Sentences with phrase «fundamental role of science»

Research has since confirmed the fundamental role of science education as a key determinant of civic science literacy (Miller, 1998).

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The modern sciences of genetics and ecology have clearly provided empirical grounds for rejecting these traditional race concepts and for recognizing the fundamental role of education in the creation of human personality — especially in respect to qualities that are so manifestly reflections of cultural patterns.

When Hume interpreted causality in a way that could not support its role in the natural sciences, Kant reformulated philosophy so that not only causality but all the fundamental notions of the Newtonian worldview were preserved.

As often in these pages our Cutting Edge and Letters columns highlight approaches to science and religion which we think are at the heart of the modern crisis given the fundamental role of human observation of the physical realm to human thought.

Chu cited his role in key reports by National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on the competitiveness of the U.S. scientific enterprise and the state of fundamental research, studies that «sounded alarms that the health of science, science education and integration of science into public decision - making in the U.S. was in peril and heading in the wrong direction,» he said in his candidacy statement.

The research, published in the current issue of the journal Science, demonstrates that brain cells, known as astrocytes, which play fundamental roles in nearly all aspects of brain function, can be adjusted by neurons in response to injury and disease.

And John Battle himself warned that government behaviour showed «not just a complete betrayal of trust but a fundamental lack of understanding of the key role science research must play in rebuilding our economy».

He is the author of the new book Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life about the fascinating bacteria that live in each of us and the fundamental role it's played in the history of modern biology.

«It's a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts,» said Seth Bordenstein, associate professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University, who has contributed to the body of scientific knowledge that is pointing to the conclusion that symbiotic microbes play a fundamental role in virtually all aspects of plant and animal biology, including the origin of new species.

For example, we are continuing to generate the base of evidence needed to empower science based control of the spread of rabies within vampire bats in Latin America, but also exploring fundamental questions about cross-species transmission and the role of host and pathogen genomics in studying disease ecology».

In this role he is responsible for a broad range of fundamental research at PNNL sponsored by the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science, including work in advanced computing, chemistry, materials science, and particle / nuclear pScience, including work in advanced computing, chemistry, materials science, and particle / nuclear pscience, and particle / nuclear physics.

One of his achievements included the central role he played in enacting the Fundamental Law of Science and Technology in 1995.

The Women & Science Program is an initiative of The Wistar Institute that highlights the fundamental role played by basic and clinical research in addressing the scientific challenges related to women's health.

A new commentary on the nature of pathogens is raising startling new questions about the role that fundamental science research on evolution plays in the understanding of emerging disease.

Representational competence in science education: Its fundamental role in the epistemology of today's science.

For the next 25 years, Dockterman tested and created dozens of educational programs, among them the award - winning Science Court, an animated television show that aired on ABC Kids that taught the fundamental concepts of elementary and middle school science; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discScience Court, an animated television show that aired on ABC Kids that taught the fundamental concepts of elementary and middle school science; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discscience; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discussion.

«This is especially true in challenging, gateway courses such as Algebra which rely on students having a complete and thorough understanding of fundamental skills that will play a role in later math and science coursework.»

My investigation is therefore parallel to that of science and mathematics, which continue to provide me with a rigour that I find inspirational, yet I also realise that inevitably my subjective responses play a fundamental role in determining my explorations.

As my original reference to «the venerable tradition of skepticism» indicates, I am in fact well aware of its valuable and indeed fundamental role in the practice of science.

by Robert Ellison (Chief Hydrologist) • The theory and estimation of the role of cloud in changing Earth's dynamic energy balance is an area of fundamental weakness in climate science.

* As was recently stated in Nature, «Climate: The real holes in climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.»

Whether the challenge of legal practice in administrative law with comment dockets numbering in the tens of millions, protecting fundamental legal principles in practices using complex software systems controlling the fate of defendants, or improving and expanding access to law and policy services, the paper describes the expanding role of computer science and law and a path forward for legal practitioners in the computational age.