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October 6, 2009 4:25 PM |

Slowly But Surely, U.S. Swine Flu Vaccination Begins

by Jon Cohen

As predicted, the U.S. government has started to deliver a small amount of swine flu vaccines to states this week, and states are wrestling with how to decide who...

October 6, 2009 4:00 PM |

Landrieu: The Business of NIH Should Be Small Business

by Jeffrey Mervis

A senior U.S. National Institutes of Health official took a step toward mending fences with the chair of the Senate Small Business Committee today by assuring her that the...

October 5, 2009 4:31 PM |

Unrevealed Analysis Weakens Claim of AIDS Vaccine "Success"

by Jon Cohen

When the U.S. Army and its collaborators in Thailand announced at press conferences on 24 September that a large clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine had lowered the rate of...

October 5, 2009 3:46 PM

Roundup 10/5: Just Chilling Edition

by Science News Staff

Jack Metthey, the interim director of the European Research Council, tells Science|Business how he and the rest of the science agency are combating bureaucratic red tape and addressing other criticisms...

October 5, 2009 1:57 PM |

U.K. Backing Away From DNA, Isotope Nationality Tests?

by John Travis

After ScienceInsider revealed last week that scientists were condemning its use of DNA testing and isotopic tissue analysis to decide the fate of asylum seekers, the U.K. Border Agency has...

October 5, 2009 12:25 PM |

Congress Dubs Energy Hubs Mostly Duds

by Eli Kintisch

The U.S. Congress is giving Energy Secretary Steven Chu enough money to launch three of his beloved Bell Labs—fewer than half of his request. In his proposed budget for...

October 2, 2009 3:28 PM

Roundup 10/2: Fresh Faces Edition

by Eli Kintisch

The National Academy of Engineering will hold a forum on Monday on the role of innovation in "Rebuilding a Real Economy." Next Thursday, 8 October, the Senate Energy committee...

October 1, 2009 5:42 PM |

U.S. Physical Science Headed for Modest Boost

by Eli Kintisch

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a $33.5 billion spending bill for energy and water spending in fiscal year 2010, and Senate action could come next week. In...

October 1, 2009 4:15 PM

Roundup 10/1: Reach Out And Touch Someone Edition

by Science News Staff

The online "Museum" of Comparative Anthropogeny opens tomorrow, just in time to put Ardi in her proper context. The 2009 edition of NASA's $400,000 Astronaut Glove Challenge competition will be...

October 1, 2009 12:31 PM |

Bright Spots for French Science Budget

by Barbara Casassus

PARIS—Higher education and research are one of the few budgetary bright spots on a landscape of gloom in France, as the economic crisis is predicted to push the country’s...

October 1, 2009 11:54 AM

Controversy "Proceeding" at National Academy's Journal

by Sam Kean

A controversial paper already published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has been halted before appearing in print, and is under review for alleged misconduct during...

October 1, 2009 11:27 AM |

Signs of Dementia a Growing Headache for the NFL

by Greg Miller

Yesterday, The New York Times broke a story about a study that seems to add to mounting evidence that playing in the National Football League increases the risk of...