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May 3 | News
Four
months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two
studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu.
Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the
government's blessing. The second paper, which is more controversial
because it involves what appears to be a more dangerous virus, is
expected to be published later.
Apr 18 | News
As
part of an all-industries challenge to speed innovation and reduce the
time and effort required to commercialize new products, informatics and
data management company Accelrys is introducing a scientifically aware
enterprise platform that is designed to greatly improve the scientific
innovation lifecycle.
Apr 16 | News
Starting
Friday, NASA’s Mars Program Planning Group began accepting ideas and
abstracts online from the worldwide scientific and technical community
as part of NASA's effort to seek out the best and the brightest ideas
from researchers and engineers in planetary science. They hope to
develop a new strategy for the exploration of Mars.
Apr 2 | News
On
Friday, the U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said they support
publishing research studies showing how scientists made new
easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't
reveal details bioterrorists could use. The announcement could end
debate sparked by the government’s request last December that scientists
refrain from publishing all the details of their work.
Mar 27 | News
The
Supreme Court this week threw out a lower court ruling allowing human
genes to be patented. The court overturned patents belonging to Myriad
Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City on two genes linked to increased risk of
breast and ovarian cancer.
Feb 27 | News
Intended
to help cut red tape for business and startups wanting to do business
with the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s research laboratories, the new
Agreements for Commercializing Technology (ACT) program was recently
launched as a third alternative to the two preceding options: signing a
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) or a Work For
Others (WFO) Agreement.
Feb 27 | News
Earlier
this month, the president's budget canceled joint U.S.-European robotic
missions to Mars in 2016 and 2018. Now top science officials say they
are scrambling to come up with a plan by the end of the summer for a
cut-rate journey to the red planet in 2018. That's when Mars passes
closest to Earth, something that only happens once every 15 years.
Feb 27 | News
The
National Science Foundation and the U.S. Census Bureau has revamped and
expanded their Business R&D and Innovation Survey, which
collects information from a nationally representative sample of about
40,000 companies. The results indicate that trademarks and trade secrets
are the most important form of intellectual property protection, ahead
of copyrights and patents.
Feb 24 | News
A
new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that the
rapid rise in low-wage manufacturing industries overseas has had a
significant impact on the United States. The disappearance of U.S.
manufacturing jobs frequently leaves workers unemployed for years, if
not permanently, while creating a drag on local economies and raising
the amount of taxpayer-borne social insurance necessary to keep workers
and their families afloat.
Jan 31 | News
Republican
presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony
that he says could become a U.S. state. This, along with his plan to
figure out the human brain and warnings about electromagnetic attacks
have led some to cry science fiction. But mostly these ideas rooted in
solid scientific foundations.
