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Biden says his advisers will lead with 'science and truth'
Read full article: Biden says his advisers will lead with 'science and truth'Lander added that Biden has tasked his advisers and โthe whole scientific community and the American publicโ to โrise to this moment." Biden also named two prominent female scientists to co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Biden picked Alondra Nelson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, a social scientist who studies science, technology and social inequality, as deputy science policy chief. The president-elect noted the team's diversity and repeated his promise that his administration's science policy and investments would target historically disadvantaged and underserved communities. The job as director of science and technology policy requires Senate confirmation.
Biden picks geneticist as science adviser, puts in Cabinet
Read full article: Biden picks geneticist as science adviser, puts in CabinetPresident-elect Joe Biden picked a pioneering geneticist to be his science advisor and elevated the job to his Cabinet. Saying โscience will always be at the forefront of my administration,โ Biden said he is boosting the science advisor post to Cabinet level, a first in White House history. The job as director of science and technology policy requires Senate confirmation. Science organizations were also quick to praise Lander and the promotion of the science post. Biden chose Alondra Nelson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, a social scientist who studies science, technology and social inequality, as deputy science policy chief.
Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off
Read full article: Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay offThe Nobels, with new winners announced starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, often concentrate on unheralded, methodical, basic science. Itโs that type of basic science that the Nobels usually reward, often years or decades after a discovery, because it can take that long to realize the implications. Basic research comes first. โWithout basic science, you wonโt have cutting-edge applied science,โ said Frances Arnold, a Caltech chemical engineer who won the 2018 Nobel in chemistry. John Mather, who won the 2006 physics Nobel for cosmology, which is the study of the origin of the universe and is thus the ultimate basic science, said nearly everything we use around us is there because of basic science.