Brain Awareness Week teaches kids how their brains work
...s." National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) NIDA invites students to play "Who Wants to be a NIDA Neuroscientist?" Patterned after the popular TV program "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," the game encourages students to test what they know about how illicit drugs and nicotine act in the brain. Participants ...2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge winners announced
...ic idea is through an image that grabs the eye and invites viewers to wonder what they're seeing. Nine entries, each telling a scientific story with a careful balance of accuracy and beauty, have won the 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by the National Science Foundati...Science magazine and NSF announce 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge winners
...ic idea is through an image that grabs the eye and invites viewers to wonder what they're seeing. Nine entries, each telling a scientific story with a careful balance of accuracy and beauty, have won the 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by the National Science Foundatio...National Academies News: Spring Programs at the Koshland Science Museum
...nt seeds of curiosity. The Koshland Science Museum invites you to enjoy: THE SCIENCE OF CHOCOLATE Thursday, April 6, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Learn about the chemistry of cocoa during a discussion and chocolate tasting. Dr. Harold Schmitz of Mars Inc. will address recent scientific discoveries of the possible ...52 minority scientists receive APS/NIDDK travel fellowships totaling $90,000
...tion for current and past travel fellows. APS also invites fellows to career workshops, sessions on special skills development, and other special sessions during the conference. Past fellows have praised the program, saying: "I received advice from several scientists concerning my research and the ins and o...ACS News Service weekly press package -- June 5, 2006
... architecture of dendrimers and dendritic polymers invites applications in new pharmaceuticals and diagnostic products. Schoenfisch and Stasko report preparation of the first nitric oxide-releasing dendrimer in an article scheduled for publication June 14 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Comp...2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge winners announced
...ic idea is through an image that grabs the eye and invites viewers to wonder what they're seeing. Fourteen images and multimedia presentations, each using innovative approaches to encapsulate a scientific story, have won the 2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by the Nati...IUFRO conference on forest landscape restoration
...www.srs.fs.usda.gov/korea . This Call for Papers invites abstracts to be submitted for contributed papers and posters addressing the themes and purposes of the Conference as described below. Abstracts for selection of 300 words or less are due by December 22, 2006 and should be submitted electronically, p...Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
...kely rare globally. The richness of the diversity invites speculation about what rare species contribute to their biosphere and an estimate that the kinds of bacteria in the oceans exceed five to 10 million. The researchers also began assembling the best-ever video of protists (mostly microscopic organisms...Koshland Science Museum announces winter program
...SHINGTON, D.C. The Marian Koshland Science Museum invites the general public to attend its upcoming program of winter events. From the chance to explore intersections of technology and culture with Internet artist Jonathan Harris, to a discussion of how DNA evidence can explain the past, visitors will have...38 minority scientists receive travel fellowships to Experimental Biology 2007 in D.C.
...tion for current and past travel fellows. APS also invites fellows to career workshops, sessions on special skills development, and other special sessions during the conference. Past fellows have praised the program, saying they received advice concerning their research from scientists they met through the...