He has published a number of books
on measurement science and engineering during his career, but a biography of Nevil Shute was always waiting in the background.
Not exact matches
Where you have major input factors that are not considered and poor and uncertain
measurement of all factors then all you have is a joke or more seriously Public Fraud based
on science.
Even soft
sciences, like psychology, are not always considered
science proper because they rely a good deal
on theory as observation is much more difficult and
measurements are unreliable.
I agree that
science does and should adjust based
on observation and
measurement, but there you go again using that word «knowledge».
because baking at different altitudes has an effect
on the baking temperature and
measurements... such a hassle, but that's the
science of baking for ya.
For each sample I have had to learn enough about the surrounding
science to do the correct
measurements and advise
on sample preparation.
«It's frustrating because it should be a golden age of planetary exploration because there's so much data that's coming in, but what's missing is the commitment of funding to interpret the
measurements,» says Jim Bell, associate professor of astronomy at Cornell University and a
science team member
on the twin Mars rover mission.
Doing so requires the ability to measure changes in distance
on the order of one - thousandth the diameter of a proton as passing waves stretch and compress local space — one of the most delicate
measurements in all of
science.
On a study funded by the National
Science Foundation and Agilent Technologies, researchers employed spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM), a label - free method, to perform localized
measurements of light scattering in prostatectomy tissue microarrays.
Four days after its launch
on 17 January, the Jason - 3 high - precision ocean altimetry satellite is delivering its first sea surface height
measurement data in near - real time for evaluation by engineers from the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), EUMETSAT, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and scientists from the international Ocean Surface Topography
Science Team.
«
On first sight, zirconium pentatelluride did not even look like a 3D material,» said Brookhaven physicist Tonica Valla, who performed the
measurements with collaborators at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS, https://www.bnl.gov/ps/nsls/about-NSLS.asp)-- two additional DOE Office of
Science User Facilities.
Hours before the stories appeared
on 13 and 14 May, White House
science adviser John Holdren told an audience in Washington, D.C., that «you can't make direct flow
measurements» of the gusher but failed to mention the satellite or video techniques.
On the other hand, in magnetic field confinement fusion plasma intended for a fusion reactor, which research is being conducted at the National Institute for Fusion
Science, development of high precision electron density
measurements is becoming an important research topic.
And already, 11
science instruments
on the Rosetta orbiter have been taking
measurements of 67P's coal - black, organic - rich crust.
This is just one of the 10 «beautiful experiments» that
science journalist George Johnson explores; others include A. A. Michelson's clever
measurement of the speed of light, Ivan Pavlov's observations of dogs drooling in anticipation of food, and (my favorite) Isaac Newton's insertion of a probe behind his eyeball to observe the effect
on color perception.
Nevertheless, Steven Running, chair of a NASA earth
science advisory committee meeting, was pleased both with the funding request, as well as with a year that had seen the launch of three major missions: the Global Precipitation
Measurement mission, joint with the Japanese Space Agency; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 mission; and the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which just launched
on 31 January.
Steven Running, chair of a NASA earth
science advisory committee meeting, was pleased both with the request, as well as with a year that had seen the launch of three major missions: the Global Precipitation
Measurement mission, joint with the Japanese Space Agency; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 mission; and the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which just launched
on 31 January.
On evaporation, Schmidt looked at the
science and concluded the numbers are basically the same, especially since it turns out USGS has not collected comprehensive
measurements of water lost to evaporation at Lake Powell since the mid-1970s.
The GRAIL data also suggest that astronomers should not use
measurements of the basins
on the nearside of the moon to draw conclusions about the rate at which craters struck the planets of the inner solar system 4 billion years ago, the researchers report November 8 in
Science.
Meanwhile,
on Wednesday the Japanese
science ministry began to report
measurements of cesium - 137 in upland soil around the plant.
STScI / NASA press releases: Hubble Makes the First Precise Distance
Measurement to an Ancient Globular Star Cluster Hubble Unmasks Ghost Galaxies Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo Hubble Identifies Source of Ultraviolet Light in an Old Galaxy ESA press releases: Hubble Unmasks Ghost Galaxies Four Unusual Views of the Andromeda Galaxy Public speaking:
On the Trail of the Missing Galaxies High - Level
Science Products from Large and Treasury Programs: GO - 9453: The Age of the Andromeda Halo (126 orbits) GO - 10265: The Formation History of Andromeda (107 orbits) GO - 10816: The Formation History of Andromeda's Extended Metal - Poor Halo (128 orbits) GO - 11664 / 12666: The WFC3 Galactic Bulge Treasury Program: Populations, Formation History and Planets (56 orbits) GO - 12549: The Formation History of the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies (113 orbits)
This is from the journal
Science:
Measurements of Energetic Particle Radiation in Transit to Mars
on the Mars
Science Laboratory «These data provide insights into the radiation hazards that would be associated with a human mission to Mars.
Recent in - situ
measurements at the Martian surface by the RAD instrument (Hassler et al. 2012)
on board the Mars
Science Laboratory rover agree relatively well with the quiet - time GCR predictions made by these computational modelling efforts (Hassler et al. 2014; Kim et al. 2014; Gronoff et al. 2015).
[T] he idea that the sun is currently driving climate change is strongly rejected by the world's leading authority
on climate
science, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, which found in its latest (2013) report that «There is high confidence that changes in total solar irradiance have not contributed to the increase in global mean surface temperature over the period 1986 to 2008, based
on direct satellite
measurements of total solar irradiance.»
Share your most effective, most fun, and most interesting
science demonstrations, hands -
on activities, and simple
measurements that help learners of any age understand concepts related to any AGU field.
Earth
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The most relevant and important information
on focus can be found in the following documents, which detail focus
measurement techniques: Focus
Measurements, and Instrument
Science Reports (ISR -98-004), NICMOS Focus Monitoring and (ISR2007 - 003), NICMOS Focus Update.To learn more about the focus and breathing history of the entire telescope, visit the HST Observatory Focus Monitoring Website.
The scientists at the Colloidal
Science Laboratory, Inc. will perform a uniform set of analytical
measurements and report the results in the standard format as shown
on the Commercial Product Report pages of this site.
I'm working
on this book, and bottom line, it doesn't seem like any of your labs know what you're doing because the
Science doesn't support the collection times, the units of
measurement, the precautions, uhhmm — the ideal adrenal fatigue.»
You can measure body fat» at home» with skin fold
measurements this is explained
on page 129 in The Art and
Science of Low Carb Living by Dr Jeff S. Volek and Dr Stephen D. Phinney.
The United States may indeed lag behind Asian and European nations
on math, reading, and
science scores, yet Americans remain at the top of the international heap when it comes to weight and body mass index, a
measurement of body fat.
This signature Translational
Science Model (TSM) is characterized by precision in definition and
measurement, a rapid - cycle iterative approach to improving programs, and a relentless focus
on identifying what works best (and least or not at all) for whom and why.
Our signature approach draws
on advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and the behavioral and social
sciences to inform both the design of testable, new interventions and the
measurement of their effectiveness over time.
Our study is based
on student - level data from Chile's national standardized test, Sistema de Medición de la Calidad de la Educación (Educational Quality
Measurement System — SIMCE), which assesses students in grades 4, 8, and 10 in language, mathematics, history and geography, and natural
sciences.
This hands -
on science lesson teaches students how to take standardized
measurements of water characteristics, integrates writing activities as students describe the characteristics of the local watershed, and provides an excellent introduction to issues of water quality.
While the focus is
on life
sciences to prepare students for high school biology, to ensure they have the skills for projects and labs, students spend time reviewing general principles of
science, the scientific method,
measurement, and measuring using the metric system.
This lesson plan is compliant with the following California State Standards: Grade Five Mathematics Content Standards:
Measurement and Geometry 1.0 Students understand and compute the volumes and areas of simple objects: Grade Six
Science Content Standards: Focus
on Earth
Science: Shaping Earth's Surface
The Handbook of Metacognition in Education — covering Comprehension Strategies, Metacognitive Strategies, Metacomprehension, Writing,
Science and Mathematics, Individual Differences, Self - Regulated Learning, Technology, Tutoring, and
Measurement — is an essential resource for researchers, faculty, students, curriculum developers, teachers, and others interested in using research and theory
on metacognition to guide and inform educational practice.
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He has done groundbreaking work
on measurement of drug use concepts, the ideal way to randomize schools to conditions when baseline data are available, and most importantly, he has brought modern missing data analysis to prevention
science.
The course starts with a strong foundation of instruction
on the nature of
science, using a discovery process to teach the scientific method, and the use of metric
measurements in scientific investigations.
Medicine is a good place to start (hospitals and clinics are also complex human environments) as its rigorous focus
on science,
measurement, and protocol is worth better understanding and adapting.
By contrast, weather forecasting that leverages «data
science» collects a vast amount of historical information
on air, temperature, and humidity, and assesses the relationship between those
measurements and actual past events, such as whether or not a storm occurred.
But as an explanation of what they're up to: «ICES 1999 Annual
Science Conference CM 1999 / L: 19 Nordic Seas Exchanges The Deep Overflow through the Faroe Bank Channel» In this paper he doesn't make any firm commitment to trends, but notes «a slight indication of a decreasing trend in ISOW transport»; «as yet the ADCP
measurements in the Faroe Bank Channel are of too short duration to allow any conclusions
on this important question.»
That's how
science works — never rely
on a single
measurement or source for anything important.
As part of a series of OCO - 2 papers being published this week, a new
Science paper by Junjie Liu and colleagues used NASA's comprehensive Carbon Monitoring System to analyze millions of
measurements from OCO - 2 and other satellites to map the impact of the 2015 - 16 El Niño
on sources and sinks of CO2, providing insight into the mechanisms controlling carbon - climate feedback.
A
measurement of the public's perspective
on climate
science will be taken before the plan is launched, and the same
measurement will be taken at one or more as - yet - to - be-determined intervals as the plan is implemented,
The» top ten» arguments employed by the relatively few deniers with credentials in any aspect of climate - change
science (which arguments include «the sun is doing it», «Earth's climate was changing before there were people here», «climate is changing
on Mars but there are no SUVs there», «the Earth hasn't been warming since 1998», «thermometer records showing heating are contaminated by the urban - heat - island effect», «satellite
measurements show cooling rather than warming») have all been shown in the serious scientific literature to be wrong or irrelevant, but explaining their defects requires at least a paragraph or two for each one.
That is an excellent example of good
science: based
on measurements of carbon dioxide and temperature, and
on our understanding from basic physics of the interactions between carbon dioxide and light, Hansen made a bold prediction that could be tested and verified experimentally over time.
John Tyndall (1820 - 1893), Irish physicist, made numerous discoveries and
measurements on heat radiation and a variety of other topics, and was also a noted
science popularizer.