February 2010 Archives
February 26, 2010 5:00 PM
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Possible U.N. Review of IPCC Would Break New Ground
The organization that created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says it plans to investigate its controversial offspring. But there's no roadmap for such a review. A spokesman...
February 26, 2010 2:21 PM
Two U.S. Bills Seek to Lure Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Foreign scientists who want to start a U.S. company would have a better shot at doing so under two bills introduced recently in both the House of Representatives and...
February 25, 2010 4:20 PM
Roundup 2/25: Appeal to Higher Authority Edition
The chief scientist in Israel's education ministry has sparked a controversy by questioning both evolution and global warming and proposing that curricula undergo religious censorship. Haaretz reports that other...
February 25, 2010 3:57 PM
NIH Director Ruffles Feathers Again With New Religion Book
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins is again riling some scientists by publicly sharing his religious beliefs—this time by publishing a new book about faith. A debate has...
February 25, 2010 2:52 PM
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Live Geoengineering Coverage From the American Enterprise Institute on Twitter
ScienceInsider's Eli Kintisch is tweeting at a meeting on geoengineering and policy at the American Enterprise Institute from now until 3:30pm this afternoon.
February 24, 2010 5:41 PM
Roundup 2/24: Beyond Belief Edition
Texas A&M and a company have received a $40 million grant from DARPA to make swine flu vaccine from tobacco—part of a push to produce drugs and vaccines using...
February 24, 2010 5:25 PM
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White House Space Plans Under Fire
A Congressional panel led by Bill Nelson, the influential Democratic senator from Florida, flayed NASA Administrator Charles Bolden this afternoon over the Administration's proposal to cancel NASA's $3 billion...
February 24, 2010 5:02 PM
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New Science to Bolster FDA Drug Approval
Two federal agencies today announced a new initiative to support regulatory science, the tools and standards used to evaluate new drugs and devices. The National Institutes of Health and...
February 24, 2010 4:49 PM
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Holdren Takes Lumps From House Panel on Scientific Integrity
Presidential science adviser John Holdren found himself in some hotter-than-usual water today during a congressional hearing on the Administration's proposed 2011 research budget. Legislators from both sides of the...
February 24, 2010 3:34 PM
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Researcher Accused of Fraud Found Dead
A researcher accused of fraud last week for allegedly hiring actors to give false testimony at his own scientific misconduct hearing, William Fals-Stewart, a clinical psychologist formerly at the...
February 24, 2010 2:38 PM
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Obama Errs on Research Number
Speaking last spring at the National Academy of Sciences, President Obama said he hoped that someday the country would spend 3% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on research...
February 23, 2010 4:03 PM
Roundup 2/23: The Meetings Edition
John Holdren, the president's science advisor, testifies tomorrow before the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee on the Obama Administration's 2011 budget request to Congress. NASA Administrator Charles...
February 23, 2010 3:53 PM
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The Latest Buzz: Orszag Budgets for Caffeine Genetic Marker
Peter Orszag, the high-energy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, recently shared some good news with Politico. No, he hasn't solved the country's economic problems....
February 23, 2010 2:33 PM
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U.S. Science Told to Stay on Its Toes
A new essay by the oversight body of the National Science Foundation explains what federal research officials must do if the United States hopes to remain the world's leading...
February 22, 2010 4:47 PM
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Wellcome Unveils a Road Map
The Wellcome Trust, the United Kingdom's massive biomedical research charity, has a released a strategic plan for its next decade....
February 22, 2010 3:58 PM
Texas Supplied Newborn Blood Samples to Forensic Database
Dogged investigation by a non-profit online media organization in Texas has revealed that between 2003 and 2007, the state quietly gave hundreds of newborn blood samples to a U.S....
February 22, 2010 1:33 PM
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"End Homeopathy on NHS," Say British MPs
In a report released today, the United Kingdom's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has decided that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo and should not be...
February 19, 2010 4:50 PM
Roundup 2/19: Too Much to Handle Edition
The University of Sheffield and a research radiologist there are fighting over whether the scientist had permission from her bosses and a drug company to submit her osteoporosis work...
February 19, 2010 4:32 PM
NIH Expands Definition of Human Embryonic Stem Cell
The National Institutes of Health is slightly expanding its definition for what constitutes a human embryonic stem cell. Currently, for purposes of including cells in its stem cell registry,...
February 19, 2010 3:44 PM
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FBI Closes Anthrax Case, Says Bruce Ivins Was Sole Culprit Behind Letter Attacks
Nearly a year-and-a-half after implicating U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins in the anthrax letter attacks of 2001, the United States government has formally closed the case. In a press...
February 19, 2010 3:41 PM
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European Research Council Elects New President: Helga Nowotny
The new president of European Research Council’s scientific council is a familiar figure: Helga Nowotny, the current council vice-president, has long been a leading player in European science policy...
Rocket Snag Will Delay Launch of Spacecraft to Monitor Polar Ice
The European Space Agency (ESA) has delayed the planned 25 February launch of its CryoSat-2 spacecraft because of concerns about its launcher, a Russian Dnepr rocket. The Dnepr is a...
February 19, 2010 10:46 AM
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Researcher Accused of Scripting False Misconduct Defense
New York state officials this week charged that a researcher from the University at Buffalo hired three actors to testify as peers—falsely—in his defense in a scientific misconduct investigation in...
February 18, 2010 5:02 PM
Roundup 2/18: Setting the Record Straight Edition
David Albright, the nuclear proliferation expert, wants to set the record straight on what his studies indicate about uranium enrichment in Iran. Yesterday's ScienceInsider suggested that unproductive centrifuges are...
February 18, 2010 2:50 PM
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Facing Own Lawsuit, Firm Drops Libel Suit Against Researcher
GE Healthcare has dropped its controversial libel claim against the Danish radiologist Henrik Thomsen, who had infuriated the company by repeatedly suggesting that Omniscan, an agent used to enhance...
February 18, 2010 1:17 PM
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U.N. Climate Leader Yvo de Boer to Step Down
In an unexpected move, the head of a major United Nations climate body resigned today. Yvo de Boer, secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), announced...
February 17, 2010 5:15 PM
Roundup 2/17: Stimulating Research Edition
On the first anniversary of the $787 billion stimulus package, a coalition of U.S. higher education associations has issued a report touting some of the research projects the federal...
February 17, 2010 5:09 PM
NIH Deputy Director Kington Leaving for Grinnell
National Institutes of Health Deputy Director Raynard Kington is stepping down in late July to become president of Grinnell College in Iowa, NIH Director Francis Collins announced today. Kington...
February 17, 2010 4:15 PM
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Recalculating Iran's Pace of Uranium Enrichment
The clock marking off the time it may take Iran to produce enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) to pose a credible military nuclear threat is ticking more slowly than...
Animal Activists Win Review of Proposed E.U. Rules
Prompted by complaints from animal rights lobbyists, the European Ombudsman will investigate a 2-year-old study by the European Commission into the use of chimpanzees for research purposes. The study,...
February 16, 2010 4:32 PM
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Overview of Rampage by University of Alabama Neuroscientist
Amy Bishop, the neuroscientist at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, who allegedly opened fire at a faculty meeting on Friday after she was denied tenure, has prompted a flood...
February 15, 2010 3:53 PM
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IPCC/Climategate Criticism Roundup
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has always had a highly polished reputation, but it’s facing an unprecedented amount of criticism now. Here’s a roundup of recent criticism...
February 12, 2010 6:09 PM
Roundup 2/12: Problem Transmission Edition
Harvard Medical School has recruited an Eli Lilly executive to fill the newly created position of executive dean for research. Although some onlookers have criticized the hiring of endocrinologist William...
February 12, 2010 3:56 PM
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Pielke Jr. on Weather vs. Climate
While the debate over the East Coast "snowpocalypse" rages—does it disprove global warming, or is it a harbinger of things to come in a warmer world—policy guru Roger Pielke...
February 12, 2010 12:57 PM
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Ehlers Expects to Stay Active on Science Education
Representative Vern Ehlers (R-MI) has spent 17 years in Congress as a quiet but insistent advocate for improving U.S. science education. He's worked behind the scenes with both Democratic...
February 12, 2010 5:40 AM
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Take a Deep Breath, Beijing! U.S. Embassy Deploys Ozone Monitor
BEIJING—For many of the expats here in one of the world’s most polluted cities, a morning ritual is checking the latest local air-quality readings. This week, a trusted source—the...
February 11, 2010 6:00 PM
Roundup 2/11: Attention Getters Edition
A climate scientist disputes that he ever said, "Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen," a quote global warming skeptics have attributed to him for years. More than...
February 11, 2010 4:55 PM
Reports: Nature's Chief Editor Resigns From Climate Inquiry
A few hours after being presented as a member of a panel examining the integrity of climate scientists at the University of East Anglia, Nature's editor-in-chief, Philip Campbell, has...
February 11, 2010 4:36 PM
And Then There Were Five: New Inquiry Into Climate Science Unit
The Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) may by the end of this year be the most investigated scientific body around. UEA today announced that...
February 11, 2010 2:25 PM
Haiti Earthquake Science Organized
The United Nations has formed a joint taskforce of both Haitian and international experts to provide advice to the Haitian government and the public on how to reduce current...
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