Fanboying Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne.

I figure at least a quarter Nobel Prize rubbed off from proximity.

#Nobel #NSF #LIGO #CoSoScience

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#NSF #Nobel #LIGO #CoSoScience

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This is a good development. Science cannot afford wasted human potential. And too often, asking female scientists in particular to describe their careers will get you stories of surviving non-science challenges they never should have had to face.

NSF requires institutions to report sexual harassment findings

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/nsf-requires-institutions-report-sexual-harassment-findings

#CoSoScience #NSF

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Theoretical physicists at UNM manipulate light with nanoscale objects

Research funded by the National Science Foundation.

http://opli.net/opli_magazine/eo/2018/theoretical-physicists-at-unm-manipulate-light-with-nanoscale-objects-feb-news/

#CoSoScience #NSF

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Shark Skin-Inspired Designs Improve Aerodynamic Performance

Research funded by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.

https://scitechdaily.com/shark-skin-inspired-designs-improve-aerodynamic-performance/

#CoSoScience #NSF #ONR

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UW atmospheric scientists flying through clouds above Antarctica’s Southern Ocean

Research funded by the National Science Foundation

https://www.technology.org/2018/02/08/uw-atmospheric-scientists-flying-through-clouds-above-antarcticas-southern-ocean/

#CoSoScience #NSF

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Most Of Last 11,000 Years Cooler Than Past Decade In North America, Europe

(Research funded by NASA, EPA, and the National Science Foundation)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/02022018-most-of-last-11000-years-cooler-than-past-decade-in-north-america-europe/

#CoSoScience #NSF #EPA #NASA

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#NSF 's Dr. Ashley Zauderer tells the Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee that spectrum management, and defense of scientific uses of the radio spectrum, are crucial activities for astrophysics and other disciplines.

#AAAC #CoSoScience

Prediction of titanic nitride proved unsinkable: Long sought-after form of cubic, semiconducting titanium nitride synthesized

"A team of experimental and computational scientists have synthesized a long sought-after form of titanium nitride, which has promising mechanical and optoelectronic properties."

Research funded by the National Science Foundation

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180125085108.htm

#NSF #CoSoScience