New Publishing Rules Restrict Scientists
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By JOHN HEILPRIN  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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A panel of leading computer scientists warned in a report issued on Monday that unless the federal government significantly increased support for advanced research on
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New rules to help the United Nations  contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday,  requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease,  chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.
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U.S. scientists were pressured to tailor their writings on global warming to fit the Bush administration's skepticism, in some cases at the behest of a former oil-industry lobbyist, a congressional committee heard on Tuesday.
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The United States government should lift its ban on publishing literature from countries like Cuba, Iran and Sudan without special permission, Europe's biggest rights watchdog said on Thursday.
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Editors of major medical journals  joined forces on Wednesday to make researchers and companies  register all clinical trials when they begin so unflattering or  unclear results cannot later be covered up.
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InfoWorld - In a bid to speed up the dissemination of scientific discoveries, the European Commission said Thursday it plans to shake up the old-fashioned world of scientific publishing by throwing its weight behind a move to make scientific research results freely available on the Internet.
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group of leading medical journals yesterday released a plan to stop publishing the results of clinical trials unless a test is registered at its outset in a public database.
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Proposals aimed at stopping private agencies recruiting nurses, and doctors, from developing countries have been published by the government.
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The move comes ahead of a House hearing this week where, it is expected, drug companies will be excoriated for refusing to publish unfavorable clinical trial results.
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Scientists express concerns the new education minister's religious views might hamper scientific research.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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Proposal would mark a significant departure from current practice, in which the scientific journals that publish those results retain control over that information.
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Editors of major medical journals have joined forces to make researchers and companies register all clinical trials when they begin so that unflattering or unclear results cannot later be covered up.
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Doctors who published research linking MMR vaccine with autism in children could be struck off.
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Digital Rights technology built onto some My Book drives restricts users from sharing certain files.