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    Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. The red herring of human gene patents

    The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis
    The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....

    Tags: Science and Technology, Erythropoietin, Science, Human Interest, U.S. Supreme Court

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. RPT-Obama celebrates young inventors at White House science fair

    Reuters
    (Repeats for wider subscribers) By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopped on a mountain bike that was mounted on blocks and pedaled away, taking part in a science experiment on how to filter unsafe drinking...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Pancreatic Cancer, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Invention and Innovation, Haiti

    3. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| S-S

  3. Head: Oakland Park students head to White House to showcase invention to President Obama

     
      Two students from Oakland Park’s Northeast High traveled to the third annual White House Science Fair on Monday to showcase their Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam project to President Obama.    According to a news release, the students were among...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Politics, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Barack Obama

    4. Dec 8, 2012 |Story| Pasadena Sun

  4. At JPL, teens learn rocket science by crafting toilet paper catapults

    High school students have been known to sling a roll or two of toilet paper — but not many use catapults or compete with rocket scientists for the longest heave.
    High school students have been known to sling a roll or two of toilet paper — but not many use catapults or compete with rocket scientists for the longest heave. Yet that was the task Friday at the 15th annual Invention Challenge at Jet...

    Tags: Schools, High Schools, Science and Technology, Education, Google Inc.

    5. Oct 29, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Head of Clean Energy Trust working to change world

    Amy Francetic was at a child's birthday party in 2004 when she decided it was time to leave Silicon Valley.
    Tribune staff reporter
    Amy Francetic was at a child's birthday party in 2004 when she decided it was time to leave Silicon Valley.    "I was sitting there listening to 6-year-olds talk about IPOs and whose house was bigger and how much a wedding dress cost," she said.    By...

    Tags: Sales, Personal Data Collection, Science, Politics, Tesla Motors, Inc.

    6. Nov 1, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Congressional candidate profiles

    MEET THE CANDIDATES   When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...

    Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Customs and Tradition, Iraq, Prices

    7. Sep 27, 2011 |Story| KSWB-LTV

  7. UCSD researcher awarded National Medal of Science

    SAN DIEGO -- President Barack Obama Tuesday named a San Diego biomedical engineering professor as a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
    SAN DIEGO -- President Barack Obama Tuesday named a San Diego biomedical engineering professor as a recipient of the National Medal of Science. Shu Chien of UC San Diego is one of seven eminent researchers chosen for the annual honor, The White House...

    Tags: Science, Politics, National Government, University of Pennsylvania, Government

    8. Aug 4, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Paper-thin computers can be rolled up, stuffed in a pocket [Video]

    L.A. Times Tech Blog
    It's one invention that is sure to set science fiction fans all agog: a paper-thin computer that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket. Researchers at the Queens University Human Media Lab in Ontario, Canada, have developed a......
    9. Jan 7, 2011 |Story| AM News

  9. Basic science, invention, innovation

    Guest columnist
    The Obama administration claims the government can “create jobs” through technology, particularly green technology. The president argues that the technology is there, and all it needs is a “nudge” from the government. He does not...

    Tags: Renewable Energy, Science, Science and Technology, Politics, Government

    10. Feb 18, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Ideas, Discoveries and Aeronautics at Lincolnwood’s Annual Science Fair

    TribLocal - Evanston
    In a packed gym last Thursday, February 10th, a record number of aspiring scientists and inventors took part in the annual Lincolnwood School Science Fair. …...
    11. Dec 13, 2010 |Story| LA Canada

  11. Students top scientists in contest

    Two hundred and sixty middle- and high-school students flocked to JPL's campus Friday to compete in the 13th annual Invention Challenge.
    Two hundred and sixty middle- and high-school students flocked to JPL's campus Friday to compete in the 13th annual Invention Challenge. A total of 34 teams (19 student and 15 JPL teams) were challenged to create devices that would lift a ping-pong ball...

    Tags: Science, Science and Technology, South Pasadena, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)

    12. Apr 28, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  12. WEST BANK: Young Palestinian inventors head to California science fair

    Babylon & Beyond
    Aseel Shaar, Nor Arda and Aseel Abu Leil are 14-year-old ninth-graders at the United Nations-run Askar Girls School in Nablus, a West Bank city. The trio is headed to California to exhibit their invention, an electronic cane for the blind,......
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