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July 22, 2011 11:40 AM
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Chinese Geoscientist Accused of Misusing Funds
A prominent Chinese geophysical chemist, Duan Zhenhao, was detained by police in Beijing on Thursday for alleged embezzlement of research funds, according to a statement from his employer, the Institute...
July 19, 2011 10:55 AM
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Delayed by Cricket, Science Minister Reports for Duty
NEW DELHI—A week after being named India's science minister, on 19 July Vilasrao Deshmukh assumed the post. He is the fourth science minister since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's second...
Japan Reconsiders Nuclear Power and the Monju Fast-Breeder Reactor—Or Maybe Not
The difficulty of changing Japan's decades-old nuclear-centric energy policy was in evidence this week. On Tuesday, Environment Minister Satsuki Eda, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),...
Investigation of Japanese Papers Entangles University President
TOKYO—The list of scientists who must regret co-authoring papers with University of the Ryukyus virologist Naoki Mori now includes the president of the university. Mori and colleagues have already...
June 27, 2011 12:38 PM
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Mutated Bacteria Drives Scarlet Fever Outbreak
HONG KONG—A mutated strain of bacteria is apparently behind an outbreak of scarlet fever in Hong Kong that has killed two children and sickened more than 600 people so...
China's Health Care Reform Looks to Science
SHANGHAI—No matter where you stand on "Obamacare," the derisive term given to President Barack Obama's attempt to mandate health care for Americans, you'll be blown away by the sheer...
June 2, 2011 5:50 PM
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DNA Sequence Yields Clues to Germany's 'Super Toxic' E. coli Outbreak
Just from the high number of deaths and severe cases, scientists and public health experts battling Germany's massive E. coli outbreak knew they were up against something unusual. Now,...
Bracing Tour of China Leaves E.U. Science Chief Impressed
BEIJING—Visiting China for the first time last week, Europe's top research official, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, admitted that she was bowled over by how quickly the rising power is muscling up...
Chinese Journalists Barred From Shuttle Launch
Chinese journalists were denied access to this week's space shuttle launch in what is believed to be the first application of a congressional ban on interactions between NASA and...
Utility: Fukushima Cores More Damaged Than Thought
TOKYO—Over the last several days, evidence has emerged indicating that the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was far more dire than previously recognized. The main evidence...
Japan’s U-Turn on Nuclear Power: Reaction
Yesterday, Japan’s prime minister, Naoto Kan, announced that the government was scrapping a planned expansion of nuclear power, which currently provides about a third of Japanese electricity. Instead, the...
U.S. Nuclear Watchdog Says Fukushima Safety Guidance Was Meant 'for U.S. Citizens'
The chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today defended his advice that Americans living within 80 km of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant should leave their homes...
Holdren's Response to Ban on China Science Partnerships Draws GOP Ire
The Obama Administration has carved out a loophole in the recent congressional ban on scientific interactions with China that would permit most activities between the two countries to continue....
Indian Scientists Plan to Delve Deep for Earthquake Precursors
NEW DELHI—Indian scientists are about to embark on an ambitious effort to drill into the Indian plate to monitor tremors and other seismic signatures of impending earthquakes. Indian science...
Government Adviser Quits Post to Protest Japan's Policy on Radiation Exposure for Fukushima Schools
TOKYO—A prominent Japanese radiation safety specialist has resigned his governmental advisory post in protest over what he calls "inexcusable" standards for school children in Fukushima Prefecture. The Yomiuri Online...
April 28, 2011 2:22 PM
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Declining Chinese Birth Rate Could Doom One-Child Policy
Preliminary results from China's census, released today at a press conference in Beijing, reveal a population that is older, rapidly urbanizing, and growing more slowly, with a widening gap...
Tsinghua Celebrates Centennial in Style
BEIJING—Tsinghua University marked its 100th anniversary in a grand ceremony here on 24 April in the Great Hall of the People. Founded in 1911 with war reparations imposed on...
April 22, 2011 11:17 AM
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A Map of Fukushima's Radiation Risks
A new map from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) shows the long-term radiation risks to people living near Japan's ailing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. DOE-sponsored aerial surveys began...
April 21, 2011 2:04 PM
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Spending Bill Prohibits U.S.-China Collaborations
A little-noticed clause in the 2011 spending bill signed into law last week cuts off funding for a host of scientific exchanges between the United States and China. Representative...
April 15, 2011 12:19 PM
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Court Releases Indian Doctor Binayak Sen
NEW DELHI—The Indian Supreme Court gave bail today to Binayak Sen, 61, a doctor who has been detained in Raipur in Chhattisgarh since May 2007 on charges of sedition....
April 12, 2011 11:49 AM
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China's Scientific Output Rises—To Some Consternation
The number of Chinese papers published in leading science journals has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a new report from the China Association for Science and...
Japan to Widen Evacuation Zone
TOKYO—Japan's government will move people out of some areas outside of the current evacuation and sheltering zones because radiation doses could accumulate to high levels over the coming year....
Indian Scientists Call for Moratorium on New Nuclear Plants
NEW DELHI—A group of scientists has stirred a controversy within India's research community last week by calling for a moratorium on new nuclear plants. P. Balaram, a molecular biophysicist...
Live Chat: Bill Burnett Talks About Radiation in Japan's Seas (Transcript)
At 3 p.m. on Thursday, join Florida State University geochemist William Burnett to chat about how radiation can affect ocean chemistry and its possible effects on marine ecology.
Indian Survey Finds More Tigers, but Some Wonder
A new survey by the Indian government reports a 12% increase in the country's adult tiger population. But some tiger experts think the numbers don't really add up. A...
March 28, 2011 10:55 AM
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Ambitious Survey Offers Window Into Chinese Society
Results just in from a pathbreaking survey reveal a wealth of information about everything from economic behavior to happiness in China. Last April, interviewers with the 2010 Chinese Family...
March 25, 2011 6:14 PM
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Japan Soil Measurements Surprisingly High
Concerns about radiation in Japan have now spread to the soil surrounding the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor. One level that was reported this week was high enough to...
China to Tune in to the Music of Dark Energy
BEIJING—China is about to join the hunt for dark energy. At a cosmology workshop held here on 20 March, scientists unveiled Tianlai, or "Sound of Heaven," a project to...
March 25, 2011 10:48 AM
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Japan Radiation Map Roundup
If you want to know what's going on, ask the nerds. As fears swelled over radiation from Japan's battered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the days after the 11...
Radioecologists Developing Japan-Response Recommendations
Two months ago, to little fanfare, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a new research center at its Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in Georgia. Now, thanks to the...
March 23, 2011 5:44 PM
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What's the Current Radiation Threat to Japan's Food and Water?
Health concerns have been rising in Japan after the government found unacceptable radiation levels in milk and vegetables from several regions and in drinking water in Tokyo. The radiation...
March 23, 2011 2:11 PM
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Conflicting U.S. and Japan Evacuation Policies Sow Confusion
TOKYO—There is no shortage of contradictory information concerning the danger of the radiation emanating from the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant. But critics here and in the United States...
March 22, 2011 5:48 PM
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Quake Question #14: Will Radiation Reach Hawaii?
Readers ask: Will radiation from the Japan quake and tsunami affect the Hawaiian Islands by May 2011? Should we cancel trips to Hawaii for our families? Science answers: You...
March 22, 2011 5:17 PM
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Quake Question #13: Are There Any Radiation Drugs Available Beyond Potassium Iodide?
Readers ask: Is the military's drug Rad-X being made available to the people of Japan? Science answers: Government health clinics in Japan are distributing potassium iodide pills which can...
Quake Question #12: Can Nuclear Reactors Survive Blackouts?
Readers ask: Are there any commercial nuclear plants that, when deprived of all electric power for a day, don't self-destruct and blow radiation? Science answers: All of the most...
Quake Question #11: How Is Japan's Energy System Affected?
Readers ask: I see reference to natural gas explosions, a refinery fire (now out), a hydroelectric break washing away hundreds of homes, etc. What other energy problems, besides the...
March 21, 2011 5:49 PM
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Quake Scuttles Mission to Study Deep-Sea Carbon
Japan's half-billion-dollar deep-sea drilling vessel was also a casualty of the tsunami following the massive 11 March earthquake. The Chikyu was docked at Hachinohe, 250 kilometers north of Sendai,...
March 21, 2011 4:48 PM
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New Study of Fukushima Crisis Under Way at U.S. Nuclear Agency
Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced two studies into the Japan nuclear crisis at a meeting today. The first is a 90-day task force looking to obtain a...
March 21, 2011 2:55 PM
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The Aftermath in Japan: Send Us Your Questions
Last week, we asked you to send us your most pressing questions on the crisis in Japan. You responded in droves, and we answered a number of them on...
Radiation Plume Modelers Chafe at Scarcity of Data
Atmospheric modelers are still warily watching the spread of radionuclides from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant as workers there struggle to bring the situation under control. "The wind is...
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