Business

• Heading to Atlanta in Less Than Peachy Times
  Podcast: May 8, 2009
• A Cellulosic Biofuel Breakthrough by MARIE DAGHLIAN
  Company says consolidated bioprocessing paves the way to low cost cellulosic biofuels.
• Coming Together
  Companies have been striking a lot of deals as the stock market seems to be moving of its lows.

Health

• You Call This Living?
  Women live longer, but not better, plagued by obesity and arthritis.
• Pink Slips Hurt Health
  Job loss can make you sick, a new study finds.
• Flu Forensics
  Avian flu research sheds light on swine flu outbreak.

Magazine

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  August/September 2008
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  June/July 2008 edition

Policy / Law

• Money for Nothing by Peter J. Pitts
  Obama’s budget requested for drug regulators is good, but money for drug importation is money wasted.
• Largely Verboten
  Direct-to-consumer genetic tests are restricted in Germany.
• A Regulatory Problem
  Less than half of adults surveyed believe the FDA is doing a good job.

Society

• Underfunded, Understaffed, and No Oversight
  “Badly fragmented” forensic science system needs overhaul.
• Protecting Historic Treasures
  Scientists team with curators to stem decay of world's art, cultural heritage.
• Race Matters
  Study finds African-Americans more distrusting of research than whites.

Tech/Innovation

• Picturing Austism
  Imaging study finds evidence of brain abnormalities in toddlers with the disorder.
• A Narcolepsy Awakening
  Researchers say the sleep disorder is an autoimmune disease.
• Charged Up Over Bioelectricity
  Researchers say converting biomass to electricity is more efficient and friendlier to the environment than converting to ethanol.