Available free online Produced with support from Boehringer Ingelheim         • More Stories               Peru's gold rush prompts public-health emergency ▶ 01 June 2016     Gold-mining boom in southeastern Amazon is driving high levels of mercury contamination. Read More ▶             Why South Korea is the world's biggest investor in research ▶ 01 June 2016     The Asian nation is spending big in the hope of winning a Nobel prize, but it will need more than cash to realize its ambitions. Read More ▶             The developing world needs basic research too ▶ 01 June 2016     The establishment of an agency in Indonesia that will support 'frontier research' is a welcome development, argues Dyna Rochmyaningsih. Read More ▶             Tiny 'chipsat' spacecraft set for first flight ▶ 01 June 2016     Launch in July will test new way to explore the Solar System — and beyond. Read More ▶             The snot-spattered experiments that show how far sneezes really spread ▶ 31 May 2016     Mathematician Lydia Bourouiba uses high-speed video to break down the anatomy of sneezes and coughs — and to understand infectious disease. Read More ▶             Biological specimen troves get a reprieve ▶ 31 May 2016     US government backtracks on its plan to suspend funding for biological research collections. Read More ▶             Marine ecologists take to the skies to study coral reefs ▶ 31 May 2016     Satellites and research aeroplanes could offer a better, broader view of coral health. Read More ▶             US advised to stick with troubled fusion reactor ITER ▶ 26 May 2016     The Department of Energy says the US should fund ITER until 2018, and then re-evaluate its progress. Read More ▶             Two-hundred-terabyte maths proof is largest ever ▶ 26 May 2016     A computer cracks the Boolean Pythagorean triples problem — but is it really maths? Read More ▶             Why the historic deal to expand US chemical regulation matters ▶ 25 May 2016     A rare bipartisan compromise endorsed by industry and the White House will give the US government new authority to ensure that chemicals are safe. Read More ▶             Cloud-seeding surprise could improve climate predictions ▶ 25 May 2016     A molecule made by trees can seed clouds, suggesting that pre-industrial skies were less sunny than thought. Read More ▶             Neanderthals built cave structures — and no one knows why ▶ 25 May 2016     Walls of stalagmites in a French cave might have had a domestic or a ceremonial use.  Read More ▶                     VIRAL INFECTION AND IMMUNE RESPONSE Presented by: The Wuhan Institute of Virology | Chinese Society for Immunology | Chinese Society for Microbiology | Nature Microbiology October 21-23, 2016 Shangri-la Hotel | Wuhan, China REGISTER NOW!               Inside View ▶ Advertisement Feature       Short and informative Q&As with leaders in science and technology.                 • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Academic Posts of Research Lecturer     Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)            Senior Scientist & Laboratory Manager     University of Manchester - Manchester Cancer Research Centre            Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry / Metabolomics     University of East Anglia (UEA)            Dean of Science     University of New South Wales          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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