‘YouCut’ Targets National Science Foundation Budget
jamie writes “As some of you may have heard, the incoming Republican majority in Congress has a new initiative called YouCut, which lets ordinary Americans like me propose government programs for termination. So imagine how excited I was to learn that YouCut’s first target — yes, its first target — was that notoriously bloated white elephant, the National Science Foundation.” Read more of this …
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No animal welfare advantage to controlled atmosphere stunning
The science is in, and it shows that controlled-atmosphere stunning (CAS) offers no significant welfare advantage over conventional low-voltage electrical stunning in the commercial processing of chickens.
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New American Chemical Society Prized Science video on ‘red tide’ shellfish poisoning
( American Chemical Society ) A new episode of Prized Science: How the Science Behind ACS Awards Impacts Your Life, features Michael Crimmins, Ph.D., who is developing substances that could lead to the first effective cure for neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, a terrible form of food poisoning caused by toxic algae blooms in the water called “red tides.” He won the 2010 Ernest Guenther Award in …
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National Science and Research Council to Be Formed to Boost R&D
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 DECEMBER, 2010: The National Science and Research Council (NSRC) will be set up to prepare for the creation of a national research system based on science and technology in a more conducive environment.
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Eastern Michigan makes progress on M Science Complex
Ypsilanti— Eastern Michigan University is making progress on construction of a million Science Complex the school says is its most significant campus project in decades.
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Free kids science show
Physics of Light and Colour, the seventh annual Faraday Science Show is set for 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dec. 12. It’s at the Hebb Theatre at 2045 East Mall on the UBC Campus.The event is free, but bring non-perishable food items to support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The Faraday Show is UBC Physics and Astronomy Outreach Program’s annual science lecture, designed for children, and presented by …
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The Rube Goldberg competition, sponsored by Phi Chapter of Theta Tau fraternity, rewards machines that most effectively combine creativity with inefficiency and complexity. The task this year is to dispense an appropriate amount of sanitizer into a hand. The 2010 National contest is March 27 at the Purdue University Armory. www.purdue.edu
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my vid’ of some of the exibits at this years show, not all of them but enough!
Oahu, Hawaii (NASA, International Space Station Science, 04/23/10)
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ESF receives National Science Foundation grant
SYRACUSE – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) a grant of nearly .5 million.
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Science Weekly: Bugs, bowels and bats
Alok Jha is joined by Ian Henderson, professor of microbial biology at the University of Birmingham, and the Guardian’s Ian Sample, in a programme devoted to germs. It’s one of the major killers in the developing world, but could a vaccine for diarrhoea be around the corner? Professor Henderson is giving a talk on “Genome sequencing: The genetics of diarrhoea” in Birmingham tomorrow evening. He …
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Bangalore to get Indo-Swiss science promotion unit
New Delhi, Oct 5 : Extending their cooperation in the field of science and technology, India and Switzerland will establish a science promotion section at the Swiss Consulate General in Bangalore, an official statement said Tuesday.
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Hurricane Bill Spins in the Atlantic (NASA, International Space Station Science, 08/18/09)
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Cool Science Lab At MSU Gets National Recognition
A unique science lab at Montana State University is getting national recognition. Popular Science magazine featured the Subzero Science and Engineering Research Facility as one of the most “mind-blowing” college labs in the state. Temperatures in these labs drop below freezing so they can study ice structures and how the cold affects projects.
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Bill Nye the Science Guy to help open new Children’s Museum
Thanks to several Wabash Valley businesses, “Bill Nye The Science Guy” will headline the Terre Haute Children’s Museum Grand Opening Weekend. Nye will make a free public appearance at 11 a.m. Sept. 25, outdoor on the lot between Eighth and Ninth streets off Ohio Street.
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Science center to feature star talk
Amateur and budding astronomers and astronomy or engineering enthusiasts will want to plan to attend the lecture “Opening New Windows for Astronomers,” by Marc Rafal, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Texas A&M International University Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center.
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National Engineering Month happens every year to promote the importance and fun of engineering to the rest of the world. There are events like Designaplooza (run by the HiSkule Committee at U of T), K’nex Workshop (run by the Ontario Science Centre) and Water for the World (run by Engineers Without Borders and the Public Library). This year, universities all across Ontario decided to build Rube Goldberg Machines, which were connected together via internet (each machine ended in a button, which sent a signal to the next machine). The last machine activated lights at Ontario Science Center displaying “E4TW” – Engineers For The World. The machines were ran at 1:00 pm on Saturday, Feburay 27, 2010.