Can bacteria save the planet?

نویسنده

  • Philip Hunter
چکیده

The idea quickly spread. When the organizers of a San Diego Science Festival (www.sdsciencefestival.com) sought help and assistance from the Cambridge Festival, it eventually led to the establishment of the Science Festival Alliance. The US National Science Foundation (Arlington, VA) has joined the bandwagon and provides a 3-year US$3 million grant to promote the science programmes. Festivals in Cambridge, MA, and San Diego, CA, have already received help from the Alliance and two others in San Francisco and Philadelphia, PA, will be held in 2011. Alliance manager Ben Wiehe, who formerly promoted science cafés for WGHB’s NOVA and who has a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago (IL, USA) noted, “The Alliance supports anyone interested in starting a science festival or other wise getting involved in supporting a science festival and with an initial focus in the United States.”

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • EMBO reports

دوره 11 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010