Three rising science writers receive 2022 NASW Diversity Summer Fellowships
Funding from the National Association of Science Writers is providing promising trainees with supplemental stipends to pursue their journalism training.
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2022 Idea Grants will nurture career transitions and regional networking
Two projects will receive NASW Idea Grants funding in 2022 to kickstart career development and networking programs serving science writers.
Meet the candidates for the 2022-2024 NASW board
Later this year, elections will be held to select our next volunteers for the NASW board of directors, serving the 2022-2024 term. Voting is open to all current NASW members with Professional membership.
NASW is growing
We’re excited to announce a brand new addition to NASW. Ben Young Landis has joined the organization as assistant executive director, a new role that will focus on communications, community building, and committee development in addition to supporting the executive director.
Communicating science: Researchers share their fears and tips
Nearly half of researchers responding to a recent survey said that politicization of science has made them lose interest in communicating with the media.
Disrupting iron-sulfur clusters could be key to fighting major diseases
One hurdle that continually faces modern society is the prevalence of stubborn diseases. Understanding and disrupting molecules called iron-sulfur clusters (FeS) could be a key to developing drugs against challenging bacterial and viral pathogens.
How anthropologists are identifying the ‘difficult dead’
From the search for the ‘Original 18’ of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the identification of Ugandans killed during a protracted civil war, scientists are piecing together the past by identifying remains using ethnographic and forensic data collection.
Increasing resilience in our evolving energy grid: A human-centric issue
America’s power grid is increasingly threatened by both human-driven attacks and natural disasters. Technology can help increase resilience … but only when implemented in tandem with the people who use it.
Jellyfish: The future of ocean research?
John O. Dabiri has developed a non-harmful robotic attachment for jellyfish. This new device allows researchers to potentially access larger ocean regions. But how did the path to robotic jellyfish begin?