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W. M. Keck Foundation

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Name: W. M. Keck Foundation

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

James M. Gentile: A Private Sector Initiative to Bolster U.S. Science

President Obama, in a speech to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences just a few weeks ago, spoke about the importance and positive added value of science to the nation. He correctly noted that science is a key to U.S. economic growth. Outcomes of scientific ... [Published Huffington Post - 1 hour ago]

Entities: S Science Co Ltd, Robert Conn, Enrico Fermi, Initiative

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

NYU-Poly's Oded Nov Maps the Silicon Brain

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative announced it will fund research by a team led by Oded Nov, an assistant professor of technology management and innovation at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), into ... [Published NewsBlaze - May 10 2013]

Entities: Silicon, Initiative, Futures

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

John Bryson

Thomas completes portrait of Secretary of Commerce

Joy Thomas at the easel, completing the official portrait painting of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for the Washington D.C. Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Special to the Ledger murrayledger.com | 0 commentsKentucky artist Joy Thomas ... [Published Murray Ledger and Times - May 09 2013]

Entities: John Bryson, US Department of Commerce, Washington DC, Public Policy, Thomas H. Collins

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Stephen J. Ryan dies at 73; longtime dean of USC medical school

While USC conducted a nationwide search for a dean for its school of medicine, Dr. Stephen J. Ryan stepped in as interim dean in 1991, expecting to serve for six months. He held the job a record 13 years.During his tenure as dean, it became known as the ... [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]

Entities: Ophthalmology, Steven B. Sample, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, W. M. Keck Foundation, Keck School of Medicine of USC

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano Names 11 Strategic Ad. . .

CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano Names 11 Strategic Advisory Council MembersTargeted News ServiceBOULDER, Colo., April 18 -- The University of Colorado System's University of Colorado-Boulder issued the following news release:University of Colorado ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Strategic Advisory Group Inc, University of Colorado, W. M. Keck Foundation, Mark Sirangelo

First reported Mar 06 2013 - Updated Mar 06 2013 - 1 reports

Keck Observatory Completes $4 Million Adaptive Optics Fund

On the left is an image of the Galactic Center using the current Keck II LGS AO. On the right is a simulation of what the new system will capture. The new 20-watt, continuous wave laser will increase the coupling efficiency by more than 15 times and improve ... [Published Space Daily - Mar 06 2013]

Entities: Keck Observatory, Adaptive Optics, Laser, W. M. Keck Foundation, Bob Parsons

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 29 2012 - 1 reports

NASA

3DPrinting moondust

It’s a press release. *If you get to the Moon and test this out in real-otherworld conditions, lemme know. 11/28/2012 Contact: Amit Bandyopadhyay, professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering amitband@wsu.eduTina Hilding, communications ... [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: Computer Aided Design, NASA, Manufacturing

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...He noted that "....you should try something you don't know will work. We need someone to support the wildest and most creative ideas. We can't tell you which ones will change the world, but we know one of them will."

James M. Gentile: A Private Sector Initiative to Bolster U.S. Science [Published Huffington Post - 1 hour ago]

...Their project is titled "From Informed Human Brains to Society-Scale Silicon Brains: Uncovering the DNA of Social Knowledge." When their ambitious project is complete, for the first time in history, researchers studying on-line behavior will have the equivalent of a human-genome...

NYU-Poly's Oded Nov Maps the Silicon Brain [Published TickerTech.com - May 10 2013]

"He was humble and gracious, the kind of guy who would lend a helping hand to anyone," said Smith, who went to medical school with him. "Steve taught us all the importance of training the leaders of the next generation, and I think he would be most proud of doing that."

Stephen J. Ryan dies at 73; longtime dean of USC medical school [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]

"What are the chances that an Einstein today could get funding?" asks Conn."They don't look very good."

Coalition issues SOS! (Save Our Science Funding) [Published USA Today - May 04 2013]

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Coalition issues SOS! (Save Our Science Funding) [Published USA Today - May 04 2013]
Brown, Farley, and Seinfeld Elected to National... [Published Caltech Daily News - May 03 2013]
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Keck Observatory Completes $4 Million Adaptive ... [Published Space Daily - Mar 06 2013]
Billions and Billions of Planets [Published Space Daily - Jan 04 2013]
Editing the genome with high precision [Published MIT News feed - Jan 03 2013]
There Are At Least 100 Billion Planets in Our G... [Published SpaceRef - Jan 03 2013]
3-D Printer Used to Make Parts from Moon Rock [Published SpaceRef - Dec 09 2012]
3DPrinting moondust [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Nov 28 2012]
University of Utah Awarded Cosmic Rays Study Co... [Published Space Daily - Sep 28 2012]
The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative ... [Published Nanowires \| Nano Wires \| Nanotechnology \| Jobs ... - Apr 15 2010]

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Editing the genome with high precision [Published MIT News feed - Jan 03 2013] Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique for precisely altering the genomes of living cells by adding or deleting genes. The researchers say the technology could offer an easy-to-use, less-expensive ...
3DPrinting moondust [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Nov 28 2012] It’s a press release. *If you get to the Moon and test this out in real-otherworld conditions, lemme know. 11/28/2012 Contact: Amit Bandyopadhyay, professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering amitband@wsu.eduTina Hilding, communications ...
The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative ... [Published Nanowires \| Nano Wires \| Nanotechnology \| Jobs ... - Apr 15 2010] Product Description Last November, the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative held the Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical Systems conference at which researchers from science, engineering and medicine ...