Labour's science appointment lifts hopes for reform

small science , big hopes

A images of tumor cells being vaporized in beams of colorful light, a video produced by the National Cancer Institute proclaims, “the science is at our fingertips.” The science being referred to, which is 80,000 times smaller than the breadth of a single ridge of skin on a human fingertip, is cancer nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, the study of science on a level the width of ten hydrogen atoms,...

National Science Foundation: Origins, hopes, and aspirations.

The origins of the National Science Foundation were in the visions of many scientists and federal statesmen during a decade of profound changes in the institutions of American science. But the concepts that underlie the Foundation reach back into the beginnings of our scientific endeavor in Colonial America; Franklin and Jefferson, scientists and statesmen, paved the way for close association b...

Science and change: hopes and dilemmas.

New Hopes and Serious Potentials for a Collaborative Network on Cognitive Science and Technology among ECO Member Countries

Opinion: Finding the plot in science storytelling in hopes of enhancing science communication.

Like the proverbial tree falling in a forest with no one around to hear it, science discoveries cannot have an impact unless people learn about them. The act of communication is part and parcel of doing research. And in an era increasingly defined by open access, crowdfunding, and citizen science endeavors, there is a growing demand for researchers to communicate their findings not just within ...