| Science Bulletins bring scientific news into exhibition halls | | Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:45:22 AM by Rose Martins | With the aim of keeping permanent scientific exhibition halls updated with the latest and greatest in scientic news, museams launched the EarthBulletin, BioBulletin, and AstroBulletin, three publications featuring current science news articles featuring recent breakthroughs and topics of scientific interest.  The museam wanted each permanent science exhibition to present news featuring current science that is updated on a daily basis.
These electronic scientific magazines can be viewed on plasma screens, touch-screen kiosks, and the Museum's official Web site. Each scientific news bulletin is divided into three formats: documentary feature stories, data visualizations, and weekly news about current scientific events.
In the specific permanent science exhibition halls, these electronic scientific magazine bulletins that have been created in high-definition digital video, are projected large plasma screens at four times the resolution of standard television. Mike Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science, says "It can be a challenge to convey the dynamic nature of science in a museum setting, and that's why we're excited about the Bulletins. The combination of compelling images and 'breaking news' really engages visitors in what's happening across the sciences and around the world." ... | |
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| | | Science for preschoolers makes a big splash | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:17:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Last week a boy and two girls at the Carnegie Science Center's "Exploration Station Junior" enjoyed the thrills of discovery. But the real beauty was, they didn't even know they were involved in that notorious s-word: science. The children hovered over flowing pools of water as colorful pingpong balls floated downstream through canals and over waterfalls. It was preschool paradise, with the boy spending precious moments dunking his plastic mastodon. To their credit, adults let the tykes splash, slop and spill. One girl methodically scooped up balls downstream and returned them upstream for another aquatic journey. And when the boy wasn't drowning his mastodon, he dropped balls in the canals and watched them ride the flow. But what seemed like simple playtime exemplified a new-age format for piquing preschoolers' interest in science.... | |
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| | | Computer science graduates are in demand locally and nationally | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:17:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | Despite high earning potential and endless job opportunities, area colleges can't graduate enough students in computer science to fill local employers' needs. "We've had employers come in and tell us they'd hire every student we have because the demand for them is so high," said Stephen Elliot, acting dean for the College of Business at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, which offers a degree in computer information systems. .... | |
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| | | News on women in the workplace is mixed | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:20:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | Recent research is delivering mixed news about women in the workplace. The good news: Having women in high-level management positions narrows the wage gap between male and female workers. The bad news: Young women are turning away from male-dominated positions in science, technology - and the corner office. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of California-Irvine shows that women received higher salaries if a larger proportion of the managers in their industry locally were women. Meanwhile, a study by RTI International showed that 114 of 137 young women who had aspired to male-dominated jobs as high-school seniors had changed their goals seven years later. Most of the glass-ceiling research has been about whether women get to be in management positions, said Philip Cohen, who, with UC-Irvine sociologist Matt Huffman, conducted the UNC study.... | |
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| | | Plans for new science academies | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:05:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | Science academies could be created across Scotland if Labour wins the Holyrood elections. The news came as First Minister Jack McConnell continued his visit to schools across the US. He visited Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, which was recently ranked the top public high school in the US. .... | |
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| | | PHOTO: News Gets Around | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:06:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | Kamron Awan recent visited the Ontario Science Centre as part of Extend-A-Family. He enjoyed the outing very much, as seen by the expression on his face. He especially enjoyed watching the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on the jumbo screen. The following day, Kamron shared tales of his experience, as well as some souvenirs from the space display with his education assistants, teachers and school mates at Mountain View Elementary. .... | |
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| | | String theory: Is it science's ultimate dead end? | | Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 1:06:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | The most ambitious idea ever outlined by scientists has suffered a remarkable setback. It has been dismissed as a theoretical cul-de-sac that has wasted the academic lives of hundreds of the world's cleverest men and women. This startling accusation has been made by frustrated physicists, including several Nobel prize winners, who say that string theory - which seeks to outline the entire structure of the universe in a few brief equations - is an intellectual dead end. Two new books published in America question its very basis. Far from providing mankind with the answers to the mystery of the cosmos, the theory is bogus, they claim. As one scientist put it: 'The uncritical promotion of string theory is now damaging science.' However, string theory proponents - who also include several Nobel prize winners - have denounced the criticisms and robustly defended their field.... | |
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| | | September Science Picks Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:07:26 AM by Blog57 Team | | Fall is fast upon us and with it comes a harvest of science story ideas. Science Picks provide the most current USGS science news and information. Science Picks help you cover ongoing earth and natural science research, investigations and technology. Photos and Web links are also provided to enhance your story. September Highlights: A Maritime Achievement of Titanic Proportions USGS Report Says Less Snow, More Rain in Western States Beer from 15-Million-Year-Old Plant Skeletons Are Contaminants from Winter Areas Affecting Surf Scoter Reproduction? New Avian Influenza Maps and Images Available Newly Renovated Energy and Mineral Web Sites Better Serve Users USGS FAQ Database Tops Two Million Mark in Questions Answered Water Monitoring Events Planned, N.Y., Va., and on the Anacostia River and more...... | |
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| | | Science boffin named Japan s new finance minister | | Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:11:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | TOKYO - Koji Omi, a former bureaucrat and science policy chief, was named Japans new finance minister Tuesday, replacing Sadakazu Tanigaki who was dropped after calling for a higher sales tax. Omi, a graduate of Tokyos prestigious Hitotsubashi University, is a prominent figure in science circles and has an interest in nano-technology. He is also well versed in economic policies from his time as a bureaucrat at the trade and industry ministry, which he joined in 1956 before going on to serve in several key roles in Japan and abroad. Omi indicated Tuesday that the new government was in no rush to raise the politically sensitive consumption tax, saying discussions on a possible rise would be held sometime after late 2007. As part of his new top economic team, incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also tapped Akira Amari -- a former labour minister and key supporter in his bid for the premiership -- as economy, trade and industry minister.... | |
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| | | Pre-K, math, science stressed in proposal | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:10:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON (Bloomberg News) - The ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, proposed a $50 billion-a-year program Thursday that would provide universal prekindergarten programs and free college for math and science majors. His proposal includes full college scholarships for all math and science majors; publicly funded pre-K; new teacher scholarships; a tuition tax credit worth up to $2,000 per student; deductions for college graduates paying back loans; and an increase in Pell Grants, the main federal grant program for college students, to $6,000 from $4,050. The proposal follows economic-competitiveness plans offered this year by both parties. The plans, known as Protecting America's Competitive Edge, or PACE, would provide about $10 billion a year to programs such as research-related tax breaks and scholarships for math and science students.... | |
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| | | Azerbaijani receives Doctor of Science in Romania first time | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 1:03:19 AM by Blog57 Team | | First Azerbaijani received Doctor of Science (ScD) in Romania, APA Eastern bureau reports. Fakhri Kerimli defended a thesis on “Azerbaijan-Romania relations" in Romanian in the University Ovidius Constanta. His supervisor was Romanian first ambassador to Azerbaijan, now diplomatic mission chief in Ashgabat, Professor, and Doctor of Historical Science Tahsin Jamil. Kerimli is the first Azerbaijani specialized in Eastern Europa region. In his thesis, Kerimli analyzed the history of Azerbaijan from ancient times, the Nagorni Garabagh conflict, the Contract of Century, Azerbaijan-Romania relations in political, economic and cultural spheres, Eurasia energy and transport projects of the two countries as well as cooperation within the BSECO, OSCE, Council of Europe and prospects of bilateral political, economic and cultural relations.... | |
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