Editor's Note: This second part of a two-part series looks at the Internet's growing capabilities for scientists. For more and more researchers, the network is making crucial information resources available online. In addition, several ongoing demonstration projects in remote instrument control and in networked laboratories suggest a much-changed future for science as a result of the Internet. The first part of this series, which ex

Editor's Note: This second part of a two-part series looks at the Internet's growing capabilities for scientists. For more and more researchers, the network is making crucial information resources available online. In addition, several ongoing demonstration projects in remote instrument control and in networked laboratories suggest a much-changed future for science as a result of the Internet. The first part of this series, which ex

Author: FRANKLIN HOKE, pp.3 Date: May 16,1994 Denial of mentoring in a research setting can constitute a form of sex discrimination, according to a recent jury verdict in federal court. But as a result of a subsequent Supreme Court ruling, the case will go back to the presiding judge for determination. If the judge agrees with the jury, the case could set an important legal precedent, according to the female researcher who brought

Already, they say, data exchange and E-mail are reshaping the way science is done--and this is only the beginning The vigorously expanding international computer network known as the Internet is changing the way science is done, researchers say. Sometimes dramatically, sometimes subtly, the Internet is altering the way scientists interact with their data, with their instruments, and with each other. Moreover, investigators predic

Already, they say, data exchange and E-mail are reshaping the way science is done--and this is only the beginning The vigorously expanding international computer network known as the Internet is changing the way science is done, researchers say. Sometimes dramatically, sometimes subtly, the Internet is altering the way scientists interact with their data, with their instruments, and with each other. Moreover, investigators predic

As is customary at the annual AAAS meeting, a wide variety of current science-and-society topics were addressed in the sessions. Among these were: the dangers posed by the rapid spread of drug resistance in disease-causing bacteria, the role of science fiction in presenting science to the public, and the ethical questions raised by recent research showing that some men may be genetically predisposed to homosexuality. Following is a

As is customary at the annual AAAS meeting, a wide variety of current science-and-society topics were addressed in the sessions. Among these were: the dangers posed by the rapid spread of drug resistance in disease-causing bacteria, the role of science fiction in presenting science to the public, and the ethical questions raised by recent research showing that some men may be genetically predisposed to homosexuality. Following is a

With the use of computers for primary data capture, display, and analysis becoming more and more pervasive, it is common now for there to be no photographic negative or laboratory notebook backing up published images and data interpretations of gel electrophoresis experiments. The degree of enhancement exercised with a given image, then, becomes difficult to review for possible misrepresentation, whether intentional or accidental.

Editor's Note: This second part of a two-part series looks at researchers' efforts to establish rigorous methodologies to investigate alternative medical therapies. There are signs that tomorrow's medicine may be quite changed from today's, with medical schools now adding novel courses to their curricula, private funders helping establish new directions for biomedical investigations, and the United States searching for cost-effectiv

Editor's Note: This second part of a two-part series looks at researchers' efforts to establish rigorous methodologies to investigate alternative medical therapies. There are signs that tomorrow's medicine may be quite changed from today's, with medical schools now adding novel courses to their curricula, private funders helping establish new directions for biomedical investigations, and the United States searching for cost-effectiv

With the use of computers for primary data capture, display, and analysis becoming more and more pervasive, it is common now for there to be no photographic negative or laboratory notebook backing up published images and data interpretations of gel electrophoresis experiments. The degree of enhancement exercised with a given image, then, becomes difficult to review for possible misrepresentation, whether intentional or accidental.

Editor's Note: This first part of a two-part series charts the shared ground between research into alternative medical therapies and basic biomedical research. Increasingly, researchers are using powerful cellular and molecular tools to uncover biochemical pathways that may, for example, explain increasingly evident mind-body connections in health and illness. The second part, to appear in the March 21 issue, will explore efforts t