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2 April 2008 | ScienceNOW

Summertime Listing for Polar Bear?

by Erik Stokstad
U.S. Senate panel gets indirect report on Bush Administration's timetable
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1 April 2008 | ScienceNOW

Bush to Science: "Let's be friends"

by David Grimm
President embraces research in unexpected announcement
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31 March 2008 | ScienceNOW

Banking on Wetlands Reform

by Erik Stokstad
Major new U.S. regulations create standards for restoration of wetlands and streams
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12 March 2008 | ScienceNOW

Mr. Gates Goes to Washington

by Jeffrey Mervis
Microsoft chair ruffles some on science committee by calling for more visas
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28 February 2008 | ScienceNOW

A Conflicts-of-Interest Handbook for Universities Unveiled

by Jocelyn Kaiser
With public concern high, ties between academic researchers and drug companies are the target
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26 February 2008 | ScienceNOW

Canada Offers Golden Research Chairs

by Wayne Kondro
New budget to fund 20 scientific superstars from around the world
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4 February 2008 | ScienceNOW

Physical Sciences Win Out Over Biomedicine in 2009 Budget Proposal

by Science Staff
Bush requests flat funding for NIH, big boosts for NSF and DOE
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18 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

Report: NIH Not Adequately Monitoring Conflicts of Interest

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Inspector General recommends that agency collect more details
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15 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

Interview: Raymond Orbach Responds to DOE Budget Crisis

by Adrian Cho Eli Kintisch
An exclusive, in-depth talk with the science chief at the U.S. Department of Energy
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11 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

NIH Announces Public-Access Policy

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Requirement to submit manuscripts takes effect in April
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21 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

U.S. Wavers Again on ITER

by Dennis Normile Daniel Clery Adrian Cho
Partners Prepare to Go Ahead With Fusion Reactor After Budget Cut
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19 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

Budget Cuts Imperil Fermilab

by Adrian Cho
Development of future projects will stop immediately; hundreds will lose jobs
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18 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

A Budget Too Small

by Jeffrey Mervis Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Adrian Cho Eli Kintisch Andrew Lawler Eliot Marshall Robert F. Service
Congress is finishing work on a 2008 budget that's a big disappointment to U.S. scientists
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11 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

Lean Days Ahead for U.K. Physical Science

by John Travis
Budget shortfall could compromise physics and astronomy projects
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7 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

A Radical Revamp of Peer Review?

by Jennifer Couzin
Dramatic changes weighed to NIH's grant-evaluation process
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6 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

Senate Panel Adopts Emissions Curbs

by Eli Kintisch
Vote sets up major battle on global warming next year
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5 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

U.K. Bets Big on Biomedical Research Facility

by John Travis
London center will combine basic biology with clinical research
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13 November 2007 | ScienceNOW

President Nixes Bill Funding NIH

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Agency would have received biggest increase in 5 years
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7 November 2007 | ScienceNOW

Texas Votes for Research, New Jersey Opts Not

by Constance Holden Jocelyn Kaiser
Cancer wins, stem cells lose in state referendums
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23 October 2007 | ScienceNOW

When You Grow, Grow Green

by Eli Kintisch
National academies make case for sustainable growth
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18 October 2007 | ScienceNOW

Psst ... Keep This to Yourself

by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Restrictions acceptable for some unclassified research, says academy panel
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4 October 2007 | ScienceNOW

Proliferation of Biosafety Labs Poses Its Own Risks, Congress Told

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Lawmakers call for greater oversight of labs handling virulent pathogens
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28 September 2007 | ScienceNOW

A Not-So-Innovative Office of Innovation

by Jeffrey Mervis
The Commerce Department launches a miniversion of the much-reviled Technology Administration
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28 September 2007 | ScienceNOW

FDA Oversight of Trials Found Lacking

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Report blames agency for not adequately protecting patients
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3 August 2007 | ScienceNOW

Congress Votes to COMPETE

by Jeffrey Mervis
Sprawling bill would increase federal research and education programs at several agencies
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31 July 2007 | ScienceNOW

Water Wars Make Waves on Capitol Hill

by Erik Stokstad
Hearing probes political meddling into decisions about endangered fish
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20 July 2007 | ScienceNOW

U.K. Cabinet Reshuffle Raises Fears About Science Oversight

by Daniel Clery
Researchers urge that new parliamentary committee needs broad purview
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20 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Senate Gives NIH a Raise

by Jocelyn Kaiser
But spending bill must be reconciled with House version and faces presidential veto
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20 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Bush Reaffirms Stem Cell Policy With Veto

by Constance Holden
New executive order urges backing of lines that don't create or destroy embryos
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12 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Here's $45 Million, Knock Yourself Out

by Eli Kintisch
Lawmakers want to give scientists nearly free rein to study effects of climate change
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12 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Legislators Back Boost for Science

by Jeffrey Mervis Andrew Lawler
House spending panel takes the first step toward increasing 2008 budgets for NSF, NASA, NOAA, and NIST
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8 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Cetaceans Score With CITES

by Virginia Morell
International convention strikes down challenges to whaling ban by Japan and Iceland
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7 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

House Backs Stem Cell Research

by Eli Kintisch Eliot Marshall
White House vows second veto of measure adopted by Congress; cloning ban defeated
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1 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Bush Climate Goals Greeted With Skepticism

by Eli Kintisch
Researchers call for more aggressive approach
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17 May 2007 | ScienceNOW

Final OK for California Stem Cell Institute

by Constance Holden
State supreme court turns down appeal by program's opponents
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4 May 2007 | ScienceNOW

Price Tags for Fighting Climate Change

by John Bohannon
IPCC releases an array of affordable approaches to combating global warming
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30 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

High Court Raises the Patent Bar

by Eli Kintisch
Measured Supreme Court ruling will make it harder to patent "obvious" ideas
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12 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

Senate Takes Another Stab at Stem Cells

by Constance Holden
Majority votes to ease restrictions, but count won't hold up to presidential veto
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3 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

Federal Government Rules Against Wisconsin Stem Cell Patents

by Constance Holden
Patent office determines that patents on human embryonic cells were "obvious"
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2 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

Court Sees C02 Auto Emissions as Pollutant

by Eli Kintisch
Supreme Court backs states opposing Bush Administration policy
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