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U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah: Government-backed scientific research key to America’s competitiveness

Everywhere we look, big questions are being asked and far-reaching answers have been forthcoming from research sponsored and underwritten by you and me and by every American. We all benefit from this multi-billion-dollar initiative that is, in aggregate, vital to our survival as a global community and critical to our advancement as Americans. Read entire […]

New edition of Capitol Hill Quarterly focuses on link between research and innovation and more…

The October edition of Capitol Hill Quarterly (CHQ), APS’s newsleter focusing on science policy news, is brimming with new and interesting stories. One piece focuses on the link between research and innovation. Another one provides information about possible cuts to science in the wake of the debt-reduction deal. And a third spotlights the winners of […]

Retirement of U.S. House Science Champions Creates Troubling Shortage

Adieu Dr. Ehlers.  So long Mr. Gordon.  Sorry to see you go Mr. Inglis. And so, the close of the 111th Congress will see us bidding goodbye to a number of Members who understand the importance of science, of science funding, and of investing in our innovation future.  They continued, throughout their legislative careers, to […]

Stop the Gulf oil spill with heavy, streamlined objects

By Louis A. Bloomfield, Ph.D. Professor Physics, University of Virginia The ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is primarily a physics problem and, as such, should be susceptible to a physics solution.  But two of the simplest physics solutions — sealing the top of the well with the blowout preventer’s hydraulic valves and […]

Improving the Image of the U.S. Through Science Literacy

By Blakesley Burkhart I recently attended SciFest Africa 2010, the largest science festival in Africa, held annually in Grahamstown, South Africa. More than 80,000 people from all over the African continent attended the six-day science festival. It might seem strange that, given I am a graduate student in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin Madison, […]

What’s the hype about SPS?

By Blakesley Burkhart What’s so special about SPS? It’s not exactly a secret that physics is a challenging undergraduate major.  Despite the difficult math and occasional brain-twisting problems, people are drawn to physics because nature is beautiful and understanding it is immensely rewarding. They also gravitate toward physics because it allows one to gain knowledge […]

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