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The District has received approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to begin operations at the first Biosafety Level 3 laboratory in the national capital region, Department of Forensic Sciences Director Max Houck announced.
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Funding for SPIRou, a spectropolarimeter and a high-precision velocimeter optimized for both the detection of habitable Earth twins orbiting around nearby red dwarf stars and the study of the formation of Sun-like stars and their planets, was confirmed today by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) observatory.
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By all credible accounts, there is an acute shortage of females in four key areas of science.
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A team of researchers led by a Michigan State University neuroscientist has created a quick but reliable test that can measure a person’s creativity from single spoken words.
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Researchers from K-State, CIMMYT, Cornell and USDA to collaborate on Feed the Future Project.
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Officials from historically black colleges and universities around the country gathered on campus last week to share ideas about how to encourage students, especially underrepresented minorities, to pursue careers in STEM fields. Stanford President John Hennessy and Dean of Engineering Jim Plummer were among the speakers.
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Institute to Support National Robotics Initiatives for Next-generation Robotics.
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A new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough shows that people who are aware of their own thoughts and emotions are less affected by positive feedback from others.
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During spring break the last five years, a University of Washington class has headed to the Nevada desert to launch rockets and learn more about the science and engineering involved. Sometimes, the launch would fail and a rocket smacked hard into the ground.
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Scientists isolate new human pluripotent stem cells capable of generating “humanized” mouse models containing human-derived tissues.
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Nanomaterials are the heart of the smaller, better electronics developed during the last decade, as well as new materials, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, energy storage, and clean water. However, exposure to nanomaterials may have unintended consequences for human health and the environment.
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