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 Science Council -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Science Council is the (additional info and facts about umbrella body) umbrella body covering scientific (additional info and facts about professional institutes and learned societies) professional institutes and learned societies in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) UK.
The Science Council was launched on June 16, 2000 by (additional info and facts about Lord Sainsbury of Turville) Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the UK Science Minister, with thirteen member organisations from the former Council of Scientific and Technology Institutes.
The Science Council was granted a (A charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain)) royal charter on June 12, 2003.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sc/science_council.htm   (521 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: International-Council-of-Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The International Council for Science (ICSU), formerly called the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science.
Its members are national science research councils or academies (98 of them), and international scientific unions (27 of them), including the International Mathematical Union, the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
One of the fundamental principles of ICSU is that of the universality of science, which affirms the right and freedom of scientists to associate in international scientific activity without regard to such factors as citizenship, religion, creed, political stance, ethnic origin, race, colour, language, age or sex.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/International_Council_of_Science   (298 words)

  
 CAW Windsor Regional Environment Council - Science under seige   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An ill wind is gusting through the halls of science these days: faked research, suppression of unwelcome results, corruption of science advisory panels, university research falling under the influence of corporate sponsors, and many other conflicts of interest.
Science cannot solve all our problems or tell us everything we need to know, but it remains a powerful tool for reaching agreement about the nature of reality (at least for those parts of reality amenable to scientific inquiry).
To their credit, many courageous government scientists are now speaking out about the corruption of science and there have been a number of high profile firings and resignations ranging from the Fish and Wildlife Service to NASA where scientists are blowing the whistle on government abuses of solid science.
www.cawwrec.org /GlobalGuardian/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=119   (2121 words)

  
 ipedia.com: International Council for Science Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The International Council of Science was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science.
The International Council of Science (ICSU) was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science.
Its members are national science research councils or academies (98 of them), and international scientific unions (26 of them), including the International Mathematical Union, the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
www.ipedia.com /international_council_for_science.html   (120 words)

  
 The Council of Science Editors (CSE) - Reference Links
A database of over 120,000 acronyms and their associated long forms, e.g., (PDGF: Platelet-derived Growth Factor) that have been automatically extracted from a year's worth of Medline abstracts (2001).
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public.
Gateway to hundreds of links to selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
www.councilscienceeditors.org /reference_links.cfm   (1172 words)

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