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U.S. proposes new protections for captive chimps

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:14:55 -0500

Chimpanzees would be reclassified as endangered, making it harder to use them in medical research.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday proposed extending tough new protections for chimpanzees in captivity, a shift that would place strict limits on primates' role as human surrogates in biomedical research.

Source: L.A. Times - Discipline: Research

Genomics and particle physics top the scientific charts

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:02:43 -0500

Genomics and particle physics - offering different perspectives on the fundamental nature of life and the cosmos - are the two hottest areas of scientific research.

Source: Reuters - Discipline: Research

NIH Fact Sheet Lays Out Sequester Impact

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:02:43 -0500

Most scientific areas will be cut by 5%, agency says

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Scientific Publishers Offer Solution to White House's Public Access Mandate

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:02:43 -0500

Hoping to head off federal repositories, publishers say they can give taxpayers access to papers for low cost

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Bodypainting meets science in the curious art of Victoria Gugenheim

Fri, 31 May 2013 07:45:23 -0500

Victoria Gugenheim received her first set of facepaints at the age of 9, and then just kept working downwards. Now a world-class bodyartist, she combines her art with a passion for science and nature.

Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Misc

6 Amazing Science Pictures

Thu, 30 May 2013 07:37:56 -0500

Worthy of an art museum, these images were initially created as part of scientific research.

Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Misc

Letting in More Skilled Foreign Workers Could Discourage U.S. Talent, Report Argues

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:26:41 -0500

Authors hope to sway thinking in intensifying debate over U.S. immigration reform

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Harvard Medical School to Shutter Primate Research Center

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:26:41 -0500

After nearly 50 years, the New England Primate Research Center will "wind down" because of financial pressures, officials say

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Bill Bryson: 'Science is fundamentally amazing' – video

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:48:55 -0500

With the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 open for entries, acclaimed author Bill Bryson explains why he wrote A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson

Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Research

Reforming US research ethics: System that works for all stakeholders

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:30:01 -0600

At a time when the U.S. government is contemplating changes to federal guidelines governing research with humans, serious questions are being raised about the role of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in overseeing such research. Particularly, vocal critics have cited lost time, money and even lives under a system that they claim consumes scarce resources and stifles academic freedom.

Source: Carnegie Mellon University - Discipline: Research

Men more likely than women to commit scientific fraud

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:00:04 -0600

Male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs across the career spectrum, from trainees to senior faculty. The analysis of professional misconduct was co-led by a researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and was published today in the online journal mBio.

Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Discipline: Research

Pictures We Love: Best of October

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:35:44 -0600

Sparks fly, tadpoles fall in line, and a sleepy Chihuahua charms in National Geographic photo editors' favorite news pictures from October.

Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Research

Sandy destroyed NYU’s animal labs, but experience elsewhere says work can go on

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:35:44 -0600

The loss of lab animals at New York University’s Langone Medical Center to Hurricane Sandy has the potential to be devastating to medical research there. However, a scientist from Houston who has been through something similar says there’s a silver lining to this cloud.

Source: Washington Post - Discipline: Research

Creepy Close-Ups: Best Microscope Critter Photos

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:27:03 -0500

Spiders, weevils, wasps, lice, mites and mosquitoes are among the creepiest subjects of the winners of Nikon's Small World microscope photography competition this year. Super-close-ups of eyes, tongues and silk spinnerets are amazingly beautiful, but also gross enough to induce shivers.

Source: Wired - Discipline: Research

First Golden Goose Awards Honor Ideas That Hatched Unexpectedly

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:19:57 -0500

Prize intended to call attention to the value of U.S. funding for basic research

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

When Art Meets Science, You'll Get The Picture

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:51:38 -0500

Sure, you've got a world-changing idea — but can you explain it? This new collaboration challenges artists to illuminate the inventions of young scientists.

Source: NPR - Discipline: Research

Research suggests new therapeutic approach for spinal cord injury

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:00:01 -0500

A new study suggests that administering FTY720, an oral drug that has shown promise in trials for human multiple sclerosis, significantly improves locomotor recovery in mice with spinal cord injury (SCI). The research suggests a possible new avenue to counteract the degeneration of the spinal cord in human SCI. The study will be published in the April 2012 issue

Source: Elsevier Health Sciences - Discipline: Research

Extreme Scientific Imaging: Best of 2011 Named

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:20:25 -0600

An underwater city in 3-D and the sharpest picture of an atom yet are among winners of the 2011 Australian Extreme Imaging competition.

Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Research

Best Science Pictures of 2011 Announced

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:12:15 -0600

A spiny cucumber and a nanotube ''city'' feature among the winners of the 2011 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.

Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Misc

Lab-made tissue picks up the slack of Petri dishes in cancer research

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:30:01 -0600

New research demonstrates that previous models used to examine cancer may not be complex enough to accurately mimic the true cancer environment. Using oral cancer cells in a three-dimensional model of lab-made tissue that mimics the lining of the oral cavity, the researchers found that the tissue surrounding cancer cells can epigenetically mediate, or temporarily trigge

Source: Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus - Discipline: Research

NIH Curtails Chimpanzee Research in Wake of IOM Report

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:26:04 -0600

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has accepted recommendations from an outside review committee to curtail the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research.

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Popular science books to put on your Christmas list

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:31:46 -0600

Drawing from the CultureLab library, we pick the most desirable of this year's popular science titles

Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Research

Climate change boon to UK seafood

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:31:43 -0500

UK waters have become more abundant in fish as temperatures rose - a trend that may bring new species to British dinner tables.

Source: BBC News - Discipline: Misc

Play With Your 3-D-Printed Food

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:31:39 -0500

The 3-D printer builds the food, layer-by-layer, using edible ink.

Source: Discovery Channel News - Discipline: Misc

Science and science education critical for Haiti's future, says international team convened by AAAS

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:45:01 -0500

Haiti and the global community should work together to build a robust science sector that can help the nation recover from last year's deadly earthquake, support future development, and improve the lives of Haiti's people, says a new AAAS report by Haitian and international scientists and educators.

Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Discipline: Misc

US Report Spreads Blame for BP Oil Spill

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:33:08 -0500

A key US government report spreads the blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, citing a bad cement job, poor management by BP and its subcontractors and risky shortcuts.

Source: Discovery Channel News - Discipline: Misc

FDA to Dr. Oz: Apple juice is safe after all

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:32:23 -0500

Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the nationally syndicated "Dr. Oz Show," tells TODAY he stands by his warnings about the arsenic levels in some brands of apple juice -- despite strong refutations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and questions raised by independent scientists.

Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Misc

Toe replaces man's severed thumb

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:32:23 -0500

A man from Bristol who accidentally cut off his thumb has his big toe attached in its place.

Source: BBC News - Discipline: Misc

Why you are identifiable after just a few steps

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:33:58 -0500

Everybody's walk is different, something that a computer algorithm can pick up with 99.8 per cent accuracy

Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Misc

Tropical mosquito found in San Gabriel Valley

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:33:37 -0500

Pest control workers are trying to wipe out an infestation of the Asian tiger mosquito in an El Monte neighborhood.It started when an El Monte woman called to report an unusual pest: tiny mosquitoes that she said were biting her in the middle of the day.

Source: L.A. Times - Discipline: Misc

Is It Folly to Take Folic Acid?

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:33:24 -0500

Mouse study suggests vitamin may sometimes harm rather than protect embryos

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Scientists uncover how specialized pacemaker works at biological level to strengthen failing hearts

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:40:23 -0500

Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins have figured out how a widely used pacemaker for heart failure, which makes both sides of the heart beat together to pump effectively, works at the biological level. Their findings may open the door to drugs or genetic therapies that mimic the effect of the pacemaker and to new ways to to use pacemakers for a wider range of heart failure patients.

Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Discipline: Research

TV found to have negative impact on parent-child communication and literacy

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:30:01 -0500

Since the first television screens lit up our living rooms scientists have been studying its affect on young children. Now scientists in Ohio have compared mother-child communication while watching TV to reading books or playing with Toys to reveal the impact on children's development.

Source: Wiley-Blackwell - Discipline: Misc

Pupils 'need more science trips'

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:15:02 -0500

Teachers in England may be using health and safety concerns as an excuse for not organising practical experiments and trips, a committee of MPs warns.

Source: BBC News - Discipline: Misc

Life-like cells are made of metal

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:14:45 -0500

A chemist intent on proving metal-based life is possible has produced cell-like bubbles from metal oxides

Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Research

Researchers knew syphilis work in Guatemala was wrong

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:14:41 -0500

The covert infection of more than 1000 people by US scientists in the 1940s was a "gross violation of ethics", concludes a report

Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Misc

Publishing Technology chosen to build pioneering academic publishing site for GSE Research

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:38:55 -0500

Publishing Technology plc, the largest provider of software and services to the publishing industry, has been selected to build an academic publishing platform for GSE Research. GSE Research’s new online platform for research into governance, sustainability and the environment will be built using Publishing Technology’s innovative semantic web based publishing software, pub2web.

Source: Publishing Technology - Discipline: Research

Pharma Exec Trevor Mundel Named President of Gates Foundation Global Health Initiative

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:57:13 -0500

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that Trevor Mundel, who currently heads...

Source: Science - Discipline: Misc

Five tell-tale signs you're a Facebook addict

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:57:05 -0500

A new study finds more Americans than ever are using social networks, the latest sign of Facebook addiction

Source: CBSNews - Discipline: Misc

Secret Government Experiments Come to Light

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:56:34 -0500

From secret drug tests to nuclear bombs set off in the atmosphere -- you'll wish you never knew, too.

Source: Discovery Channel News - Discipline: Misc

Chinese University Fires Administrators, Offers Compensation After Lab Accident

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:56:10 -0500

On the heels of a damaging laboratory outbreak that sickened 27 students, leaders at...

Source: Science - Discipline: Misc

Stronger teen graduated driver licensing program show mixed results for involvement in fatal crashes

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:55:19 -0500

The use of stronger graduated driver licensing programs for 16- to 19-year old drivers in the U.S. that included restrictions on nighttime driving and allowed passengers were associated with a lower incidence of fatal crashes among 16-year old drivers, but a higher incidence among 18-year olds, according to a study in the September 14 issue of JAMA.

Source: JAMA and Archives Journals - Discipline: Misc

2012 Games 'toughest for cheats'

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:55:21 -0500

The scientist in charge of anti-doping at next years London Olympics says the games will be the toughest yet for cheats.

Source: BBC News - Discipline: Misc

Analysis: Gene sequencers face govt budget squeeze

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:53:32 -0500

Bangalore (Reuters) - Companies that make the gene-sequencing devices used in scientific research face a tough few years as potential cuts to the U.S. federal budget squeeze funding to its main academic and research customers.

Source: Reuters - Discipline: Research

University of Chicago Microbiologist Infected From Possible Lab Accident

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:53:27 -0500

Another laboratory-acquired infection may have occurred in a University of Chicago building where 2...

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Pressure for positive results puts science under threat, study shows

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:45:01 -0500

Scientific research may be in decline across the globe because of growing pressures to report only positive results, new analysis suggests.

Source: University of Edinburgh - Discipline: Research

New U.S. Panel Examines Career Paths After Grad School

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:17:10 -0500

Two U.S. higher education organizations have begun collecting data on what graduate students know...

Source: Science - Discipline: Misc

Public prefers limited informed consent process for biobanks

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:15:01 -0500

Biobanks are repositories for tissue samples, usually in the form of blood or saliva or leftover tissue from surgical procedures. These samples are collected and used for future research, including genetic research. They may be linked to personal health information regarding the sample donor. People who are eligible to donate these samples and researchers who want to use them face important questi

Source: University of Iowa Health Care - Discipline: Research

Human gender roles influence research on animals

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:00:01 -0500

In a recent study published in Animal Behavior, biology researchers Kristina Karlsson Green and Josefin Madjidian at Lund University in Sweden have shown that animals' and plants' traits and behavior in sexual conflicts are colored by a human viewpoint. They want to raise awareness of the issue and provoke discussion among their colleagues in order to promote objectivity and broaden the res

Source: Lund University - Discipline: Research

International collaboration between researchers results in greater recognition

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:20:29 -0600

U.S. researchers who collaborate with international scientists are more likely to have their work cited than peers who do not utilize overseas expertise, according to a new study released this week by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. U.S. collaborators with international scientists are also more likely to receive greater recognition and produce work with greater impact.

Source: Rice University - Discipline: Research

Gender gap: Selection bias snubs scholarly achievements of female scientists

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:15:04 -0600

Women scientists must confront sexism when competing for awards that recognize their research, according to a new analysis.

Source: Southern Methodist University - Discipline: Research

US scientists significantly more likely to publish fake research

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:57:27 -0600

US scientists are significantly more likely to publish fake research than scientists from elsewhere, finds a trawl of officially withdrawn (retracted) studies, published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Source: BMJ-British Medical Journal - Discipline: Research

Lessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:23:05 -0500

A north London school which has developed lessons on gay historical figures who suffered persecution claims to have succeeded in "more or less eliminating homophobic bullying" in its classrooms and playgrounds over the last five years.

Source: The Guardian - Discipline: Misc

Animal rights activists jailed for harrassing lab suppliers

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:50:45 -0500

Five animal rights activists who waged a campaign of abuse, harassment and blackmail against staff linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences were sentenced to between 15 months and six years in prison today. The campaign included hoax bombs posted to the homes and offices of staff, criminal damage, threats of violence and abusive telephone calls.

Source: The Guardian - Discipline: Research

Plagiarism sleuths tackle full-text biomedical articles

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:35:48 -0500

In scientific publishing, how much reuse of text is too much? Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and collaborators have shown that a computer-based text-searching tool is capable of unearthing questionable publication practices from thousands of full-text papers in the biomedical literature.

Source: Virginia Tech - Discipline: Research

'Dance Your Ph.D. 2010' Winner Announced

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:20:44 -0500

What kind of science makes the best dance? Last night at the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City, a packed audience waited to find out. "And the winner is ... Chemistry!" As the crowd cheered, Maureen McKeague, a chemistry Ph.D. student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, mounted the stage to take a bow and accept her award as champ of the "2010 Dance Your Ph.D." contest.

Source: Science - Discipline: Research

Call for long-term view on 'dire' funding of biological research databases

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:16:12 -0500

A rethink is needed on the 'dire' situation of funding of databases across biology, researchers say.

Source: University of Exeter - Discipline: Research

To be the best, cite the best

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:33:00 -0500

Research that goes on to be influential is more likely to cite important papers, than is research that does little to advance science, a large study1 of citation patterns suggests.

Source: Nature - Discipline: Research

This Picture of a Mosquito Heart Is The Year's Best Microphotograph

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:39:26 -0500

winners of Nikon's Small World photomicrography competition. Included are close-ups of a mosquito heart (above), a wasp's nest and more, in breathtaking detail. Check out the gallery and prepare to be amazed.

Source: PopSci - Discipline: Misc

First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:12:45 -0500

Because where would space tourism be without space beer? Luckily, Astronauts4Hire, a non-profit space research corporation, has the situation in hand. They are about to test an Australian beer that's brewed and bottled especiall

Source: PopSci - Discipline: Misc