News: NIH to fund ''wild and crazy'' research Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 31st July 2007 11:39 PM GMT] Scientists who have been complaining about flat NIH funding may get relief in the form of a new funding scheme. But run-of-the-mill researchers need not apply. This ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Congratulations, Nancy Hopkins Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 31st July 2007 01:45 PM GMT] This Sunday's New York Times devoted an entire article to Nancy Hopkins, a professor of molecular biology at MIT and member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is an accomplished researcher, who spent many Saturday nights working, and never ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Health care reporters on the take? Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 30th July 2007 11:44 AM GMT] In a reminder that members of Congress -- oh, and bloggers, too -- need fact-checkers as much as journalists do, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) felt the need to put out a press release Friday apologizing to three prominent health care reporters. Here's ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Gonzo journalism about cats? Posted by Kerry Grens [Entry posted at 26th July 2007 05:07 PM GMT] This week one of my sources sent me a recent newsletter from Allerca, a "lifestyle pets" company now headquartered in Delaware that claims to have developed hypoallergenic cats. I was interested to read a ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Mass files life science legislation Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 20th July 2007 06:02 PM GMT] Yesterday, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick proposed life science research legislation that he ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Why is US citation share dropping? Posted by Kerry Grens [Entry posted at 20th July 2007 11:51 AM GMT] The National Science Foundation released two reports to the public this week that examine a puzzling trend: Why, during times of increasing investment in science, is the share of US publications dropping? As I ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Breathing freely over TB patient Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 3rd July 2007 05:51 PM GMT] Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are likely taking a collective sigh of relief. This just in from The Scientist intern Kelly Chi: Today (July 3) representatives from the National Jewish Medical Research Center and the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: More labs go green all over Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 3rd July 2007 03:38 PM GMT] It appears that the link between science and building green is strengthening with each passing day. Last week, Arizona State University announced its choice of HDR Architects and Steven Ehrlich Architects to design its new Interdisciplinary Science ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: For one patient, stem cells show promise Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 2nd July 2007 11:14 AM GMT] In this week's Lancet, several Norwegian cardiologists urge caution before testing stem cell therapies in patients following heart attacks. Three of the clinical ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story

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