Canada does U-turn on naming names in misconduct cases

Canada has launched a new policy on responsible conduct of research. Read more
Canada has launched a new policy on responsible conduct of research. Read more
CERN, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory, is taking a cautious approach on persistent rumours (see, for example, the ViXra blog) that two experiments at its Large Hadron Collider — ATLAS and the Compact Muon Solenoid, or CMS — have independently found evidence for the Higgs particle with a mass of 125 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) — right in the ballpark predicted by the standard model of particle physics. Read more
Competing experiments present a puzzling picture, as seen through Storify. Read more
He’s gained a reputation as a savvy advocate for science funding; so it isn’t surprising to see mechanical engineer Arun Majumdar (pictured) nominated as the next Undersecretary of Energy at the US Department of Energy. Read more
18 November 2011: An updated version of this story is now available (see ‘Neutrino experiment replicates faster-than-light finding’). Read more
Running on adrenaline and coffee, a team of planetary radar engineers and scientists at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California’s Mojave Desert is preparing for a third look at close-passing asteroid 2005 YU55 today after producing detailed images on 6 and 7 November (see right). Read more
Science became the ping-pong ball in a back-and-forth over foreign policy at a US House of Representatives hearing on Capitol Hill today. The wider issue being debated by lawmakers and officials in the Obama administration was whether the United States should engage closely with communist China in the hope of changing it, or follow a policy of isolation and detachment. Read more
A US congressman who pushed through a ban on some bilateral China-US scientific activities has asked … Read more
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