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National Academy of Sciences' Class of 1996 Sets New Record
Thomas Durso | May 26, 1996 | 10+ min read
Sets New Record A record-breaking number of women highlights this year's group of 60 scientists and engineers selected for membership in the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The new members, elected during NAS's 133rd annual meeting in Washington, D.C., late last month, include 11 women. In addition, 15 foreign associates from eight countries were named (see accompanying story). All 75 will receive one of science's most prestigious honors when they are inducted into the academy at next ye
Image of someone scratching their skin.
A Chronic Itch: Burrowing Beneath the Skin
Brian S. Kim, MD | Sep 8, 2023 | 9 min read
We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.
National Academy Bestows Honors On 18 Accomplished Researchers
Edward Silverman | Apr 27, 1997 | 8 min read
Eighteen accomplished researchers, including a 91-year-old endocrinologist who's known affectionately as "the George Burns of science," are being honored for their achievements at the 134th annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), scheduled for April 28 in Washington, D.C. They will be feted during an event that will include the election of new academy members and the induction of members elected last year (T.W. Durso, The Scientist, May 27, 1996, page 3). The academy's highes
National Academies Recommend Field Trials for Gene Drives
Catherine Offord | Jun 8, 2016 | 2 min read
A report advises that, although gene-drive modified organisms are not ready to be released, carefully controlled field trials could go ahead.
a black wolf and a gray wolf follow a third gray wolf, whose head is tilted back to watch, as they trot through a snowy background, with light colored, barren trees in the background.
Black and Gray Wolf Pairings Stem Disease, Stabilize Population: Study
Katherine Irving | Oct 20, 2022 | 4 min read
The black fur allele has fitness costs but also confers higher immunity against canine distemper virus, making mix-and-match mating key to population survival.
Supporters Of National Environment Institute Say Proposed Agency Could Become Reality Within Year
Karen Kreeger | May 15, 1994 | 8 min read
Proponents believe that legislation establishing new science funding unit may be introduced in the U.S. Senate this summer Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) Air and Waste Management Association American Academy of Veterinary and Comparative Toxicology American Agricultural Economics Association American Anthropological Association American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biological Science Section) Amer
Supporters Of National Environment Institute Say Proposed Agency Could Become Reality Within Year
Karen Kreeger | May 15, 1994 | 8 min read
Proponents believe that legislation establishing new science funding unit may be introduced in the U.S. Senate this summer Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) Air and Waste Management Association American Academy of Veterinary and Comparative Toxicology American Agricultural Economics Association American Anthropological Association American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biological Science Section) Amer
Variety, the spice of immunology
Vanessa Schipani | Jan 12, 2011 | 3 min read
Can ecologists help immunologists understand how immune responses vary in the wild?
Citation Records Indicate Leaders In Ecology Research
The Scientist Staff | Feb 6, 1994 | 6 min read
Editor's Note: The newsletter Science Watch, published by the Philadelphia-based Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), last year decided to devote more attention to a research arena that, clearly, was attracting more attention among scientists worldwide: ecology and environmental science. After analyzing ISI's Science Indicators Database, the newsletter published last November (Science Watch, 4[9]:7-8, 1993) its first-ever l
The War Rages On
Jerry A. Coyne | Jul 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Conflict between science and religion continues, with effects on health, politics, and the environment.

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