NIH to help women return to research

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are co-sponsoring a program designed to help female scientists return to biomedical research after taking out time for child rearing and other family concerns. The program, set up with the Office of Research on Women's Health and the Office of Extramural Research, will provide 10 to 15 women a year with payments as high as $40,000 for participating in research being carried out by scientists funded by NIH grants. NIH officials hope that the program will increase the percentage of NIH principal investigators who are women beyond the current 19%.

Social aspects, Finance, Social policy, United States. National Institutes of Health, Women scientists, Women in science

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Court-appointed scientists provide technical expertise

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Judges are becoming more willing to appoint third-party scientific researchers to furnish objective testimony on technical matters. Such third-party experts can help make abstruse issues easier for the judges to understand and can correct the biased evidence of experts employed by plaintiffs or defendants. However, only 20% of federal district court judges have ever appointed an expert to testify, chiefly because scientists cannot always give usable evidence. But most scientists and judges concur that the judicious use of expert evidence can help resolve complicated cases.

Usage, Cases, Evidence, Expert, Expert evidence, Third parties (Law), Evidence, Scientific, Scientific evidence (Law)

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US rules hinder research on disposal of PCBs

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The EPA may relax the rules on using polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in research on how to safely clean up these hazardous wastes. Scientists who want to test new methods of eliminating PCBs from contaminated areas complain that the EPA's tough regulations are impeding their work. The problem of what to do with the 34 million cubic yards of PCB-containing dump site material is prompting the EPA to ease the regulations enforced under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Research, Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Hazardous wastes

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