UK science head backs ethics code
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The government's chief scientific advisor launches a code of ethics whcih he hopes will spread to labs worldwide.
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Inquiry to examine impact of science on 40-year-old law, but debate over moral issues ruled out.
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The world&#39;s chief climate scientist disputed yesterday the US government&#39;s contention that cutbacks in carbon-dioxide emissions are not warranted to slow global warming.
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Britain's leading scientific institution  said Monday 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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Vetoing a stem cell bill for the second time, President Bush on Wednesday sought to placate those who disagree with him by signing an executive order urging scientists toward what he termed "ethically responsible" research in the field.
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Nobel laureate James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, on Monday defended stem cell research, saying researchers must be able to search for ways to improve quality of life despite the field&#39;s uncertainties.
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Inquiries into breaches of the ministerial code should be independent, Tory leader David Cameron is to suggest.
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Making human-animal embryos for scientific experiments should be allowed because of the benefits to science and medicine, British experts said in a report released for Sunday.
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BRITAINâS leading academic institution is backing an international campaign to stop the United States securing an international ban on all forms of human cloning.
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The seriously qualified Dr Robert Watson As the Gordon Brown reshuffle continues, we bring you news of at least one non-political job-swap. Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has appointed Dr Robert Watson (pictured), a former aide to the White House on climate change, as its new chief scientific advisor.â¦
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Senior UK scientists say a government decision to withdraw funding breaches an important point of principle.
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Industry denies proven links between some chemicals and childhood illness, a senior WHO official tells the BBC.
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Britain&#39;s leading academic institution is backing a campaign to stop the US banning on all forms of human cloning. The Royal Society has joined 67 other national academies urging the UN to ban the cloning
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Britain's top government scientist says women can help ease global warming by shunning men in exotic sports cars. He's right. Sort of.
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Standards chief calls for more transparency to repair the damage done to public confidence
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LONDON - Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said yesterday it is calling for support from other countries to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty to ban human cloning.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Commission is considering introducing a voluntary code of conduct on energy efficiency for datacenter operators. Next week, the Renewable Energies Unit of the Commission's Joint Research Center will meet in London to discuss the idea. If adopted, a code of conduct would be voluntary, said Antonia Mochan, spokeswoman for the science and research unit of the Commission. Those organizations that adopt it would agree to abide by certain principles or standards, she said. The London meeting will include a session on the technical capabilities for reducing datacenter energy use and what a code of conduct -- if one is to be adopted -- should include. Participants will include hardware manufacturers, including Intel, datacenter designers and datacenter operators. The Commission has made few regulations about computer energy consumption, said Kevin Fisher, Intel's standards and regulations manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, earlier this week. Environmental agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, which placed limits on greenhouse gas emissions for countries, are driving government interest in reducing energy consumption, Fisher said. Enterprises are interested in reducing utility costs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)Â Energy Star programÂ is used internationally as a specification for energy-efficient desktop computers, but the specification does not address servers. Part of the problem is a lack of metrics for establishing efficient server power consumption, although several efforts are under way, Fisher said. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp., a nonprofit group based in Warrenton, Virginia, is developing a first-generation benchmark for evaluating the energy efficiency of servers. The benchmark will measure energy use in conjunction with performance metrics. In December, U.S. PresidentÂ George Bush authorized the EPAÂ to study datacenter power consumption. The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab at the University of California is also study energy issues with servers, and a report is due to the U.S. Congress in June, Fisher said. The Renewable Energies Unit meeting is a day after the UK Energy Summit organized by Datacenter Dynamics at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London and will be held in the same venue. Â