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

January 30, 2012 – 4:39 PM

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. […]

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APS Commends President Obama for Robust Support of Research and Innovation

January 25, 2012 – 3:54 PM

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 […]

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Contrary to popular belief, peer review isn’t free

January 23, 2012 – 3:57 PM

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.

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DUSEL, James Webb Space Telescope programs in trouble

July 12, 2011 – 2:04 PM

By Michael S. Lubell Last fall, the National Science Board effectively killed the National Science Foundation’s support for the Deep Underground Science Experimental Laboratory (DUSEL) planned for the defunct Barrick gold mine in South Dakota and considered by many scientists to be critical for cutting-edge research in high-energy and nuclear physics. This week, the House […]

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DOE to hold workshop on long-term plans

July 6, 2011 – 10:58 AM

The Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR) Capstone workshop on July 13 in Washington, D.C. to improve the agency’s long-term planning and increase its effectiveness. Steve Koonin, undersecretary for science at DOE, said the review will: Lay out the nation’s energy challenges in context; Outline the principles for optimizing DOE’s […]

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Don’t Stifle Science

June 21, 2011 – 12:15 PM

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee recently approved its FY 2012 Energy & Water Development Bill, which includes troubling language requiring the Office of Science’s Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program to cut $25 million for so-called “lowest-performing awards.” Michael S. Lubell, director of public affairs for APS, said the language “stifles scientific discovery” and is an […]

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New DOE Strategic Plan: U.S. S&T May Be Slipping

June 14, 2011 – 10:47 AM

The U.S. remains a high-technology leader, but its position in the growing global economy, may be slipping, states a newly released strategic plan by the U.S. Department of Energy. “Innovation will drive our economic prosperity in an increasingly competitive world. Although the United States still leads the world in computers, communications, biotechnology, aerospace, and other […]

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House Energy & Water Development Subcommittee Approves FY12 Spending Bill

June 8, 2011 – 10:46 AM

The House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee recently approved its FY 2012 spending bill, which includes funding for research at the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill provides $4.8 billion for the Office of Science, $43 million less than FY 2011 funding. While this is a reduction from FY 2011, it could be viewed […]

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APS Concurs With Science Emphasis in President Obama’s FY12 Budget

February 16, 2011 – 1:58 PM

APS agrees with President Obama’s emphasis on science in his proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget. His priorities keep the nation on a path of scientific advancement, technological innovation and economic growth. The Society  is pleased that the President’s budget maintains a doubling path for the three scientific agencies that are crucial to our nation’s future […]

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We Must Educate New Members on Science, or Risk Losing It All

January 13, 2011 – 4:17 PM

A jubilant Rush Holt, representative of the 12th Congressional district in New Jersey, was sworn in for his 7th term on Jan. 5 before a crowd of supporters. He is now the sole physicist in Congress. During the ceremonial event, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi lauded Congressman Holt, a “real live rocket scientist” for […]

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