Here is an overview of some of the stories that we followed on science political blog of science insider:
on Proceedings of the national Academy of sciences will be stop a submission option for members, at its best, made several prestigious scientific times in difficult situations and, at worst, critics alleged, allowed the scientists to facilitate their way through the process of peer review.
Deliver its summary report yesterday in the White House and NASA, the commission Augustin surprise anyone by saying that the US human space flight program is "on an unsustainable trajectory." But while his call for a budget greater agency, his scruples to go to Mars, and its support for trade participation have received most of the media attention, the report also flags a largely neglected problem during his two months of hearings.
a leading prostate cancer researcher was prosecuted for making false allegations about a prostate cancer biomarker . In 01, Robert Getzenberg, now at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, claimed to have found a biomarker called EPCA-2. Now Onconome Inc., based in Redmond, Washington, continued Getzenberg in federal court for the presentation of scientific results over 6 years "have been and are imaginary," states the lawsuit.
In consternation of US environmental groups, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration authorized a plan for offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico to enter into force. the agency also announced that it would create a national policy for marine aquaculture in the coming months. environmentalists are urging Congress to give the agency the ability to apply this policy, a power he does not have.
the Obama administration has announced it will keep Thomas D'Agostino as Chief US nuclear weapons complex . the decision was greeted with dismay by many in the arms control community and nonproliferation, who fear that it will be more difficult to implement the growing vision for the future without nuclear that President Barack Obama stated while maintaining the key figures in the Bush administration that the continued expansion of the nuclear arsenal of the country.
on Indian Space Research Organisation announced August 31 that it has the technical capability for unmanned mission to Mars and invites scientists to suggest experiments.
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