Sentences with phrase «as a scientist for»

One thing is clear: this research should be monitored by informed nonscientists as well as scientists for its theological, ethical, social and legal implications.

She has a degree in radiochemistry and currently works as a scientist for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

«The kind of ignition you're talking about is rapid oxidation,» explained Drake Deming, an astronomy professor at the University of Maryland who has studied planetary atmospheres as a scientist for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

She earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Colorado and worked as a scientist for over a decade before deciding her true calling was as a wordsmith.

Peter will deal with the usual 20 - something trials, including relationship issues and late rent checks, while working as a scientist for an undisclosed entity.

More on my Facebook page... where I am both active artist & feature filmmaker about the art world noting my background as USAF jet pilot & as scientist for deep space projects.

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For example, as Taya Cohen, Ph.D., an assistant professor of organizational behavior and theory at Carnegie Mellon University, told New Scientist, people who score low on the Honesty - Humility factor might be more likely to cheat on their time sheets or steal office supplies.

Polish scientists have shown that male and female preferences for a height difference (known scientifically as sexual dimorphism) change based on how tall they are, perhaps so that people can widen their own dating pool.

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievementAs much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievementas recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

For starters, Canada should tap into one of the hottest research topics among agricultural scientists: transforming annual crops, such as wheat, soybeans and corn, into perennial ones.

«In your body, nervousness feels the same, physiologically speaking, as excitement,» Dahl learned speaking to scientists for her book.

Meanwhile, scientists at Cornell University are at work on prototypes for a 3D printed ear, and at Mount Sinai Hospital, research is focused on bioprinting trachea, more commonly known as windpipes.

As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.

And in many, many cases — such as with ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, or ice shelf traveling speeds — scientists have recorded the data for decades, systematically, consistently, and with precision.

A movement by scientists to march on Washington as a protest against the Trump White House's treatment of science has gained traction, with more than 115,000 supporters joining a Facebook (fb) group for the cause.

As Jill Boite Taylor describes it in her book, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, the «alarm» lasts for 90 seconds and triggers a host of physical effects — rising blood pressure, tensed muscles and the release of adrenaline and other hormones.

It was 1917, and although the calorie had been used in chemistry circles for decades — and is often credited to scientists such as Wilbur Olin Atwater and Nicolas Clément — it was Peters who was responsible for popularizing the idea that all we need to become healthier is knowing how much energy is in our food and fervently cutting back the excess.

This massive undertaking will help scientists better understand how much liquid water is contained within snow and how viable snow is as a resource of liquid water on our planet for drinking, agriculture, and hydropower.

As scientists learned more about the virus and the ways it mutates, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a more rigorous process for targeting the strains that affect the most people which was instituted in 1973.

In her research, behavioral and learning scientist Marily Oppezzo tested groups of people as they brainstormed creative uses for everyday objects.

As Michael Crosby, a marine scientist and the president of Mote Laboratory and Aquarium, told Business Insider for a recent feature on reef restoration, loss of reefs could have potentially terrifying consequences.

For a long time scientists thought the undertones in a person's voice served just as a marker, a vocal fingerprint of sorts that allowed others to distinguish between speakers.

Applying what I've learned from behavioral scientists such as B.J. Fogg, Daniel Kahneman and Charles Duhigg, I've found that by simply breaking habits down into their chain of actions, I can identify and target key moments to rewire behavioral tendencies — for my users and hopefully for myself.

As dismally low as success rates are for NIH grants these days, they are dramatically lower for younger scientists — and that's slowing down science in a number of wayAs dismally low as success rates are for NIH grants these days, they are dramatically lower for younger scientists — and that's slowing down science in a number of wayas success rates are for NIH grants these days, they are dramatically lower for younger scientists — and that's slowing down science in a number of ways.

A group of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany recently found that they were able to identify what kind of films a group of subjects viewed — whether it was funny, sad or suspenseful — based on the different combinations of chemicals, or peaks of one in particular, such as carbon dioxide, that were found in the air in the theater.

The first half of the film feels strangely off — it starts with a prologue set in the»80s that introduces Michael Douglass as Hank Pym, a scientist with a remarkable formula for shrinking matter who decides to hide it from the government agents that want it as a weapon (there are also quite a few Easter eggs for Marvel fans in those first few minutes).

It was also a spiritual experience for me as a scientist as I met a psychic that told me things that she shouldn't have known.

«As their ranks have swelled, to 6 [million]-7 [million] active researchers on the latest reckoning, scientists have lost their taste for self - policing and quality control.

As tantalizing as it seems, the actual process of producing vast multiples of energy out of a chemical process is a unicorn that has been outpacing scientists for 75 yearAs tantalizing as it seems, the actual process of producing vast multiples of energy out of a chemical process is a unicorn that has been outpacing scientists for 75 yearas it seems, the actual process of producing vast multiples of energy out of a chemical process is a unicorn that has been outpacing scientists for 75 years.

And it's using Morbi — along with six other budding scientist / entrepreneurs — as test cases for its method.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist, or even a corporate governance expert, to understand that having a former Ontario premier on a company's board can offer plenty of potential upside, especially for an Ontario - based auto parts maker such as Magna International.

If the program can connect scientists to investors willing to put down the capital to help ideas grow through the long — and often massively expensive — development and testing phase, it could leave Ontario as a Boston - like hub for medical commerce.

The cyclones were discovered as the Juno spacecraft made the first of at least 12 planned close encounters with Jupiter, which scientists believe set the stage for the development of Earth and other planets in the solar system.

Meanwhile, a group of 20 scientists studying the Otway Project in Australia since 2008 confirmed Dec. 14 that the CO2 there was behaving as it was expected to and the practice is indeed an effective way to keep greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere for thousands and perhaps millions of years.

«STEM Behind Hollywood» uses the scientists and experts who consult Hollywood filmmakers to create free classroom activities for teachers, including software and iPad apps, to explore popular movie themes such as zombie, superheroes, space and forensics to give students the chance to solve problems as real - life scientists would.

She began her career as a scientist at IBM's TJ Watson Center and has also worked on Wall Street as a technology executive for global banks including Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

As we age, that part of our frontal lobe fires less surely, impeded by another part of the brain responsible for what scientists call the «default mode,» which we use to daydream.

Scientists believe that's because Norwegian culture views winter not as an a nasty period to get through by cocooning yourself at home, but as an exciting opportunity for winter sports and enjoying the coziness and beauty of the season.

That a passing bird dropping stale bread can neutralize a multi-billion dollar scientific facility comes as no surprise to anyone who has experienced delay on the Toronto subway — where flakes of snow can shut down the system for months — but two scientists have come up with a novel alternative theory for the disruption: time traveling terrorists.

Thus, the path dependency that political scientist Paul Pierson, 1997 has observed in pension reforms is not just an observed fact, but a desired characteristic.21 Threats to sustainability are typically identified as expenditures rising above an acceptable level, and especially in prefunded DB plans, volatility of pension contributions or accounting expenses for pensions.

He detests vague spin - doctor phrases like «studies say» and «scientists disagree,» and he refuses to advertise for Tesla, something most startup car companies wouldn't think twice about — because he sees advertising as manipulative and dishonest.

Lynch, who has a doctorate in immunology and microbiology from Ohio State University, spent two years there before joining DuPont as a research scientist working on tests for the AIDS virus.

The simple phrase has directed Lynch his entire career, from when he started as a research scientist developing tests for the AIDS virus to today, as president of the IT firm CMIT Solutions in Doylestown.

, we are conditioned to think of as extreme events,» Sarah Henderson a senior scientist at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, told Vancouver's Metro News.

«What we're seeing right now» in B.C., and what we saw in Alberta last year, we are conditioned to think of as extreme events,» Sarah Henderson a senior scientist at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, told Vancouver's Metro News.

In addition to his post as a senior data scientist at Google, the value investing community knows him for his side gig: hosting the Investing Talks -LSB-...]

In recent months, Harper has withdrawn Canada from the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, slashed funding for scientific agencies and muzzled government scientists, all while promoting tar sands as a healthy addition to the world's energy mix.

Waste to energy technology has been backed as an «affordable» way for municipalities to manage wastes and generate energy, with «almost no measurable effect on human health», according to scientists and industry experts at the recent Energy Recovery Symposium in Toronto, Canada.

Salk Institute scientists say they have developed a superior way of cultivating human brain tissue, guiding research for treating neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.

Scientists and energy experts say that a distributed grid that doesn't rely on a single power plant for energy generation could help vulnerable island regions such as the Caribbean weather strong storms like Irma or Maria.