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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi President-Elect Tee Guidotti explains how Sigma Xi’s mission fits into public policy and states that members can expect to see more activity in science policy in the future.
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Sigma Xi
Less than one month remains to save on registration for Sigma Xi’s Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. The early bird, three-day rate for active Sigma Xi members is $260. After May 27, the rate will be $325. Student rates are also available. Reserve your spot for the Society’s premier gathering!
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Sigma Xi
Congratulations to this year’s winners of Sigma Xi’s online science communication contest, the Student Research Showcase. Learn how to vote for the People’s Choice Award winner.
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National Institutes of Health
The latest installment of the National Institutes of Health’s monthly newsletter has information on application reminders, NIH’s application changes to address scientific rigor and transparency, and how to provide NIH peer review referrals.
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Amazon
Mother’s Day is May 8. When you shop online through AmazonSmile, Amazon donates a portion of your purchase to Sigma Xi.
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Time
Member Kip Thorne has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People by TIME for his leadership role with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).
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Canadian Association of Physicists
Sigma Xi’s Canadian/International Constituency Director Richard Boudreault will be awarded the 2016 Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics. The medal is awarded by the Canadian Association of Physicists and the Institut National d’Optique.
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Florida Institute of Technology
Member George Maul of Florida Institute of Technology has received the 2016 medal from the Florida Academy of Sciences for being a voice for science.
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Chapter is sponsoring an event, “Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?” on May 12 at 6:00 p.m. EDT at the Geological Lecture Hall, which is part of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event will include a book signing, reception, and a discussion with primatologist Frans de Waal, moderated by author Vicki Croke.
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Sigma Xi
The Quinnipiac Chapter in Hamden, Connecticut, had a great turnout at its 5th Graduate and Undergraduate Student Research Conference.
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SciFund Challenge
The deadline will be March 22, 2017, to submit presentation websites for Sigma Xi’s next Student Research Showcase. The showcase is an online science communication competition. One opportunity to prepare is an online class from SciFund Challenge that will teach scientists how to create science videos with a smartphone. The class will run from May 15 to June 18 and is intended for scientists that are new to outreach and video creation.
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American Scientist
As the political divide between the two countries begins to narrow, enthusiasm for scientific collaboration is running high on both sides. (Photo by Gustavo Sánchez, courtesy of Ernesto Altshuler.)
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American Scientist
Protecting the Internet and online computerized systems from attack is a difficult, messy problem. Here’s why.
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American Scientist
Pyrite, an iron sulfide, may be worthless to gold miners, but the mineral has great utility in everything from fertilizer to electronics.
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Science Daily
Researchers have developed one of the first complete systems to store digital data in DNA — allowing companies to store data that today would fill a big box store supercenter in a space the size of a sugar cube.
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Science News
A new, extremely black material can turn water into steam using only sunlight, without the need to bring the water to a boil. Made of gold nanoparticles tens of billionths of a meter wide affixed to a scaffold pocked with tiny channels, or “nanopores,” the material is a deep black color because it reflects very little visible light. It is 99 percent efficient at absorbing light in the visible spectrum and parts of the infrared spectrum, researchers report in Science Advances.
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