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Sigma Xi
 Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply to the Grants-in-Aid of Research program by October 1, 2017. This is the first grant cycle in which climate science applications will be accepted. Peter Harries, chair of the Committee on Grants-in-Aid of Research, discusses efforts to improve and strengthen the program.
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Voting is open until September 24 for Sigma Xi's Nobel Prize prediction contest, October Madness. Everyone who votes will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a one-year subscription to American Scientist. If you win, you can keep it for yourself or give it to a friend!
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Now is the time to renew your membership or affiliate status for FY2018. You can check if your dues are current and renew online. Thank you to all members and affiliates who already renewed.
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Are you a cutting edge junior researcher looking to further your career abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Sofja Kovalevskaja Award provides €1.65 million to support you and your team for a 5-year project of choice!
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Sigma Xi
 We watched as the spacecraft Cassini plunged itself into Saturn last week, ending its mission to study the gas giant and its moons. Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and director of Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Cornell University, analyzed science from the Cassini mission, and wrote about it for The Washington Post.
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The Western Connecticut State University Chapter will co-sponsor Skywarn Spotters training on September 20 from 6–9 p.m. Skywarn Spotters are trained observers who verify severe weather warnings for the National Weather Service. READ MORE
See more chapter events on the Sigma Xi calendar.
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Members and the public are invited to a Q & A session on November 10 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to learn about climate change and how it affects them. The event is free with Eventbrite registration, and will be the concluding session of Sigma Xi's Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, and Health.
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The Student Research Conference on November 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina, will include a research poster competition, and the deadline to submit an abstract for the conference’s program book has been extended to October 2. Groups of 25 students or more from the same institution receive a 10 percent registration discount.
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American Scientist
 Many animals dig dens for protection from weather, disasters, or predators. Anthony J. Martin—a paleontologist, geologist, and ichnologist at Emory University—explains how this behavior may have allowed some species to survive when others have died out.
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American Scientist
Robert Louis Chianese, a past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, explores the difficult decisions awaiting those trying to preserve mountain lions in suburban areas.
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science reports that the spending package passed by the House of Representatives sets the stage of later negotiations with the Senate and White House, and explains how the package would affect the federal research and development budget.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A new report from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines policies and practices governing dual-use research in the life sciences—research that could cause harm.
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Phys.Org
Scientists have long wondered how Earth's atmosphere filled with oxygen. University of British Columbia geologist Matthijs Smit and research partner Klaus Mezger may have found the answer in continental rocks that are billions of years old. The study is published in Nature Geoscience.
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R&D Magazine
UCLA physicists have pioneered a method for creating a unique new molecule that could eventually have applications in medicine, food science and other fields. Their research, which also shows how chemical reactions can be studied on a microscopic scale using tools of physics, is reported in the journal Science.
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