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The varied careers of Kenneth L. Bowles [Retrospectives] (2018)

M. Granger Morgan, Mark Overgaard, Ann E. Bowles

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-12-05

Description: It is not unusual for the careers of scientists and engineers to span a range of topics, driven by their insatiable curiosity about how things work, the fun they derive from problem solving, an aesthetic sense for “sweet solutions,” and a joy in sharing their knowledge with others. Few careers...

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Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490

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QnAs with Steven A. Kliewer [QnAs] (2018)

Sandeep Ravindran

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-11-28

Description: Steven A. Kliewer has spent his career studying the workings of regulatory proteins called nuclear hormone receptors, and their effects on metabolism. Kliewer’s clinically relevant discoveries include the mechanism of action of thiazolidinedione diabetes drugs. A professor of molecular biology and pharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center...

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QnAs with Emilio F. Moran [QnAs] (2018)

Tinsley H. Davis

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-11-21

Description: Globally, hydropower provided 71% of renewable energy in 2016 (1). In the United States, however, large hydropower dams fell out of favor in the 1970s (2). Emilio F. Moran, an environmental social scientist at Michigan State University, has explored the reasons for this shift and future outlook for hydropower. Elected...

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QnAs with Helmut Schwarz [QnAs] (2018)

Farooq Ahmed

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-11-14

Description: In the early 1900s, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a way to synthesize ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen and methane-derived hydrogen. The method became a vital step in manufacturing not only fertilizers but also explosives. Haber likened the process to making “bread from air” (Haber and Bosch are...

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Opinion: Advocating for science progress as a human right [Political Sciences] (2018)

S. Porsdam Mann, Y. Donders, C. Mitchell, V. J. Bradley, M. F. Chou, M. Mann, G. Church, H. Porsdam

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-10-24

Description: “[Everyone has] the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications.” Article 15(1)(b), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1) We all have a human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress (the Right to Science [RtS]).* The right has its origins in Article...

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QnAs with Sang Yup Lee [QnAs] (2018)

Beth Azar

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-10-04

Description: Sang Yup Lee tries to solve worldwide problems with some of Earth’s tiniest inhabitants: microorganisms. Lee, a systems metabolic engineer and dean and distinguished professor in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, harnesses biotechnology to create microorganisms that perform desired...

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Opinion: Expansion fever and soft money plague the biomedical research enterprise [Economic Sciences] (2018)

Henry R. Bourne

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-08-29

Description: Academic biomedical science has had both a long boom in its funding and a subsequent scary bust. From 1970 to 1999, NIH budgets increased 9% per year (1); from 2000 to 2004, they doubled (2, 3). In 2005 came the unmistakable bust: flat-lined NIH budgets converted the doubling into a...

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Opinion: Risk to study nonparticipants: A procedural approach [Medical Sciences] (2018)

Nir Eyal, Marc Lipsitch, Till Barnighausen, Dan Wikler

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-08-08

Description: Current ethical guidance for research on human subjects is primarily concerned with protecting study participants.* They are, after all, the “human subjects” whose interests are the focus of oversight. But research—whether on human subjects or not—may also strongly affect individuals who are not study participants. US law defines study participants...

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Robert W. Kates (1929-2018): Grappled with problems of the human environment [Retrospectives] (2018)

William Riebsame Travis

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-08-01

Description: Robert W. Kates died April 21, 2018, at age 89, a geographer who studied the relationship between society and environment and whose commitment to collaborative science kept his colleagues busy with big questions, big projects, and the challenge of fixing problems imbricated in the human use and transformation of the...

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QnAs with Lia Addadi [QnAs] (2018)

Sandeep Ravindran

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2018-07-25

Description: Lia Addadi has spent her career studying biomineralization: the formation of crystals in organisms. She has explored a wide variety of questions about the formation and structure of crystals in organisms in both physiological and pathological contexts. Her research on crystal formation in gout, atherosclerosis, and osteoporosis could lead to...

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