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March 4, 2009 2:54 PM |

How Much Would Nanotox Testing Cost?

by Robert F. Service

Nanotech insiders continue to spar over whether there should be widespread toxicity testing of nanomaterials. Not surprisingly, companies churning out products with nanomaterials in them tend to argue that existing...

March 4, 2009 2:14 PM |

OSTP Environment Deputy Named

by Eli Kintisch

Environmental scientist Shere Abbott has been named by the White House to be associate director of environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy—a position that requires...

March 4, 2009 11:29 AM |

Climate Activism Grows and Hansen's in Demand

by Jackie Grom

Monday's protest at the Capitol Power Plant found climate modeler James Hansen yet again at the forefront of U.S. climate politics. Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for...

March 3, 2009 6:02 PM |

Academy President Says There's No Race to the Moon

by Jeffrey Mervis

Representative Frank Wolf (R–VA) is a harsh critic of the Chinese government for its trade policies as well as its treatment of minorities, religious groups, and political activists. He's also...

March 3, 2009 5:22 PM

Patent Reform, Take II

by Eliot Marshall

A bipartisan group today revived a plan to streamline and overhaul the U.S. patent process. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate introduced matched bills to push the...

March 3, 2009 3:26 PM |

Obama Considers Reversing Bush Endangered Species Rule

by Erik Stokstad

It’s back to normal with endangered species. President Barack Obama this afternoon directed the departments of Interior and Commerce to evaluate a rule implemented late in the Bush Administration. The...

March 3, 2009 2:10 PM |

Scientists: NASA Doesn't Shine When It Comes to Solar Research

by Andrew Lawler

The U.S. space agency came under fire from the National Research Council 2 years ago for failing to fulfill its promises to monitor Earth aggressively using a series of...

March 3, 2009 1:48 PM |

We Like Our Nuclear Weapons the Way They Are, Thanks

by Eli Kintisch

Should the United States listen to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and others who call for new nuclear weapons to replace our aging stockpile? Physicists Francis Slakey and Benn Tannenbaum,...

March 3, 2009 11:36 AM |

French Scientists Gain Ground in Protests

by Martin Enserink

PARIS—The French government has agreed to two key demands of its protesting researchers: nixing proposed job cuts and giving individual scientists the final say in how much time they spend...

March 3, 2009 9:50 AM |

Harold Varmus on Daily Show

by Eli Kintisch

Who says being co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is a low-profile job? .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} The Daily Show With...

March 3, 2009 9:40 AM |

Nominations for Lubchenco, Holdren Held Up

by Eli Kintisch

The Washington Post has the scoop on why the Senate has yet to vote to confirm Jane Lubchenco for the administrator post at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and...

March 2, 2009 2:34 PM |

Kim to Helm Dartmouth

Dartmouth has tapped Jim Yong Kim, a leader in global health, to become its next president. Kim, 49, currently heads the department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard...

March 2, 2009 12:37 PM |

Obama Picks Sebelius for HHS

by Lila Guterman

President Barack Obama is expected to announce today that he has nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The response to her nomination,...

March 2, 2009 8:18 AM |

Ocean Lobby: NOAA Budget on Course, Smooth Sailing

by Eli Kintisch

A month or two ago, the science community was fearing the dreaded continuing resolution for a number of science agencies—a flat budget for the rest of 2009 basically following the...