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University of Guelph Research Funding
U of G researchers will receive more than $31.8 million in new funding from the federal government. The funding is part of a more than $1.7-billion investment announced by Pablo Rodriguez, minister of transport and Mark Holland.
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Read more at University of Guelph News
Column 15 - The Science of Good Coffee
Column 15 is a coffee shop in James-York Plaza on Merrimac Trail in Williamsburg. Ed. James Kroll founded Column 15 in 2018 with another alumnus, Victoria Goldsby ’17. To ensure consistency in its coffee, Column 15 refines its roasts and techniques each season.
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U.S. Science Envoys in 2024
The Department of State has selected four distinguished scientists to serve as new U.S. Science Envoys in 2024. Dr. Rumman Chowdhury is a data scientist and social scientist. She is the CEO of Humane Intelligence, a technology nonprofit.
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Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair
This week, high school students from across Eastern Iowa will compete in a round leading up to the international level for student science and engineering projects. The Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair (EISEF), an annual competition for grades sixth to 12th, will hold its 65th fair on Saturday, March 16. It takes about 140 judges each year to help students compete.
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Read more at The Gazette
The Science of Learning - How to Accelerate Learning
Science teaches students how to be thinkers, innovators and world-changers. Students learn how to interact in new ways, listen to each other’s viewpoints and sort out differences when there is a disagreement. This is true in life as well as when students are sorting out who they are.
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Meet a Science Librarian on the Ask Dr Universe Podcast
Washington State University science librarian David Luftig highlights the unique role WSU libraries play for everyone in Washington. The episode is the 8th installment of the How Do You Science series.
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Read more at WSU News
The Threats of Underfunding Fundamental Science Research
Federal spending on fundamental scientific research is pivotal to America’s long-term economic competitiveness and growth. But less than two years after agreeing the U.S. needed to invest tens of billions of dollars more in basic research than it had been, Congress is already seriously scaling back its plans. A package of funding bills recently passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on March 9, 2024. That puts the NSF’s current allocation US$6.6 billion below targets Congress set in 2022.
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Read more at The Conversation Indonesia
Social Issues in Biology: Race in Biosciences
We would like to thank the creators of the Social Issues in Biology: Race in Biosciences Journal Club that took place at Harvard University in 2020 for sharing their materials. We also express our heartfelt thanks to the invited speakers of the Salon series, A. Boudrioua, J. Wade, E. Freeman, L. Garibyan, G. Tearney, and T.-N. Tran.
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Read more at Nature.com
Materials Informatics: A Novel Approach to Materials Discovery
Materials scientists readily utilize these tools for efficient and fast materials design, discovery, and prediction of properties. Both data-driven materials science and informatics encompass systematic knowledge extraction from materials datasets. This approach distinguishes itself from conventional materials research by prioritizing extensive data processing and enhancing the automation of information retrieval.
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NC State University Graduate Student Endowment
NC State University graduate student Weilong He has spent his first year at NC State exploring how to use machine learning algorithms in tandem with drone images to assess crop leaves. To save breeders time, He is working on developing a machine learning algorithm that can generate measurements for every maize leaf based on drone images of a corn field.
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Read more at NC State CALS