The teratology society 2012-2017 strategic plan: Pushing the boundaries

Graphene: pushing the boundaries.

clusters into smaller ones occurs, in a tug of war with molecular motors. Therefore, in contrast with passive nucleation and growth in (near) equilibrium systems, the result here is a steady-state distribution of cluster sizes. Bausch and co-authors show that this steady-state regime requires a finely tuned system at the edge of stability, between fluidization and permanent network stability. T...

Midterm review of the Strategic Plan, 2014–2017: Lessons learned

Pushing the boundaries

In spite of the controversy surrounding human cloning, British scientists were given a licence last month to create Europe’s first cloned human embryos for strictly controlled research. The licence was granted to a team in Newcastle upon Tyne, placing the country at the forefront of worldwide efforts to create a revolutionary generation of medical treatments. Scientists such as Ian Wilmut, who ...

Pushing the boundaries: Science Advances

S cience Advances was launched on February 2015 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in San Jose, Cal­ ifornia, as the online, open­ access ex pansion of Science magazine. Science Advances, like its older sibling, covers the full gamut of scientific dis­ ciplines, including (but not limited to) earth and space sciences; ecology, evolution, and environ...

analysis of power in the network society

اندیشمندان و صاحب نظران علوم اجتماعی بر این باورند که مرحله تازه ای در تاریخ جوامع بشری اغاز شده است. ویژگیهای این جامعه نو را می توان پدیده هایی از جمله اقتصاد اطلاعاتی جهانی ، هندسه متغیر شبکه ای، فرهنگ مجاز واقعی ، توسعه حیرت انگیز فناوری های دیجیتال، خدمات پیوسته و نیز فشردگی زمان و مکان برشمرد. از سوی دیگر قدرت به عنوان موضوع اصلی علم سیاست جایگاه مهمی در روابط انسانی دارد، قدرت و بازتولید...