Science Education & Policy

Marketing Head-Fake: Why The Same Price Discount Sometimes Looks Better

Quick: You’re walking by a store window and you see a sign that says, “20% off the original price plus an additional 25% off the already reduced sale price.” So, how much is the discount" Consumers often mistakenly think the total discount is 45% off ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2007 - 9:29am

From Emissions To Mercury Contaminated Fish Equals Three Years

A groundbreaking environmental study to be published in a prestigious American science journal proves that mercury atmospheric emissions will end up in fish in as little as three years. Biologists from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, played ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 12:53am

Communicating Science Ethically To Non-Science Audiences

Everyone knows that how you say something can be as important as what you say. "Framing" is the science buzzword for 2007 and, as discussed in Do scientists need to 'frame' the debate for non-scientists? framing can be used for good or ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 10:13am

Georgia Tech Gets $1.5 Million To Solve Origin Of Life

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish "The Origins Project," a center for integrated research, education and public outreach focused on the ch ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 10:35am

Medication For ADHD May Help

Nearly 2 million children, or approximately 3 percent to 5 percent of young children in the United States, are considered to have ADHD. This disorder affects a child’s ability to focus, concentrate and control impulsive behavior. This disorder is so common ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 3:16pm

Simplify Pain Management By Calculating The Medication Quantification Scale (MQS) Online

AACHEN, Germany, September 19 /PRNewswire/--- The P.A.I.N. Initiative Presents the First Web-Based Tool for the Quantification of Pain Medication With the Medication Quantification Scale (MQS) Online Calculator, the P.A.I.N. (Pain Associates' Interna ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 19 2007 - 4:49am

The Direction Is Clear

  There were three reported news stories last week that taken together point to clear trend lines.   In a court ruling, the state of Vermont won the right to set auto emissions and MPG standards that are stricter than those of the Federal government.   Th ...

Article - David Houle - Sep 19 2007 - 10:48am

The Rise Of The Methuselah Mouse

I haven't been screwing off. Here is my report from the third conference for Strategically Engineered Negligable Senescence, the brainchild of cell biologist Aubrey DeGrey, as it appeared in the Times of London: This summer two Cambridge undergraduat ...

Article - Greg Critser - Sep 19 2007 - 6:47pm

Thomson Salutes Japan's Contribution To Global Research

TOKYO, September 20 /PRNewswire/-- Japan's continuing influence on international Research & Development (R&D) was recognized today as 17 of its most prominent scientists working in the ten R&D fields in Japan were presented with the Thoms ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 20 2007 - 12:59am

Scrip World Pharmaceutical News And The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group (RBS) Collaborate To Provide Expert Guidance On Consolidati

LONDON, September 20 /PRNewswire/-- In November 2007, Scrip will publish the Expert Guide to Consolidation in Pharma in partnership with RBS. Part of the Scrip Supplements programme, this magazine will provide the global pharmaceutical market with advice ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 20 2007 - 4:02am