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Senate confirms Willie E. May as 15th NIST Director.

2015-05-08 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

On May 4, 2015, U.S. Senate confirmed Willie E. May as the second Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the 15th director of the NIST. May has been serving as acting director since June 2014. He has worked at NIST since 1971, leading research activities in chemical and biological measurement science activities prior to serving as associate director for laboratory programs and principal deputy to the NIST director.

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NY Times On Climate Denier #Fakexpert Willie Soon

2015-02-22 23:49:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Extra Extra! Read all about climate denial scientist Willie Soon's dirty money from petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch, coal utility Southern Company, oil giant ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies to deny the science of climate change! The last time I bumped into Willie Soon , I asked him if there was any explanation for some of the information in our latest round of documents indicating that his employer was eager to take money from ExxonMobil: The questions I tried asking Dr. Soon are based on seemed to show that despite all the embarrassment Soon has caused his employer, the Smithsonian Institution, private communications with ExxonMobil indicate that Smithsonian was all too happy to take Exxon's money for their general operating budget.

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Biotech company taps former S.F. Mayor Willie Brown

2015-01-09 02:45:35| Biotech - Topix.net

Global Blood Therapeutics of South San Francisco, which develops small-molecule therapies for severe blood disorders, has a drug in the works for sickle cell disease, which affects about 70,000 to 100,000 people in the United States, and disproportionately affects African Americans. The a rare and inherited blood disorder occurs in about 1 out of 500 African American births.

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British Airways supremo Willie Walsh picks a fight with BAE Systems ...

2014-08-02 21:49:47| Airlines - Topix.net

British Airways supremo Willie Walsh risked starting a dogfight with BAE Systems chief executive Ian King, as he criticised comments attributed to the defence boss about airline safety.

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