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Mathematician John Swallow, British Oceanographer Nets Woods Hole's Stommel Medal Paul R. Feyerabend -- Obituary AUTHOR: CRAIG MONTESANO, pp. 23 DATE: May 16, 1994 Mathematician Gang Tian, a professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University (NYU), is the recipient of the 1994 Alan T. Waterman Award, presented by the National Science Foundation and the National Science Board (NSB) to

Some observers laud body's work to date; others await evidence of true progress Despite President Bill Clinton's headline-grabbing political hassles and the furor surrounding the White House's campaign to enact health-care reform, his comparatively low-profile National Science and Technology Council -- a Cabinet-level policy body he formed late last year -- is functioning undaunted. So far this year, the 16-member panel, composed

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

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Some observers laud body's work to date; others await evidence of true progress Despite President Bill Clinton's headline-grabbing political hassles and the furor surrounding the White House's campaign to enact health-care reform, his comparatively low-profile National Science and Technology Council -- a Cabinet-level policy body he formed late last year -- is functioning undaunted. So far this year, the 16-member panel, composed

Mathematician John Swallow, British Oceanographer Nets Woods Hole's Stommel Medal Paul R. Feyerabend -- Obituary AUTHOR: CRAIG MONTESANO, pp. 23 DATE: May 16, 1994 Mathematician Gang Tian, a professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University (NYU), is the recipient of the 1994 Alan T. Waterman Award, presented by the National Science Foundation and the National Science Board (NSB) to

Editor's Note: This second part of a two-part series looks at the Internet's growing capabilities for scientists. For more and more researchers, the network is making crucial information resources available online. In addition, several ongoing demonstration projects in remote instrument control and in networked laboratories suggest a much-changed future for science as a result of the Internet. The first part of this series, which ex

Author: FRANKLIN HOKE, pp.3 Date: May 16,1994 Denial of mentoring in a research setting can constitute a form of sex discrimination, according to a recent jury verdict in federal court. But as a result of a subsequent Supreme Court ruling, the case will go back to the presiding judge for determination. If the judge agrees with the jury, the case could set an important legal precedent, according to the female researcher who brought

(The Scientist, Vol:8, #10, May 16, 1994) Renamed Project Phoenix, for the mythical creature that rises anew from its own ashes, the world's largest, most comprehensive atempt to search for signs of intelligent life forms in other parts of the universe continues to function, despite being cut out of the federal budget last year. The effort--formerly under the aegis of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and call

Adam and Eve Online Wanted: Words Buoying Water Research Chemistry on Camera Bargains In Bone Prized Dermatology Natural Education Damage Control pp. 4 After 2 1/2 years of looking, the Visible Human Project at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in Bethesda, Md., settled recently on the cadavers of a 38-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman to represent the online human body. Using digitized photography, computerized to

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

AWIS Chooses Wisconsin Botany Professor As President- Elect Stanford's Bradford Parkinson Named New Head Of NASA Advisory Council JAN HOLMGREN awarded the Louis Jeantet Prix de Medecine JAMES WOMACK received the 1993/94 Ciba Prize For Research In Animal Health BRUCE R. VOELLER -- Obituary Author: CRAIG MONTESANO Jaleh Daie, a professor of botany at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has been voted president-elect of the Ass