« Replacing light bulbs the key to saving energy | News Picks home | The hype over fuel cells »

Hundreds of academics assassinated in Iraq

Nature: Violence is common currency in Iraq, but one group is increasingly and persistently singled out — academics. Declan Butler reports on the risks run by researchers as they struggle to pursue their studies.

Update. Science magazine also picks up the story. Richard Stone reports that more than 400 academics are on a hit list for assasination.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blogs.physicstoday.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/515

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Before submitting your comment, please enter the security code displayed below; this prevents spambots from hijacking The News Picks blog. (If you submit a comment without entering the security code, you will see a "Comment Submission Error" message; please use your back button to go back, enter the code, and re-submit your comment).



COMPANY SPOTLIGHT