News: NSF director heads to Purdue Posted by Jef Akst [Entry posted at 5th February 2010 02:32 PM GMT] Arden L. Bement is stepping down as the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to head up Purdue University's new Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI), which will offer faculty and student fellowships, a certificate in public policy, ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Mapping methylation Posted by Jef Akst [Entry posted at 3rd February 2010 10:00 PM GMT] With the Human Genome Project largely complete, scientists are turning to variation in the epigenome and beginning to map chemical modifications of DNA that affect gene expression. Two recent studies that provide the first comprehensive maps of ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Quantum photosynthesis Posted by Jef Akst [Entry posted at 3rd February 2010 06:00 PM GMT] Biologists have traditionally left quantum theory to physicists. But the complicated interactions between matter and energy predicted by quantum mechanics appears to play a role in photosynthesis, according to a study published this week in Nature ... Click to continue View comments (11) | Comment on this news story News: Peer review trickery? Posted by Jef Akst [Entry posted at 2nd February 2010 04:17 PM GMT] Leading stem cell researchers are accusing some scientists of abusing the peer-review system, writing unreasonable or obstructive reviews and delaying the publication of high quality science. Image: Wikimedia commonsTwo researchers -- Robin ... Click to continue View comments (13) | Comment on this news story

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