Here is an overview of some of the stories of science policy, we covered last week on science political blog the science Insider:
in open access news, the powerful chairman of the US House of representatives judiciary Committee, John Conyers (D-MI), has explained why he believes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should not require scientists it funds to make research papers available to the public via the Internet. In an essay published last week, Conyers defended a bill he introduced that would reverse this open access policy, which it considers a threat to copyright and, ultimately, for peer review. Law of the University of Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig and free access guru Michael Eisen of the University of California, Berkeley, had attacked Conyers as "shilling for special interests" in a trial.
Nobel physicist and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has remained in the headlines this week on ways to make coal power more climate . He announced a new "real collaborative engineering" with the Ministries of Science of China, the UK, and other European allies to test carbon capture and storage technologies.
patent reform came in the form of a bipartisan bill introduced in the House and Senate. But judging from its reception, it will be another long struggle to adopt this always controversial law. the initial response of the biomedical community was negative, as a coalition of companies that promote strong patent blasted the bill to promote "counterfeiters on inventors." others, who feel that the current system gives holders of rights unjust patent, were more favorable to him.
Meanwhile, Harold Varmus, co-Chairman of the Board of advisors of the President of science and technology, pitched its new memory the Daily Show with the host and comedian Jon Stewart. Although former NIH director played most of the right time, it will drop a new nugget here and there, mentioning for example that "has not been" advised President Barack Obama during his recent announcement to boost cancer research at NIH. Varmus was also on hand to witness Obama reverse the restrictions imposed by former President George W. Bush on embryonic stem cells and denounce the alleged politicization of science.
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