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Unicode Consortium releases new science emoji

Nine new science-themed emoji will soon be available on a number of platforms and mobile devices




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Meet <i>Science</i> magazine editor Jeremy Berg, chemist and proud data wonk

Policy leader talks about publishing, the scientific enterprise, and how chemistry fits into it all




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India must change how it evaluates researchers, Indian National Science Academy says




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Precision BioSciences raises $110 million for off-the-shelf CAR-T and gene-edited crops




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Europe’s science budget set to grow despite Brexit

Horizon Europe raises stakes in global technology race




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Verge Genomics raises $32 million for machine learning-backed neuroscience drug discovery




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Listen in on X-ray laser science

Now witness the firepower of the (almost) fully armed and operational European X-ray Free Electron Laser




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Science is in the (baseball) cards and comic books




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White House to nominate meteorologist for science adviser

Trump administration taps Kelvin Droegemeier to lead Office of Science & Technology Policy







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EPA Announces Supplement to Science Transparency Proposed Rule

WASHINGTON (March 3, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to the Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science proposed rule.




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EPA Announces Extended Comment Period on Supplement to Science Transparency Proposed Rule

WASHINGTON (April 2, 2020) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an extension of the comment period on the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for the proposed rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.”




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Science Advisory Board Issues Comments on Agency’s Draft Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Rulemaking

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2020) —  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) transmitted its official advice and comments to EPA Administrator Wheeler on the Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science proposed rule.




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EPA Honors University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler for Outstanding Community Asthma Care Program

DALLAS – (May 1, 2020) In celebration of Asthma Awareness Month, the U.S.




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Jack Connelly and Jim Sedinger: Will science or politics guide the future of greater sage grouse?




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Altoona biology professor featured in Agricultural Sciences article

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has published an article written about Carolyn Mahan's newest research grant.




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Andrew Bernstein selected as political science marshal

As part of Penn State’s 2020 spring commencement activities, Andrew Bernstein will represent the Department of Political Science in the College of the Liberal Arts as the department’s student marshal. Bernstein, a Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Scholar, will graduate with bachelor of arts degrees in political science and Spanish, with a minor in economics.




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Opinion: For Migrant Workers, BJP Has Neither Heart Nor Conscience

Earlier this week, all of us woke up to a nightmare - to the horrific news of 17, at last count, migrant workers being run over by a goods train in Aurangabad. They were walking home, hundreds of...




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Eris Lifesciences IPO subscribed 0.75 times

The initial public offering (IPO) of Eris Lifesciences was subscribed 0.75 times on Monday with investors bidding for 1.20 crore shares of the 1.59 crore shares on offer. The qualified institutional buyers bid 70.23 lakh shares against the 86.17 lakh shares reserved for them.




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Coronavirus: US starts distributing Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug to states most in need

The US government began distributing remdesivir, an experimental drug recently approved for emergency use against Covid-19, to areas of the country struggling the most with the disease.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) arranged for some 600,000 vials of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral medication, shown to reduce recovery times for some patients, to be shipped to health authorities in New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and three other states, to treat an estimated 78,000 hospitalised…




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How Network Science Surfaced 81 Potential COVID-19 Therapies

Researchers led by Albert-László Barabási used network-based models to discover existing drugs that might take on COVID-19




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Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission

Now dozens of scientists are waiting in quarantine for the all-clear to join a year-long Arctic research mission aimed at improving the models used for forecasting climate change, just as the expedition reaches a crucial phase. News of the pandemic caused jitters among those already on board, said Matthew Shupe, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado and co-leader of the MOSAiC expedition. The rest of the crew will be exchanged with the help of two other German research ships that will meet the Polarstern on the sea ice edge.





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A Liberal East Coast Science Writer Talks to a Pro-Trump Texan Strength Coach about COVID-19

A weight-lifting guru, author and podcaster calls the U.S. response to the pandemic an “exercise in hysteria" that might do more harm than good

-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com




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Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission

For a while, the international mission looked like it might have to be called off, as country after country went into lockdown because of the virus, scuppering plans to bring fresh supplies and crew to the German research vessel Polarstern that's been moored in the high Arctic since last year.




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China headed to overtake EU, US in science & technology spending, OECD says

Squeezed R&D budgets in the EU, Japan and US are reducing the weight of advanced economies in science and technology research, patent applications and scientific publications and leaving China on track to be the world’s top R&D spender by around 2019, according to a new OECD report.




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Science-industry knowledge exchange: A mapping of policy instruments and their interactions

Countries deploy a variety of policy instruments to promote science-industry knowledge exchange. While these instruments are often discussed in isolation, they are implemented collectively and may negatively affect each other or add excessive complexity. This paper develops a conceptual framework to map policy instruments for knowledge exchange and assess interactions.




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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - Hungary highlights

This note presents selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.




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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - Iceland highlights

This note presents selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.




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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - Luxembourg highlights

This note presents selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.




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Global Forum on Biotechnology: The Evolving Promise of the Life Sciences

The OECD and the ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum jointly organised a one-day Forum on 12 November 2012 in Paris. The event was both retrospective and forward-looking. The forum concluded that the promise of biotechnology is not set but evolves with fresh scientific knowledge, novel laws and regulations. The future of biotechnology needs to also integrate social and cultural dimensions.




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The Earth Statement: for an ambitious, science-based, equitable outcome to COP21 in Paris - Insights Blog

2015 is a critical year for humanity. Our civilisation has never faced such existential risks as those associated with global warming, biodiversity erosion and resource depletion. Our societies have never had such an opportunity to advance prosperity and eradicate poverty. We have the choice to either finally embark on the journey towards sustainability or to stick to our current destructive “business-as-usual” pathway.




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Climate Impacts in the Sahel and West Africa: Role of Climate Science in Policy Making - West African Papers

This paper reviews the latest climate projections for West Africa and considers alternative ways in which the knowledge generated from climate science can be understood in the context of preparing for an uncertain future that provides practical help for decision makers.




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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - Germany highlights

This note presents selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.




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Résultats PISA 2012 : mathématiques, compréhension de l'écrit et sciences - la France

Faits marquants sur la performance de la France lors de l'enquête PISA 2012 sur les compétences des élèves en mathématiques, en compréhension de l'écrit et en sciences.




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - United States

Note summarising the performance of 15-year-old students in the United States in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - United Kingdom

Note summarising the performance of the United Kingdom in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - Spain

Note summarising Spain's performance in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - Italy

Note summarising the performance of Italy in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - Austria

Note summarising the performance of 15-year-old students in Austria in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - Norway

Note summarising the performance of Norway in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.




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Why aren’t more girls choosing maths and science at university? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Last Saturday, 14 April, Equal Pay Day reminded the world again of the large gap between men’s and women’s wages. Eradicating unjustifiable gender inequalities in earnings seems to be very hard to accomplish.




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How much time is spent on maths and science in primary education? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog)

Primary school is a fundamental stage in children’s education. Yet it is often neglected in education research and policy debates, somehow squeezed between the seemingly more important stages of early childhood education and secondary education.




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PISA in Focus No. 66 - How does PISA assess science literacy?

The most recent round of the assessment, PISA 2015, focused on 15-year-olds’ science literacy, defined as "the ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen".




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PISA in Focus No. 69 - What kind of careers in science do 15-year-old boys and girls expect for themselves?

On average across OECD countries, almost one in four students – whether boy or girl – expects to work in an occupation that requires further science training beyond compulsory education. This brief highlights the kinds of science careers 15-year-olds anticipate for themselves in the future.




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Webinar Series on Emerging Science to Improve Chemical Safety

On 11 February 2019, the OECD organised a webinar to learn and discuss new methodologies on liver models for induction, clearance and toxicity. The speakers presented the benefits compared to existing methods in place, the types of chemicals tested, the results obtained, the transferability and economic aspects for routine testing, and any known limitation to the technologies and their applications.




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Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission

They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn't part of the program. Now dozens of scientists are waiting in quarantine for the all-clear to join a year-long Arctic research mission aimed at improving the models used for forecasting climate change, just as the expedition reaches a crucial phase. For a while, the international mission looked like it might have to be called off, as country after country went into lockdown because of the virus, scuppering plans to bring fresh supplies and crew to the German research vessel Polarstern that's been moored in the high Arctic since last year. News of the pandemic caused jitters among those already on board, said Matthew Shupe, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado and co-leader of the MOSAiC expedition. "Some people just wanted to be home with their families," he told The Associated Press in a video interview from the German port of Bremerhaven, where he and about 90 other




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Science education on a slippery path


A Shanghai-based university's ranking of world universities has relegated the highly-rated Indian Institute of Science and the IITs to the bottom of its list, shattering the comfortable assumptions of Indian academics who pride themselves on their achievements. Summiya Yasmeen reports.