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Can Bacteria Produce
Umair Irfan and ClimateWire | April 16, 2012 | Scientific American
By tweaking the smallest units of life, scientists, including Scialog Fellow Sean Shaheen, are making bigger gains in producing alternative and renewable energy, with recent efforts aimed at molecule-level controls and promoting fractal growth patterns to create different fuels and improve efficiencies.
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Catalyst for Change
Helen Plotkin | April 03, 2012 | Hendrix College
Hendrix College will be one of four institutions in the spotlight as the Research Corporation for Science Advancement celebrates its 100th anniversary with a year-long series of events that began with a gala evening at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., on March 14.
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The Science Teacher's Legacy
James M. Gentile | March 20, 2012 | Huffington Post
During the 100th Anniversary Gala of Research Corporation for Science Advancement last week, Ralph J. Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences, asked the assembled group of science luminaries to pause and remember Nobel Prize-winning chemist F. Sherwood Rowland, who had died four days earlier and who literally may...
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Arun Majumdar Should Be Confirmed as Undersecretary of Energy
James M. Gentile | February 23, 2012 | Huffington Post
In late November, President Obama nominated Arun Majumdar to be Undersecretary of Energy, a vital position for a nation whose energy use and future energy strategy are essential to national security and economic preeminence. Nine days later, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a confirmation hearing...
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DNA-Targeting Molecule Has Potential to Help Treat Genetic Diseases and HIV
February 21, 2012 | The University of Texas at Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — Chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have created a molecule that’s so good at tangling itself inside the double helix of a DNA sequence that it can stay there for up to 16 days before the DNA liberates itself, much longer than any other molecule reported.
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PCAST Report: Launching the U.S. to Greater STEM Heights
James M. Gentile | February 17, 2012 | Huffington Post
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report on Feb. 7 on how to produce 1 million additional college graduates over the next decade with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It's an important report that should serve as a launching pad for...
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