Sentences with phrase «efforts of scientists»

It belittles the efforts of scientists conducting series research.

I am appreciative of the efforts of scientists and do not begrudge them whatever compensation they may realize, but I am even more appreciative of the likes of a Steve M and the Roger Pielkes for doing what they do in the blogosphere — and with no compensation.

This bit of social reality (if it is OK to call it that) opens the door for the general reader to get a better appreciation of a reasonable approach to viewing the efforts of scientists.

«We have a case here of someone trying to circumvent the efforts of scientists to eradicate what they have determined to be an environmental pest,» said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.

I'm so pleased that Morris Animal Foundation is able to support, in real time, the important efforts of the scientists in the field.»

This absorbing entry in the Scientists in the Field series discusses the Asian long - horned beetle's invasive presence in New England and the efforts of scientists to stop the destruction of trees and forests.

Chemistry is truly the central science and underpins much of the efforts of scientists and engineers to improve life for humankind.

As well as the efforts of scientists to use the 3Rs, there are also stringent regulations which researchers and institutions must abide by.

It took the combined efforts of scientists from two separate branches of laser research and the discovery of a new material.

''... the Action Plan places great emphasis on better catch reporting, more investment in data collection and analysis, and extensive observer programs to support the efforts of scientists working in this field.»

We're pleased that we were able to breathe new life into the efforts of the scientists who came before us.»

Climate change is yet another science - based global challenge requiring the best efforts of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris climate agreement as «an important step forward.»

The internal debates within the theology - and - science guild will finally be valuable only if they contribute to a realization throughout our culture that we are on the brink of new paradigms for understanding reality, and that those paradigms require the efforts of both scientists and theologians.

Leading contemporary paleontologists such as David Raup and Niles Eldredge say that the fossil problem is as serious now as it was then, despite the most determined efforts of scientists to find the missing links.

Not exact matches

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 achievements.

PICI (pronounced «pie - sea»), as it's called by its member scientists, is doing something unprecedented in academic medicine: combining and coordinating the efforts of six of the top cancer immunology centers in the country — MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Penn Medicine, Stanford, UCLA, and UCSF — in order to greatly expand and, more important, to accelerate our understanding of why some immune - based treatments work miraculously in some patients and not at all in others.

«We're creating a lot of structure that wasn't there before, but it is by no means a long - term solution,» Dalton Hesley, a scientist working on reef restoration in the Caribbean at the University of Miami, told Business Insider for a recent story on coral restoration efforts.

Scientific research managers coordinate the efforts of other scientists to achieve larger goals, and handle things like human resources, budgeting, and the other managerial tasks necessary to keep a lab — or a bunch of labs — running smoothly.

LIGO's first detection of a gravitational wave was a team effort involving hundreds of scientists and engineers who worked together for decades.

A team of scientists from the University of Arizona looked more closely into those dark streaks called «recurrent slope linae» or RSL in an effort to figure out their origin.

In an effort to build its relevance to the world outside traditional «Davos man» — the slightly scornful phrase used by political scientist Samuel Huntington to describe attendees, this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland is pushing to be a little more touchy - feely, for want of a better word.

While it's hard to say if the punishing number and intensity of storms were due to climate change, climate scientists have now determined — in two separate research efforts — that Hurricane Harvey's record - blasting rains (best measured in feet for much of Houston) were likely amplified by climate change.

Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about Monsanto's efforts to marshal scientists in defense of its product and combat research at odds with its own.

As an atheist, I prefer Catholicism to evangelical / fundamentalism, the Catholic church while having some rough spots with science, arts, and literature in the past has made strong efforts to co-exist with the science / educated community (they were some of the best scientists, writers, artists, etc).

In fact, some scientists say that it seems to be part of a «global, concerted effort» on the part of humpbacks.

This theological perspective has a profound implications for the correction of the scientific epistemology, which tends to regard as the objective and objectifying process, although nowadays there are efforts to correct this situation among the scientists and philosophers of science.

Efforts to reproduce it in laboratories have repeatedly failed, although not so long ago scientists confidently predicted the achievement of that milestone.

He should indicate the major alternative viewpoints that are live options in our pluralistic culture; this may require an effort to inform himself concerning the current thought of scientists, theologians, and philosophers on the point at issue.

I.) The effort to treat nature as a mere object of the scientist's investigation must finally break down, even in the scientist's own province.

«The efforts of apologists,» he says, «to find genuinely distinguished modern scientists who are religious have an air of desperation, generating the unmistakably hollow sound of bottoms of barrels being scraped.»

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@Bob Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Greenpeace, Kiva, Donors Choose, Union of Concerned Scientists, ACLU, Amnesty International, Oxfam, Population Connection, Mercy Corps, Electronic Frontiers Foundation, International Peace Insti / tute, Secular Humanist Aid and Relief Effort, Atheist Relief Fund, Secular Center USA, HIVOS, Earthward Inc.... etc etc..

From Christ as workingman Faludi proceeds to a hasty and confused foray among authorities ranging from the twelfth - century churchman Bernard of Clairvaux to various feminists and social scientists in an effort to discover the psychological purposes served by the various images of Christ.

In a statement I heartily endorse, Scott says, «Much as I respect the efforts of economists and social scientists to explain the world and the intermittent efforts of politicians to change it, I trust artists and writers more.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of its ongoing effort to improve the safety and security of the nation's food supply, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today gathered over 200 of the industry's top scientists and quality assurance experts to assess its current food safety practices, share successful practices and develop a comprehensive plan for preventing food - related health outbreaks.

To overcome production constraints through collective research efforts, the first planning meeting of the Temperate Rice Research Consortium (TRRC) was organized by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) at Suwon, Korea, on 2 - 3 May 2007 with the participation of scientists from 12 temperate rice - growing countries.

Training of national scientists in different aspects of rice research and extension as well as in rice - based cropping systems is an integral part of the International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) continuing research efforts (IRRI 1983).

We're experts in product customization, thanks to the collaborative efforts of our research and development, food scientist and chef teams.

The Crawford Scholar days and conference provided every one with a fantastic opportunity to learn about some current efforts by Australian scientists to improve the sustainability of agriculture systems.

Only this time the Occupy Green / Red Chile movement is aimed at protesting the efforts of some New Mexico State University (NSMU) scientists to unravel the genetic mysteries of red and green chiles.

Indonesia's well - institutionalized seed production system, infrastructure, availability of a good number of scientists, and a core group of hybrid rice breeders, make this an ideal time to ramp up hybrid rice research and development efforts,» said Dr. Bruce Tolentino, IRRI's Deputy Director - General.

Support a multi-year effort led by world - class scientists to develop a blood test for earlier detection of breast cancer when survival rates are the highest, known as the EIF Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project.

Shedd acknowledges and appreciates all volunteer citizen scientists and extends its gratitude to organizations facilitating the research efforts, including the Park District of Highland Park, Urban Ecology Center, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Ridges Sanctuary, Door County Land Trust, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, and the Huron Mountain Club.

(Reuters)- Government scientists have not been able to replicate a chemical reaction suspected of causing a radiation leak at a U.S. nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, complicating efforts to understand what went wrong, a U.S. Energy Department official said Friday.

Mass Audubon scientists are leading efforts to monitor the vegetation of salt marshes over time, particularly where the Phragmites are growing.

«There is no more important effort than the protection and expansion of the rights and liberties of the people,» said Richard Brodsky, a political scientist at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a former assemblyman who is working with other groups supporting a convention.

1987: Francisco Ayala, Norman Newell, and Stanley Weinberg — This award was given jointly for the efforts of the awardees in alerting scientists and the public to the danger to the scientific enterprise and to sound scientific education posed by the creationist movement.

The AAAS Congressional Science & Engineering Fellowship program is a cooperative effort of more than 30 scientific and engineering societies that provides an opportunity for accomplished scientists and engineers to contribute to the policymaking process.

Both in terms of expertise and influence, scientists, engineers and health professionals have much to contribute to efforts to promote and protect human rights.