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Science and Technology Funding Opportunity: Pre-Proposals Due Aug. 17
The Planetary Society invites proposals to its grants program: Science and Technology Empowered by the Public (STEP) Grants. These are planetary science and/or technology grants chosen from an open, international, competed proposal process. Proposals must fit within one or more of The Planetary Society’s core enterprises (Explore Worlds, Find Life, Defend Earth). All funding will …
Rabid fox bit 3rd Carroll County resident in 2 months, health officials say
CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. – Health officials are treating a third person that has been bitten by a rabid fox in Carroll County in the last six week. The bite took place last Thursday near Lepard and Glenloch roads in Roopville, according to the health officials. The fox was captured and tested by state health officials. …
Olufemi Erinoso | School of Community Health Science
Summary Research Interests I conduct quantitative and qualitative research with a focus on tobacco control; public health policy; and orofacial science. My current research focuses on exploring smoking cessation measures specifically for people with substance use problems. Faculty Mentor Dr. Jennifer Pearson, PhD. Awards Recipient, University of Nevada, Reno, Ozmen Institute for Global Studies …
Crew Returns to Space Science Day after Starliner Lands – Space Station
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft descends to Earth underneath parachutes for a landing in New Mexico completing the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The seven Expedition 67 crew members are resuming their normal schedule of science and maintenance activities following Wednesday’s departure of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The orbital residents focused on vein scans, robotics, and …
World Health Assembly Strategic Roundtable on Behavioural Science for Better Health
WHO and Member States cannot achieve the ambitious goal of transforming global health and the health of more than 7 billion people without a clear understanding of people’s health-related behaviours. Behavioural sciences focus on understanding why specific behaviours and decision-making processes occur by investigating the drivers of and barriers that operate in a given context …
US Army terminates Strategic Long-Range Cannon science and technology effort
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has decided to cancel the science and technology research effort for a potential program to develop a strategic long-range cannon, the service confirmed. Long-Range Precision Fires is a top priority for the Army when it comes to developing a modernized force capable of facing off against near-peer adversaries like China. …
SIDS study shows the risks of science hype
Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, is a devastating condition that’s still very poorly understood, so when new research comes out, it can feel like a very big deal — especially if that research seems to offer a way to save children’s lives. Posts on social media cheered one such new study this week, heralding …