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September 10, 2010 Greetings and welcome to the Science Progress fortnightly newsletter. In the past two weeks, Editor-In-Chief Jonathan D. Moreno and regular contributor Jeanne F. Loring have continued to cover the implications of the August 23 federal embryonic stem cell research funding ban, noting the impacts that it will have on thousands of research jobs and on America's long-term competitiveness in regenerative medicine. As well, Paul B. Thompson brings the debate over genetically engineered food into the 21st century with his review of this year's National Research Council report findings. Finally, we dissected the Department of Energy's recent announcement of the winner of the Energy Efficient Building Systems Regional Innovation Cluster (E-RIC) grant competition, a first-of-its-kind interagency collaboration designed to catalyze the bottom-up formation of regional public-private partnerships for technology innovation. Thrown Back to the 90's By Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D. The misguided human embryonic stem cell research ruling by a U.S. court would discontinue amazing gains made over the past 12 years in regenerative medicine. U.S. Stem Cell Ruling Invites Asian Competition By Jonathan D. Moreno A ruling barring NIH funds from use in embryonic stem cell research will hurt American research efforts and send cutting-edge biotechnology jobs to Asia. Informing the Genetically Engineered Crop Debate By Paul B. Thompson Why what you think you know about agricultural biotechnology may be wrong. A Win for Regional Innovation By Sean Pool On August 24th the Department of Energy Announced that a consortium of 90 organizations anchored at Penn State University will receive $129 million of to support energy efficiency innovation. Enjoy, Sean Pool