Archive for February 2nd, 2012

 

“Scientific Visions That Take the Prize”

February 2nd, 2012

International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge [image courtesy NSF].Back in October, we told you about the ninth International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge – a joint effort by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science magazine to celebrate the grand tradition of visualization, specifically for communicating science, engineering, and technology for education and journalistic purposes. For the first time ever, this year’s Challenge allowed participants to submit entries online, and the public was allowed to vote for its favorite images as “People’s Choice” winners. Today, NSF and Science have announced the competition’s winners.

See the winners of the Interactive Games category — and a video — after the jump:

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OSTP Posts Comments to Public Access RFIs

February 2nd, 2012

Back in November, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued two Requests for Information (RFI) soliciting broad public input about “the long-term preservation of, and public access to, the results of Federally-funded research, including digital data and peer-reviewed scholarly publications.” Now this week, OSTP has posted the comments that it received — from scientists, citizens, publishers, scientific societies, libraries, and others.

According to the OSTP Blog (follow the link):

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