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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti responds to the results from a survey of scientists that asked “If you could change one thing about how science works today, what would it be and why?”
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Sigma XI
In an effort to build trust and relationships between the research community and the public, Sigma Xi Executive Director John Nemeth encourages you to tell your family and friends that you are a researcher and invite them to ask you, and Sigma Xi, research-related questions. Many members took the message to social media using #AskAScientist.
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Sigma XI
Thank you for being part of Sigma Xi’s growing community of members who are dedicated to ethical research, promoting the public understanding of science, and supporting the next generation of researchers. If you haven’t yet renewed your annual dues for Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017), you can do so now by clicking on the “Renew Membership” button above or by logging in to Sigma Xi’s website. Sigma Xi thanks all members who have renewed their active membership, including Suzanne Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools.
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| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
Louisville Free Public Library
The Louisville Chapter in Louisville, Kentucky, will honor four students who won their Sigma Xi Award for presentations in regional science fairs earlier this year. The students will each receive a monetary award, certificate, and subscription to Sigma Xi’s magazine, American Scientist. They are invited to receive their awards on August 4, when the chapter sponsors a lecture by Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer George Weiblen, scientific director of the Bell Museum of Natural History and Planetarium at the University of Minnesota. Weiblen’s talk at the Louisville Free Public Library is titled, “The Cannabis Conundrum: Genetics and Politics of America’s Most Controversial Plant.”
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Register by August 1 for the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. The meeting, to be held November 10– 13 in Atlanta, features professional and student poster presentations, workshops and panel discussions, Science Cafés, a special screening of the PBS documentary The Truth About Trees, and keynote lectures by Sigma Xi’s award winners. Members are encouraged to bring students.
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American Scientist
Promoting the right kind of fire—and smarter development—is safer and more cost-effective than fighting a losing battle.
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American Scientist
A number of different technologies are used in cars to help reduce pollution. The techniques for diesel cars differ from those for gasoline cars. We take a look at the chemistry involved.
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American Scientist
Scans of implant patients deaf in only one ear, before and after the procedure, have uncovered how quickly the cortex can rewire itself.
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| RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS NEWS |
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health’s Extramural Nexus newsletter shares an infographic on five tips that supervisors can take to promote research integrity in their workplaces.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s STAR grant program at the University of Washington found a direct link between air pollution and atherosclerosis, which is a buildup of plaque in the coronary artery that can affect heart health.
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The National Science Foundation recently joined the White House, federal partners, and a consortium of leading companies in the wireless sector to announce a new Advanced Wireless Research Initiative that will allow researchers to study and test advanced wireless technologies for 5G and beyond.
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Council of Graduate Schools
The Council of Graduate Schools is offering a webinar for deans and program directors about master’s education. It also published presentations from the CGS Summer Workshop and New Deans Institute and shared resources for political activities on college campuses.
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Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals
The Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals is calling for article submissions about transportation from the environmental practice community. The articles are sought for the August edition of ABCEP’s newsletter The Certified Environmental Professional. Submissions may be made by August 15 to Shari Cannon-Mackey at scannonmackey@burnsmcd.com.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds that immigrants come to resemble native-born Americans over time, but integration is not always linked to their greater well-being.
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Science Alert
A leading medical researcher has looked over the research and concluded that drinking alcohol — even in small amounts — doesn't just cause liver cancer, but can also lead to six other types of cancer.
According to the team, the evidence suggests that booze causes cancer of the mouth and throat, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, bowel, and breast.
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Los Angeles Times
If you’re intent on keeping dementia at bay, new research suggests you’ll need more than crossword puzzles, aerobic exercise and an active social life. In a study released Sunday, researchers found that older adults who did exercises to shore up the speed at which they processed visual information could cut by nearly half their likelihood of cognitive decline or dementia over a 10-year period.
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National Geographic Society
The gene is “one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in the history of science,” argues Siddhartha Mukherjee in The Gene: An Intimate History. Since its discovery by Gregor Mendel, an obscure Moravian monk, the gene has been both a force for good and ill. In the 1930s, the Nazis exploited the pseudoscience of eugenics as a prelude to the Holocaust. Today, gene therapy holds out the hope of eradicating hereditary conditions like Huntington’s disease and even psychological disturbances, such as schizophrenia.
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