June 2012 Archives


June 7, 2012 5:07 PM |

Scholars Group Asks Bahrain's King to Release Imprisoned Medics

Hospital workers were arrested during April 2011 uprising
June 7, 2012 4:38 PM |

NASA Cancels Mission to Study Effects of Black Holes, Neutron Stars

Cost overruns doom mission
June 7, 2012 3:42 PM |

Controversial Texas 'Incubator' Grant Will Undergo Scientific Review

MD Anderson proposal will be evaluated by both business and research experts
June 7, 2012 1:59 PM |

China Pushes the ‘Internet of Things’

"The Internet of Things," which merges several forms of embedded intelligence, has become a buzzword in China
June 6, 2012 5:34 PM |

U.S. Agencies Unveil Competition to Develop Personal Pollution Sensor

Officials hope prize will spur innovation
June 6, 2012 2:07 PM |

UPDATE: California's Prop 29 Advocates Not Conceding Defeat

At least 200,000 ballots still not counted
June 6, 2012 12:28 PM |

California Rejects Tobacco Tax to Raise Money for Research

Ballot measure fails by less than a percentage point
June 5, 2012 1:40 PM |

Japan and the United States Eye Cooperation in Disaster Research

NSF chief Subra Suresh visits Tokyo
June 4, 2012 4:56 PM |

Spy Telescopes Could Advance U.S. Dark Energy Mission

NASA hopes to repurpose the instruments to study dark energy, extrasolar planets, and a host of other questions in astronomy
June 4, 2012 2:06 PM |

White House Petition Urging Open Access Reaches 25,000 Signers

Threshold reached for triggering official response on expanding public access policies
June 4, 2012 1:39 PM |

BP Wins Right to Scientists' Oil Spill E-mails

Researchers hand over 3000 internal documents
June 1, 2012 3:54 PM |

U.S. Students Flock to Graduate Science Programs

New NSF report offers an upbeat view of the future U.S. scientific workforce
June 1, 2012 2:36 PM |

Therapeutic Antibody Pioneers Get Spain's Top Science Prize

Immunologists Gregory Winter and Richard Lerner receive Prince of Asturias award