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Prescribed Fire As a Means of Reducing Forest Carbon Emissions in the Western...
Carbon sequestration by forested ecosystems offers a potential climate change mitigation benefit. However, wildfire has the potential to reverse this benefit. In the western... -
Life Cycle Assessment and Grid Electricity: What Do We Know and What Can We K...
The generation and distribution of electricity comprises nearly 40% of U.S. CO2 emissions, as well as large shares of SO2, NOx, small particulates, and other toxins. Thus,... -
Tracking Career Outcomes for Postdoctoral Scholars: A Call to Action
The oversupply of postdoctoral scholars relative to available faculty positions has led to calls for better assessment of career outcomes. Here, we report the results of a study... -
Social scientists' testimony before Congress in the United States between 194...
Congressional hearings are a venue in which social scientists present their views and analyses before lawmakers in the United States, however quantitative data on their... -
Latin America
La literatura de Ciencia Política sobre política exterior en América Latina es extensa y rica en estudios de casos, pero débil en teoría y trabajos con extensos. Esto ha... -
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A transformation in the way the United States produces and uses energy is needed to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets for climate change mitigation. Wind power is an... -
Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between ...
Background Despite the urgent need for new, effective antibiotics, few antibiotics of value have entered the market during the past decades. Therefore, incentives have been... -
Scientists versus Regulators: Precaution, Novelty & Regulatory Oversight as P...
© 2014 Beaudrie et al. Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs) present a difficult challenge for risk assessors and regulators. Continuing uncertainty about the potential risks of... -
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MTBE and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are widely observed in shallow groundwater in the United States, especially in urban areas. Previous studies suggest that the... -
The Impact of Toxicity Testing Costs on Nanomaterial Regulation
Information about the toxicity of nanoparticles is important in determining how nanoparticles will be regulated. In the U.S., the burden of collecting this information and... -
Flux of Perfluorinated Chemicals through Wet Deposition in Japan, the United ...
The widespread distribution of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in different environmental matrices has prompted concern about the sources, fate, and transport of these classes... -
The procurement of innovation by the U.S. government
The U.S. government invests more than $50 billion per year in R&D procurement but we know little about the outcomes of these investments. We have traced all the patents... -
Science And Technology Agreements In The Toolbox Of Science Diplomacy: Effect...
Both practitioners and scholars tend to regard Science and Technology Agreements (STA) to be important, prominent, and highly effective tools for science diplomacy (SD). Yet it... -
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Arsenic is a contaminant at more than one-third of all Superfund Sites in the United States. Frequently this contamination appears to result from geochemical processes rather... -
Financing of U.S. biomedical research and new drug approvals across therapeut...
Author(s): Dorsey, E Ray; Thompson, Joel P; Carrasco, Melisa; de Roulet, Jason; Vitticore, Philip; Nicholson, Sean; Johnston, S Claiborne; Holloway, Robert G; Moses, Hamilton |... -
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Converting light-duty vehicles from full gasoline power to electric power, by using either hybrid electric vehicles or fully electric power vehicles, is likely to increase... -
Thinking about engaging North Korea: A study on the framing of the U.S. human...
Abstract North Korea said in January 2019 that it was exploring ways to engage the human rights issue. This was a much welcomed announcement because the issue must be addressed... -
Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argument...
Misinformation can undermine a well-functioning democracy. For example, public misconceptions about climate change can lead to lowered acceptance of the reality of climate... -
Why and How Should We Assess Occupational Health Impacts in Integrated Produc...
: Integrated product policy (IPP) and life cycle assessment (LCA), one of the analytic tools used in IPP, focus traditionally on environmental impacts. However, in an attempt to... -
The Sun Dance and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff: Healing Through Resistance and...
The revitalization and renewal of traditional indigenous spiritual practices have produced new forms of indigenous religiosity rooted in experience, contact and combination....
