10 days ago by Lourdes Méndez

“Energía viva que puedes plantar en tu vida” En un día como hoy nació… Baruj Benacerraf (Caracas, Venezuela, 29 de octubre de 1920), médico venezolano – norteamericano descendiente de judíos sefarditas asentados en Marruecos (su padre) y Argelia (su madre). Ganador junto con Jean Dausset y George D. ...

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21 days ago by Maximilian Staedtler

In July, oil-industry heavyweight ExxonMobil announced an investment of $600 million in the biofuel company Synthetic Genomics. The company was founded by the famous American biologist and entrepreneur J. Craig Venter who was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama last week. The aw ...

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30 days ago by icebergslim

This afternoon at the White House, the President presented recipients of this year's National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology with their awards. October 7, 2009TranscriptHome Page

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30 days ago by Peggy

Yesterday President Barak Obama presented the National Medal of Science to nine "eminent researchers" and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to four inventers, the "highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors." Three women were honored ...

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31 days ago by USGIF

Yesterday, President Obama handed out medals to some of the nation’s most distinguished scientists. In particular, he bestowed the National Medal of Science to Rudolf Kalman, who has achieved a number of scientific milestones including the development of a problem-solving procedure that was used dur ...

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51 days ago by dendrite

Image via Wikipedia pointer to: Announcement from the University of Oregon, that Professor Michael Posner has been awarded the National Medal of Science - the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists, engineers and inventors. Professor Posner is widely known and admired for his teach ...

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91 days ago by Ariel Goldring

Below is an audio conversation from the Online Library of Liberty between Nobel laureates Gary S. Becker and Milton Friedman. It is part of The Intellectual Portrait Series: Conversations with Leading Classical Liberal Figures of Our Time. This Title Is Available In The Following Formats: MP3 mono 2 ...

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165 days ago by admin

Robert R. Birge, The Harold S. Schwenk, Sr., Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, UConn, won the 2009 CT Medal of Science, the State’s highest award for scientists. Frank W. Ridley, chairman, Board of Governors for Higher Education, presented the award at the annual meeting of the CT Academy of Science ...

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217 days ago by metaflux

Eine der einflussreichsten Wissenschaftlerinen der US-Regierung: “ Die Weltbevölkerung hat die Grenzen der Nachhaltigkeit des Planeten erreicht hat“. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, die Wissenschafts- und Technologieberaterin des US-Außenministers, derzeit Hillary Clinton, sagte bei BBC´s „One Planet“ Programm: ...

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