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Two American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 5:27 PM EDTToday two American chemists, Robert J. Lefkowitz of Duke University and Brian K. Kobilka of Stanford University, were awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry. OSTP is pleased to congratulate these exceptional scientists and celebrate their high achievement.
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U.S. Scientist Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Posted by on October 9, 2012 at 6:13 PM EDTOSTP proudly congratulates American physicist David J. Wineland, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, who today earned the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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White House Honors “Champions of Change” in City and County Innovation
Posted by on September 26, 2012 at 3:17 PM EDTOn Tuesday, the White House highlighted 13 Local Innovation Champions of Change from cities and counties across the country.
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White House Equal Futures App Challenge to Promote Civic Education and Public Leadership for Girls
Posted by on September 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM EDTThe White House Council on Women and Girls is launching a challenge for developers: Create an app that promotes civic education and/or inspires girls to serve as leaders in our democracy
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Small Business Google Hangout on Wednesday, Sept. 19
Posted by on September 18, 2012 at 12:27 PM EDTOn Wednesday, September 19, join NASA Administrator Bolden, and SBA Administrator Karen Mills for a Google+ Hangout with ATA Engineering, one of the small businesses that made the Mars Science Laboratory mission landing a success.
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Patent Reform: Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of the America Invents Act
Posted by on September 17, 2012 at 1:28 PM EDTThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is implementing the legislation in a manner that makes it easier for American entrepreneurs and businesses to bring their inventions to the marketplace sooner, converting their ideas into new products and new jobs.
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Golden Goose Award: Scientific Research Investments Paying Off
Posted by on September 14, 2012 at 6:51 PM EDTYesterday, Members of Congress, representatives of the academic, scientific, and business communities, and other luminaries gathered to honor seven federally-funded researchers whose work has transformed technology, medicine, and countless lives.
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White House Office Hours: #InnovateGov
Posted by on August 23, 2012 at 7:28 PM EDTToday, after welcoming the inaugural class of Presidential Innovation Fellows to the White House, US CTO Todd Park and White House Director of Digital Strategy Macon Phillips answered your questions on Twitter.
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It’s Go Time for the Presidential Innovation Fellows
Posted by on August 21, 2012 at 10:31 AM EDTOn Thursday, August 23, the White House will welcome the first class of Presidential Innovation Fellows, top innovators from outside government who will work with top innovators inside government to create real and substantial changes that will in a very short time frame benefit the American people, save taxpayers money, and help create new jobs.
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NSF Innovation Corps: From Science Lab to Startup
Posted by on August 10, 2012 at 11:09 AM EDTSophie Lebrecht is a joint post-doctoral researcher in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). She is also an entrepreneur, thanks to the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (or I-Corps), a program created to allow researchers the opportunity to apply their research to the commercial world. I talked with Lebrecht about I-Corps and her experience as a scientist-turned-entrepreneur.
