California governor vetoes egg-payment law
California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed a proposed law that would have allowed payments to women who give their eggs to scientific researchers. Read more
California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed a proposed law that would have allowed payments to women who give their eggs to scientific researchers. Read more
The credibility of Japan’s clinical research system has come under fire as investigations report manipulation of data and conflict of interest involving the pharmaceutical company Novartis. Six published papers have been retracted, but Novartis has denied any wrongdoing. The country’s health minister has now started its own investigation, which is due to release its findings at the end of September. Read more
The thinning of the atmosphere’s ozone layer could be contributing to warming the planet, a study published this week in Geophysical Research Letters suggests. Read more
Food additives boost flavor, enliven colors, and stretch the shelf lives of everyday edibles. But the experts who gauge the additives’ safety often have suspect ties to food manufacturers, according to a new study. Read more
Every year thousands of them are boiled or torn apart while they are still alive, but there is now strong evidence that crustaceans experience pain. Read more
Why should an animal that wants to avoid being eaten have a bright white patch on its rump? Read more
The world’s first laboratory-beef burger – a proof of concept after five years of research – was cooked and eaten today during a London live press conference that doubled as a web-TV cookery programme. Read more
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The faculty of the University of California, the largest public research university in the world, have adopted an open access policy in which they commit to make their research articles freely available to the public. Read more
A human rights mission to Turkey to investigate the cases of eight scientists, engineers and medical doctors detained under vague but broad-ranging crimes like ‘attempting to overthrow the government’ has concluded that prosecutors have not provided convincing evidence of their guilt and called for all eight to be released. Read more
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