Gates Foundationâs Research Influence Criticized
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A memo at the World Health Organization expressed concern that the growing dominance of malaria research by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could stifle a diversity of views among scientists.
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Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is to donate nearly 20 million dollars for research into helping rice farmers deal with global warming, the International Rice Research Institute said Monday.
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Although Bill Gates&#039; massive philanthropic foundation tends to get the most attention for its efforts to transform education, the company he co-founded also is paying close attention to the world of academia.
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Jeannette Wing, who on July 1 takes over a key role at the National Science Foundation, sees big trouble in the way the U.S., private industry and users do basic research.
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All of the human embryonic stem cells available to federally funded scientists under President Bush&#39;s three-year-old research policy share a previously unrecognized trait that fosters rejection
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Critics charge conflict of interest in a system where pharmaceutical giants fund the regulatory process. By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.
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The U.S. National Institutes of  Health, which spent nearly $20 billion last year funding  research, urged scientists on Thursday to let the agency  publish their studies on the Internet.
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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - "You can't go wrong in computer science," Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told University of California, Berkeley students on Friday. Some students, however, were unhappy with the way Gates responded to questions about increasing competition for jobs from China and India.ADVERTISEMENTSBC Case Study: Crate & BarrelWhat sold them on improving their network? A system that could cut management costs from the get-go. Find out more.
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Scientists are chafing at the U.S. government's unfulfilled pledge to boost funding for basic scientific research, the source of innovations ranging from the World Wide Web to high-tech cancer treatments.
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Academic institutions and researchers are often seen as impartial actors in drug trials, but sometimes independence comes with strings attached.
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The way the Prodisc, an artificial spinal disk, was tested and approved provides a stark example of conflicts of interest among clinical researchers.
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Science butts up against religious beliefs yet again in the ever-contentious world of stem-cell politics.
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An influential World Health Organization committee has upset a some scientists with its recommendation that researchers be permitted to conduct genetic-engineering experiments with the smallpox virus.
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
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A bill that aims to help small businesses is being criticized by some who say it allows venture capital companies to pose as small firms to tap into billions of federal research dollars.
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This year, much of the focus appears to be on tech-centric philanthropy, such as the Gates Foundation and the newly arrived Google.org.