Half-million low-income elderly affected by sweeping cuts to state safety net
An 81-year-old San Francisco woman with dementia, little money and an equally aged caregiver sister who is suffering from cancer.
View ArticleEducation Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use
(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.
View ArticleRecession hits California students at school and at home, report finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The recession has had a devastating impact on the state's public schools, with major layoffs, budget cuts and homeless students moving in with staff and faculty, according to a new...
View ArticleNearly 4 million Californians report sexual or physical violence from a...
Nearly 4 million adults in California reported being a victim of physical or sexual violence at the hands of a spouse, companion or other intimate partner, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA...
View ArticleUniversity of California librarians urge boycott of Nature journals
University of California librarians are urging professors not to submit research to Nature or 66 related journals to protest a 400 percent increase in the publisher's prices.
View ArticleDo spending cuts cost lives?
Radical cuts to social welfare spending to reduce budget deficits could cause not just economic pain but cost lives, warn experts in a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
View ArticleDiscovery could challenge established theory of the nucleus
(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing data from experiments performed earlier this decade at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA), physicists have made observations that seem to conflict with the...
View ArticleRockets, doughnuts could face ax in US budget cuts
Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars have been wasted on everything from doughnuts to rockets, auditors told Congress Thursday as budget-minded lawmakers prepared to slash science funding.
View ArticleStudy shows attendance at state parks grows, even as funding decreases
A recent study from North Carolina State University shows that while the number of visits to state parks across the country has grown, fund support for park operations has been significantly reduced....
View ArticleHow to square budget cuts, need for aging research
(AP) -- A disease standoff may be brewing: How can Alzheimer's research receive more scarce dollars without cutting from areas like heart disease or cancer?
View ArticleWeather satellite need defended by climate experts
(AP) -- Business, academic and environmental leaders are stressing the importance of weather satellites in an era of tight federal budgets.
View ArticleSplat! Geek-in-chief Obama tests marshmallow gun
US President Barack Obama tested a new prototype Tuesday for his commander-in-chief's arsenal -- a high-powered marshmallow gun that sent a tasty missile screaming through the White House.
View ArticleNASA budget will axe Mars deal with Europe: scientists
US President Barack Obama's budget proposal to be submitted next week for 2013 will cut NASA's budget by 20 percent and eliminate a major partnership with Europe on Mars exploration, scientists said...
View ArticleEnvironment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements
Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a government agency responsible for meteorological services and environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the ozone...
View ArticleGreek teen arrested over ministry cyber attack
Greek police said Monday they had arrested an 18-year-old suspected of hacking into the justice ministry's website earlier this month, an attack claimed on behalf of online hackers group Anonymous.
View ArticleNASA seeks new ideas for Mars missions
The US space agency said Friday it is seeking fresh ideas for robotic missions to explore Mars, after budget cuts nixed a planned partnership with the European space agency.
View ArticleScientists engage Science in fisheries debate
Three Simon Fraser University scientists are engaging in a verbal battle with the federal government over its budget cuts and legislative changes in departments with environmental responsibilities, on...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups should pool efforts to reach the public
A lot of time, effort, and money are spent by agencies, municipalities, and other non-governmental organizations to inform and educate the public about environmental concerns. Could these groups...
View ArticleAstronauts may play role in Mars robotic missions
NASA's future plans to explore Mars may end up using astronauts as space messengers.
View ArticleStalling science threatens every domain of modern life
The looming "sequestration," across-the-board budget cuts that were never really meant to happen, could cripple key areas of science by slashing federal investment in research and development by an...
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