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A Nobel calling: Predicting the science Nobel Prizes winners (USA Today)
Some of the most eminent names in science will tumble out of bed this week with news that they've been awarded a Nobel Prize, the summit of scientific prestige.
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Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy student heads to Washington for science competition (The Saginaw News)
Melanie Sochan | The Saginaw NewsBroderick Allan, a seventh-grade science and math student at Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy and son of David and Tracey Allan of Midland, will compete in a science competition beginning Oct. 18, in Washington, D.C.David...
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Center For Nanoscale Science, Penn State, Receives $13.2 Million NSF Grant For Materials Research (Medical News Today)
Penn State's Center for Nanoscale Science receives a six-year $13.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue research and educational activities in its Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
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UI physics professor presented with national science award (The Champaign News-Gazette)
Longtime University of Illinois physics Professor Charles Slichter was awarded the National Medal of Science on Monday in a White House ceremony. Slichter was honored for his work in nuclear magnetic resonance. President Bush presented Slichter and 15 others with the awards for their achievements in science, technology and innovation.
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Hospital Faces Lawsuit In 2006 Suicide (KMGH 7 Denver)
BOULDER, Colo. -- The parents of a Japanese physics phenom who killed herself at an institution near the University of Colorado two years ago are suing the health center, saying it was not watching the physicist closely enough.
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The twelve-minute hiatus of Explorer 1 (The Space Review)
The delay in receiving signals from Explorer 1, America's first satellite, as it completed its first orbit has been seized upon by at least one person as evidence of new physics. Stuart Harris looks back at the mission and discusses why that delay can be explained with conventional orbital mechanics.
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From cloudy to clear: FSU professor's new book explores the modern history of meteorology (EurekAlert!)
( Florida State University ) For much of the first half of the 20th century, meteorology was more art than science, relying heavily on an individual forecaster's lifetime of local experience. Now, a Florida State University researcher has written a book that tells the story of the field's transformation from a "guessing science" into a sophisticated scientific discipline based on physics and ...
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98 percent of Newton students pass high-stakes science test (Newton Tab)
Newton’s 10th-graders rallied for the first high-stakes standardized science test in state history, with more than 98 percent of the student body passing on their first try. Some 875 students took the physics exam last spring, knowing their graduation hinged on a passing score.
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Research on AIDS virus and cancer wins Nobel Medicine Prize (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year.
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