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March 3, 2010 11:35 AM |

Bingaman Gives ARPA-E Good Marks on First Year

by Eli Kintisch

One of ARPA-E's key congressional fathers, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), gave the young agency high grades in remarks today during the third day of a 3-day summit hosted by the...

March 2, 2010 5:21 PM

Roundup 3/2: Ups and Downs Edition

by Science News Staff

The research dean of the Karolinska Institute, clinical chemist Karl Tryggvason, has been dismissed from his post after an investigation found that he "exerted undue influence" on funding decisions...

March 2, 2010 4:48 PM |

Summit Offers New Details on $400 Million "High-Risk" Energy Research Shop

by Eli Kintisch

In a year ARPA-E, the newest part of the Department of Energy, has gone from barely having an office at DOE to hosting a glitzy and impressive summit this...

March 1, 2010 5:28 PM

Roundup 3/1: Hearing Aid Edition

by Science News Staff

Phil Jones and the University of East Anglia mostly emerged unscathed in fairly aggressive testimony before a House of Commons committee on the ClimateGate issue today. (See live-twitter coverage...

March 1, 2010 1:55 PM |

Killer Quake Leaves Chilean Telescopes Undamaged

by Daniel Clery

The European Southern Observatory, which is headquartered in Germany but has a number of telescopes in Chile, has voiced its support for the families of victims of Saturday's devastating...

March 1, 2010 12:52 PM |

Back Researchers, Not Research, Say U.K. Science Advisers

by Tim Wogan

With the struggling economy putting a squeeze on research funding in the United Kingdom, a government-appointed advisory panel called the Council for Science and Technology today released a report...

March 1, 2010 11:55 AM

NIH Gets New Legislative Director

by Jocelyn Kaiser

Veteran science policy lobbyist Patrick White, now with the Association of American Universities (AAU), has been named legislative affairs director for the National Institutes of Health. The move continues...

March 1, 2010 11:37 AM |

Live Coverage of House of Commons Climategate Hearing via Twitter

by Science News Staff

ScienceInsider's Eli Kintisch is live-tweeting today's hearing on Climategate at the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (see details). Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia, among...

March 1, 2010 8:37 AM |

More Details From IPCC Official on Coming Review

by Eli Kintisch

Turns out the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change review will be jointly requested by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and IPCC, which will greatly add to the influence of the...