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Scientists are on the front lines of tackling some of the world's biggest challenges, from climate change and biodiversity loss to pandemics and social inequalities. In their study, social psychologists from the University of Amsterdam shed light on the factors shaping trust in 45 different types of scientists, from agronomists to zoologists.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org

DataHorizzon Research The life science tools market size was valued at USD 162.4 Billion in 2023. The growing demand for personalized medicine signifies a substantial opportunity for the life sciences tools market. Personalized medicine endeavors to customize medical treatments based on an individual's genetic makeup, lifestyle factors, and environmental influences.
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More than 10,000 students across four states enjoy interactive science experiments at Coors Field for STEM Day CBS The crowd cheered loudly as the science experiments show started with a special guest, Dinger with the Colorado Rockies. The show includes toilet paper getting launched out of leaf blowers and a liquid temperature that is 320 degrees below zero to create smoke clouds.
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1 year ago Read more at CBS News

The National Science Foundation is awarding a four-year $3 million grant to a consortium of scientists, including Ohio Wesleyan University's Eric J. Gangloff, to support a new Research and Mentoring for Post Baccalaureates (RaMP) Program. The funding will create the RaMP Program, which will train "the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists to collaboratively address species responses to climate change.
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The Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice is part of WT’s Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences. About West Texas A&M University WT is located in Canyon, Texas, on a 342-acre residential campus. It offers 59 undergraduate degree programs and more than 40 graduate degrees, including two doctoral degrees.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently announced its distinguished 2023 Class of AAAS fellows. Both professors will now be lifetime members of the AAAS Fellows program, joining the ranks of notable fellows Mae Jemison, the first Black woman astronaut. A plant evolutionary biologist, Janelle Burke, Ph.D., has been with Howard University for 11 years.
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1 year ago Read more at The Dig

Just 20 minutes of walking can prepare the brain to take in and retain new information, neuroscience research has shown. These positive effects can be seen in areas of the brain involved in making decisions, managing stress, and planning our behavior. Other forms of exercise have their own benefits on brain health, too, but this research determined that it doesn't take much to boost your brain power.
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1 year ago Read more at Daily Mail

Tomi Baikie from Wick is heading to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a specialist research programme that has the potential to help with certain debilitating conditions. This year’s class of 32 fellows have all recently gained a PhD and have been identified as some of the “most outstanding early-career scientists in the world”
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Scientists from across the UK have called for a concerted global effort to stem the tide of disposable electronic technologies. In the United States, 4.5 disposable vapes are thrown away each second, and it is fast becoming an issue replicated right across the world. This is a critical cross-sector agenda. The letter has been authored by experts in environmental science, materials science, marine biology, consumer behavior and ethics.
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Colin Montgomery of Edinburgh writes: "When does science matter? It's an interesting question; never more so, perhaps, than when considering Scotland's political response to the Cass review of medical treatments for transgender young people. The response from the SNP-Green administration has been, at best, a guarded froideur. Or at worst, in the case of some elected members of a Green persuasion, outright dismissiveness. The report translated on nakedly
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