Originally published in Science by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee U.S. academic lobbyists have long urged the Department of Defense (DOD) to boost its investment in science and technology (S&T) to enhance the nation's strategic and economic...

From ASCP U.S. News Breifings if you haven't heard.... ABC World News (11/20, story 5, 2:30, Gibson) reported, "Researchers say they found a way to reprogram human skin cells and give them the awesome potential of embryonic stem...

Although molecular pathway information and the International HapMap Project data can help biomedical researchers to investigate the aetiology of complex diseases more effectively, such information is missing or insufficient in current genetic...

Next Generation of Retirees May Bankrupt System Kathleen Casey-Kirschling was born New Year's Day 1946, at one second past midnight, making her the first baby of a new generation. Raised on "Howdy Doody" and hula hoops, she danced on...

The "h-index" was introduced in 2005 as a metric for estimating "the importance, significance and broad impact of a scientist's cumulative contributions." It takes into account both the number of an individual's publications...

The Chicago Tribune (11/18) reported, "The revolution in human genomics is about to hit the street, at least for those able to pay about $1,000 for a glance at their entire genome." deCode Genetics, an Iceland-based company, unveiled...