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Jon R Lorsch, Lawrence A Tabak, Monica M Bertagnolli
Three senior figures at the US National Institutes of Health explain why the agency remains committed to supporting basic science and research.
J. Mimouni
Physics has a bad press: it is seen by a majority of people as a boring discipline ever since their High School days. There is no glamour to it, just toil and pain, and for many who engaged in it, the end sight is often unemployment. Could it be that physicists don't know how to communicate what their discipline…
Matt Sibbald, Alan Neville
For a century, we have been trying to integrate basic science into medical education, beginning with the Flexner report. Flexner, a high school teacher, an outsider to the practice of medicine and medical education, was commissioned to re-evaluate the medical education system [1]. He was chosen for his expertise as an…
Andrea Ballabeni, Andrea Boggio, David Hemenway
Basic research in the biomedical field generates both knowledge that has a value per se regardless of its possible practical outcome and knowledge that has the potential to produce more practical benefits. Policies can increase the benefit potential to society of basic biomedical research by offering various kinds of…
Jorge Almeida
the Here and Now: A Scientific Conundrum Authors: ['Jorge Almeida'] The psychological sciences are suffering from the primacy of the “here and now” and from a radical utilitarian view of science-this is certainly true in less affluent countries around the world. Portugal is a particular case study, as both psychology…
Michael S Lauer
An analysis of over 2.2 million NIH-funded research papers published between 1990 and 2024 reveals that there have been marked declines in the relative and absolute numbers of basic-science oriented publications. In 1990, nearly 60% of NIH-funded publications reported on basic science, with that proportion declining to…
Sun Kwok
The traditional university science curriculum was designed to train specialists in specific disciplines. However, in universities all over the world, science students are going into increasingly diverse careers and the current model does not fit their needs. Advances in technology also make certain modes of learning…
R. Parthasarathy
Improving the scientific literacy of non-scientists is an important goal, both because of the everincreasing impact of science and technology on our lives, and because understanding science enriches our experience of the natural world. One route to improving scientific literacy is via general education undergraduate…
Claudia A.M. Russo, Thiago André
Evolution is both a fact and a theory. Evolution is widely observable in laboratory and natural populations as they change over time. The fact that we need annual flu vaccines is one example of observable evolution. At the same time, evolutionary theory explains more than observations, as the succession on the fossil…
Avraham Steinberg
All possible pro and con arguments regarding the theory of evolution have been discussed and debated in the vast literature-scientific, religious, and lay-in the past 150 years. There is usually great zealotry in all debating parties, with mutual intolerance of ideas and concepts, disrespect toward opposing opinions…
Alexander Krauss
Science and knowledge are studied by researchers across many disciplines, examining how they are developed, what their current boundaries are and how we can advance them. By integrating evidence across disparate disciplines, the holistic field of science of science can address these foundational questions. This field…
Edward F. Redish, C. Bauer, Karen L. Carleton, Todd J. Cooke + 14 more
'Melanie M. Cooper' 'Catherine H. Crouch' 'Benjamin W. Dreyfus' 'Benjamin D. Geller' 'John Giannini' 'Julia Gouvea' 'Michael W. Klymkowsky' 'Wolfgang Losert' 'Kimberly Moore' 'Joelle C. Presson' 'Vashti Sawtelle' 'Katerina V. Thompson' 'Chandra Turpen' 'R. K. P. Zia'] Abstract. In response to increasing calls for the…
Eaindra Yee, Murphi T. Williams, Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran
Metals enable numerous physiological processes ranging from respiration to nitrogen fixation. However, the role of metals in biology and biocatalysis is not appreciated by the general public. This lack of knowledge around biological metals can lead to misinformation, especially regarding vaccines and health products.…
Alexander Krauss, Mo Wang
Scientific, medical, and technological knowledge has transformed our world, but we still poorly understand the nature of scientific methodology. Science textbooks, science dictionaries, and science institutions often state that scientists follow, and should follow, the universal scientific method of testing hypotheses…
Wang Zhong, Cui Zhen, Zhang Yi
the activation of scientific concepts (such as association) is not only an important way for children to organize scientific knowledges, but also an important way for them to learn complex concepts (such as compound concepts composed of multiple knowledge points). Inspired by the details of a primary electrical lesson…
Natalie D Mercuri, Brian J Cox
Reproductive diseases have gone under the radar for many years, resulting in insufficient diagnostics and treatments. Infertility rates are rising, preeclampsia claims over 70 000 maternal and 500 000 neonatal lives globally per year, and endometriosis affects 10% of all reproductive-aged women but is often undiagnosed…
P. C. Hohenberg
This essay discusses the relationship between science and religion, specifically the controversy elicited by an article by the philosopher Thomas Nagel criticizing the scientific establishment for "ruling out intelligent design as beyond discussion". He also criticizes the judge's decision in Kitzmiller vs. Dover…
Mayank Vahia
We attempt to provide a comprehensive model of evolution of science across millennia taking into account the contributions of other intellectual traditions, cultural value system and increasing in sophistication of humans in their study of nature. We also briefly discuss the role of technology and its interplay in the…
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In philosophy and science, a first principle is a basic proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. Ancient Greek philosophy Aristotle defined the first principle as “the first basis from which a thing is known.” First principles thinking (or reasoning from first…
Renee Dale, Stewart Craig
The development of mathematical and quantitative skills is increasingly critical for biology students. Literacy in coding, statistics, and mathematical modeling enables students to engage in systems-thinking and the analysis of large data sets. Here we present a flexible tool illustrating concepts in mathematical…
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Chemistry curricula often separate “wet” experimental work from “dry” computation, yet modern discovery increasingly demands both. This Perspective offers an instructor-ready roadmap to train “hybrid chemists” within existing courses. We distill recent advances in machine learning, automation, and real-time analytics…
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Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly powerful and fast-growing analytical technique across diverse disciplines, from materials science and chemistry to biology and medicine, thanks to advances in Raman instrumentation and greatly supported by the flourishing of chemometrics and artificial intelligence (AI). However…
Alan U. Sabino, Miguel F. S. Vasconcelos, Misaki Y. Sittoni, Willian W. Lautenschläger + 3 more
Randomness is an unavoidable feature of inner cellular environment and its effects propagate to higher levels of living matter organization such as cells, tissues, and organisms. Approaching those systems experimentally to understand their dynamics is a complex task because of the plethora of compounds interacting in a…
Adam Matic, Alex Gomez-Marin
Drawing movements have been shown to comply with a power law constraining local curvature and instantaneous speed. In particular, ellipses have been extensively studied, enjoying a 2/3 exponent. While the origin of such non-trivial relationship remains debated, it has been proposed to be an outcome of the least action…
Marlena Duda, Kelly L. Sovacool, Negar Farzaneh, Vy Kim Nguyen + 14 more
We are bioinformatics trainees at the University of Michigan who started a local chapter of Girls Who Code to provide a fun and supportive environment for high school women to learn the power of coding. Our goal was to cover basic coding topics and data science concepts through live coding and hands-on practice.…
Jixin Chen
I have been teaching physical chemistry to undergraduate students for several years now. I have observed that my interpretation of vector-matrix calculations and complex calculations has not been well received by the chemistry students. The traditional vector notation of adding an arrow on top of a variable and the…
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Conformations of aqueous macromolecules depend on a delicate balance of hydrophobic, electrostatic, and hydrogen-bonding interactions, all of which are influenced by environmental factors such as pressure and pH. Understanding how these factors modulate structural stability is critical for both biological and material…
Edward F. Redish, Todd J. Cooke
A common feature of the recent calls for reform of the undergraduate biology curriculum has been for better coordination between biology and the courses from the allied disciplines of mathematics, chemistry, and physics. Physics has lagged math and chemistry in creating new biologically oriented curricula, though much…