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- UCLA will transform dead Westside mall into major science innovation center https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-04/old-westside-pavilion-transform-ucla-biomedical-quantum-science-center 18 comments
- The Transformations of Science https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/10/10/the-transformations-of-science/ 2 comments
- No PhDs needed: how citizen science is transforming research https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07106-5 8 comments
- MIT-related work that has transformed computer science https://www.csail.mit.edu/node/2223 52 comments
- Prophecy Sciences (YC W13) Wants To Transform Recruiting http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/prophecy-sciences-wants-to-transform-recruiting-with-a-blend-of-neuroscience-games-biometrics-and-machine-learning/ 2 comments
- Mirror-Image Cells Could Transform Science — or Kill Us All http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_mirrorlife/all/1 14 comments
- Researchers have transformed amino acids and peptides — the building blocks of proteins — into glass, according to a study published in Science Advances. Not only is the biomolecular glass transparent, but it can be 3D printed and cast in moulds. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add8105 9 comments science
- Researcher transforming our knowledge of dementia wins $1 million science prize https://www.dw.com/en/researcher-transforming-our-knowledge-of-dementia-wins-1-million-science-prize/a-62981083 3 comments upliftingnews
- A Failure to Disseminate Transformative Science — HIV Treatment as Prevention, 10 Years On https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2113118 2 comments science
- Ten computer codes that transformed science https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00075-2 3 comments fortran
- Pfizer and Moderna use mRNA in their COVID-19 vaccines. This never-before-used technology could transform how science fights diseases. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/23/success-pfizer-moderna-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-ushers-new-era/6311228002/ 8 comments technology
- How Unpaywall is transforming open science https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05968-3 3 comments opensource
- Governments have to invest in the fourth industrial revolution - "artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, materials science, 3D printing and quantum computing to transform the global economy." https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/16/governments-have-to-invest-in-the-fourth-industrial-revolution 4 comments technology
- #TrendingScience: Transforming Citizens into Scientists. "We have only begun to experience the impact that citizen science has on reshaping and improving this world, and eventually others." http://pressurenet.io/blog/trendingscience-transforming-citizens-scientists/?rtech 4 comments technology
- How Harvey Mudd Transformed Its Computer Science Program — And Nearly Closed Its Gender Gap (40% Women) http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/10/how-harvey-mudd-transformed-its-computer-science-program-and-nearly-closed-its-gender-gap/ 9 comments technology
- Uno: The Coolest Transforming Motorcycle Ever Invented as a High School Science Project http://www.techi.com/2011/05/your-personal-uno-transformer-can-now-be-pre-ordered/ 15 comments technology
- Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/supercomputers.html 3 comments science
- Role Of Science and Technology in Building a Sustainable Future - Latest Digital Transformation Trends | Cloud News | Wire19 https://wire19.com/role-of-science-and-technology-in-building-a-sustainable-future/ 3 comments futurology
- Politics will be poorer without Angela Merkel’s scientific approach: The departing German chancellor’s support for science and rigour in policymaking has proved transformative — except on climate change. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02479-6 5 comments worldnews
- Making Mysticism viable for us moderns. Marshaling the latest findings in Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology in support Higher States of Consciousness and Transformative Mystical Experiences. https://youtu.be/kx63NiNsB_0 3 comments cogsci
- 'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Global Climate Disaster https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/26/science-screaming-un-report-warns-only-rapid-and-transformational-action-can-stave 38 comments politics
- Germany announces new global arms control project: Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has announced a German-led initiative on global disarmament. He warned that technologically advanced weaponry will soon transform from science fiction into "deadly reality." https://www.dw.com/en/germany-announces-new-global-arms-control-project/a-46533071 10 comments worldnews
- Germany announces new global arms control project - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has announced a German-led initiative on global disarmament. He warned that technologically advanced weaponry will soon transform from science fiction into "deadly reality." https://www.dw.com/en/germany-announces-new-global-arms-control-project/a-46533071 10 comments worldnews
- 250 year anniversary of the birth of Joseph Fourier, whose work is still transforming science today https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/joseph-fourier-is-still-transforming-science 65 comments math
- Science AMA Series: I'm Katie Ryan, graduate student from Vanderbilt University. I recently published a paper describing the bases for gender differences in visual recognition using Transformers and Barbies. AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/5hwfhx/science_ama_series_im_katie_ryan_graduate_student/ 287 comments science
- Science AMA Series: We are Jack Ingraham, Jevon Truesdale, and Richard Matt of Qico and we are looking to transform cremation technology from Fire to Water. AUA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4yidqz/science_ama_series_we_are_jack_ingraham_jevon/ 111 comments science
- Science AMA Series: I'm Kartik Chandran and I’m working to transform wastewater into a valuable resource. My approaches involve treating waste with the goal of producing useful resources such as fertilizers, chemicals, energy sources, and clean water. AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4w4e4s/science_ama_series_im_kartik_chandran_and_im/ 75 comments science
- Elevating Fringe Theories, Ron Johnson Questions Virus Science - The Wisconsin Republican has transformed his Senate panel into a forum for amplifying dubious theories and questionable treatments pushed by President Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/politics/ron-johnson-coronavirus.html 8 comments politics
- The science behind Transformers' shape-changing robots https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/transformers-shape-changing-robots-science 10 comments futurology
- In science we trust - A technocratic proposal from 1930s to transform North America based around engineering principles still holds lessons for us today https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/technocracy-incorporated-elon-musk 133 comments truereddit
- Polar bears could become extinct faster than was feared, because of an increasing struggle to find enough food to survive as climate change transforms their environment. They have far higher metabolisms than previously thought, so they need more prey to meet energy demands, as reported in Science. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/polar-bears-climate-change 49 comments science
- 'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Global Climate Disaster | "Failure to heed these warnings and take drastic action to reverse emissions means we will continue to witness deadly and catastrophic heatwaves, storms, and pollution." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/26/science-screaming-un-report-warns-only-rapid-and-transformational-action-can-stave 121 comments worldnews
- Even learning to read in your thirties profoundly transforms brain networks and reconfigures brain areas assigned to different skills. This was observed in illiterate Indian women who learned how to read and write for six months in a study published in Science Advances. http://www.mpi.nl/news/even-learning-to-read-in-your-thirties-profoundly-transforms-brain-networks 26 comments science
- How Unpaywall is transforming open science - Unpaywall has become indispensable to many academics, and tie-ins with established scientific search engines could broaden its reach. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05968-3 4 comments technology
- Science AMA Series: I'm Emily Nagoski, I study human sexuality, and recently wrote a book entitled "COME AS YOU ARE: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life", AMA! http://goodinbed.com/ 93 comments science
- ANI on Twitter: "We have inherited rich tradition of science & technology from ancient times, I seek your (scientists) help in transforming India: PM Modi" https://twitter.com/ani_news/status/551248280437280768 12 comments india
- "At a stroke, [Raphael Bousso] has transformed the multiverse from a theory so problematical that it threatens to subvert science, into one that promises predictions we can test." http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527501.100-a-measure-for-the-multiverse.html?full=true 19 comments science
- Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage: Swedish researchers invent a closed-loop solar system capable of storing solar energy via an isomeric chemical transformation for up to 18 years; energy can be released anytime as heat (during winter, etc.); four (4) science research papers are linked https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/chem/news/pages/emissions-free-energy-system-saves-heat-from-the-summer-sun-for-winter-.aspx 10 comments science
- A team of Japanese scientists turned human blood cells into stem cells, which they then transformed for the first time into very immature human eggs, as reported in the journal Science. The technique might someday help millions of people suffering from infertility. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/20/649552734/scientists-create-immature-human-eggs-from-stem-cells 227 comments science
- Science AMA Series: I’m Samuel Myers, senior research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I study how our global transformation of Earth’s natural systems impacts human health and nutrition. AMA! http://environment.harvard.edu/about/faculty/samuel-myers 48 comments science