Sentences with phrase «large international science»

Too often large international science facilities neglect the impact of the infrastructure and operations on local communities.

The largest international science conference before the Paris COP21, with close to 2,000 participants from almost 100 countries, CFCC15 explores current understanding of all dimensions of the climate change challenge plus the full range of mitigation and adaptation options that can lead to sustainable, equitable solutions across all nations and regions.

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On the heels of a record - breaking year for investment in Canadian life science companies, over 200 international investors will descend on Toronto to scout startup innovation at RESI on MaRS, Canada's largest health investor conference.

Findings also showed it as an empirically and conceptually innovative, diverse, vibrant discipline that in many areas sets the intellectual agenda The UK publishes more than its share of major disciplinary journals; bibliometric indicators reveal international primacy both in volume and citation impact; and a large number of the seminal publications (books as well as articles) continue to have a UK origin UK human geography is radically interdisciplinary and with the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences has become an exporter of ideas and faculty to other disciplines There was confidence that research in human geography had substantial impact on policy and practice and would successfully meet the challenges of the current impact agenda

«The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general science society, has consistently encouraged international cooperation between scieScience (AAAS), the world's largest general science society, has consistently encouraged international cooperation between sciescience society, has consistently encouraged international cooperation between scientists.

EXAMPLES OF SCIENCE DIPLOMACY The International Space Station Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)

... Several big projects may not be funded immediately, including significant new research under the International Polar Year in 2007, the new research vessel conducting science in the Arctic, the new petascale computer, and several other large - ticket projects.»

In science news around the world, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cracks down on stem cell labs, Brazil opens one of its largest national reserves to gold and iron mining, and the International Atomic Energy Agency launches a global bank for low - enriched uranium.

In other words, humans have «become important agents of disturbance in the Amazon Basin,» as an international consortium of scientists wrote in a review of the state of the science on the world's largest rainforest published in Nature on January 19.

An indigenous scientific enterprise can lead to better economic development, and interaction of that scientific enterprise with the larger world leads to improved science and to numerous opportunities in international politics and diplomacy.»

«Webb is the highest priority project for the agency's science mission directorate, and the largest international space science project in U.S. history,» said acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, who is retiring from the agency next month.

«Even though the United States is a very large country, I've always found in all my international trips that you can learn from what others are doing in creative ways,» said Colglazier, who was the science and technology adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State between 2011 and 2014.

«U.S. schools show steady improvement in math and science, the U.S. is not at any particular disadvantage compared to most nations, and the supply of S&E [science and engineering] graduates is large and ranks among the best internationally,» continues Eye, which was co-authored by two labor force experts, B. Lindsay Lowell, director of Policy Studies for the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and Harold Salzman of UI's Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population.

Fellowships for International Science Reporters say the opportunity to attend the world's largest general scientific meeting and network with reporters and scientists offers validation for their hard work while strengthening their resolve to communicate science to the Science Reporters say the opportunity to attend the world's largest general scientific meeting and network with reporters and scientists offers validation for their hard work while strengthening their resolve to communicate science to the science to the public.

Many countries now see investment in science and technology as the way to build their economy; the result is larger R&D budgets, which, in turn, are producing more robust academic collaborations with international colleagues.

The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of ESO, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has decided to award a 5 - year contract for the facility, home to the largest radio telescope in the world, to a consortium comprising SRI International, the Universities Space Research Association, Universidad Metropolitana, and other institutions.

«The hunting of large whales is managed by the International Whaling Commission,» added Baker, who works out of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore. «But there is no international or inter-governmental organization to set quotas or provide management advice for hunting smaInternational Whaling Commission,» added Baker, who works out of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore. «But there is no international or inter-governmental organization to set quotas or provide management advice for hunting smainternational or inter-governmental organization to set quotas or provide management advice for hunting small cetaceans.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council, which sets research priorities and disburses government monies, said that cost overruns have forced it to withdraw support from experiments, including the International Linear Collider (a proposed follow - up to the Large Hadron Collider) and a number of ground - based telescopes, as well as trim its investments in planned space missions such as the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early universe).

International student numbers in the U.S. dropped between the fall of 2016 and the fall of 2017, with the largest declines seen at the graduate level in computer science (13 percent decline) and engineering (8 percent decline).

Atmospheric science professors Nate Brunsell and David Mechem in KU's Department of Geography are co-authors of a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international research group that evaluated the effects of large wind farms on atmospheric flow and its implications for how much renewable energy the turbines can generate.

Also this week, a large, international group of researchers is calling for a Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, Capua notes (Science, 25 August).

The Science review is part of the larger Past Global Changes, or PAGES, international sciencScience review is part of the larger Past Global Changes, or PAGES, international sciencescience team.

It is a product of the GLEON Fellowship Program, an intensive 18 - month graduate opportunity that trains participants to analyze large and diverse data sets, collaborate on international teams, and communicate cutting - edge freshwater science to diverse audiences.

«Webb is the highest priority project for the agency's Science Mission Directorate, and the largest international space science project in US history,» comments LigScience Mission Directorate, and the largest international space science project in US history,» comments Ligscience project in US history,» comments Lightfoot.

J. G. Hills has made large contributions to Laboratory and international programs in astrophysics, interplanet science, and asteroid interdiction.

It all began in the early 1990s, when the International Union of Radio Science created the Large Telescope Working Group aimed at developing the next - generation radio observatory.

In light of Brexit, US policies on research or the Turkish government's crackdown after the 2017 coup, scientists worry about larger political developments that could harm international science.

The smallest protoplanetary disk ever seen rotating around a young star has been detected by an international team of astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array radio telescope.

An international team of researchers, lead by Patrick Kelly, and including University of Tokyo School of Science Assistant Professor and Kavli IPMU Associate Scientist Masamune Oguri, were able to discover this star, which they have named Icarus, because its brightness had been magnified by 2000 times by the gravity of a larger object in front of it.

Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of ESO, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

SKA was first conceived in 90s at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) which established the Large Telescope Working Group to begin a worldwide effort to develop the scientific goals and technical specifications for a next generation radio observatory.

For vegetable preparation, steaming trumps boiling when it comes to hanging on to nutrients like carotenoids and phytochemicals, according to a large review of studies comparing cooking methods in International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science.

A pair of education specialists, one from Harvard, the other Boston College, have published a Policy Forum piece in the journal Science decrying the use of international large - scale education assessments (ILSAs) as tools...

The OECD said that there was «much to be positive about», including: levels of reading and science above international averages; a high level of social inclusion; a drop in teenage smoking and alcohol consumption; and a large majority (nine in ten) of students who feel positive about their school and teachers.

The studies range from large - scale assessments (National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP] and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study [TIMSS]-RRB-, to evaluations of specific interventions (class - size reduction and vouchers), to commission reports (National Reading Panel, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future), to data analyses (Education Trust on teacher quality, Jay Greene on graduation rates).

The first step was to use the 12 PISA and other international math and science assessments, dating back to 1964, to construct an index of cognitive skill levels for a large sample of countries at various points in time.

The team at ACER UAE is highly experienced in the management and administration of large - scale national and international surveys, through their work on the UAE National Assessment Program for the past six cycles and the administration of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and ePIRLS, and Programme for International Student Assessment in the UAE in both Arabicinternational surveys, through their work on the UAE National Assessment Program for the past six cycles and the administration of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and ePIRLS, and Programme for International Student Assessment in the UAE in both ArabicInternational Mathematics and Science Study, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and ePIRLS, and Programme for International Student Assessment in the UAE in both ArabicInternational Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and ePIRLS, and Programme for International Student Assessment in the UAE in both ArabicInternational Student Assessment in the UAE in both Arabic and English.

Ms. Bai works on research projects analyzing national and international large - scale datasets, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Program for International Student Assesinternational large - scale datasets, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Program for International Student AssesInternational Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Program for International Student AssesInternational Student Assessment (PISA).

Comic - Con International is one of the nation's largest comic book, science fiction and pop culture events, and will take place July 20th — 24th at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA.

Attracting more than 125,000 attendees annually, Comic - Con International is one of the nation's largest comic book, science fiction and pop culture events, and takes place July 9th - 12th at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA.

TNS hosts a varied programme in its dedicated Project Space as well as holding larger scale shows and events throughout the studios, notably being host venues to both the Edinburgh International Science Festival and Edinburgh Art Festival in 2015.

In 2007 a large retrospective of Ms. Covey's science - related work was displayed at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Cscience - related work was displayed at the International Museum of Surgical Science in CScience in Chicago.

The opportunities for progress on science and technology related to this topic are immense, but a much larger international effort is required from society and scientists.

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the world's largest pre-college science fair competition with more than 6 million young scientists vying to attend; 1,500 finalists share ideas and showcase cutting edge ideas and compete for over $ 4 million in awards and scholaScience and Engineering Fair is the world's largest pre-college science fair competition with more than 6 million young scientists vying to attend; 1,500 finalists share ideas and showcase cutting edge ideas and compete for over $ 4 million in awards and scholascience fair competition with more than 6 million young scientists vying to attend; 1,500 finalists share ideas and showcase cutting edge ideas and compete for over $ 4 million in awards and scholarships.

Of course some of what we are seeing is the usual sausage making of science writ large on an international stage.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is the world's largest academy of sciences, employing some 50,000 people and hosting more than 350 international conferences a year.

From the National Science Foundation: New Models Predict Dramatically Greener Arctic in the Coming Decades International Polar Year -(IPY) funded research predicts boom in trees, shrubs, will lead to net increase in climate warming A map of predicted greening of the Arctic as compared with observed distribution Credit and Larger Version Rising temperatures will lead...

The first we looked at was performed by a large international group of researchers led by Lund University and published in Science in 2006 under the title «Rapid Advance of Spring Arrival Dates in Long - Distance Migratory Birds».

«This landmark conference beside the Pantanal will gather an overview of the status of global wetlands, identify knowledge gaps, create greater collaboration and consistency in wetland science worldwide, and offer a plain - spoken policy prescription for decision makers with an appeal to adopt it with urgency,» said Professsor Paulo Speller of Brazil's Federal University of Mato Grasso which is hosting the meeting, the 8th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference meeting, held July 21 - 25 in the city of Cuiaba on the edge of South America's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland.