Breaking news: The embattled head of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, the institution at the center of a data breachinvolving the release of more than 1000 e-mails among prominent climate scientists, has resigned pending the ongoing investigation.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a set of guidelines for how providers of custom-made DNA sequences should do business. The proposal is the first comprehensive guidance issued by the government to tackle bioterrorism concerns stemming from the rapidly developing synthetic genomics industry, which some security experts believe could allow terrorist groups or lone evildoers to develop bioweapons simply with materials purchased over the Internet.
An Irish politician with no experience in science is slated to become Europe's new research policy chief. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso announced yesterday that he will nominate Máire Geoghegan-Quinn as the European Union's new commissioner for research and innovation. Meanwhile, former Danish Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard will fill a newly created post as commissioner for climate action--a move indicating Europe's interest in playing a key role on the global warming issue.
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