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Basic science, invention, innovation
Guest columnistThe Obama administration claims the government can “create jobs” through technology, particularly green technology. The president argues that the technology is there, and all it needs is a “nudge” from the government. He does not...Tags: Politics, Heads of State, Biofuels, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Nuclear Power
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Herring, Biotechnology, Technology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Head: Oakland Park students head to White House to showcase invention to President Obama
Two students from Oakland Park’s Northeast High traveled to the third annual White House Science Fair on Monday to showcase their Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam project to President Obama. According to a news release, the students were among...
Tags: University of Florida, Politics, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Intel Corp., White House
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At JPL, teens learn rocket science by crafting toilet paper catapults
High school students have been known to sling a roll or two of toilet paper — but not many use catapults or compete with rocket scientists for the longest heave. Yet that was the task Friday at the 15th annual Invention Challenge at Jet...
Tags: Schools, Technology, Education, Engineering, Teaching and Learning
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Head of Clean Energy Trust working to change world
Tribune staff reporterAmy Francetic was at a child's birthday party in 2004 when she decided it was time to leave Silicon Valley. "I was sitting there listening to 6-year-olds talk about IPOs and whose house was bigger and how much a wedding dress cost," she said. By...Tags: Weddings, Politics, Social Sciences, Psychology, Marriage
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Personal Income, Lamar Alexander, Finance, Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment
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UCSD researcher awarded National Medal of Science
SAN DIEGO -- President Barack Obama Tuesday named a San Diego biomedical engineering professor as a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
Shu Chien of UC San Diego is one of seven eminent researchers chosen for the annual honor, The White House...Tags: University of California, San Diego, National Government, Politics, Rice University, Biotechnology
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Paper-thin computers can be rolled up, stuffed in a pocket [Video]
L.A. Times Tech BlogIt's one invention that is sure to set science fiction fans all agog: a paper-thin computer that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket. Researchers at the Queens University Human Media Lab in Ontario, Canada, have developed a...... -
Ideas, Discoveries and Aeronautics at Lincolnwood’s Annual Science Fair
TribLocal - EvanstonIn a packed gym last Thursday, February 10th, a record number of aspiring scientists and inventors took part in the annual Lincolnwood School Science Fair. …... -
Students top scientists in contest
Two hundred and sixty middle- and high-school students flocked to JPL's campus Friday to compete in the 13th annual Invention Challenge.
A total of 34 teams (19 student and 15 JPL teams) were challenged to create devices that would lift a ping-pong ball...Tags: South Pasadena, Science and Technology, Science, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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WEST BANK: Young Palestinian inventors head to California science fair
Babylon & BeyondAseel Shaar, Nor Arda and Aseel Abu Leil are 14-year-old ninth-graders at the United Nations-run Askar Girls School in Nablus, a West Bank city. The trio is headed to California to exhibit their invention, an electronic cane for the blind,......
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