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In a short book - the first in a series in which National Academy of Science members will describe their science and research for general audiences - the author offers a concise primer on the brain and its development.

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The point is illustrated by the logic which the National Academy of Sciences employed to persuade the Supreme Court that «creation - scientists» should not be given an opportunity to present their case against the theory of evolution in science classes.

In his inaugural address, the President pledged to «restore science to its rightful place,» and he received a standing ovation during an early speech before National Academy of Science in which he said, «The days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over.science to its rightful place,» and he received a standing ovation during an early speech before National Academy of Science in which he said, «The days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over.Science in which he said, «The days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over.science taking a back seat to ideology are over.»

Hyman is the editor of the Annual Review of Neuroscience, President of the International Neuroethics Society, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies where he serves on the governing Council, the Board of Health Science Policy, and chairs the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders which brings together industry, government, and academia.

The summit, which was organized by the Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engScience and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engscience organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engineers.

The GREAT3 challenge is designed to improve methods for measuring weak lensing in preparation for future dark matter / dark energy missions, such as the European Space Agency's Euclid, in which NASA plays an important role, and the National Academy of Science's highest priority for NASA, WFIRST — also known as the WFIRST - AFTA mission, which stands for Wide - Field Infrared Survey Telescope - Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets.

The Academy of Radiology Research reported in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology that patent output from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is vital to understanding which various areas of science are contributing most to America's innovation economy.

Using their star power and connections, the foursome have pushed their ideas on conspicuous occasions, a number of which they created themselves: a session at the National Academy of Sciences» annual meeting that Varmus described as «heated;» a briefing by Krischner, Tilghman, and Varmus at the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; a meeting at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that «brought together some senior... influencers to talk about the problem;» a new paper about that meeting that will soon appear in PNAS; and a presentation by Kirschner at the Future of Research symposium organized by Boston - area postdocs in October.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

Every language has this amazing similar ordering of colors, so that reds are more consistently communicated than greens or blues,» says Edward Gibson, an MIT professor of brain and cognitive sciences and the first author of the study, which appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of Sept. 18.

The new post follows a recommendation by the InterAcademy Council, a group of the world's leading national science academies which had earlier this year carried out a review of the IPCC's management structure and procedures (see «IPCC signs up for reform»).

An Interim Report on Assuring DoD a Strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce, which was released last week by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Engineering, is an example.

Three years ago, a U.S. National Academies committee recommended (in the report The Gathering Storm) doubling federal investment in basic research in math, the physical sciences, and engineering while, at a minimum, protecting the health sciences against inflation (the cost of which, in math, the physical sciences, and engineering, equals the amount by which the nation's expenditure on health care increases every 7 weeks).

Tu also received numerous awards nationally which include «Award for Progress in Anti-malarial Research Achieved by Project 523 Scientific Team» honored by China National Congress of Science and Technology (1978); «National Scientific Discovery Award» for Anti-malaria Drug - Qinghaosu by the China Ministry of Science and Technology (1979); «Invention Award» (as the first inventor) by China National Congress for Awards in Science and Technology (1982); «Award of Young and Middle - aged Experts with Outstanding Contribution» by the Chinese Government (1984); «The Top Honorary Award» by China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1992); «The Top Ten National Achievements for Progress in Science and Technology» by China National Committee of Science and Technology (1992); «First - Class Award of National Achievements in Science and Technology» by China National Award Committee for Advances in Science and Technology (1992); «National Model» by China State Council (1995); «Award for Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Chinese Medicine» by Guangzhou Zhongjing Award Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine (1995); «Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award» by Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation of Hong Kong (1996); «Top Ten Health Achievements in New China» by China Ministry of Health (1997); «Female Inventor of the New Century» by China National Bureau of Intellectual Property (2002); «Golden Medal of the 14th National Invention Exhibition» by China National Bureau of Intellectual Property (2003); «Award for Development of Chinese Materia Medica» by Cyrus Chung Ying Tang Foundation, (2009).

Today, the National Academy of Sciences together with the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council comprise the National Academies, which advise the federal government and the nation on critical issues of science, engineering, and medicine.

In her new position, Holley - Bockelmann's goals are to help develop the case for LISA science for the National Academy of Science's 2020 Decadal Survey, which contains the academy's recommendations for astronomical research in the next science for the National Academy of Science's 2020 Decadal Survey, which contains the academy's recommendations for astronomical research in the next Academy of Science's 2020 Decadal Survey, which contains the academy's recommendations for astronomical research in the next Science's 2020 Decadal Survey, which contains the academy's recommendations for astronomical research in the next academy's recommendations for astronomical research in the next decade.

He was the first president since John F. Kennedy to do that, and if you read that speech, which is still on the web I believe — both at the Academy web site and my friend Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, is in the front row — and it's also on the White House web site — what you will find is although the president was clear about the practical applications of science and technology to our great challenges as I've mentioned, he probably spent two thirds of that talk talking about the importance of basic science; the importance of fundamental research in science and technology to our national well - being; and the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics edNational Academy of Sciences, is in the front row — and it's also on the White House web site — what you will find is although the president was clear about the practical applications of science and technology to our great challenges as I've mentioned, he probably spent two thirds of that talk talking about the importance of basic science; the importance of fundamental research in science and technology to our national well - being; and the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ednational well - being; and the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

The work, which will be published in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science also holds promise for a better understanding of infectious diseases that affect the liver.

The National Academy of Science in the United States commissioned an assessment of the state of the science which was published inScience in the United States commissioned an assessment of the state of the science which was published inscience which was published in March.

2007 Selection of research article, «Duplication and segregation of the actin (MreB) cytoskeleton during the prokaryotic cell cycle,» published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, by Faculty of 1000 Biology, which comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 2,300 selected leading researchers.

Jose Manuel Alonso, Qasim Zaidi and their colleagues authored the study, which was published at the online journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

A team of researchers at the Centre for Cognitive Science from Technische Universität Darmstadt published a study in the «Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences», which found that humans unconsciously trade off the loss of information during a blink with the physiological urge to blink.

Lastly is the formidably entertaining «Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World» (17 mins., HD), in which James Kakalios, a Minnesota - based physics professor who served as technical advisor on Watchmen as part of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering's «Hollywood matchmaking» program, talks about the credibility or lack thereof of the film's science.

A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education, he is an author or editor of over 30 books, four of which have been identified as the best work in its field by the American Political Science Association..

She developed and directed the Maine Governor's Academy for Science and Mathematics Education Leadership, which completed its fourth cohort group of Maine teacher STEM leaders, and is a replication of the National Academy for Science and Matheatics Education Leadership, of which she is a Fellow.

He is a National Associate of the National Research Council, National Academies of Science, for which he currently co-chairs a committee charged with designing a national system of education equity indNational Associate of the National Research Council, National Academies of Science, for which he currently co-chairs a committee charged with designing a national system of education equity indNational Research Council, National Academies of Science, for which he currently co-chairs a committee charged with designing a national system of education equity indNational Academies of Science, for which he currently co-chairs a committee charged with designing a national system of education equity indnational system of education equity indicators.

Other top - class public galleries and museums in Dublin Chester Beatty Library (which won the European Museum Award of the Year in 2002 and many other awards) Douglas Hyde Gallery Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) National Gallery of Ireland (one of Europe's finest smaller art museums) National Museum of Ireland Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Science Gallery Dublin The Little Museum of Dublin (who have received charity status)

The organizers of the debate have been accumulating thousands of endorsements — including those of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science — and hundreds of possible questions, as well, which can be explored on their Web site.

One of the most significant statements, to my mind, came from a panel assembled by the National Academy of Sciences in 1991, which I quoted in an op - ed I wrote in 1992 for the Christian Science Monitor (back in the days when I was a freelancer and author):

But my views largely mesh with the conclusions of the review of the climate panel's procedures by the InterAcademy Council, the network of the world's national academies of science, which last year concluded:

Peter Gleick, an analyst of global water and climate issues, chides the newspaper in a Forbes post, noting that the Journal turned down a letter of concern about human - driven climate change from 255 members of the National Academy of Sciences (which ended up published in the journal Science).

PETER: And it's a conclusion affirmed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, which was established by President Abraham Lincoln to advise our nation's leaders on matters of science.

But my views largely mesh with the conclusions of the review of the climate panel's procedures by the InterAcademy Council, the network of the world's national academies of science, which last year concluded, «Straying into advocacy can only hurt I.P.C.C.'s credibility.»

The Wall Street Journal is under scrutiny for publishing an op - ed attacking climate science last Friday, while turning down another op - ed explaining climate change and signed by 255 researchers with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, which was eventually published in the journal Sscience last Friday, while turning down another op - ed explaining climate change and signed by 255 researchers with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, which was eventually published in the journal ScienceScience.

The 1975 National Academy of Science publication «Understanding Climatic Change» included a graph of Northern hemisphere surface temperature from 1880 to 1968 which showed a big hump in the northern hemisphere:

At the same time, Forbes reports that the Wall Street Journal rejected publishing another op - ed, this one signed by 225 scientists with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, that outlines the basic science behind climate change, including that the Earth is warming due to human activities which have «overwhelmed» natural climate impacts.

At the EGU General Assembly a few weeks ago there were no less than three papers from groups in Copenhagen and Bern assessing critically the merits of methods used to reconstruct historical climate variable from proxies; Bürger's papers in 2005; Moberg's paper in Nature in 2005; various papers on borehole temperature; The National Academy of Science Report from 2006 — al of which have helped to clarify that the hockey - stick methodologies lead indeed to questionable historical reconstructions.

Studies like this usually take time to get published, but Emanuel «decided to use his status as a member of the National Academies of Science, which let him pick his own peer reviewers, who were likely to be friendly and get the review done quickly,» Ars Technica reported.

These figures do not account for electric car fabrication footprints, which can have a much larger impact than the fueling cycle according to research from the National Academies of Science.

I could not help but ask how it was that the IPCC assessments of 1990, 1995, and 2001, which were unanimously adopted by the nations of the world, did apparently not represent a consensus of the scientific community, especially when also backed by the endorsements of all the major national academies of science in the world.

The need for a better public science literacy measure was the primary message of the National Academy Report, which concluded that the NSF Science Indicators battery — the traditional measure — is too easy and lacks sufficient connection to critical reascience literacy measure was the primary message of the National Academy Report, which concluded that the NSF Science Indicators battery — the traditional measure — is too easy and lacks sufficient connection to critical reaScience Indicators battery — the traditional measure — is too easy and lacks sufficient connection to critical reasoning.

The perverse relationship between science literacy and climate change was emphasized in a recently issued National Academy of Sciences report, which synthesized data that included various CCP studies, including the one featured in our 2012 Nature Climate Change paper.

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should rAcademy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should racademy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

Dr. Frederick Seitz, a legendary figure in the world of physics (recipient of the National Medal of Science, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award, and other honors; a former president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and president emeritus of Rockefeller University), wrote a letter accompanying the petition in which he challenged the Kyoto treaty as «based upon flawed ideas,» and declared it «would have very negative effects upon the technology of nations throughout the world, especially those that are currently attempting to lift from poverty and provide opportunities to the over 4 billion people in technologically underdeveloped countries.»

As if this were not daunting enough, in 2002 the US National Academies of Science not only endorsed the IPCC's conclusions but produced a new report entitled Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable surprises, which argued that global warming may trigger «large, abrupt and unwelcome regional or global climatic events» such as severe droughts and floods.

Dr. MacCracken is also near completing a 4 - year term (2003 - 2007) as president of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), members of which are the national academies of science or their equivalent in about 50 nations.

«Government actions have corrupted science, which has been flooded by money to produce politically correct results,» said Dr. William Happer, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

«From what I've read of the modules he proposed writing, they seem designed to foster confusion rather than promote deeper understanding of the current science... and they certainly wouldn't fit with the science education standards framework that the National Research Council plans to release,» he said, referring to the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climateNational Research Council plans to release,» he said, referring to the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climateNational Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climatenational science standards next month that are expected to include climate change.

The researchers calculated that humans and most mammals, which have internal body temperatures near 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, will experience a potentially lethal level of heat stress at wet - bulb temperature above 95 degrees sustained for six hours or more, said Matthew Huber, the Purdue professor of earth and atmospheric sciences who co-authored the paper that is currently available online and will be published in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

As high school principal, Taylor led the Academy of Allied Health and Science, which was recognized as one of the first National Service Learning Leader Schools.