Scientific literacy happens -- when students think for themselves
...e going to have trouble having a meaningful public discussion about these issues if they don't have some percept... literacy so that they can contribute to a serious discussion on these larger issues. Rissing pointed out that scientific literacy rates in the United States ha...Exploring polar regions, understanding climate
...ernational Polar Year 2007/08 comes at a time when discussion over climate change is both topical in the media, and at the forefront of peoples minds. The recently published world climate report, published by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) shows once more that climate has been altered dra...National Academies Advisory: March 5 lecture on ocean acidification
... Carnegie Institution will address this topic in a discussion entitled "WHAT CORALS ARE DYING TO TELL US ABOUT C02 AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION." The lecture, presented by the National Research Council's Ocean Studies Board, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 5, in the Baird Auditorium of the Smithsonian Muse...Nanotech promises big things for poor -- but will promises be kept?
...llions of lives around the world each year." The discussion took place at a program entitled "Using Nanotechnology to Improve Health Care in Developing Countries," held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The event was organized by the Wilson Centers Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies a...Third annual Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships awarded to 10 noted journalists
...rough independent research as well as seminars and discussion groups, led by some of the world's foremost physic...l be better able to promote a more informed public discussion of science and religion." The 2007 fellows represent a broad sweep from the field of journalism, a ...Nanotechnology oversight requires thinking outside the box
...ther interested parties to begin a more systematic discussion about the core elements of an oversight framework ...e ground rules for transparency. The need for this discussion is no more distant than nanotechnology itself. And this means that this discussion should start now....Wilson Center and Pew Charitable Trusts expand efforts to examine risks/benefits of nanotechnology
...every sector for informed, productive and creative discussion and collaborations. The Project also is fostering a better understanding of how institutions need to change to accommodate this new technology." "Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize everything from the medicine Americans take to the f...New mathematical model to add rigor to studies of disease genetics and evolution
...plications of his model is how it might inform the discussion of the "hotspot paradox." A confusing aspect of hotspot origination, the paradox considers how hotspot locations are tagged. Previously, researchers identified at least one short sequence of DNA bases, called a DNA motif, associated with about 10 p...Sixth annual bioethics forum to tackle medical applications of research
...ement." Featuring a series of keynote speakers and discussion sessions, the annual forum is designed to provide ... In addition to the keynote presentations, several discussion sessions will be held, including Student Voices; Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis: Links with the Enhancem...Making mice with enhanced color vision
...ture of color perception -- everyone who has had a discussion as to whether the "green" they see is the same as the "green" their friend sees can attest to this -- the researchers only tested whether the mice could discriminate among the lights. "Each photoreceptor absorbs a range of wavelengths, but the ef...Genomics throws species definition in question for microbes
...n of microbes in the post-genomic era, including a discussion on the definition of the term "species." It ends with a set of specific recommendations including, but not limited to: The establishment of a subcommittee within the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes to consider a paradigm ...LA Times reporters receive Public Communications Award from American Society for Microbiology
...s to the editor, send emails or post comments at a discussion forum on the Times website. Reader interest was so great that Weiss is currently working on follow-up stories detailing how individuals and governments can ease the stress on the seas....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...stly platinum-based fuel cells that have dominated discussion about the hydrogen economy of the future, British scientists are reporting. Fraser Armstrong and colleagues cite the new devices advantages over conventional fuel cells, which convert chemical energy in a fuel into electricity without combustion. P...Setting sights on the drugs of the future
...al Training Centre as well as to encourage general discussion in a relaxed environment, and it was extremely successful. "By bringing together academics from the Schools of Chemistry, Maths, Computer Science and Physics, with PARD (Pharmaceutical and Analytical Research and Development) and discovery teams fr...New book presents neurobiology from an evolutionary perspective
...ural complexity in higher species. It ends with a discussion of what is universal about nervous systems and what may be required, neurobiologically, to be human. "The capabilities of invertebrates have traditionally been underestimated," writes Greenspan. "Perhaps this is because they are not warm and fuzzy...AACR Annual Meeting showcases significant developments in understanding and targeting cancers
...rivileged to be an integral part of the scientific discussion surrounding cancer," said William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D., President-Elect, AACR. "It is critical that we maintain our commitment not only to providing a venue for research and collaboration but also to stimulating the achievement of the cancer scienti...2007 Communicator Award goes to glaciologists from Bremerhaven
...ness leaders as well as interested lay-people, for discussion and as a source of information on all issues relat...ate individuals and which promotes interaction and discussion between the scientific community and the general public. In addition to the prize money, the glaciol......first Trips to the NanoFrontier podcast features a discussion with Dr. Samuel I. Stupp, director of the Institute of BioNanotechnology in Medicine at Northwestern University, on prospective nanotechnology applications in tissue engineering. Dr. Stupp and colleagues are investigating how self-assembling nanofibe...New report explores nanotechnology's future
...chnological possibilities and to stimulate broader discussion of the goals and vision for nanotechnology in both scientific and public realms." The report is the product of a forecasting and awareness-raising activity sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and...Obtaining valid consent for doing large genetic studies in developing countries
...ly informed consent. While there has been much discussion setting out ethical principles for conducting medi...rch in low-income countries, there has been little discussion of how to apply these principles to large-scale genomic studies. The authors lay out a new set of e...