Science, technology and innovation to March 2012. HINDAWI 26/04/12 Human biomonitoring of engineered nanoparticles: an appraisal of critical issues and potential biomarkers. JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE & NANOTECHNOLOGY 06/02/13 Environmental Toxicity Monitoring of Nanomaterials using Vicia Faba GENE-TOX A. INTERNANO - 2010 - Why a Prevention-Based Approach to Managing the Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials Makes Sense and How To Get. Godwin, Hilary. (2010) Why a Prevention-Based Approach to Managing the Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials Makes Sense and How To Get There. In: New England Nanomanufacturing Summit 2010, June 22 - 24, 2010, Lowell, MA. (Unpublished) The existing toxicology literature on ultrafine particles and engineered nanomaterials suggest that nanomaterials may pose a threat to human health and the environment.
A major challenge for the companies that produce and use these materials and for regulatory agencies is the issue of how to manage the risks of these materials while simultaneously leveraging the technological advantages that they offer over conventional materials. A major source of uncertainty in this field is created by the substantial gaps in our understanding about how the chemical, physical, and materials properties of nanomaterials correlate with their fate and transport in the environment and their biological activity.
IATP - MARS 2013 - Nanomaterials In Soil Our Future Food Chain? INDUSTOX - MAI 2011 - GUIDANCE WORKING SAFELY WITH NANOMATERIALS AND NANOPRODUCTS - THE GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES. Nanomedicine (2010) 5(6), 949–950 Introduction to the special focus issue: environmental toxicity of nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoparticle Research - 2011 - Regulatory uncertainty and the associated business risk for emerging technologies. An oversight system specifically concerned with nanomaterials should be flexible enough to take into account the unique aspects of individual novel materials and the settings in which they might be used, while recognizing that heretofore unrecognized safety issues may require future modifications.
This article considers a question not explicitly considered by the project team: what is the risk that uncertainty over how regulatory oversight will be applied to nanomaterials will delay or block the development of this emerging technology, thereby depriving human health of potential and substantial benefits? An ambiguous regulatory environment could delay the availability of valuable new technology and therapeutics for human health by reducing access to investment capital. Venture capitalists list regulatory uncertainty as a major reason not to invest at all in certain areas. 10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics. Advertisement Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog.
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Introduction to Communication Science Course. 5 examples of how the languages we speak can affect the way we think. Keith Chen (TED Talk: Could your language affect your ability to save money?) Might be an economist, but he wants to talk about language. For instance, he points out, in Chinese, saying “this is my uncle” is not as straightforward as you might think.
In Chinese, you have no choice but to encode more information about said uncle. The language requires that you denote the side the uncle is on, whether he’s related by marriage or birth and, if it’s your father’s brother, whether he’s older or younger. “All of this information is obligatory. Chinese doesn’t let me ignore it,” says Chen. “In fact, if I want to speak correctly, Chinese forces me to constantly think about it.” This got Chen wondering: Is there a connection between language and how we think and behave? While “futured languages,” like English, distinguish between the past, present and future, “futureless languages” like Chinese use the same phrasing to describe the events of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The Secret Shame of the Scholarly Writer. Academic writing is a craft—a set of practices that can be learned and should be shared. Yet for generations we have wrapped academic writing in mystery and shamed those who struggle with it. So when our writing isn’t happening, we are afraid to ask for help. This has to change. We need to do a better job of helping ourselves—and each other—learn to hone our craft. My suggestions so far have focused on taming techniques, protecting your time, making a space for writing, and allocating energy. But academic writing is emotionally loaded, too, and it takes not only the right tools, but the right mindset to succeed at it. Like it or not, the measure of our professional worth is wrapped up in our ability to write and get published. The trouble is, academic writing is hard.
But after waiting just a day, he realized he had lost track of the true focus of his book. When we hit a wall, we may feel like there’s nowhere to turn. So if you want to write, be prepared to train yourself. Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain. Idea Framing, Metaphors, and Your Brain - George Lakoff.
Unit 1 of English Communication for Scientists | Learn Science at Scitable. Communication is an integral part of the research you perform as a scientist. Your written papers serve as a gauge of your scientific productivity and provide a long-lasting body of knowledge from which other scientists can build their research.
The oral presentations you deliver make your latest research known to the community, helping your peers stay up to date. Discussions enable you to exchange ideas and points of view. Letters, memos, and résumés help you build and maintain relationships with colleagues, suppliers, employers, and so on. Scientific communication is not limited to formal papers and presentations for your peers. Finally, scientists are increasingly considered to be accountable to society at large; hence, you must know how to communicate successfully with people from a variety of backgrounds.
This Nature Education series on English Communication for Scientists aims to help you communicate more effectively as a scientist, specifically in the English language. Welcome to the Communicating Science Course. The Science of Science Communication. Organized by Ralph Cicerone, Baruch Fischhoff, Alan Leshner, Barbara Schaal and Dietram Scheufele Overview This colloquium was held in Washington, D.C. May 21-22, 2012.
The meeting surveyed the state of the art of empirical social science research in science communication and focused on research in psychology, decision science, mass communication, risk communication, health communication, political science, sociology, and related fields on the communication dynamics surrounding issues in science, engineering, technology, and medicine with five distinct goals: To improve understanding of relations between the scientific community and the publicTo assess the scientific basis for effective communication about scienceTo strengthen ties among and between communication scientistsTo promote greater integration of the disciplines and approaches pertaining to effective communicationTo foster an institutional commitment to evidence-based communication science Recording and Publication.
Cure writer's block with writing prompts - writing tips characte. Commonly confused words. Take a look at these two sentences – one of them contains a mistake: I poured over book after book. We pored over the catalogues. Are you uncertain which one is right? There are a lot of words in English that look or sound alike but have very different meanings, such as pore and pour or flaunt and flout. It’s easy to get them confused and most electronic spellcheckers won’t be much help in this type of situation: they can tell you if a word has been spelled wrongly but they can’t generally flag up the misuse of a correctly spelled word. Here’s a quick-reference list of pairs of words that regularly cause people problems. Back to Usage. You may also be interested in: 'Loose' or 'lose'?
'Pour' or 'pore'? 'Bare' or 'bear'? How brain science can make you a better writer. A TV ad for kayak.com features an unscrupulous doctor manipulating a patient’s exposed brain, turning him into a puppet who flails away at a keyboard hunting and pecking for online travel deals. It’s funny to some, offensive to others, but it illustrates a larger point that is important for writers. The brain influences the way readers respond to words, for better or worse. A growing body of research reveals that different parts of the brain respond to language in unique ways. Neuroscientists learned this by observing brain scans as subjects read.
Writers can take advantage of these findings to connect with readers in deep, intimate and lasting ways. And you don’t have to be a brain scientist to do it, just apply the same kind of techniques that writing teachers have been preaching for years. The science of “this is your brain,” “this is your brain on stories,” is relatively straightforward. A fascinating essay, “Your Brain on Fiction,” by Annie Murphy Paul, details these developments. Scientific Communication | Learn Science at Scitable.
What information should you include in an abstract, and in what order? How can you get your message across in an oral presentation — with or without slides? How much text is acceptable on a poster? Communication is an integral part of the research you perform as a scientist and a crucial competence for a successful career, yet it is an activity you may not feel prepared for. In this area of the site you will find dozens of resources to help you master scientific communication. If you are looking for a comprehensive coverage in the subject, you will find English Communication for Scientists quite useful.
Secret of Good Writing. 3 Reasons to Master the Art of Storytelling. Storytelling is a timeless human tradition. Before the written word, people would memorize elaborate stories full of morals that shaped cultures for generations. Today, kids can barely sit through class, but spend hundreds of hours devouring Harry Potter books. We are wired for communicating through and learning from stories. Unfortunately, storytelling has become a lost art in many businesses. Here are three reasons why storytelling is crucial to start-up success. 1. Like this video by Landor Associates demonstrates, when facts and information are framed by a compelling story, you'll not only hold the attention of your audience, but you'll also make the information presented more memorable. 2.
Because stories are so memorable, they're easy for listeners to recount in the future. 3. As a founder, a big part of your job is to move people to act. Science/AAAS | Special Issue: Communication in Science: Pressures and Predators. Science's Special Issue on Communication in Science: Pressures and Predators includes free news and reviews on the lack of scrutiny at open-access journals, the rarity of published negative studies, and publishing sensitive data. As a service to the community, AAAS is making these articles free to the public. From Science Editorial Improving Scientific Communication M. McNutt As scientific publishing has become a growth industry, the standards for scientific communication are slipping.
Infographic The Rise of Open Access The accelerating pace of scientific publishing and the rise of open access, as depicted by xkcd.com cartoonist Randall Munroe. News The Seer of Science Publishing T. Vitek Tracz was ahead of the pack on open access. Cloak-and-Dagger Publishing D. Classified journals aim to solve a thorny problem: how to rigorously peer review and share sensitive government-funded findings that officials don’t want sent to regular journals. What’s Lost When a Meeting Goes Virtual J. TED Video J. Why People Don’t Hear What You Say. Key concepts Psychology Attention Working memory Communication Introduction Have you ever told a friend or family member something only to later find that he or she completely misunderstood you—or never heard you at all? People often tell each other about important information that is not properly received, even when the conversation occurs in a quiet setting at close range.
Why does this happen? In this activity, you will learn why communication can be so difficult by probing the psychology of listening. You will also experience how much a simple spoken message can be distorted. Background The act of listening seems simple enough: the ears register the sounds produced and the brain interprets them, assuming the sounds reach the ears and the listener knows the meaning of the words. Processing language takes a fair amount of thought. In addition, people often don't express themselves clearly in the first place.
The world is full of distractions, both external and internal. Narratively Speaking by Randy Olson. In the News story by J. Cohen “Great presenters: lighting up the auditorium” (special section on Communication in Science, 4 October, p. 78), Bonnie Bassler includes in her rules of presentation, “Tell stories.” As a scientist turned filmmaker who specializes in making content meaningful and memorable, I could not agree more. But how? The power of storytelling rests in the specifics, so to answer this question, let me tell you a story. In the fall of 2013, I was recruited to give a makeover to the plenary panel discussion for the 2013 meeting of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF). The organizer told me that she wanted me to do my “story thing.” Within two days, the other two presenters and I were embroiled in an e-mail battle—neither of them wanted to change their standard presentations. By shifting from e-mail to telephone meetings, we immediately found common ground, which grew into friendship.
My fellow presenters and I learned a lot from this. Randy Olson.