Monthly Archives: January 2012

Roll Call Column: Smart, Not Fat, Cats Fuel Economic Growth

By Michael S. Lubell   While Members of Congress and presidential candidates have been busy beating each other up over whether millionaires are job creators or job destroyers, they have lost sight of who really spurs America’s economic growth. It’s not the fat cats on Wall Street. It’s the smart cats in the research laboratories. […]

APS Commends President Obama for Robust Support of Research and Innovation

In his State of the Union Address last night, President Obama rightly stated that investment in research and innovation has yielded huge dividends for the nation. “Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet, to new American jobs and new American industries,” he urged Congress. Read […]

White House Delays 2013 Budget Release

The White House has announced that it will be releasing its budget for Fiscal Year 2013 on Feb. 13, rather than the first Monday in Feb., as is federal law.  As to why the budget is delayed, a White House official stated that the delay was due to “the need to finalize decisions and technical […]

Contrary to popular belief, peer review isn’t free

An issue related to open access was clarified today in a New York Times letter-to-the-editor by two American Physical Society executives who explained that the peer review process isn’t free. Read the letter.

What’s going on with climate science?

 By Michael S. Lubell Despite aggressive requests from the Obama Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the House in the most recent appropriations debate made significant efforts to reduce funding for climate-related science. The Senate prevailed in the subsequent negotiations, and nearly all Office of Science programs received modest funding increases. Read more:

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