Dean of Antonia M. Villarruel of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing AND Kathleen Hall Jamiesonprincipal of Penn’s Annenberg Center for Public Policyare among 60 managers in education, science, public policy, philanthropy and industry appointed to a new task force to produce a Vision for American Science and Technology (VAST). Amid growing global competition, … Read more
If we ever find ourselves living off Earth, we’ll bring other species with us—for example, animals and plants to feed on. But we will also be accompanied by a host of uninvited escapees: bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms. What will happen to these microbes in extraterrestrial environments remains a mystery. For years, research has used … Read more
November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 By Katie Gerbasic A member of the CUFSAE student team downloads Tiger 24 Formula 1 racing car for RECESS. The Clemson Formula SAE (CUFSAE) team was rolling in it Tiger 24 Formula 1 racing car as the early morning sun shone through the lobby of the Madren Center. Meanwhile, … Read more
Share this story Copy the link Link copied! Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter WhatsApp Reddit Northeastern University student Siima Machayo was an intern this summer at the White House Office of Science and Technology. Courtesy photo Northeastern University student Siima Machayo is interested in science policy. So last summer she went to her source, working as … Read more
In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2). Scientists are now analyzing data from the KREPE-2 experiments, which could advance the development of heat shields that protect spacecraft when they return to Earth. The mission was designed to … Read more
Science is at the heart of cell and gene therapies, but business strategy is the lifeblood that ensures its survival and success. As a former healthcare provider and scientist with over 25 years of experience in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, I learned early on that scientific advances alone do not guarantee market success. After moving into … Read more
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the Addiction Policy Forum released a new video explainer on the science of addiction available at 12 languages. The project, supported by the Cencora Impact Foundation and the Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network—Missouri (ECORN-MO), provides open source, science-backed prevention materials to communities and families with limited … Read more
Anna-Sophie Jürgens has always loved cinema. Now a senior lecturer in science communication at the Australian National University (ANU), Jürgens has brought together three of the ‘most powerful cultural institutions we have developed to understand, shape and imagine our world’ in her programme. Science. Art. movie., in association with the National Film and Sound Archive … Read more
My name is Sriram Parasurama and I am a second year PhD student in the Horticulture Graduate School of Integrative Plant Sciences. I research how trees in our local forests interact with fungi in the soil and how this interaction affects the web of ecology throughout the ecosystem. I was arrested on October 9th outside … Read more
True Fact: When I was a teenager, I dated a girl I met at a physique competition. Mind you, this was not a local high school competition. It was the National Physics Olympiad in Panama, where I was born and raised. And the stakes were high – whoever won would go on to compete in … Read more