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National Instruments Collaborates with USAIDs PEER Science Program to Support Scientists in Developing Countries
2013-02-11 01:00:00| National Instruments News
NI is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement Research (PEER) Science program to bring cutting-edge scientific equipment, training and support to approximately 100 research p
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Record snow in a warming world? The science is clear
2013-02-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: As the Northeast digs out from under a mammoth blizzard, it might seem easy for climate change skeptics to point to such intense storms as evidence that global warming isn't real. The reality is that such snowstorms often don't occur despite global warming, but because of it. They would be wrong. "Climate change contrarians and deniers love to cherry-pick individual events to argue that they are somehow inconsistent with global warming, when they are not," said Michael Mann, director of...
03.12: Science Fiction Book Group
2013-02-08 23:36:04| Powells Books Events Calendar
This month we meet to discuss Imager by L. E. Modesitt Jr. Join us!
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Science of Slumber: How Sleep Affects Your Memory
2013-02-08 22:54:52| Biotech - Topix.net
We spend a lot of time sleeping . But how much downtime do our brains really need? Experts discuss the links between sleep, memory and cognition, and why our sleep patterns change as we age.
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Science Groups Push Obama for Climate Change Summit
2013-02-08 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Six scientific societies are asking the White House to hold a national summit on climate change. In a letter delivered to President Barack Obama on Friday, days before his annual State of the Union address, the groups lay out a plan for a summit "to identify policies and actions that can be taken by each Federal agency and by state and local governments to address the causes and effects of climate change.' "We would like to offer the support and assistance of the thousands of scientists and...
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