science Insider this week a report on the prediction of a US government official that H1N1 will continue unabated during summer and autumn, a decision taken by the G8 nations to skip science during their summit meeting in Italy this month, and an interruption of clinical trials caused by procedural errors in two centers cancer in the United States.
science Insider also highlighted a warning that the continuity of the meteorological data in the United States is "extreme risk" because a program to develop new Earth observation the material is poorly managed. Efforts to replace older satellites is on track, but National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, as it is called, has doubled the cost to $ 14 billion.
Two major companies have offered to provide free vaccine against H1N1 for people in developing countries who can not afford to pay. An offer of 100 million free doses came from Sanofi-Aventis, shortly after a similar commitment was announced by GlaxoSmithKline.
A plan widely discussed changing the way the U.K. government distributes research funds to universities was shot. The proposal to switch from peer live an assessment based on citation analysis and other bibliometric data - both complex and controversial -. Was sidelined indefinitely
The US Congress is fighting on changes in a research program to $ 2 billion to exploit the creativity of small business , in order to achieve an agreement before the end of next month program. Also this week, four lawmakers have asked the United States National Academies to tell them what the government must do to keep the strong US university research. A similar letter in 05 gave birth to the influential Rising Above the Gathering Storm report.
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