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State Dept. competition expands horizons of social networking
A contest sponsored by the State Department mobilized people online to find and photograph three individual (fictional) criminal suspects in five global cities in just 12 hours.
Tags: technology , crowdsourcing , State Department , TAG Challenge , Manuel Cebrian , Joshua deLara , social networking , law enforcement , DoD , DARPA , Jared Serbu
NSF launches online science radio station
Cliff Braverman, a multimedia group leader for the agency, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss why the foundation launched a radio station and how it fits in with national STEM initiatives.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , technology , STEM , NSF , Cliff Braverman
White House honors early career scientists
President Obama awarded to 94 researchers the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Tags: presidential early career awards for scientists an , Barack Obama , Bill Clinton , technology , people , Jolie Lee , White House , presidential early career awards for scientists an , presidential early career awards for scientists an , presidential early career awards for scientists an , presidential early career awards for scientists an
Some psychologists critical of soothsayer study
The psychology community has been stirred up by a new study, which the author says demonstrates strong evidence of an eerie skill -- the ability to predict the future.
Tags: pyschology , Daryl Bem , Daryl J. Bem , Cornell , Cornell University , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , ESP , extrasensory perception , experiment
Stretching Molecules Yields New Understanding of Electricity
Cornell University researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be used as powerful new tools for nanoscale science experiments. The work resulted in the first precision tests of a phenomenon known as the under screened Kondo effect. It shows that single-molecule devices can be very useful as scientific tools to study a phenomenon that has never before been accessible. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research and presents a powerful new tool for nanoscale science experiments. Using a cobalt-based complex cooled to extremely low temperatures, Ralph, Parks and an international team of researchers watched electrons move through single molecules and accomplished a feat that until now escaped chemists and physicists. They were able to study the resistance of the flow of electricity within a system's electric field as the temperature approached absolute zero.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , Cornell University , National Science Foundation , Ralph Parks , Scott Carr
New Device Gets a Grip on Stroke Treatment
Researchers with the National Science Foundation have developed a new tool for efficiently removing blood clots in the brain, the leading cause of strokes. The tool overcomes limitations in current emergency stroke treatments, potentially extending the time for a victim to get help. Engineered with support from the Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program, Insera Therapeutics of California, developed the Stroke Help using an Transcatheter Retrieval device. It contains two primary components; an outer sheath for containing captured clots and an inner filament that houses the collapsible, five-millimeter-diameter, nickel-titanium mesh that grabs and filters the clots. The technology can be custom-fit for patients. Researchers say, such strokes are the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S.
Tags: technology , Meeting Missions Goals through Technology , Scott Carr
Biosecurity struggles between safe and secure
Regardless of the prevention strategy pursued by the U.S., effectiveness cannot be assumed. Therefore, it is fundamentally important to national security that the U.S. bolster its capacity to respond rapidly and effectively to a bioweapons attack. Dr. Gigi Kwik Gronvall explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , Science and National Security , Randall Larsen , Institute for Homeland Security , Gigi Kwik Gronvall , Center for Biosecurity , UPMC
STAR METRICS Promises to Measure Federal Science Investments
A new initiative promises to monitor the impact of federal science investments on employment, the generation of knowledge, and health outcomes, to a degree not previously possible. The Science and Technology for America's Reinvestment: Measuring the Effect of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science, or STAR METRICS, is a multi-agency venture that will be lead by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Together, NSF and NIH have committed $1 million for the program's first year. The first phase of the two-phase program will use university administrative records to calculate the employment impact of federal science spending through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and agencies' existing budgets.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , NSF , NIH , Recovery and Reinvestment Act , Scott Carr
Computing Power Addresses Nuclear Energy Concerns
Scientists at the Nuclear Science and Technology Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Lab are bringing together decades of nuclear energy and safety expertise with high-performance computing to effectively address a range of nuclear energy - and security-related - challenges. One of the goals of the Lab's Nuclear Science and Technology Division is to bring together what we know about nuclear energy, nuclear national security modeling, and simulation capabilities with high-performance computing. That will solve problems that were previously unthinkable, or impractical, in terms of the computing power required to address them. One example is using computational methods and software to simulate radiation, in order to support the design and safety of nuclear facilities.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , nuclear , Energy , Scott Carr
Science and National Security: the Cold War Arms Race
Author David Hoffman discusses his book on the Cold War and lessons learned from it with Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction CEO, Randall Larsen.
Tags: Federal Drive , Science and National Security , Randall Larsen , Institute for Homeland Security , David Hoffman , Cold War
