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Aug 16 | News
According
to a two-year study titled The Astro2010 Decadal Survey “New Worlds,
New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics", a 5-foot (1.5-metre)
field-of-view device due to launch in 2020 should be a top priority for
space agency astronomers because of its ability to find close habitable
planets and test the boundaries of physics.
Aug 5 | News
The U.S. Department of Energy last week dropped its long-running
plans to build a futuristic power plant in eastern Illinois and said it
will instead use the site for the storage of carbon dioxide produced by
another power plant across the state. The decision to radically
change the so-called FutureGen project appeared to take many of those
who were involved with it by surprise. The entire project is expected to cost $1.2 billion.
Jul 23 | News
In
the first comprehensive examination of its kind, Washington University
in St. Louis researchers explain that the U.S. government must weigh the
rights of researchers, also called data producers, against those of
data users. The scientific community needs the latest data as soon as
possible in order to drive further research. But researchers may want
time to prepare for publication and apply for patents.
Jul 21 | News
The
upcoming European Science Foundation’s World Conference on Research
Integrity will highlight the new framework, which addresses good
practice and bad conduct in science. The effort at self-regulation of
existing ethic codes will span 30 countries.
Jul 21 | News
An Executive Order issued in early July by the Obama Administration will reclassify biological select agents and toxins in the biggest overhaul in seven years.
May 26 | White Papers
About 40,000
companies received questionnaires from the National Science Foundation
and the
U.S. Census Bureau in 2008. The results from this report, the first of
its kind
to gauge R&D performance on a global scale, show that the U.S.
economy
supports a higher level of domestic R&D ($234 billion) than some had
thought.
May 7 | News
In addition to naming James Scinta of ConocoPhillips Company
to the leadership position of the board of directors, the Industrial
Research
Institute, an association of companies and labs that fosters innovation,
also
honored longtime aviation entrepreneur and engineer Linden S. Blue with a
2010
Achievement Award.
May 6 | News
According to a report from Battelle and the Biotechnology
Industry Organization that analyzed the health of the bioscience
industry in
the U.S.
from 2001 to 2008, employment was robust (1.42 million jobs) even as the
most
widespread economic recession in a generation took shape.
Apr 30 | News
Stephen Hawking made news this week with his cautionary
stance on reaching out to extraterrestrial intelligence. Putting himself
in
their shoes, the physicist speculated that the first such beings we
encounter
would probably have more interest in conquering and colonizing than in
learning
about humans.
Apr 29 | White Papers
The authors of a new report from the Woodrow Wilson
International Center
for Scholars claim that the ability to estimate the social, ethical,
legal, and
economic impacts of emerging technologies and science is missing from
our
national perspective. They advocate the creation of a new institution
that
would assess national technology capability.