From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Feb 20 2004 - 07:21:03 PST
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>Subject: What's New @ national-academies.org
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:45:08 -0500 (EST)
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>WHAT'S NEW at National-Academies.org -- your weekly guide to what's new on
>the Web from the National Academies.
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>Feb. 20, 2004
>TABLE OF CONTENTS
>
>TOP NEWS
>-- Report Examines Federal Climate Change Research Plan
>-- EPA Should Impose Stringent Standards on Human Toxicity Research
>-- Feb. 23: African-American History Month Celebration (WEBCAST)
>
>SCIENCE IN THE HEADLINES
>-- South Korean Scientists Clone Human Embryos
>
>NEW ONLINE CONTENT & UPCOMING EVENTS
>-- Feb. 27: Seminar on "Video Game Violence: From Screen to Schoolyard?"
>-- March 2: "Reducing Future Flood Losses: The Role of Human Actions"
>Workshop
>-- April 15: Second Convocation on Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience
>
>SITE HIGHLIGHTS
>-- New Fellowships Web Page Available
>-- Keck Futures Initiative Conference Audio Files Now Online
>-- Science Museum Will Open in April
>
>THIS WEEK IN PNAS
>-- Something Fishy in Genetically-Modified Medaka
>-- New Form of Mad Cow Prion Discovered
>-- Growing Up Ghrelin Cells
>-- Eliminating Hidden HIV-Infected Cells
>-- Racking up Calcium
>
>AT THE ACADEMIES
>-- Feb. 22: Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama Performs in NAS Auditorium
>
>NEW ONLINE BOOKS
>-- Titles from the National Academies Press Catalog and Backlist
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>TOP NEWS
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>The federal government should implement its revised strategic plan for
>climate change research as soon as possible, says a new report from the
>National Academies' Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. The
>committee that wrote the report said the plan is "much improved," broader
>in scope and more ambitious than a previously reviewed draft, but
>commitments to fund many of the newly proposed activities are lacking.
>http://www.national-academies.org/morenews#tn0218
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>When regulating chemicals to protect public health, the U.S. Environmental
>Protection Agency should consider information from studies that involve
>intentionally dosing humans with toxic chemicals only if such experiments
>meet stringent scientific and ethical standards, says a new report from the
>National Academies' Science, Technology and Law Program. EPA should
>establish a Human Studies Review Board to evaluate all human dosing studies
>-- both at the beginning and end of the experiments -- if they are carried
>out with the intent of affecting the agency's policies (audio available,
>requires free RealPlayer).
>http://www.national-academies.org/morenews#tn0219
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>**Live Webcast**
>Celebrating diversity in science, engineering and medicine is the theme of
>the National Academies' 2004 African-American History Month program, which
>begins at 10:30 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 23 in the National Academy of
>Sciences Building auditorium, 2100 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C. For those
>unable to attend, join the 90-minute event by listening to a live audio
>webcast (requires free RealPlayer) accessible on the National-Academies.org
>home page. Additional meeting information is available at
><http://www.nationalacademies.org/aahm>.
>http://www.national-academies.org
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>SCIENCE IN THE HEADLINES
>
>Two South Korean researchers have reported successfully creating the first
>stem cells from cloned human embryos. By accomplishing this, the
>scientists have advanced the process of "therapeutic cloning" -- the use of
>egg cells and genetic material from a donor to produce stem cells for
>medical research and clinical applications -- a technique that holds
>promise for treating spinal cord injuries or diseases such as diabetes and
>Parkinson's.
>http://www.national-academies.org/headlines#sh0213
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>UPCOMING EVENTS
>
>The controversy surrounding violence in video games and aggression in
>children is the topic of a seminar sponsored by the National Academies'
>Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program. The
>90-minute event begins at 12:30 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 27 in Room 100 of the
>National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. The
>seminar is free and open to the public, but advance registration is
>required.
>http://www7.national-academies.org/internship/Events.html
>
>"Reducing Future Flood Losses" is the topic of an upcoming workshop being
>held by the National Academies' Disaster Roundtable. The daylong event
>begins at 8:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, March 2 in Room 100 of the National
>Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. The workshop
>is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.
>http://dels.nas.edu/dr/f10.html
>
>Enhancing the postdoctoral experience for scientists and engineers is the
>topic of the second convocation being held by the National Academies'
>Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy. The daylong event,
>which begins at 9 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 15 in the National Academy of
>Sciences Building, 2100 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C., will aim to assess
>progress on the recommendations set out in its September 2000 report. The
>workshop is free and open to the public, but advance registration is
>required.
>http://www7.national-academies.org/postdoc
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>A complete list of events can be found in our public meetings database at:
>http://www.national-academies.org/events
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>SITE HIGHLIGHTS
>
>Explore our new Fellowships and Postdoctoral Opportunities Web page, which
>provides descriptions and links to fellowships in science, engineering and
>medicine.
>http://www.national-academies.org/grantprograms.html
>
>"Signals, Decisions and Meaning, in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and
>Engineering" was the topic of the first Keck Futures Initiative conference,
>held Nov. 14-16, 2003. Audio and slide presentations from the event are
>now available online. Sound files require free RealPlayer.
>http://www7.nationalacademies.org/keck/Keck_Futures_Initiative_Signaling_Conference_Presentations.html
>
>Take a look inside the new National Academy of Sciences' Marian Koshland
>Science Museum months before it opens to the public in Washington, D.C.
>this April. The museum's Web site offers a sneak peak at the inaugural
>exhibits on global warming, DNA sequencing and the nature of scientific
>discovery.
>http://www.koshland-science-museum.org
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>THIS WEEK IN PNAS
>
>The following articles are featured in the current print or online editions
>of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
>
>-- Something Fishy in Genetically-Modified Medaka
>-- New Form of Mad Cow Prion Discovered
>-- Growing Up Ghrelin Cells
>-- Eliminating Hidden HIV-Infected Cells
>-- Racking up Calcium
>
>http://www.pnas.org/misc/highlights.shtml
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>AT THE ACADEMIES
>
>Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, accompanied by Melvin Chen on piano and
>violin, performs at 4 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 22 in the National Academy of
>Sciences Building auditorium, 2100 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C. The
>concert, featuring works by Bach, Mozart, Rubinstein, Coleridge-Taylor and
>Tartini, is sponsored by the National Academies' Office of Exhibitions and
>Cultural Programs and the African-American History Program Committee. The
>program is free and open to the public.
>http://www7.nationalacademies.org/arts/Nokuthula_Ngwenyama.html
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>NEW ONLINE BOOKS
>The following titles from the National Academies Press catalog and backlist
>are now available online.
>
>Health and Medicine: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st
>Century
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10889.html
>
>Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10736.html
>
>Issues and Opportunities Regarding the U.S. Space Program: A Summary Report
>of a Workshop on National Space Policy
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10852.html
>
>Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S.
>Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10635.html
>
>Intentional Human Dosing Studies for EPA Regulatory Purposes: Scientific
>and Ethical Issues
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10927.html
>
>Overcoming Impediments to U.S-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear
>Non-Proliferation: Report of a Joint Workshop
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10928.html
>
>Monitoring International Labor Standards: International Perspectives --
>Summary of Regional Forums
>http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10921.html
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