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[PHOTOGRAPH] Alan I. Leshner [© European Communities, 2009—Joint Research Centre (JRC)]

Europe and U.S: “A Global Approach to Global Issues”

[6 November 2009]
In a Brussels address, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner says AAAS and European Commission partners must work together to address “the most important problems facing global society.”
[ILLUSTRATION] This figure represents four cells, four purified CD34+ (the CD34+ cell population comprises true hematopoetic stem cell) from patient P1. Image © Science/AAAS; courtesy of Patrick Aubourg]

Science: Gene Therapy Slows Brain Disease

[5 November 2009]
An international team of researchers combined gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy to treat X-linked ALD, a fatal brain disease featured in the movie Lorenzo’s Oil.
[PHOTOGRAPH] A desktop globe of the Earth

Alberts, Zerhouni, Zewail Named Science Envoys

[5 November 2009]
Science Editor-in-Chief Bruce Alberts, Science Translational Medicine Chief Scientific Adviser Elias Zerhouni, and Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail to serve as first U.S. science envoys.
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Science Policy

[PHOTOGRAPH] A nuclear power station's cooling tower

Energy Specialist Sketches Path to a Low Carbon Future

[4 November 2009]
In the AAAS-Hitachi Lecture, Ernest Moniz of MIT says technology holds great promise but political and economic innovations may be in short supply.
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Education

[ILLUSTRATION] One woman speaking into another woman's ear

Modern Mentors: One Size Does Not Fit All

[3 November 2009]
Whether mentorships last years or even just a minute or two, they can have a lifetime value in supporting a woman’s career, seasoned professionals said at a recent NSF/AAAS workshop.
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International

[ILLUSTRATION] The Earth as seen from space, showing Europe, Greenland and North America

AAAS, EC Research Center Plan Joint Projects

[28 October 2009]
Under an agreement signed Wednesday in Brussels, the EC's Joint Research Centre and AAAS will join on a range of collaborative projects over the next three years.
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Public Engagement

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Learn More About the Skin You’re In

[26 October 2009]
Sunburned? Pimpled? Tattooed? Thirteen public libraries will host public awareness events about skin health as part of the AAAS Skin Deep Project funded by Neutrogena.
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