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May 6, 2010 6:02 PM |

Cool Cleanup Blog

by Lauren Schenkman

Scientists of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, an organization based at the University of California, Davis, that's advising cleanup efforts in Louisiana, are blogging daily from the front lines...

May 6, 2010 5:19 PM |

House Member Sees NSF as a 60-Year Mistake

by Jeffrey Mervis

The National Science Foundation (NSF) doesn't have many enemies on Capitol Hill. So it raised eyebrows on Tuesday when an innocuous congressional resolution (H Res 1307) marking the agency's...

May 6, 2010 3:06 PM |

Four Ways the Gulf Oil Disaster Was Really Bad Timing

by Eli Kintisch

Breeding Season: Invertebrates, sea turtles, and birds will be facing the brunt of the spill just as they are laying eggs or caring for them in important wildlife areas....

May 6, 2010 2:52 PM

Obey, Friend of Biomedical Research, to Leave Congress

by Jocelyn Kaiser

Biomedical science will lose a long-time champion with the retirement of Representative David Obey (D-WI), the chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Obey, 71, announced yesterday that he will...

May 6, 2010 11:41 AM |

NEON Gets Final Approval, Awaits Money to Start Construction

by Elizabeth Pennisi

The most ambitious U.S. effort to assess environmental change on a continental scale won final approval yesterday from the oversight body of the National Science Foundation (NSF). More than...

May 6, 2010 11:25 AM |

Japan Restarts Troubled Breeder Reactor

by Dennis Normile

TOKYO—Fourteen years after a coolant leak and botched cover-up led to its shutdown, Japan's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju was restarted today with the hope of moving the controversial...

May 5, 2010 5:20 PM |

Big Money in the U.K.

by John Travis

The Wellcome Trust has released additional details of its new Investigator Awards, including that they can extend for up to 7 years at a rate of up to £425,000....

May 5, 2010 4:58 PM |

NIH Starts to Flesh Out Drug Development Program

by Jocelyn Kaiser

Lawmakers today began discussing the details of a newly created drug development program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH Director Francis Collins told a Senate panel that...

May 5, 2010 3:00 PM |

NSF Director Gloomy About 2011 Budget

by Jeffrey Mervis

Don't bet on the National Science Foundation getting anything close to the president's request for a 8% budget increase next year. That's the word from NSF Director Arden Bement,...

May 5, 2010 2:09 PM

NSF to Ask Every Grant Applicant for Data Management Plan

by Jeffrey Mervis

Scientists seeking funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will soon need to spell out how they plan to manage the data they hope to collect. It's part of...

May 4, 2010 5:31 PM |

Virginia Official Wades Into U.K. Climate Investigation

by Eli Kintisch

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is requesting years of documents related to work carried out by Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, climate scientist Michael Mann when he was...

May 4, 2010 5:18 PM |

GM Plants Moving Forward in Europe

by John Travis

Individual European Union nations may each decide whether to plant genetically modified crops under plans by the European Commission to boost GM crop production without legally changing its GM...

May 4, 2010 4:34 PM |

U.S. Reveals 5113 Nukes in Stockpile, Estimate by 'Nuclear Geek' Was Off by Only 87

by Eli Kintisch

Yesterday, the Obama Administration released the total number of nuclear warheads in the U.S. stockpile, a number that had been classified for decades. Nonproliferation experts hailed the move as...

May 3, 2010 6:17 PM |

As Oil Becomes 'Mousse' Then 'Tarballs,' Chemistry Could Determine Coast's Fate

by Richard A. Kerr

The Deepwater Horizon disaster is no Exxon Valdez, says marine chemist Edward Overton. Instead of a "black tide" of crude oil flushing into marshlands, Overton is looking for mostly...

May 3, 2010 2:28 PM |

Hearing Highlights Impasse Between Postdoc Union and UC

by Greg Miller

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—A congressional panel on Friday got a taste of what the past 18 months have been like for postdoctoral researchers at the University of California (UC) trying to...