Friday, 6 April 2018

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Daily update 6 April 2018
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But the impact of science fiction on science fact is hard to quantify. Indeed, technologists would love to better understand the way fiction influences the development of new technologies. Today, that is beginning to look possible thanks to the work of Philipp Jordan at the University of Hawaii in the US and ...
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Forty-five years ago, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, the publisher of Science) launched its Science and Technology (S&T) Policy Fellowship Program, which has since enabled thousands of Ph.D. scientists, engineers, and physicians to work for a year for the U.S. ...
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How do you keep snail mail cutting-edge in the 21st century? One way: a new set of STEM postage stamps. The U.S. government is acknowledging the value of STEM education to the nation's standing in the world with four Forever first-class stamps that pay tribute to the study of science, technology, ...
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"In terms of college education, 26% of students in Yucatan are pursuing a career related to the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, while 19% of the state population has already a higher education diploma, a figure above the average of the countries of the Organization for ...
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By adding electricity, water, and a variety of catalysts, scientists can reduce CO2 into short molecules such as methane, which can then be used to produce fuels and consumable plastics. Writing last week in Joule, researchers explored the future of these technologies, and Science talked with one of the ...
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Such a ban against deadly technologies isn't new. For instance, the Geneva Conventions prohibit armed forces from using blinding laser weapons directly against people, Live Science previously reported. In addition, nerve agents such as sarin and VX are banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention ...
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James Watson, the Nobel laureate who turns 90 this week, was front and center on a red-carpeted stage before an enormous rendering of a futuristic complex dubbed The Cheerland-Watson Center for Life Sciences and Technology, intended to rival prestigious biomedical research centers in the West.
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AsianScientist (Apr. 6, 2018) – Scientists have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to create a pig model of Huntington's disease (HD) which could be used for drug testing. They published their findings in Cell. HD is caused by a gene encoding a toxic protein known as mutant huntingtin, or mHTT.
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SCIENCE is an important subject that teaches us about ourselves and everything around us. However, it does not appeal to everyone. This was evident in a research by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry in 2014 on the public awareness of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
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This greater emphasis on widening participation, or "spreading excellence", follows calls by east European member states to spend more money on boosting science and technology capabilities across the EU. Besides democracy-focussed projects, the document lists a range of possible funding ...
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