DOI:10.1063/PT.5.1112 16 Mar 2017 in Politics & Policy Trump proposes big reductions for science agencies Although lacking in details, Trump’s “skinny budget” is clearly bad news for energy research. David Kramer President Trump’s budget proposal for the year beginning 1 October would slash funding for the Department of Energy’s basic research programs while adding 11%…
Fonte: The Washington Post By Joe Davidson | Columnist December 13 at 7:00 AM Global warming — “it’s a hoax.” Donald Trump has said that more than once. So it’s understandable that the request by the president-elect’s transition team for the names of individual Energy Department employees and contractors who worked on the issue makes them worry that the…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team has circulated an unusual 74-point questionnaire at the Department of Energy that requests the names of all employees and contractors who have attended climate change policy conferences, as well as emails and documents associated with the conferences. In question after question, the document peppers Energy Department managers with pointed queries…
From: physicsworld Nov 10, 2016 Oil executive: Harold Hamm is tipped to head the US Department of Energy US scientists have responded to the choice of Republican Donald Trump as president-elect with a mixture of astonishment and anxiety. Having anticipated the election of Democrat Hillary Clinton, who was backed by a team supportive of science,…
Comunicato stampa – Al fisico italiano uno dei più prestigiosi riconoscimenti scientifici conferiti dal Governo Usa, istituito nel 1956 per onorare la memoria del Nobel italiano a due anni dalla sua scomparsa. Lo studioso italiano sarà premiato, insieme al collega americano Charles V. (Chuck) Shank, dal presidente Usa Barack Obama, in una cerimonia che si svolgerà…
Fonte: Science Insider 2013-08-05 17:15 Michigan State University Closer to reality. An artist’s conception on the planned Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in Michigan. Nuclear physicists in the United States are one step closer to building their next dream machine. But numerous obstacles remain. On 1 August, the Department of Energy (DOE) approved the “baseline” cost…
by Adrian Cho on 31 May 2013, 3:35 PM In line. New European physics report suggests a future international path for building a linear collider, shown above in a 2005 artist’s conception. Credit: KEK It sets the course only for European physicists, but an updated strategy for European particle physics released yesterday hints at a possible global strategy for the…
By DENNIS OVERBYE Are the glory days of American physics over? On a Sunday morning early in January, about two dozen prominent physicists gathered behind closed doors at the California Institute of Technology to ponder the state of their craft… continua su nytimes.com
Feb 4, 2013 3 comments Nobel laureate Steven Chu The Nobel laureate Steven Chu has announced he is to resign as US energy secretary. When Chu departs, most likely at the end of February, he will have served in the post for four years – longer than any of the 14 previous heads of the Department…
Fonte: USA, Department of Energy
Il Dipartimento dell’Energia (DOE) degli Stati Uniti – che tramite l’Office of Science si occupa della ricerca in fisica in generale e dell’high energy physics (HEP) in particolare – il 18 settembre ha dato il primo “via libera” alla partecipazione americana agli upgrade dei rivelatori ATLAS e CMS sul Large Hadron Collider (LHC), al CERN…
Fisici nucleari a confronto su alcuni dei temi più attuali e discussi di questi tempi come gli studi sui neutrini provenienti dal sole e la ricerca della materia oscura. Succede a Washington dove, presso l’Ambasciata italiana, si e’ tenuto un seminario che ha messo al tavolo i massimi esperti impegnati nei laboratori e negli atenei…
Nature 482, 275–276 (16 February 2012) doi:10.1038/482275b Scientists must find ways to make more efficient use of funds — or politicians may do it for them. Scientists in the United States can find plenty of good news as they page through President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget proposal. Despite substantial cuts elsewhere — and fierce pressure from Republicans to…
Fonte: Science Insider One of the big three research agencies appears to be lagging behind its doubling peers in the president’s 2013 budget request released this morning. The $4.9 billion budget of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science would rise by 2.4%, to $5 billion. In contrast, the National Science Foundation would receive a…
Fonte: L’Espresso
RADIOACTIVE emissions from the stricken Fukushima power plant have been detected thousands of kilometres away in eastern Russia and the west coast of the United States, with experts predicting the radiation will travel south tonight. Meteorologists predict the wind direction will change today, taking dangerous emissions across Tokyo, 250 kilometres to the south.
by Adrian Cho on 14 February 2011, 6:50 PM It’s a comforting idea for many scientists but may prove to be only a fantasy: The Obama Administration has requested a healthy increase for the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science, the single largest funder of the physical sciences in the United States and steward…
Science and politics: to the attention of Michigan Congressional delegation February 13, 2011 I usually don’t comment about politics in this blog. But today I’ll make an exception. Maybe someone from Michigan Congressional delegation will read it. I’ll be happy to answer any questions regarding this situation.
Un articolo sul Wall Street Journal, e un commento su un blog americano, a proposito di una proposta di tagli al bilancio federale del senatore repubblicano Rand Paul
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