Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Research dollars should follow great ideas

Sep 14, 2009
Allan Rock
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=9863ef82-4327-4e23-a11c-b1d89ae01442
Sep 13, 2009
KAREN BLOTNICKY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1142213.html

Is research ever value-free?

Considering the ethical implications of the scientific pursuit
Sep 14, 2009
Nikki Bozinoff
The McGill Daily
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/19796-is-research-ever-value-free-
Scientific, business communities must work with international counterparts
Sep 9, 2009
David Emerson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Making+Canada+leader+global+knowledge+economy/1974562/story.html
Sep 15, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/695623

The real 'Green Revolution'

Sep 15, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1993907
Intersex fish problem linked to hormone treatments
Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/tech-biology-fish-sex-organs.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/edmonton-alberta-drug-resistant-h1n1-swine-flu.html
Pharmaceutical firm paid cash to encourage doctors to prescribe Cardizem drug to patients
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/biovail-doctor-kickbacks.html

H1N1 vaccines get U.S. approval

Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/swine-flu-vaccine-fda.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/nuclear-plant.html
Officials stockpile hand sanitizer and draw up signs urging voters to cough into their sleeves after NDP asks about swine-flu preparedness
Sep 15, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections-canada-prepares-for-poll-amid-possible-h1n1-outbreak/article1287033/
‘This virus most likely has been circulating under the radar in pigs for the better part of 10 years,' Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona revealed at a meeting
Sep 15, 2009
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/expert-says-swine-flu-hid-for-decade/article1288572/
A new study highlights the need for a strategy to combat the high-sodium diets of many Canadians. But any sustained initiative will need government backing to achieve results from industry
Sep 15, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-must-act-on-salt-crisis-doctors-say/article1287068/
Our greenhouse-gas emissions are up 26 per cent since 1990
Sep 14, 2009
Monique Beaudin
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+becoming+global+carbon+bully+Greenpeace/1993316/story.html
Sep 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=1993299
Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/14/mb-wasylycia-leis-election-h1n1-winnipeg.html
Canada's low-profile ambassador for climate change Michael Martin will be negotiating at Copenhagen's critical climate change meeting, but the Prime Minister's in charge.
Sep 14, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/14/civil_circles/&c=2
Schoolyards will be H1N1 battlegrounds, researchers say
Sep 14, 2009
Shelley Page
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Expert+predicts+parental+angst+over+shots/1990513/story.html
Sep 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/695150
Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/14/lasker-awards-medical-research.html

Feds won't cough up H1N1 plan

Strategy in event of swine flu outbreak kept from MPs
Sep 14, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/14/10885151-sun.html

Aquarium concept timely

Sep 14, 2009
Anne Jarvis
Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Aquarium+concept+timely/1991469/story.html

Win-win on power plant

Sep 14, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/695118
Highmark Renewables is turning out enough electricity to power 700 homes along with environmentally safe fertilizer
Sep 14, 2009
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/prairie-agri-preneurs-battle-megafarm-waste/article1286482/
Sep 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/13/greenpeace-oilsands.html
Sep 13, 2009
Misty Harris
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1989948
Disappointed with lack of breakthrough ideas, company developing own mirror technology for solar thermal plants
Sep 13, 2009
Poornima Gupta
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/google-working-to-reduce-cost-of-green-technology/article1286140/
Funds to address problems flagged by critical report
Sep 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Conservatives+announce+food+safety/1987117/story.html
How to pillage the oceans deliberately, and by accident
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401157

Space: Flying high

America's government has no money for its human-spaceflight plans. The private sector has plenty
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401165