PSI in the Spotlight

This column presents announcements and other notable news related to the Protein Structure Initiative.

New protein structures replace the old

Dutch software to weed out errors in Protein Data Bank.

G8 cancels science parley

Science ministers will no longer meet before main summit.

Research parks feel the economic pinch

Once lauded as incubators of high-tech jobs, science parks find themselves struggling in the new financial environment.

Italy outsources peer review to NIH

Some question whether grants should be decided in-country.

Grant applications swamp agency

Peer-review system for National Institutes of Health grants is stretched to its limits.

Nature News 9 June 2009