Marine Science

Marine Science Institute News, 1st quarter 2022 (Jan-Mar), 28th issue.

Virus Discovery Offers Clues About Origins of Complex Life, 27 June 2022.

Nielsen Named One of Five National Academies Early-Career Research Fellows, 22 June 2022.

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Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo  Jul 28 Dismantling the ivory tower’s knowledge boundaries brook.gs/3LeAbI5 via @BrookingsInst

Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo  Jul 28 Springer Nature and University of California Announce First Nature Open Access Agreement ... - goo.gl/alerts/L7B1DR

Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo  Jul 26 ‘Libraries Are the Great Equalizers’ chronicle.com/article/librar…

Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo  Jul 26 Welcome to the library of the 21st century cbsnews.com/news/welcome-t… via @cbssunday

Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo  Jul 23 Majority of early career researchers in physical science want to publish open access, but face financial barriers phys.org/news/2022-07-m…

"The true legacy of Gregor Mendel: careful, rigorous and humble science." Nature Vol. 607, 21 July 2022.

"Scientists find DNA from 1,200 different insect species in tea. Here's why that's actually a good sign." ZME Science, July 22, 2022.

Decoding Science - free resource from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. All vetted by experts and ready to use in classrooms!

• 90-second explainer video on how science works
• clear answers to challenging questions
• stories from real-life scientists
• a quiz to test students' learning

Tracking STEM Earmarks | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
 A new tool to explore science-relevant earmarks requested by members of Congress.

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A Full Assessment of the Effectiveness of Gulf Restoration Efforts Will Require Improved Analysis and Coordination, New Report Says
News Release | March 31, 2022.

Starting in January 2023, the NIH will require researchers to submit data management plans (DMPs) with their grant applications, and eventually to openly share all "scientific data" generated in their projects.  The impetus for this mandate is the reproducibility crisis in life science research - one study has found that less than half of published studies can be reproduced.  Some scientists are concerned about the added administrative burdens and costs placed on underfunded and understaffed labs and programs.  The NSF has been requiring DMPs with its grant applications for a number of years.  Read more in Nature. 

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Remembering DENNIS TROMBATORE, Colleague & Friend.

The Deep Sea - The Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the ocean. Just how far would YOU go?! Check it out and see what two men, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, witnessed in the submarine Trieste on January 23rd, 1960. Slowly descend into the Mariana Trench and find what marine life exist at different depths and then hit bottom at 10914 meters!