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The Visionary
Seeking to spur drug development, Stephen Friend has launched a daring series of initiatives to make biomedical research more open and effective.
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13 February 2012 |
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Exascale Computing Off to Slow Start in DOE Budget
Supercomputer scientists who were watching the release of the Obama Administration's budget closely to see if contained new pots of money for exascale science came away both pleased and disappointed.
13 February 2012 |
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At NIST, 14% Budget Increase Would Measure Up Nicely
One of the big winners in today's rollout of the Obama Administration's 2013 budget request was the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Its budget...
13 February 2012 |
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Turbulence for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Overall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gets a 3% boost, to $5.06 billion, in the budget request released today. A major satellite program would remain roughly on...
13 February 2012 |
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Good News for Research Funding at EPA, USDA, USGS
Science was favored in today's federal budget rollout for several agencies with sizable research portfolios, with increases for hot topics such as the environmental impact of "fracking" for natural...
13 February 2012 |
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Mixed Numbers at CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would see a minuscule increase in total funding in the 2013 budget—$39 million—bringing its total to $11.2 billion. However, more than...
13 February 2012 |
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At DOE, Body Blows to Fusion, Nuclear Physics, and Particle Physics
Overall, the budget numbers for the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science, the single largest funder of physical sciences research in the United States, look reasonably good. The...
13 February 2012 |
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Failure to Launch: Mars Missions Sidelined in New NASA Budget Proposal
The not-so-bad news in the president's 2013 budget proposal for NASA is that his request for $17.71 billion is only marginally less than what the agency got in 2012,...
13 February 2012 |
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A Flat Budget for NIH in 2013
There's little to cheer biomedical researchers in the president's budget proposal released today: the proposal would hold the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) budget at the current level of...
13 February 2012 |
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Embryos Starved of Oxygen May Be 'Programmed' for Heart Disease
Rat study suggests antioxidants could help
13 February 2012 |
ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)
Basic Research Gets A Pass at Pentagon
Science appears to be on offense at the Department of Defense (DOD). As the Pentagon prepares to downsize by about $5 billion, it's making an exception in its budget...
13 February 2012 |
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FDA Stays the Course, But Asks Firms to Kick In More Fees
Like many agencies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have a relatively flat budget if President Barack Obama has his way, with one notable exception. While the...
13 February 2012 |
ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)
Is Agriculture Sucking Fresh Water Dry?
Crops account for 92% of fresh water used each year, according to new global analysis
13 February 2012 |
ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)
ScienceShot: Thar She Blows … Over
Hurricanes a substantial threat to offshore wind farms along some U.S. coasts
13 February 2012 |
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A Mystery Meteorite From the House of Sting
Rock recovered from musician's property may shed light on ice age Britain
13 February 2012 |
ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)
Obama Budget Asks for 1% Boost in Research
One of the big three research agencies appears to be lagging behind its doubling peers in the president's 2013 budget request released this morning. The $4.9 billion budget of...
13 February 2012 |
ScienceInsider(Science - AAAS)
Italy's Geophysics Chief Quit, But He May Not Go
Controversy has erupted in Italy following the news that Domenico Giardini, who had announced late last year that he was to resign as president of the National Institute of...
13 February 2012 |
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World Bank Frets Over Urban Flooding in Asia
TOKYO—"Flooding is the most common of natural disasters [and] it is increasingly an Asian phenomenon," Abhas Jha, a World Bank disaster management expert, said today at a briefing here,...
13 February 2012 |
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A Big Step for Europe's Small Space Launcher
Today's inaugural flight of Europe's Vega rocket went off without a hitch as European Space Agency mission VV01 lit up the early morning sky above the Kourou spaceport in...
12 February 2012 |
ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)
ScienceShot: The Physics of Ponytails
Equation explains why hair grows differently on each person
10 February 2012 |
ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS)
ScienceShot: Toxic Greens Protect Smurf-Tongued Lizards
Noshing on poisonous plants helps bluetongues resist deadly cane toad
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€22 Billion Stimulus Brings Worries About Egalité
On 3 February, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced five new winners in the €7.7 billion Excellence Initiatives, which aims to help create a group of five to 10 world-class research and higher education clusters.
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