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Measuring Up: New NIST Director, Plus Big Budget Put Measurement Science in Public Eye
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce confirmed Patrick Gallagher as the 14th director of its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) . Although the title may be new to Gallagher, NIST's mission of developing measurement science, standards and technology isn't.
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Women should undergo fewer Pap tests for cervical cancer, medical group says
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Homes That Use Thermal Inertia to Maintain Comfortable Temperatures
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War Is Peace: Can Science Fight Media Disinformation?
In the 24/7 Internet world, people make lots of claims. Science provides a guide for testing them
Cracked Corn: Scientists Solve Maize's Genetic Maze
Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests
Foreign Afflictions: Mental Disorders across Country Borders
Illuminating the Lilliputian: 10 Bioscapes Photo Contest Winners Revealed
Getting Those Varmints to Vamoose without Lethal Measures
Ability to Guess Others' Thoughts Tied to Language Proficiency
More important than Copenhagen? U.S.-China deal on energy and climate
Bumping Off Bedbugs without Poison
E-Transportation Jump-Start: Coalition Seeks to Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles
Ask the Brains: Are our Brains Constantly Making Subconscious Calculations?
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn
Growing Skyscrapers: The Rise of Vertical Farms
More important than Copenhagen? U.S.-China deal on energy and climate
In 2012 neutrinos melt Earth's core, and other disasters
Ability to Guess Others' Thoughts Tied to Language Proficiency
The Will to Power--Is "Free Will" All in Your Head?
Illuminating the Lilliputian: 10 Bioscapes Photo Contest Winners Revealed
Foreign Afflictions: Mental Disorders across Country Borders
Zombie Creatures: What Happens When Animals Are Possessed by a Parasitic Puppet Master? [Slide Show]
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Does Inflammation Trigger Insulin Resistance and Diabetes?
Conditional Consciousness: Predicting Recovery from the Vegetative State
Crack Research: Good news about knuckle cracking.
The Double Life of ATP in Humans
Piercing the Plasma: Ideas to Beat the Communications Blackout of Reentry
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