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Newly Re-Launched, the Eastman Innovation Lab Connects Designers with the Latest in Material Science
2015-10-25 01:37:20| Chemicals - Topix.net
With designers considering the entire life cycle of new products and the boundaries between form and function blurring, our approach to materials carries more weight than ever before. But so far there hasn't been an easy way to learn about materials or stay current with the latest innovations taking shape.
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Exxon sowed doubt about climate science for decades by stressing uncertainty
2015-10-23 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideCllimate: As he wrapped up nine years as the federal government's chief scientist for global warming research, Michael MacCracken lashed out at ExxonMobil for opposing the advance of climate science. His own great-grandfather, he told the Exxon board, had been John D. Rockefeller's legal counsel a century earlier. "What I rather imagine he would say is that you are on the wrong side of history, and you need to find a way to change your position," he wrote. Addressed to chairman Lee Raymond on the letterhead...
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UMass Dartmouth to break ground on a new home for Marine Science school
2015-10-22 21:31:00| American School & University
$55 million facility in New Bedford, Mass., will create a comprehensive marine science campus read more
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How science helped to swing the Canadian election
2015-10-21 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There was a palpable outpouring of relief from Canadian scientists as the Liberal Party won a majority on Monday night, bringing to an end nine years of escalating hostility by the Harper government towards its own research base. Drastic cuts to funding and constraints on scientific freedom have significantly damaged Canadian research and its capacity to develop science-based public health and environmental policies. Harpers assault on science was extensive: with government scientists censored,...
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Tiny genetically modified 'micropigs' from China could be boon for science and pet sellers
2015-10-19 06:32:36| Biotech - Topix.net
Have you been pining for a "teacup" pig but worried that the supposedly petite porcine pet might grow as big as your bathtub? A Chinese biotech firm says it now has the answer: a genetically modified swine that tops out around 15 kilograms. BGI, a company based in the southern city of Shenzhen that is known for its work sequencing human, plant and animal DNA, recently announced that it intends to start selling $US1600 miniature pigs that it initially created as laboratory models for studying human ailments.
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