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Monday, December 13, 2010

“FDA to review science behind ruling on mercury in dental fillings - Los Angeles Times” plus 9 more

“FDA to review science behind ruling on mercury in dental fillings - Los Angeles Times” plus 9 more


FDA to review science behind ruling on mercury in dental fillings - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 09:38 AM PST

WASHINGTON -- Less than 18 months after concluding that mercury in dental fillings was not harmful to patients, the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the scientific basis for its decision. A panel of outside experts will meet next week to consider ...

Syracuse University gets $3.4M grant to recruit women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math - Syracuse Post-Standard

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:25 PM PST

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse University has won a $3.4 million federal grant to figure out how to attract and keep more female professors in the traditionally male-dominated fields in math and science. The grant will focus on what are called the STEM fields ...

Consolidated budget for education, science in 2011 up by BGN 133 mln: PM - Focus Infomation

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:07 AM PST

Sofia. The real property managed by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will not be nationalized, but it has to grow into high-tech centers for scientific researches, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said at a question-and-answer session in the ...

Rockwall Rep. Ralph Hall prepares to guide House science, tech panel - Dallas Morning News

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:48 AM PST

WASHINGTON – Rep. Ralph Hall has waited 30 years for this chance. The Rockwall Republican, the longest-serving Texan in Congress, will finally ascend next year to the plum position that most lawmakers never get to enjoy: committee chairman. The oldest ...

Warnex Receives ASCLD/LAB-International Accreditation for Forensic Science Testing - Earthtimes

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:26 AM PST

LAVAL, QUEBEC -- 12/13/10 -- Warnex Inc. (TSX: WNX) announced today that its Warnex PRO-DNA Services division, located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, has received accreditation from the American Society of Crime Lab Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board ...

Students take part in science symposium week - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:06 PM PST

Northwest High School students in Richard Willis' class spent four weeks researching, planning and executing experiments with plants, and they presented their findings to their classmates following the recent Symposium Week. All of the experiments were ...

Beyond Rocket Science, a Space M.B.A. - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:16 PM PST

The classrooms are filled with physicists and engineers, lectures come from former astronauts and field trips include a visit to NASA headquarters in Washington. The International Space University's new executive M.B.A. is unusual in the world of business ...

Fairchild wants to lure kids into science - Miami Herald

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

Bruce Greer, the president of the board of trustees of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, has a favorite story he likes to share. It's about Carl E. Lewis, the garden's director. When Carl was 13, his mother gave him a copy of "The World is My Garden ...

Does Science Need More Republicans? - New York Times Blogs

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:19 PM PST

In a recent piece for Slate, Daniel Sarewitz of Arizona State University described an urgent need for more Republicans to become scientists . That's all good and well, considering the disturbing statistics he cites – including a Pew finding that only 6 ...

Scituate science scores are improving - Abington Mariner

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:31 AM PST

Two years ago, the Scituate Public Schools' science department began using inquiry-based learning, in which student discovery and hands-on learning were the main components. According to Scituate High School Principal Donna Nuzzo-Mueller, the intent of ...

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