Quotes of the day
“It’s clear that the LHC is the new boy in town, but in two years running we’re going to put Fermilab out of business.” … Read more
Supreme Court strikes down method patent
In a much-anticipated decision, the US Supreme Court has struck down a patent that became ensnared in arguments over what should and should not be patentable.
Japan’s new grant favours large physical sciences
Japan’s science ministry has approved a 56.4-billion-yen (US$500 million) initiative, creating 14 projects which aim to strengthen the foundation of basic research and attract young researchers from around the world.
Deepwater Horizon: the British view
As the American-led response effort in the Gulf of Mexico continues to struggle with the leaking Deepwater Horizon well, five UK-based oil experts congregated in London to tell journalists why controlled burns were a bad idea, how microbes could have helped, and why an Arctic leak would be even worse.
The Bering Sea Project: Wild Weather, Damaged Equipment & the Oscillating Control Hypothesis
We’ve had an exciting few days on board the Thompson. The “storm” came and went. For three days, we had gale-force winds kicking up 8-10 foot swells, and some 15-footers. The boat was seriously rocking and rolling. I got to see one of only 2,000 short-tailed albatrosses in the world – a very lucky sighting – and the research continued, day and night, but not without mishap.
Deepwater Horizon: BP shares take another battering
Already heavily hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP’s share price took an additional pummelling today.
One fifth of 2008’s research papers now open access
One in five research papers published in 2008 are now freely available on the internet, according to a recent survey (PLoS ONE, 5(6), e11273; 2010).
New editor for Medical Hypotheses
The new editor of the controversial Medical Hypotheses journal has vowed to keep publishing radical papers despite the implementation of peer review.
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