Doubts Over Ministers’ Degrees Raised in Parliament
Posted On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under VIRGIN ISLAND Tags: Democratic Action Party, Ewon Ebin, innovation, Minister of Science, Ong Kian Ming, Science, Technology, Technology and Innovation
An altercation between government and opposition MPs ensued in Malaysia’s parliament this week when government officials appeared to brush off questions about the academic credentials of the ministers of human resources and of science, technology and innovation.
Ong Kian Ming, a Democratic Action Party opposition MP, questioned the validity of the ...
Pico-World Dragnets: Computer-Designed Proteins Recognize and Bind Small Molecules
Posted On Saturday, September 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WASHINGTON Tags: computational biology, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, Nature paper, News Releases, Research, Science, Technology, University of Washington
Computer-designed proteins that can recognize and interact with small biological molecules are now a reality. Scientists have succeeded in creating a protein molecule that can be programmed to unite with three different steroids.
The achievement could have far wider ranging applications in medicine and other fields, according to the Protein Design ...
Connecting With Land and Heritage Goes High Tech for Tribal Youth
Posted On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Coeur D'Alene, Engineering, Native American, Science, STEM educators, Technology, Tribal Youth, University of Idaho
MOSCOW, Idaho – For three weeks this summer, 24 members of the Coeur d’Alene and Spokane tribes are connecting with their Native American heritage through Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education at Back to the Earth camp (BTTE). July 29-Aug. 1, fourth through sixth grade tribal members will be ...
Field Work in Costa Rica Proves ‘An Amazing Experience’
Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Global, Graduate Studies, Keith Chapman, Research, Science, Students
Not every college student wants to spend 10 weeks in rural Costa Rica, working long hours in the field while battling muggy weather and vicious mosquitoes. But count Ellen Irwin ’14 as one who does.
“It was a lot of fun,” she says. “It was an amazing experience.”
Irwin spent a term ...
New Report Urges Action on Arctic Protection
Posted On Thursday, May 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Dickey Center for International Understanding, Office of Public Affairs, Research, Ross A. Virginia, Science, The John Sloan
Dartmouth and its partners in the Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy (IACP) have issued a report urging the adoption of new shipping rules, improved safeguards against oil spills, and the creation of environmental and safety standards in polar waters.
The report calls for action by the Arctic Council, the intergovernmental organization ...
The Life Sciences Greenhouse Is Many Things to Many People
Posted On Thursday, May 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Community, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty, Joseph Blumberg, Life Sciences Greenhouse, Research, Science
Dartmouth’s 6,000-square-foot greenhouse sits atop the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center like a crown of gleaming glass. This living botanical museum opened in August 2011, offering resources for research, serving as a classroom for budding botanists and veteran horticulturists, and providing an inviting space for casual visitors.
Half the greenhouse ...
Dartmouth Space Physicists Explore Earth’s Radiation Belts
Posted On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, Faculty, Global, Joseph Blumberg, Mary Hudson, NASA, Research, Robyn Millan, Science
They say that it’s sunspots. That is the typical explanation you hear when your television goes on the fritz or your cellphone quits working or the GPS in your car tells you you’re driving in the middle of the ocean. Certainly, the sun is at the root of your problem, ...
Did Lucy Walk On The Ground Or Stay In The Trees?
Posted On Friday, February 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Faculty, International, Joseph Blumberg, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Research, Science
Much has been made of our ancestors “coming down out of the trees,” and many researchers view terrestrial bipedalism as the hallmark of “humanness.” After all, most of our living primate relatives—the great apes, specifically—still spend their time in the trees. Humans are the only members of the family devoted ...
Chemistry In Action Transcends The Classroom
Posted On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FEATURED, NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Chemistry, F. Jon Kull, Faculty, Joseph Blumberg, Research, Roger Sloboda, Science, Students
With a pyrotechnic demonstration, Professor F. Jon Kull ’88 initiates students into the mysteries of chemistry while simultaneously engaging, educating, and entertaining them. Kull presented the show as part of “Biology/Chemistry 9,” a course he and Roger Sloboda teach that is a combination of introductory chemistry and biology. This is ...
‘Science’ Names University of Minnesota Researcher’s Gene-Modification Technique One of 2012′s
Posted On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Daniel Voytas, DNA, Science, scientific breakthroughs, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —An approach to modify genes developed by University of Minnesota researcher Daniel Voytas and colleagues was among the "breakthroughs of the year" detailed in a special issue of Science published December 21.
The technique, based on enzymes called TALENs (transcription activator–like effector nucleases) that "read" DNA and ...
GEAR UP Director Joe C’ De Baca Retires
Posted On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Engineering, GEAR UP, Jim Fries, Joe C’ de Baca, Mexico Highlands University, Science, STEM education, Technology
Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University GEAR UP Program Director Joe C’ de Baca retired Nov. 30 after 21 years of distinguished service to the university.
“Joe’s contributions to the university, our students, and area middle and high school students have been remarkable,” said Highlands University President Jim Fries. ...
Colorado Eighth-Graders Perform At Or Above Many International Counterparts in Mathematics And Science
Posted On Saturday, December 29, 2012 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado eighth-graders, Education Statistics, Mathematics, Science
In results released today from the National Center for Education Statistics, Colorado eighth-graders performed above international and national averages in science and above international and with national counterparts in mathematics in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The average math scores of the east Asian countries of ...
Is Being a Scientist All About the Science? Actually, It Is
Posted On Friday, December 28, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, News, Research, Ross Virginia, Science, Students
Can a girl wear her Manolo Blahnik heels in the field? Is being a scientist like, really a fun job, and can you meet good-looking guys?
These are among the weightier questions alluded to in a one-minute video called Science: It’s a Girl Thing! Showing scenes of sexy babes in short ...
LSU Names Guillermo Ferreyra Interim Dean of College of Science
Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Guillermo Ferreyra, LSU, Rutgers University, Science
BATON ROUGE – Guillermo Ferreyra, professor of math and associate dean for science education in the College of Science, has been appointed interim dean of the LSU College of Science. Ferreyra will take over for Kevin Carman effective January 1, 2013.
Ferreyra, a native of Argentina, has been with LSU since ...
