October 2011 Archives
Report: Dutch 'Lord of the Data' Forged Dozens of Studies (UPDATE)
One of the Netherlands' leading social psychologists made up or manipulated data in dozens of papers over nearly a decade, an investigating committee has concluded. Diederik Stapel was suspended...
October 31, 2011 2:40 PM
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Court Endorses Vatican Bank's Rescue of Italian Research Center
One of Italy's most prestigious private biomedical research centers may have gained a new lease on life. On Friday, 28 October, an Italian bankruptcy court gave the green light...
October 28, 2011 4:58 PM
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Five University Teams Bid for New Research Campus in New York City
New York City today received bids from at least five university-based teams to build a science and engineering center in the city. In July, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that...
October 28, 2011 4:42 PM
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Advisory Panel Urges U.S. to Conduct Controversial Anthrax Vaccine Trial in Children
An advisory board to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this afternoon urged the U.S. government to launch a controversial trial of the anthrax vaccine in children....
October 28, 2011 2:36 PM
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Whew! U.S. Earth-Observing Satellite Actually Makes It Into Orbit
Third time's the charm. Climate and weather researchers are breathing a bit easier today with this morning's successful launch of a NASA satellite that will provide data to the...
Japan's New Okinawa Institute Officially Becomes Graduate University
A budding new Japanese graduate school backed by the likes of Nobel laureates Sydney Brenner, Susumu Tonegawa, Jerome Friedman, and others has cleared the last hurdle required to start...
October 27, 2011 5:10 PM
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U.S. Weapons Lab Gets a New Director
A veteran of U.S. national security policy debates has been chosen as the next director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the Department of Energy's two nuclear weapons...
October 27, 2011 11:04 AM
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In Announcing Comet Crack-Up NASA Displays the Write Stuff
The comet Elenin, never more than a modest celestial ice ball, has broken into even smaller pieces, NASA announced 25 October.
October 26, 2011 5:37 PM
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UPDATE: House Approves Arizona Land Swap
The House of Representatives has approved the Arizona land swap on a primarily partisan vote of 235-186. Eight Republicans voted against the bill, and seven Democrats voted for it....
October 26, 2011 3:11 PM
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Breaking News: Archaeology Groups Oppose Proposed Arizona Land Swap
Archaeology groups are lining up against a proposal, currently being debated on the floor of the House of Representatives, to give a major copper mining company a large chunk...
October 26, 2011 10:00 AM
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Sequencers: Genomics X PRIZE Takes On a New Look
The rules for a $10 million prize for leaps in genome sequencing just got a little easier—and a little harder. The Archon Genomics X PRIZE presented by MEDCO was established...
October 25, 2011 8:00 PM
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Tech Entrepreneur Offers Grants for Indie Science
Working on a garage project that could make the world a better place but don't have the cash for that DNA sequencer you spotted on eBay? A new program launched...
October 23, 2011 7:01 PM
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Public Awareness of Geoengineering Science Increasing
Geoengineering may not be a household name just yet, but its celebrity status seems to be on the rise. A new survey finds that public awareness of strategies aimed...
October 21, 2011 5:32 PM
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143 New Patents That Won't See the Light of Day
According to one rare measure—call it the Aftergood index—the reputed security value of inventions patented in the United States is on the rise. Steven Aftergood, director of the Project...
Faster-Than-Light Result to Be Scrutinized
The OPERA collaboration, which made headlines around the world last month when it announced that it had apparently observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light, has decided...
October 21, 2011 1:39 PM
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European Research Heads Get a New Body
BERLIN—While European heads of state argue about how to address their financial mess and whether to maintain their common currency, the continent's science leaders enjoyed a more harmonious gathering...
October 21, 2011 11:40 AM
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Jerusalem's Museum of Tolerance Under Fire—For Intolerance
In a 20 October letter, leading archaeologists speak out against plans to break ground on a museum that they say will disturb an ancient Muslim cemetery in the heart...
October 20, 2011 12:03 PM
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French Scientists Protest Allègre's Role in New Ecology Foundation
PARIS—Former French Science Minister Claude Allègre is at the center of a new controversy stemming from his role as a prominent climate change skeptic. Sixty members of the French...
October 20, 2011 11:13 AM
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Three Glasses of Milk a Day? Maybe Not
Does drinking lots of milk keep you healthy? Yes, according to a 2010 press release by Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) in the Netherlands about a study of...
October 19, 2011 4:57 PM
Molecular Biologist Inder Verma to Edit PNAS
The National Academy of Sciences has chosen molecular biologist Inder Verma as the next editor-in-chief of its journal. Verma, of the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences in San Diego,...
October 18, 2011 5:16 PM
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NIH Seeks Advice on Budget Crunch
The grim outlook for biomedical research funding is causing much angst at the $30.7 billion National Institutes of Health (NIH). In an unusually candid move this week, NIH described...
October 18, 2011 5:07 PM
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U.S. Atmospheric Research Effort Gets New Head
Space weather expert Thomas Bogdan will soon move from merely supervising U.S. forecasting of the space weather raining down on Earth to heading the nation's leading scientific organization whose...
October 18, 2011 4:44 PM
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New Chief for NIH's Basic Research Institute
The National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) basic research institute has a new director. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cell biologist Chris Kaiser will take the helm of the $2...
October 18, 2011 4:13 PM
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Ron Paul Would Erase Billions in Research Spending
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul's new proposal to slash federal spending would wipe out large chunks of the government's research portfolio. The congressman from Texas and Republican candidate unveiled a...
October 18, 2011 3:32 PM
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Attack on Radiation Geneticists Triggers Furor
Allegations that two radiation geneticists suppressed scientific evidence over 60 years ago have triggered a fierce debate among scientists and historians of science. At stake is the legacy of...
October 18, 2011 1:44 PM
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European Court Disallows Patents Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells
The environmental group Greenpeace has won its battle in Europe to prevent the patenting of human embryonic stem (hES) cells. Processes and products that involve such cells are not...
Italy's Nuclear Physics Chief: We Can Afford SuperB
Particle physicist Fernando Ferroni takes the reins as president of Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) at the end of the month. Ferroni, 59, is a professor at...
October 17, 2011 6:11 PM
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Super Science Suggestions: House Panel Lays Out Spending Preferences
The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology have some suggestions on where to cut $1.5 billion from the fiscal year 2012 research...
October 17, 2011 11:49 AM
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UPDATES: Floods in Thailand and The Scientist Finds a New Owner
As of today, the Thailand Science Park north of Bangkok was still dry despite heavy flooding, but because of high water in surrounding areas the park will remain closed...
October 14, 2011 12:14 PM
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Thai Floods Threaten Public and Private Research
Flood waters creeping toward Thailand's biggest research park have forced the evacuation of dozens of public and private labs. Emergency personnel are piling sandbags around facilities in hopes of...
New Swedish Fellowship Program Aims to Give Young Researchers a Leg Up
A new funding program in Sweden aims to help young scientists from around the world bridge the gap between their postdoctoral years and their first academic position. The Wallenberg...
October 14, 2011 11:03 AM
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Australia Eyes Hefty Tax on Carbon Emissions
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—After months of acrimonious debate, Australia's lower house of parliament on 12 October passed a carbon tax that is expected to transform the country's use of energy. Provided...
Russian Scientists Rally to Protest Funding Freeze
MOSCOW—Several hundred researchers, many wearing lab coats, rallied here today to protest a funding freeze at Russia's two grant organizations and on procurement regulations that they say are major...
East Asia's Universities Need To Play Bigger Economic Role, Says World Bank
TOKYO—Universities in East Asia aren't giving their countries the economic boost they should because of educational and research shortcomings, concludes a report released today by the World Bank. In...
Nuclear Power Likely to Grow, Royal Society Says, So Nations Should Plan Ahead
Despite the ongoing events at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Britain's Royal Society, for one, believes that a renaissance of nuclear power construction is likely. If so, it...
October 12, 2011 5:09 PM
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U.S. Again Gets Low Marks on Biothreat Preparedness
The United States today brought home yet another ugly report card that says it's woefully unprepared to respond to a bioattack. Issued by the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center,...
October 12, 2011 2:45 PM
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GAO Says White House Broke the Law by Holding Science Meetings With China
The watchdog agency for Congress has sided with an influential House of Representatives Republican in his attempt to block bilateral scientific exchanges with China. But the Obama Administration insists...
October 11, 2011 5:50 PM
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New Challenge to FBI's Anthrax Investigation Lends An Ear to Tin
Where did the tin come from? Three scientists have raised that question in a new paper that attempts to poke holes in the U.S. government's case against Bruce Ivins,...
October 11, 2011 4:00 PM
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House Prepares to Move STEM Immigration Reform
Congress could be inching closer to allowing more high-skilled foreign workers to remain in the country. The change in U.S. immigration law would be a huge victory for a...
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