January 2011 Archives
January 31, 2011 4:27 PM
Archaeologists Hold Their Breaths on Status of Egyptian Antiquities
The current political upheaval in Egypt has put the country's famed antiquities, from its museums to archaeological sites, under siege. On 29 January, a small band of looters entered...
Chinese Astronomers Set Sights on Overseas Scopes
BEIJING—Chinese astronomers are about to gain a superior view of the heavens--at premier perches far from their homeland. The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...
January 31, 2011 11:22 AM
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Why the 'Prius Driving, Composting' Set Fears Vaccines
Journalist Seth Mnookin's new book, The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear, explores the public health scare over vaccines and autism. The 1998 paper in...
January 28, 2011 5:08 PM
Unrest in Cairo Threatens Egyptian Museum
Reuters reports that the Egyptian army has secured the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, in downtown Cairo. The museum, one of the world's great...
January 28, 2011 5:00 PM
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Collins's Plan to Reshuffle NIH Draws More Flak
The revolt is spreading against a plan by U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins to create a new center on translational medicine by reassigning existing pieces...
CERN Gives Higgs Hunters an Extra Year
Just days after U.S. particle physicists were told they would have to shutter their accelerator later this year—so ending their hopes of finding the elusive Higgs boson—their European competitors...
January 28, 2011 1:27 PM
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More Trouble for Duke as FDA Audits Center, The Cancer Letter Reports
The fallout continues from a decision to halt controversial cancer trials at Duke University last year: In an article today, The Cancer Letter is reporting that the U.S. Food...
January 27, 2011 5:41 PM
The Military Industrial Complex at Fifty: Is Science Society's Slave or Master?
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for increased government involvement in funding innovation. Participants at a recent event marking the 50th anniversary of...
January 27, 2011 5:31 PM
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Intel Commits $100 Million for University Research
The computer chip giant Intel will invest $100 million in U.S. universities to support cutting-edge research in computing and communications, the company announced yesterday. The project will create a...
January 27, 2011 5:13 PM
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CDC Issues Preparatory PrEP Guidance
In November when researchers revealed positive results from the first large-scale trial of anti-HIV drugs to prevent sexual transmission of the virus, a barrage of questions immediately surfaced about...
January 27, 2011 4:41 PM
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GM Mosquito Release in Malaysia Surprises Opponents and Scientists—Again
Some 6000 transgenic mosquitoes developed to help fight dengue were released in Malaysia on 21 December, according to a statement issued by the country's Institute for Medical Research (IMR)...
Train 100,000 Science and Math Teachers? Obama Plan Leaves Unanswered Questions
In Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama promised that the federal government would help universities train 100,000 new elementary and secondary school science and math teachers...
January 27, 2011 2:24 PM
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Media Rehash of Corruption Plagues Global Fund
A widely picked up Associated Press story about fraud committed by several countries that received grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria has triggered a...
January 27, 2011 1:59 PM
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NIH Reorganization Draws Scrutiny From Congress
Biomedical scientists aren't alone in questioning a plan by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins to create a new center to spur drug development. Last week, a...
January 26, 2011 4:44 PM
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But Seriously, Mr. President, About Those Salmon …
In his State of the Union speech last night, President Barack Obama got some laughs while talking about the need for reorganizing government to make it more efficient. From...
January 26, 2011 4:05 PM
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Obama Proposes Big Boost for Blue-Sky Energy Research Agency
Following last night's declaration by President Barack Obama of a "Sputnik Moment" on competitiveness and energy innovation , the Department of Energy will request big increases on two signature...
Japan's IKAROS Solar Sail Mission Extended for a Year
TOKYO—Success is paying off for Japan's IKAROS solar sail mission: The team behind the spacecraft confirmed today that it flawlessly completed all the performance tests set for it during...
January 25, 2011 5:30 PM
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Study Says Rethinking Cities Is Key to Climate Change
Cities generate most of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. So changing their configuration and altering the lifestyles of urban dwellers can have a major impact on mitigating those...
January 25, 2011 4:21 PM
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No, Not That NIH Stem Cell Lawsuit
An online headline, " Appeals court dismisses stem cell research suit," certainly grabbed the attention of this reporter, who wondered if she had somehow missed news about a case...
January 25, 2011 1:59 PM
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Is 'No Child Left Behind' to Blame for Poor Science Test Scores?
U.S. students don't know much about science, according to the latest results from a national test released today. And one leading science educator says that a big reason for...
January 25, 2011 11:11 AM
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Japan Prizes Honor Immune System and Computer Science Research
TOKYO—The minds behind a breakthrough drug and a basic but ubiquitous operating software share the laurels of this year's Japan Prize, announced here today. For their work in taking...
January 24, 2011 5:17 PM
Scientist Wins Legal Skirmish After Fulfilling 'Moral Obligation' to Speak Out
Citing "a legal and moral obligation to speak" out about unverifiable experimental results and possible scientific misconduct, last week a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of one...
January 24, 2011 2:21 PM
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Stem Cell Research Guidelines: How Scientists Can Play Nice
Researchers working with stem cells should follow the example of their colleagues in genetic sequencing and clinical research, setting up global networks for sharing data, materials, and intellectual property,...
January 24, 2011 1:45 PM
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Cairo or Bust for Nefertiti
She has been dead for more than 3 millennia, but Queen Nefertiti is kicking up diplomatic dust between Cairo and Berlin. Today, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities demanded the...
January 24, 2011 11:48 AM
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Science Fair Champion to Sit With First Lady Tomorrow
No details have yet leaked out on how science may play in tomorrow's State of the Union address, which will emphasize competitiveness and innovation among its themes. But the...
January 24, 2011 11:40 AM
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European Research Head Starts to Tackle Kafkaesque Bureaucracy
European scientists have heard such promises before. Whenever the European Union appoints a new commissioner for research, he or she always promises to make the E.U.'s Framework Program, a...
January 21, 2011 5:56 PM
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NIH's Collins Explains Why NCRR Must Go
In what he admits has been his most controversial move as National Institutes of Health director, Francis Collins today explained his decision last month to create a new translational...
January 21, 2011 4:21 PM
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Mixed Messages on Alzheimer's Test
There's a stark contrast in the media coverage of yesterday's FDA advisory committee meeting on a test for a signature feature of Alzheimer's disease. At The New York Times,...
January 21, 2011 3:56 PM
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Balkan Countries Pin Hopes on More Science
The breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s created a situation in which research was a luxury for many of its former republics struggling to make it as independent...
January 21, 2011 1:00 PM
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Canadian-Born Geologist Tapped for Key E.U. Research Post
A geologist born and raised in Canada is slated to take on a key role in the European Research Council (ERC), the E.U.'s agency for funding individual basic researchers....
January 21, 2011 11:21 AM
Four Freshmen Grab Leadership Posts on House Science Committee
Talk about a steep learning curve. Congressional oversight of a huge chunk of U.S. nonmedical civilian research will be in the hands of legislators still hanging pictures on the...
January 20, 2011 4:42 PM
NASA Scientists Lose Supreme Court Case on Background Checks
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the use of background checks by the government on scientists and other workers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The unanimous ruling means...
January 20, 2011 3:50 PM
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Finnish Ecologist Clinches Crafoord Prize
This year's Crafoord Prize has gone to Finnish ecologist Ilkka Hanski of the University of Helsinki for his contributions to understanding the impact of habitat fragmentation on species' survival....
January 20, 2011 11:23 AM
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Montenegro's Young PM Creates Dedicated Science Ministry
Igor Lukšić, Montenegro's new prime minister and at 34 the youngest head of state in the world, has in one of his first official acts created a dedicated science...
Joint U.S.-China Energy Research Takes Shape
Bilateral talks this week between the two superpowers have pinpointed three areas of collaboration for the newly established U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center. Those are efficient buildings, clean vehicles,...
January 19, 2011 2:57 PM
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U.K. Scientists: Budget Threatens Facilities
Heads of the United Kingdom's research councils today warned politicians that delaying capital investments due to funding cuts will harm the country's scientific standing. "It will in principle damage...
January 19, 2011 1:26 PM
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NIH's Plan to Break Up a Center
Anxiety continues to roil the biomedical community about a decision last month by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a new center for translational research and, in...
January 19, 2011 12:56 PM
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Ecuador Wages Poison War on Galapagos Rats
Conservationists have stepped up their war against alien rats in the Galápagos. Officials with Ecuador's Galápagos National Park announced Monday they and conservationists from various nonprofit organizations had begun...
Japanese Virologist Loses Job, Gets Publishing Ban for Image Manipulation
TOKYO—A virologist who has retracted several papers in recent weeks because of problems with images has been dismissed from his position at the University of the Ryukyus in Nishihara,...
January 18, 2011 5:34 PM
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University Settles Suit With Astronomer
The University of Kentucky has paid astronomer Martin Gaskell $125,000 to settle his discrimination suit, as reported in our sister blog Science Careers. The university doesn't admit to any...
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