News tagged with ethical evaluations
Ethical evaluations of nanotechnology
Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 27, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Search results for ethical evaluations
Postpone the nuclear waste decision
Although nuclear waste has been produced for a long time, there is still no good way to discard the highly toxic material, which remains hazardous for up to 130 000 years. In his new book titled Nuclear Waste Management and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 02, 2012 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
1
Researchers find pet kidney injuries are similar to human kidney injuries
When evaluating early kidney injuries in people, doctors monitor blood level increases of creatinine, a waste product of muscle breakdown, to understand the severity of the injury. Creatinine is filtered by the kidneys, and ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
How we (should) decide: Philosopher aims to develop theories of practical rationality
Caspar Hare is interested in your choices. Not the ones you’ve already made, but the ones you will make, and how you’ll go about making them. The more important, the better.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Adoptive parents put through wringer- new report finds
The first ever comprehensive report on people's experiences of the adoption process in Victoria reveals that many found the current system to be inflexible and focused almost exclusively on administrative tasks and bureaucratic ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
The end of an era?
At Binghamton University’s Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations, scholars view the world through a unique lens.
Nov 04, 2011 |
4.6 / 5 (5) |
0
Pioneering bio hacker group finds home
(PhysOrg.com) -- A garage lab for research in biotechnology seeking bigger digs for an open science lab has opened its doors in Sunnyvale, California. Instead of sponsorship from big corporations and government, ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
not rated yet |
2
|
HP fires second CEO in 2 years; Whitman in charge
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard has performed another extreme act of corporate remodeling, firing its CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months and replacing him with billionaire businesswoman and political aspirant ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Google has changed the way students research - and not for the better, study says
Many university students use scholarly databases like they would Google, revealing an astonishingly poor understanding of how to refine searches for better research results, a US study has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2011 |
4.3 / 5 (4) |
3
Insulin pump maker identified after hacking talk
(AP) -- When Jay Radcliffe revealed three weeks ago that he'd found serious security holes in a popular type of insulin pump that diabetics wear, he kept two important details secret: the pump maker's name, ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Researchers create reprogrammed stem cells for disease studies
(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Michigan's Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies has achieved another of its primary goals: reprogramming adult skin cells so they behave like embryonic stem cells.
Jul 26, 2011 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
|
List of search results for ethical evaluations
