Implementing Diversity Policies: Guiding Principles [pdf]

The Royal Society - the UK's national academy of science 

Does the human menopause have an evolutionary explanation? Results published today in Proceedings B point clearly towards the maternal grandmother having a key role in the evolution of the menopause. 2008 ... Summer Science Exhibition Do you want to be part of the Royal Society’s most prestigious public event of the year? The call for proposals for the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition 2008 is NOW OPEN   [More...] [Less...]

AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society 

[23 April 2008] Scientists may be able to grow eggs and sperm from stem cells in five to 15 years. At AAAS, members of an international study group urged oversight in advance of clinical applications. ... [22 April 2008] The planet's 3.5 billion year-history of biological evolution may offer important strategies for responding to modern security threats, ecologist Raphael Sagarin said at a AAAS briefing. [21 April 2008] AAAS Chairman David Baltimore and fellow Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail, writing in the Wall Street Journal , said the U.S. must re-energize its commitment to being the world S&T leader.   [More...] [Less...]

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

The three Working Groups full reports and the Synthesis Report, the final part of the AR4, are available online (see here below). Hardcopies of the Summaries for Policymakers + Technical Summaries are ... available for free in the 6 UN official languages upon request to the IPCC Secretariat. Hardcopies of the full reports can be purchased from Cambridge University Press . A limited number of free copies are available for academic institutions from developing countries and countries with economies in transition upon request to the Secretariat. Unless otherwise stated, the information available on this website, including text, logos, graphics, maps, images, audio clips or electronic downloads is the propriety of the IPCC and is protected by intellectual and industrial property laws. You may freely download and copy the material contained on this website for your personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or redistribute it or to compile or create derivative works therefrom, su   [More...] [Less...]

Winds of change blowing through Australian energy policy 

AUSTRALIA is in the middle of a revolution in energy policy driven by the threat of dangerous climate change. Whatever the outcome of the looming federal election, Australia will have a national emissions ... trading scheme operating from around 2011, based on economic analysis to be completed next year. But it is generally agreed that trading alone will not be enough to deliver the deep cuts in greenhouse gases required both here and overseas. Along with the debate over privatisation of government-owned energy generation and retail assets, the next big climate change policy debate confronting Australia will be about shaping a comprehensive industry strategy for energy. The stakes are high. Energy users have already forecast that up to $75 billion of new-generation infrastructure will be needed by 2030 to achieve emissions cuts and increase supply to sustain economic growth. Business accepts the change, but wants it at the lowest possible cost and has started to weigh in to the debate.   [More...] [Less...]

Microsoft Word - FDA Nanotechnology TF report final [pdf]

Nanotechnology A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force July 25, 2007 * 5.tIvlics 0 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service C Food and ... Drug Administration Rockville MD 20857 DATE: July 23,2007 TO: Deputy Commissioner for Policy Associate Commissioner for Science FROM: Commissioner of Food and Drugs SUBJECT: Nanotechnology Task Force Report Thank you for submitting to me the Nanotechnology Task Force Report. Nanotechnology holds great promise for the development of new treatments and diagnostics. However, as with other emerging technologies, it poses questions regarding the adequacy and application of our regulatory authorities. I commend you and the rest of the Nanotechnology Task Force on your efforts in developing this report and its recommendations to improve the FDA's scientific knowledge of nanotechnology and to address the regulatory challenges that may be presented by products that use nanotechnol   [More...] [Less...]

Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer [pdf]

Order Code RL34454 Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer April 18, 2008 Deborah D. Stine Specialist in Science and Technology Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Science and Technology ... Policymaking: A Primer Summary Scientific and technical knowledge and guidance influences not just policy related to science and technology, but also many of today’s public policies as policymakers seek knowledge to enhance the quality of their decisions. Science and technology policy is concerned with the allocation of resources for and encouragement of scientific and engineering research and development, the use of scientific and technical knowledge to enhance the nation’s response to societal challenges, and the education of Americans in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Science and engineering research and innovations are intricately linked to societal needs and the nation’s economy in areas such as transportation, communication, agriculture, education, envi   [More...] [Less...]

Airports Council International 

Global Policies on Open Source Software [pdf]

UK Commission for Integrated Transport 

12.09.07: CfIT, the Government's key transport advisor, today unveiled a major report on climate change and recommended a mix of practical, cost-effective measures to reduce transport's impact on the environment. ... The combined effect of CfIT's recommendations would be to reduce carbon emissions from UK transport by 2020 by 71% over current plans. 28.08.07: Text of a letter from Peter Hendy, Chairman of CfIT, to The Rt Hon Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and copied to The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport.   [More...] [Less...]