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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti describes the challenges and opportunities involved in interpreting science to address social needs.
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Are you a postdoc looking to further your research abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme supports you on a stipend of EUR 2,650/month to conduct long-term research in Germany! Read more
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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi will host the 2017 Student Research Showcase, an online competition, in April. All high school, undergraduate, and graduate students are invited to submit a project description and register to compete by Feb. 22. The contest is an opportunity for students to develop science communication skills. Division winners receive up to $500.
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University of California, Santa Cruz
Joel Primack, distinguished professor emeritus of physics at University of California, Santa Cruz, will become Sigma Xi president-elect on July 1, 2017, and serve as president of the Society from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
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Sigma Xi
Thank you to all members who already paid their membership dues and to affiliates who renewed their status. It's not too late to pay dues if you haven't yet. You can check if your dues are current and renew your membership online.
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Arizona State University
Lindy Elkins-Tanton, director of Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration, is the principal investigator of NASA's new Psyche mission. The mission's spacecraft will travel to a metal asteroid, which is believed to be a planetary core.
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Council of Graduate Schools
Nancy Marcus, dean of the Graduate School at Florida State University, is the 2017 chair of the Board of Directors for the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). CGS is an organization of approximately 500 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada engaged in graduate education, research, and the preparation of candidates for advanced degrees.
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Pasadena Now
Jewel Plummer Cobb, a past president of California State University, Fullerton, passed away on Jan. 1. She was known for her work in cell physiology, her promotion of the advancement of women in scientific fields, and her activities on behalf of minorities. She was inducted into Sigma Xi in 1952.
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Public
The Ohio University Research Division and the Ohio University Sigma Xi Chapter are supporting a Science Café presentation, "The Quest for Supermassive Black Holes," on Jan. 18 on campus in Athens, Ohio. The speaker will be Joseph Shields, professor of physics and astronomy, and the event will be livestreamed.
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Sigma Xi
It was announced at the 2016 Annual Meeting that Sigma Xi will not hold an Annual Meeting in 2017. Currently, a research-oriented event is planned for this year; the Student Research Conference will be held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and the Board of Directors and delegate business meetings will be held electronically in autumn. Plans for the 2018 Annual Meeting will be announced in the coming weeks.
American Scientist
To survive the Trump administration, scientists need to invest in a strategic vision that mobilizes social change, writes Matthew Nisbet, a professor of communication, public policy, and urban affairs at Northeastern University.
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American Scientist
Treatment of gastrointestinal tissue with ultrasound makes it more permeable to medications that can alleviate inflammatory bowel disease. This article was written by Carl M. Schoellhammer and Robert Langer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and C. Giovanni Traverso of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Sigma Xi
 Are slideshows improving presentations or creating a barrier between the speaker and the audience? Communication coach Barry Mitsch explains how to use technology effectively for your next research presentation.
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National Institutes of Health
Refer to the National Institutes of Health's blog, Extramural Nexus, to learn how often clinical trial investigators must update their Good Clinical Practice training.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends ways to use new scientific approaches to evaluate the many factors that lead to health risks and disease.
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Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society
University of California–Berkeley will host a workshop on Feb. 8 to help non-governmental organizations in the environmental, food, land-use, and forestry sectors develop positions on technologies that could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and either store it underground or in the world's ocean, or use it for other purposes.
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Phys.Org
The Moon, our planet's constant companion for some 4.5 billion years, may have been forged by a rash of smaller bodies smashing into an embryonic Earth, researchers say. Such a bombardment birth would explain a major inconsistency in the prevailing hypothesis that the Moon splintered off in a single, giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized celestial body.
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R&D Magazine
Researchers have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors. The therapeutic cancer vaccine employs nanodiscs loaded with tumor neoantigens, which are unique mutations found in tumor cells. By generating T-cells that recognize these specific neoantigens, the technology targets cancer mutations and fights to eliminate cancer cells and prevent tumor growth.
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UPI
Researchers have discovered a link between a brain protein and the recovery time of athletes suffering from sports-related concussions. More than 3.8 million sports-related concussions occur annually in the United States, but there are no completely objective tools to confirm when an athlete is ready to play again.
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