Roundup 10/8: Around the World With Google Edition

Roundup 10/8: Around the World With Google Edition -

started last November in coordination with the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention, Google Flu Trends this week increased its coverage from four to 20 countries. This innovative effort to track the spread of influenza is based on the popularity of Web search terms that Google researchers have real flu modes. (In the current graph on the left, the reddest colors reflect more influenza activity.)

The UNESCO Institute of Statistics shows that the number of researchers in developing countries jumped 1,800. 000-2700000 in 5 years (02-07), an impressive increase in developed countries only 45% saw an increase of 8.6% over the same period.

in the National Press Club this afternoon, the US Department of Agriculture has officially launched its National Institute of Food and Agriculture -the new home for extramural funding -with an administration show of support. "The White House is behind you 100%," said John Holdren, director of the Political Bureau of Science and Technology at the event. "My communications director wanted me to say 150%, but as a scientist I could not do that to me," he joked. A NIFA new story will appear in tomorrow's issue of Science .

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