November 2009 Archives
November 30, 2009 5:51 PM
Roundup 11/30: Knock on Wood Edition
Resources for the Future will introduce its innovative global Forest Carbon Index on Thursday.NASA's James Hansen attacks the proposed climate treaty that negotiators will be crafting in Copenhagen next week....
November 30, 2009 5:38 PM
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Government Guidance for Gene Firms to Prevent Bioterrorism
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a set of guidelines for how providers of custom-made DNA sequences should do business. The proposal is the first comprehensive...
It's Official: World Has New Highest-Energy Particle Accelerator
The world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has set a new record for accelerating subatomic particles to high energy. Early Monday morning protons whizzed around the 27-kilometer-long...
November 30, 2009 11:19 AM
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Climate Hack Scandal Roundup
The drama surrounding leaked e-mails belonging to the University of East Anglia's (UES's) Climatic Research Unit (CRU) continued over the weekend. The e-mails show how researchers battled skeptics—and one...
Women Bag Top E.U. Science and Climate Jobs
An Irish politician with no experience in science is slated to become Europe's new research policy chief. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso announced yesterday that he will nominate...
For Sale: 19 Million Doses of Pandemic Vaccine, as Good as New
AMSTERDAM—The Netherlands is selling the bulk of its H1N1 pandemic vaccine supply. Some 19 million doses of the 34 million doses that the government has ordered from manufacturers Novartis...
November 26, 2009 10:55 AM
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Climate Hack Scandal Update
In the case of data apparently stolen from the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk Constabulary today confirmed a criminal investigation is "in its early stages and no further...
November 25, 2009 5:07 PM
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Co-Chairs of NFL's Head Injury Committee Resign
The two men in charge of the National Football League's committee on mild traumatic brain injury have resigned, The New York Times reports today. The move appears to be...
November 25, 2009 12:15 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists on Climate Scientists' Behavior
Update 11/25 3:20 pm: Grifo clarifies in an interview that the group "does have concerns" about the alleged behavior of some scientists in this case. "If a US scientist deleted...
November 25, 2009 11:55 AM
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Breaking: Obama Will Visit Copenhagen Climate Talks, Announce 17% Emissions Cut
The big news this morning is that President Obama will attend the Copenhagen meeting and probably announce a U.S. commitment, contingent on Congressional agreement, of a 17% cut in...
November 24, 2009 6:11 PM
Obama Names Chairs of New Bioethics Panel
President Barack Obama today established a new presidential council to advise him on bioethical matters. It replaces the sometimes controversial council that advised President George W. Bush. The chair...
November 24, 2009 5:37 PM
Roundup 11/24: Take Me to Your Breeder Edition
Kenyan scientists are scrambling to fight the growth of the so-called Devil Tree, an introduced species called Prosopis juliflora which has grown out of control and threatens millions of acres...
November 24, 2009 3:46 PM
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Some HIV Prevention Efforts Working, Major Challenges Remain
In one of the first signs that HIV prevention efforts have begun to make a dent on a global scale, new infections appears to have dropped by 17% over...
November 24, 2009 1:18 PM
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India and U.S. Ink "Green Partnership"
On first glance, today's deal lacks the big dollars, such as a joint $150 million energy research effort, that the recent United States–China deal included. But it's a full...
November 24, 2009 11:33 AM
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Obama's Dating Service for Scientists and Teachers
The concept of matching scientists and classroom teachers isn't new. But a neuroscientist turned Internet entrepreneur hopes to go national with the idea as part of a new effort by...
November 23, 2009 6:02 PM
Roundup 11/23: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Edition
Administration officials say they will bring a stated emissions cut target number to Copenhagen for the climate talks in 2 weeks. Purdue University bubble fusion pioneer Rusi Taleyarkhan has been barred...
November 23, 2009 5:45 PM
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fMRI Evidence Used in Murder Sentencing
For what may be the first time, fMRI scans of brain activity have been used as evidence in the sentencing phase of a murder trial. Defense lawyers for an...
November 23, 2009 5:20 PM
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In Climate Hack Story, Could Talk of Cover-Up Be as Serious as Crime?
The University of East Anglia, whose stolen documents caused a furor of excitement among climate skeptics over the weekend, said today that it had called in police to investigate...
November 23, 2009 4:49 PM
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On What Some are Calling "ClimateGate"
Megan McArdle of the Atlantic Monthly offers a particularly clear analysis on the story rocking the climate science world: I have so far seen no evidence of the kind of...
November 23, 2009 12:38 PM
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Neurologists to NFL: We're Here to Help
The National Football League will require teams to consult an independent neurologist or neurosurgeon to determine when it's safe for a player to return to play after a concussion,...
Back In Action: Super Collider May Have Smashed First Atoms
Physicists the world over are eagerly waiting for the world’s new highest-energy atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, to blast some particles together, and that may have already happened....
November 23, 2009 11:34 AM
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Elephants 1, Astrophysicists 0 in Scuffle over Indian Observatory
NEW DELHI—In a setback for astrophysicists, the Indian government, citing environmental concerns, has ruled out construction of the proposed Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) at its preferred location near the Mudumalai...
November 20, 2009 5:32 PM
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Roundup 11/20: Power Outage Edition
The new idea of a scaled-back climate bill to focus just on the power sector is a bad idea, said White House climate czar Carol Browner. A historic two-story building...
November 20, 2009 5:14 PM
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Data Breach Embroils Climate Scientists
Hackers who breached East Anglia's Climate Research Unit servers have provided explosive new fuel in the climate data wars. The data exposed in hundreds of megabytes stolen from the...
China-U.S. Science Agreement Signals Dawn of a New Era
The $150 million Clean Energy Research Center that the two superpowers agreed to fund this week represents no less than a revolution in the way the two countries think...
November 20, 2009 3:11 PM
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Map of 7000 Holy Land Archaeological Sites Recognized
Israelis and Palestinians—after 2 years of intense negotiation and investigation—have mapped some 7000 archaeological sites in the Holy Land, many of them hotly contested. Some of the information had been kept secret by...
Research Set to Win Big in France's Stimulus Plan
PARIS—France's collective brainpower may be headed for a massive boost in the government's long-awaited economic stimulus plan. A panel chaired by two former prime ministers recommends spending more than...
November 20, 2009 11:17 AM
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Physicists Back Where They Started As Supercollider About to Circulate Beams
For the first time in more than a year, protons should soon be whizzing around the world’s biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), officials at the European...
Japan's Scientists Fight Proposed Budget Cuts
TOKYO—Nothing rouses a research community like a threat to its funding, as could be seen this week here in Japan after a task force recommended deep cuts in the...
November 19, 2009 6:10 PM
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Roundup 11/19: Rising and Falling Tides Edition
Paul Alivisatos has been named director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Experts told a congressional panel today that the United States is losing its lead in spaceflight. The...
November 19, 2009 6:06 PM
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Gene Synthesis Companies Pledge to Foil Bioterrorists
Advances in synthetic biology have prompted fears that terrorists might develop biological weapons by purchasing made-to-order DNA sequences from gene synthesis companies and using them to engineer deadly pathogens....
November 19, 2009 5:37 PM
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NIH Undergoes Behavior (Research) Modification
Social and behavioral research is finally getting some of the high-level attention it has sought for years at the National Institutes of Health. Yesterday NIH Director Francis Collins announced...
Key Physicists Say No New Nukes Needed
The secretive JASON group of academic physicists have given a thumbs up to the current program of refurbishing nuclear warheads in the U.S. stockpile instead of building new, more...
November 19, 2009 2:33 PM
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University of Nebraska May Restrict Stem Cell Use
Nebraska citizens don't like the open-ended new Obama policy on research with human embryonic stem cells. So in response to public pressure, the University of Nebraska board of regents...
November 19, 2009 1:31 PM
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NIH Slammed Again for Lax Oversight of Conflicts of Interest
The National Institutes of Health is again being taken to task for doing too little to manage researchers' potential conflicts of interest, such as consulting for drug companies. This...
November 19, 2009 1:27 PM
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ITER Fusion Reactor Faces New Delay
The scientific and engineering team building the ITER fusion reactor was hoping for a green light today for its final design, schedule, and cost estimate, but given the project...
November 19, 2009 12:17 PM
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Eye Disease Trial Could Be First Embryonic Stem Cell Effort In U.S.
Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) announced today that it has applied to the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a trial using embryonic stem cell–derived retinal pigment epithelial cells to...
November 18, 2009 4:44 PM
Roundup 11/18: Farming It Out
Animal agriculture science policy wonks will be eager to eat up a new blog on the topic.And meet ExpertLabs, a new collaboration tool for policymakers and scientists to share ideas...
November 18, 2009 2:45 PM
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New Genome Research Head to Tackle Unclear Budget, Data Glut
In 2 weeks, human geneticist Eric Green will take the reins of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the arm of the National Institutes of Health that spearheaded...
November 17, 2009 5:54 PM
Roundup 11/17: Pay Dirt Edition
Harvard University's health and global environment initiative sponsored a talk today among evangelicals and scientists on climate change and will host one on Friday on the health risks of climate...
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