#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Stiffler: Federal Funding Freeze Frustrates and Disrupts Science Research
Uncertainty plagues researchers in the Pacific Northwest region, which Lisa Stiffler covers in the wake of the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze funding for federal grants. While a federal judge has blocked the Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum on...
Steinberg: Powering the Future
For Oregon State University, Nancy Steinberg writes about a deep examination into the minerals that are critical to many of modern day inventions. Despite the global shift towards renewables and other green technologies, we are still dependent on the minerals that...
Hickey: Benefits of Whale Poop
A story by member Hannah Hickey explores a theory by University of Washington researchers that whale poop is beneficial to the fostering of marine life. While whales, feasting upon incredible amounts of krill, were once thought to limit their population, studies have...
Tompa: Suspended Animation
In their write-up for the Allen Institute, Rachel Tompa shines light on an innovative immune profiling technology called Cryoscape that will aid researchers, clinicians, and patients in crossing a significant roadblock in testing: blood preservation. Blood often...
Beiser: Power Metal
Now on sale from Penguin RandomHouse is Vince Beiser’s new book, “Power Metal: The Race for the Resources that Will Shape the Future." From the publisher: "The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political...