Panel hopes to splice pieces of U.S. research network: high-end computing

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Pres Clinton appointed a panel to direct design of the Next Generation Internet, a technology test-bed for the information superhighway. It will combine elements of the university initiative Internet 2 and high-speed networks such the Backbone Network Service, which links supercomputing centers.

Planning, Computer networks, Internet

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Final rules put universities in charge

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New Public Health Service regulations give researchers and universities, not federal authorities, the power to decide issues of conflicts of interest in research. Under the rules, researchers must disclose financial interest of $10,000 or 5% ownership in firms affected by their research.

Laws, regulations and rules, Research, Conflict of interests (Agency), Science and ethics, Scientific ethics, United States. Public Health Service, Conflicts of interest

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Keeping up with Rita Colwell

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Colwell is a widely respected marine microbiologist and an international advocate for the scientific community. In the past ten years, she has headed the Univ of Maryland's Biotechnology Institute.

Management, Officials and employees, United States. National Science Foundation, Colwell, Rita R.

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