Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
...d these environments -- from the family to current society and the times -- as nested settings in which a per...r example, how children are raised in contemporary society and the role of peers in influencing child development, a comparison of child development in the Uni...Keep genome data freely accessible
...life-science research . . . has served science and society well", the panel argues, accelerating research and speeding the "life-saving benefits" of that research'. The editorial concludes: 'But beyond the practical, open-access policies of the genome database repositories serve another purpose. One that mig...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
... to the mechanisms of social behavior. The complex society of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, will drive the information system. The system will be a software environment that "will help to shed light on an unprecedented scale on the relationship between genes and how lives are carried out in an anim...Wiley publishes Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future
...cs challenges facing today's scientists as well as society in general, and outlines future possibilities of the developing genome era. Social issues, particularly questions of ethics, receive special attention, covering an important area too often overshadowed by science and technology. If the genome rea...NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
...e development of methods to inform all segments of society about technological advances, and to improve the mechanisms for obtaining input from diverse populations to help to identify and assess policy options for addressing these challenges. In addition to funding these four centers of excellence, NHGR...Cleaner water, more efficient electricity among UH chemical research
...ed by the U.S. Congress and the largest scientific society in the world, ACS is a leader in fostering chemical education and research, with an international membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. Four members of the UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) Department ...Genes can influence both alcohol consumption and dependence
... efforts to reduce their own risk of problems, and society needs to provide support by reducing its tacit approval of heavy drinking and by providing alternative ways of celebrating that don't centre on alcohol."...Study shows how consensus is attained in a noisy world
...ght quickly be adopted and remain ingrained within society and how unicellular organisms might organize into multi-cellular structures. The researchers show that a simple majority rule approach, in which each unit -- a person or a cell -- adopts the state of the majority of its neighbors within an intricate...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
...r than what is comfortable for those isolated from society in their ivory towers. Unhappily, in a world rapidly becoming more dangerous, they are organizations not accustomed to operate on 'Manhattan Project time,''' he said, referring to the all-out effort by physicists during World War II to design and bu...New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV: concern over monkey vaccine
...d applied bioscience. The Bethesda, Maryland-based society has more than 10,000 members and provides a wide range of research, educational and career support to further the contributions of physiology to the understanding the mechanisms of diseased and healthy states....Researchers look into components of RNA silencing machinery
... we are doing basic research, the implications for society in general are broad." ......Scientist, the magazine of the scientific research society Sigma Xi. "I think researchers forget to look to nature for remarkable examples of similar and often identical halogenated organic chemicals. These amazing compounds are a vital part of life, and they serve natural purposes as hormones, pheromones, r...American Chemical Society media registration
...Chemical Society is the world's largest scientific society with more than 159,000 members nationally and internationally. Membership is comprised of chemists and chemical engineers. The ACS's 229th annual meeting will be March 13-17 in San Diego, CA. News releases from the meeting will be available on an emb...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...n Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society judges the awards on behalf of stakeholders from government, industry, academia and the nonprofit sector. The 2004 awards go to: Charles A. Eckert, Ph.D., and Charles L. Liotta, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) By varying tem...'Plants for the future': A European vision for plant biotechnology towards 2025
...n presented to European Commissioner Busquin. "Our society faces tremendous challenges in the coming decades....h goals that are tailored to the needs of European society and the agriculture and the food industries. The expertise and capabilities of European plant scient...Scientist honored for studies of genetic influence on chemotherapy, tumor development
... AACR the world's oldest and largest professional society representing cancer scientists from the United States and more than 60 other countries the AACR-NFCR professorship honors and fosters world class accomplishments among scientists still at a relatively early stage of their careers in basic research, ...New public policy & aging report highlights facts and fiction about anti-aging medicine
...years - remarking on issues that would emerge in a society populated by the "prolonged old." Eminent biogeron...nti-aging agendas in order to "invent a long-lived society in which we can retain our capacities more fully until death." This publication is the first in a se...The science and law of torture
...ramsat AAAS. On Monday, 28 June, AAAS, the science society will convene apanel of legal and scientific experts on torture and prisonertreatment for a half-day conference. On the scientific panel, award-winning Martha Huggins, Ph.D.,Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professors of Human Relations,Tulane University,...AAAS urges US to give scientists a voice in research misconduct cases
...cials at AAAS, the world's largest general science society said today. In a letter to Chris Pascal, director of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner, executive publisher of the journal Science , said scientists contribute a critical level of objectivity, balance and technical exp...AAAS 2004 salary survey: Despite long hours and low pay, life scientists love their work
...itution, is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal, Science. Members who answered the inaugural survey in 2001 had a similarly positive outlook, but the makeup of the group has changed. This time around the participants were younger and included a higher percentage o...