Blog Roundup: Dec 3, 2007
NASA relaunches its website with a new design aimed at a younger generation (Wired Science).
Open-source standards and net neutrality can support and improve global health—especially in developing nations (Global Health Report).
An NIH panel concludes that gene therapy was not the cause of death for a patient receiving experimental treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (The Scientist Blog).
The U.S. Patent Office tests peer review of applications (Cairns Blog).
A McKinsey & Company report concludes that current technology can get the U.S. to the 2030 emissions goals in current proposed legislation, and at manageable costs (Hill Heat).
Google announces it will invest in renewable energy that is cheaper than coal (SciGuy).
“There aren’t good blueprints for how to ‘broaden the impact’ of one’s research and the resources to develop such things are thin.” Excerpts from an interview on science and public discourse with Dr Chris Brodie, associate editor of American Scientist magazine (Terra Sigillata).
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