Tag: Science and Innovation

7th June 2013 Los Angeles, USA

Efforts in the Global Mapping of Carbon Emissions

The Los Angeles S&I team recently visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to meet the Megacities Carbon Project team. The MCP is designed to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in urban areas, starting with Los Angeles (LA). CLARS, a laboratory housing remote-sensing instruments built by JPL researchers, sits atop of Mount Wilson, where it samples […]

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30th May 2013 Chicago, USA

Big Science, Big Challenges

Big Science is expensive, and as justifying why tax dollars should pay for large scientific instruments is more difficult than ever.  But Big Science is important and in these times of austerity, researchers and science leaders must do a better job of explaining how large scientific endeavours such as particle accelerators, massive light sources or […]

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25th April 2013 Houston, USA

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by Lauren George

Science and Innovation Officer

Out of the Lab and into the Living Room

Can you name a living scientist?  If you are reading this ‘Partners in Science’ blog, it is likely you can.  Unfortunately, a ‘Research! America’ survey conducted in 2011 says that only 34 per cent of Americans can actually name a living scientist.  As someone who works everyday with scientists who are doing some truly revolutionary […]

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17th September 2012 New Delhi, India

Together we are stronger

The Science and Innovation Network in India travelled all over the country last week for the first part of the EU Science and Technology awareness campaign. We started with a busy day last Monday (10th September). Tom Wells, Deputy Head of the team, was presenting in Chennai. He was joined by Vimal Subramanian and Sam Kumar of the […]

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