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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched on June 18 of this year, has begun its extensive exploration of the lunar environment and will return more data about the Moon than any previous mission.
Source: Southwest Research Institute
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 17, 2009, 4:59pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Sep 17, 2009, 4:59pm
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The prevailing wisdom among many scientists and scientific organizations is that, as a rule, scientists are press shy, and those who aren't are mavericks.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 09, 2009, 2:09pm
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Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 09, 2009, 2:09pm
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A University of Cincinnati sociologist combed through newspaper accounts of 19th and 20th century Ohio executions to understand how executions became more "professional and scientific" in character. Annulla Linders, an associate professor of sociology, presented the paper Aug. 9 at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco.
Source: University of Cincinnati
Posted on: Monday, Aug 10, 2009, 10:12am
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Posted on: Monday, Aug 10, 2009, 10:12am
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Research findings suggest that, contrary to popular belief, engineering does not have a higher dropout rate than other majors and women do just as well as men, information that could lead to a strategy for boosting the number of U.S. engineering graduates.
Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009, 6:35pm
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Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009, 6:35pm
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A new report by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that overwhelming majorities of Americans believe that science has had a positive effect on society and that science has made life easier for most people.
Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 09, 2009, 2:39pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Jul 09, 2009, 2:39pm
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New data show that enrollment in U.S. science and engineering (S&E) graduate programs in 2007 grew 3.3 percent over comparable data for 2006--the highest year-over-year increase since 2002 and nearly double the 1.7 percent increase seen in 2006.
Source: National Science Foundation
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009, 7:56pm
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Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009, 7:56pm
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It's a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinburgh reports the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviours.
Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Friday, May 29, 2009, 9:04am
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Posted on: Friday, May 29, 2009, 9:04am
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Dr. William Phillips, an Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded Nobel Prize-winning physicist, delivered the final lecture at ONR's spring distinguished lecture series May 19. Phillips' compelling presentation, titled "Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff," highlighted the importance of basic research and ONR's legacy of support for innovative scientists.
Source: Office of Naval Research
Posted on: Friday, May 22, 2009, 2:25pm
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Posted on: Friday, May 22, 2009, 2:25pm
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A new analysis finds that a considerable number of clinical cancer studies published in respected medical journals have financial connections to pharmaceutical companies.
Source: American Cancer Society
Posted on: Monday, May 11, 2009, 9:01am
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Posted on: Monday, May 11, 2009, 9:01am
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How did a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey, US, get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known?
Source: Institute of Physics
Posted on: Tuesday, May 05, 2009, 3:29pm
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Posted on: Tuesday, May 05, 2009, 3:29pm
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Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn.
Source: Michigan State University
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 23, 2009, 4:57pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Apr 23, 2009, 4:57pm
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While the number of times a scientific article is cited by other articles is currently the gold standard for ranking its impact, online publishing offers another measure: the number of unique downloads.
Source: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Posted on: Friday, Apr 10, 2009, 3:44pm
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Posted on: Friday, Apr 10, 2009, 3:44pm
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Self-led, self-structured inquiry may be the best method to train scientists at the college level and beyond, but it's not the ideal way for all high school students to prepare for college science.
Source: University of Virginia
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 26, 2009, 6:22pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Mar 26, 2009, 6:22pm
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Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science, reports a new Cornell study.
Source: Newswise
Posted on: Friday, Mar 13, 2009, 3:01pm
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Posted on: Friday, Mar 13, 2009, 3:01pm
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Are Americans flunking science? A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive® reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test.
Source: California Academy of Sciences
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 12, 2009, 11:28am
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Posted on: Thursday, Mar 12, 2009, 11:28am
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A recent study reports that high school students who study fewer science topics, but study them in greater depth, have an advantage in college science classes over their peers who study more topics and spend less time on each.
Source: University of Virginia
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 05, 2009, 10:15pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Mar 05, 2009, 10:15pm
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If you offer something of value to people for free while someone else charges a hefty sum of money for the same type of product, one would logically assume that most people would choose the free option. According to new research in today's edition of the journal Science, if the product in question is access to scholarly papers and research, that logic might just be wrong.
Source: National Science Foundation
Posted on: Friday, Feb 20, 2009, 9:00pm
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Posted on: Friday, Feb 20, 2009, 9:00pm
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Top-tier U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies are moving their clinical trials overseas at warp speed, raising questions about ethics, quality control, and even the scientific value of their findings for people back in the U.S.
Source: Duke University Medical Center
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 19, 2009, 12:37pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Feb 19, 2009, 12:37pm
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Western Michigan University researchers have discovered that in the academic debate over whether young science students learn more through experimenting or direct instruction, there's little difference.
Source: Western Michigan University
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009, 9:39am
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Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009, 9:39am
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Rapid advances in the biological sciences over the last several decades have yielded great benefits such as medical therapies and vaccines. But some of these same scientific advances could also be used for malicious purposes, a threat that has become more salient to the science and policy communities since the terrorist attacks of 2001.
Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 05, 2009, 12:02pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Feb 05, 2009, 12:02pm
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Articles From the Web
Scientists misread data on global warming controversy
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you," then, with apologies to Kipling, you might not be a climate scientist.
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you," then, with apologies to Kipling, you might not be a climate scientist.
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Monday, Mar 08, 2010, 1:24pm
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Posted on: Monday, Mar 08, 2010, 1:24pm
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Extra Money for Science in Obama’s Budget
The president’s proposed spending plan would increase money for the Health and Human Services Department and the National Institutes of Health.
The president’s proposed spending plan would increase money for the Health and Human Services Department and the National Institutes of Health.
Source: NYTimes
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 02, 2010, 11:51am
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Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 02, 2010, 11:51am
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Whatever happened to ...?
Nature looks back on a selection of last year's news stories to find out what happened next.
Nature looks back on a selection of last year's news stories to find out what happened next.
Demand for patents falling as crisis bites: WIPO
Demand for patents and trademarks is falling this year after holding up robustly in 2008, indicating the belated impact of the economic crisis, the United Nations intellectual property agency said Friday.
Demand for patents and trademarks is falling this year after holding up robustly in 2008, indicating the belated impact of the economic crisis, the United Nations intellectual property agency said Friday.
Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser
Compromises made to win passage of a climate-change bill have infuriated and disappointed environmental activists.
Compromises made to win passage of a climate-change bill have infuriated and disappointed environmental activists.
Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe
A major impediment in the fight against cancer is that most research grants go to projects unlikely to break much ground.
A major impediment in the fight against cancer is that most research grants go to projects unlikely to break much ground.
Science on the screen: a biologist does Hollywood
Like a knight-errant, Olson travels the land giving talks in combination with double feature showings of Dodos and last year's Sizzle, a global warming comedy that mocked independent filmmaking, environmentalists and scientists unable to speak plainly in countering climate craziness.
Like a knight-errant, Olson travels the land giving talks in combination with double feature showings of Dodos and last year's Sizzle, a global warming comedy that mocked independent filmmaking, environmentalists and scientists unable to speak plainly in countering climate craziness.
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Monday, Jun 15, 2009, 10:24am
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Posted on: Monday, Jun 15, 2009, 10:24am
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The Boss: Branching Out in Science
For the chief executive of Broadcom, studying psychology allowed him to combine his interest in computer science with the way people think.
For the chief executive of Broadcom, studying psychology allowed him to combine his interest in computer science with the way people think.
Plugging Holes in the Science of Forensics
A push in forensic science for the kind of rigorous, peer-reviewed research that is the hallmark of classic science.
A push in forensic science for the kind of rigorous, peer-reviewed research that is the hallmark of classic science.
Author Laufer On The Dark Side Of 'Butterflies'
Journalist and author Peter Laufer uncovered The Dangerous World of Butterflies for his new book. He discusses the history of criminality and intrigue that surrounds conservationists and collectors of a icon of innocence.
Journalist and author Peter Laufer uncovered The Dangerous World of Butterflies for his new book. He discusses the history of criminality and intrigue that surrounds conservationists and collectors of a icon of innocence.
Source: Science
Posted on: Friday, May 08, 2009, 11:48am
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Posted on: Friday, May 08, 2009, 11:48am
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Heroes in lab coats
These are times when the cult of celebrity seems especially empty, when our national love affair with multimillion-dollar shortstops and with beautiful actresses whose flawless faces are enough to guarantee huge box-office weekends feel devoid of meaning.
These are times when the cult of celebrity seems especially empty, when our national love affair with multimillion-dollar shortstops and with beautiful actresses whose flawless faces are enough to guarantee huge box-office weekends feel devoid of meaning.
Obama says flu cases show need for science spending
The outbreak of a flu virus that has led to a U.S. public health emergency highlights the need for a strong government commitment to scientific research, President Barack Obama said on Monday.
The outbreak of a flu virus that has led to a U.S. public health emergency highlights the need for a strong government commitment to scientific research, President Barack Obama said on Monday.
Medical researchers face conflicts of interest
Dr. Bruce Psaty of University of Washington in Seattle knows how easy it can be to fall under the spell of a friendly relationship with drug companies.
Dr. Bruce Psaty of University of Washington in Seattle knows how easy it can be to fall under the spell of a friendly relationship with drug companies.
TV, films boldly go down scientific path
So much for gangsters or communists infiltrating Hollywood turns out it's scientists. "The science has to be there," says director Roland Emmerich, whose end-of-the-world film, 2012, opens in November. "We are all looking for great themes out there, and science has those." Audiences agree.
So much for gangsters or communists infiltrating Hollywood turns out it's scientists. "The science has to be there," says director Roland Emmerich, whose end-of-the-world film, 2012, opens in November. "We are all looking for great themes out there, and science has those." Audiences agree.
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