Experts Urge Policy-Makers, Industry to Develop New Energy Sources, Technology

At a unique panel discussion bringing together an oil and science policy expert, AAAS Board Chair John Holdren and ExxonMobil executive Lori Ryerkerk broadly urged policy makers and industry to increase research into breakthrough technologies to meet the global demand for affordable and reliable energy while reducing environmental impacts. .

By AAAS, UK.

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Top Weapons Experts Explore Ways to Reduce the Global Risk of Nuclear Weapons

The danger inherent in nuclear arms proliferation far outweighs other threats from weapons of mass destruction, according to two top U.S. weapons experts, and they warned that intense political leadership must focus on halting the spread of nuclear technology and on dismantling many of the weapons in existing arsenals.

By AAAS, USA.

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AAAS Leadership Seminar Profiles a Rare Success Story for Bipartisan Cooperation

Bipartisan cooperation, close consultation with the scientific and business communities—it's not a story line that emerges comes very often from the polarized political climate of Washington, D.C. But in a presentation at the AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy, two influential congressional staff members described passage of the America COMPETES Act earlier this year as one of the remarkable successes in recent political history.

By AAAS, USA.

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Bruce Alberts Named New Editor-in-Chief of Science

Bruce Alberts, president emeritus of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council (1993-2005), has been named by the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to serve as editor-in-chief of its journal Science beginning 1 March 2008.

By AAAS, USA.

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