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Click here to read University of Kentucky's President, Lee Todd's op-ed in the Courier-Journal about the economy and university-based research.

Click here to read MIT President Susan Hockfield's op-ed in the Boston Globe regarding the urgent need for increased NIH funding.

Click here to read the joint op-ed in Fortune magazine by University of Southern California Provost, C. L. Max Nikias and CEO of the Gallup Organization, Jim Clifton.  They write that the U.S. government must increase it support for basic research if America is to maintain its competitive edge.

CAPITOL HILL UPDATE

Click here to read the new report A Broken Pipeline? Flat Funding of the NIH Puts a Generation of Science at RiskThis report was released March 11 by a group of universities concerned about the long-term impact current NIH funding trends will have on America.

Click here to read the recent New York Times editorial calling on Congress to increase funding for NIH.

 

Science and Technology in the 2008 Presidential Election

Click here to access the AAAS portal comparing each of the 2008 presidential campaigns on their positions and/or platforms on key science and technology areas. 

May 14, 2008

UNIVERSITY SCIENCE TODAY

Study: Brain connections strengthen during waking hours, weaken during sleep

Study: Brain connections strengthen during waking hours, weaken during sleep

Most people know it from experience: After so many hours of being awake, your brain feels unable to absorb any more-and several hours of sleep will refresh it.

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“It's important that the federal government remain an active backer of our scientific community."

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

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Millions of Americans are losing their eyesight because of macular degeneration—the deterioration of the macula, the central area of the retina. When healthy, the light-sensitive cells in this paper-thin tissue at the back of the eye send visual signals to the brain. But damage to the macula causes blind spots and blurred or distorted vision.