This forum will bring together various partners of UNESCO, as the International Council for Science (ICSU), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations, the International Council of Social Sciences (ICSS), the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
The Forum is organised by ICSU, in partnership with UNESCO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
The Youth Delegates will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Young Professionals of the UNESCO Science Sector specializing in the fields of water, biodiversity, ecology, earth sciences, science education, disaster risk reduction, and science policy.
Pyle, head of Arctic Sciences in the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs.
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The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development is organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in partnership with UNESCO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the International Council of Social Sciences, the Brazilian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Academy Brazilian Science.
Highlighting the need to sustain hope amongst Arab young men and women following the Arab Spring, Princess Sumaya highlighted her personal commitment as President of the Royal Scientific Society to sustain talented youth and entrepreneurship in the areas of science, underscoring the importance of stimulating innovation through basic sciences.
The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
In addition to the bike paths and sandy beaches, the Cape Cod village offers a host of internationally acclaimed facilities, among them the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Woods Hole Science Aquarium, the National Academy of Sciences conference center and the Marine Biological Lab.
Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome for the sections Open Forum (any topic within the domain of the journal), Continuing Debate (following earlier thematic discussions), or The Social Science Sphere (professional questions of the social sciences).
Combining IBM Research's expertise in the areas of mathematical sciences, computer science and high-performance computing with the deep-power engineering and operational know-how of the participating members, the Institute will focus on five core innovation tracks to pursue joint research and where shared investments, knowledge and capabilities will benefit every member.
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These projects focused on capacity building in selected key areas of the physical and biological sciences and on promoting experimentation in science education by using Microscience kits for teaching of different basic science disciplines in schools and higher education institutions.
Mr Watanabe arrived at the University of Glasgow in 1885 to study Engineering Sciences and graduated with a Civil Engineering and Bachelor of Science degree.
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New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that sexism in science is alive and well.
If there aren't any organics, that may suggest there's something on the planet destroying these molecules, says James Wray, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology and collaborator on the Curiosity science team.
The meeting will open with welcome addresses by Vassya Bankova, chair of RSC, Mario Scalet, Head of Science unit - UNESCO Venice Office, and Berhanu Abegaz, Executive Director - African Academy of Sciences and vice chair of the Consultative Board - International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP).
Jay Labov of the National Academy of Sciences says his group is unhappy that the Kansas standards redefine the nature of science, allowing teachers and students to consider supernatural explanations of the universe.
In the fledgling capital, Canberra, he founded the Research School of Physical Sciences at the new Australian National University and helped to establish the Australian Academy of Science.
Promoting North-South and South-South cooperation is at the root of the strategy of the Programme that is being carried in partnership with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), scientific unions of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and other science centres, IGOs and NGOs.
Several Tennessee-based members of the National Academy of Sciences worry that the bill would weaken science education in the state.
"The goal for treatment and the choice of individual drug must be personalized depending on the patient, " says Vivian Fonseca, the ADA's president for science and medicine and chief of endocrinology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center, in New Orleans.
Dr. Bloom is the director of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences at the American Council on Science and Health, a health-care education and advocacy group based in New York.
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Dr Victoria Coker will use her For Women In Science Fellowship to support her research at the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.
Dr Victoria Coker Dr Victoria Coker will use her For Women In Science Fellowship to support her research at the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.
But rather than trawl through the social sciences side of this debate, why not look at the hard science side?
Using Topsy as the harvesting tool, TweetLevel applies a considerable amount of research from the work at the Web Science team at the University of Southampton led by Professor Dame Wendy Hall of the Web Sciences Institute.
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She is a recipient of numerous awards, including the AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Scholar Award, the AERA Division C Sylvia Scribner Award, a Bernard Osher Fellowship with the Exploratorium Museum of Science, and a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.
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Without question, the documentation, protection and presentation of heritage sites requires the support of science and technology, said Ms Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, with a staff of 54, 600 academics, is the biggest science and technology research organization in the world.
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The NIH and National Science Foundation have recently released a joint solicitation encouraging proposals at the intersection of biology and the physical sciences and engineering, in areas such as biological computing and biologically-inspired materials.
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