On March 17, 2011, the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) released a study critical of the NRC's 2010 performance as a regulator.

Scientists such as Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley and renowned chemist George M. Whitesides have been particularly critical.

Scientists formed the organization to " initiate a critical and continuing examination of governmental policy in areas where science and technology are of actual or potential significance " and " devise means for turning research applications away from the present emphasis on military technology toward the solution of pressing environmental and social problems.

In the UCS-published book The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors attempt to give practical advice to consumers to " help ... distinguish the critical from the trivial and make choices that are congruent with your values.

Scientists also viewed radar images of sea ice and seasonal melt in the Sea of Okhstok off the coast of Siberia and a critical region of expanding drought in the Sahel area of the Sudan.

David Lochbaum, a nuclear engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists, while remaining critical of the processes leading to the discovery of the whiskers, praised Millstone for its handling of the situation.

Scientists critical of his methods have reviewed and rejected several statistical correlations advocated by Berkland and others in predicting earthquakes, including lost pets and syzygy of the moon.

On March 17, 2011, the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) released a study critical of the NRC's 2010 performance as a regulator.

Scientists also state that, Tropical deforestation releases 1. 5 billion tons of carbon each year into the atmosphere.

Scientists and governments state that animal testing should cause as little suffering to animals as possible, and that animal tests should only be performed where necessary.

* Scientists demonstrate quantum state exchange between light and matter.

The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia ( APESMA ) is an Australian employee association registered under state and federal industrial relations acts.

Scientists working on the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme have said that Earth is now operating in a “ no analogue ” state.

Scientists, international governmental organizations and lobbying organizations like World Wide Fund for Nature argue that current consumption levels, particularly in developed countries, are not sustainable because there is a very real danger they will push the planet into a new state.

In my view it is much better, both morally and practically, to attempt to bring about a state of affairs in which the Russians, out of pure self-interest, find it preferable to give up their separatist position ) 4 ( I propose that you should set out your views of the situation in a letter to the individual Trustees of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists.

In a keynote address to the annual meeting of the Society of German Scientists and Physicians, given in Vienna on September 23, 1913, Einstein surveyed the state of the art, declaring that only his own work with Marcel Grossmann and the second theory of Nordström were worthy of consideration.

In late 1993, a group of Christian Scientists filed suit against the Board of Directors, alleging a willful disregard for the Manual of the Mother Church in its financial dealings.

Scientists had also become disillusioned with phrenology since its popularization with the middle and working classes by entrepreneurs.

Scientists disagreed with the assertion that intelligent design is scientific, and its introduction into the the science curriculum of a Pennsylvania school district led to the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial, which ruled that the " intelligent design " arguments are essentially religious in nature and not science.

Scientists in the United States from the Manhattan Project had warned that, in time, the Soviet Union would certainly develop nuclear capabilities of its own.

Scientists have only early ideas of the young universe ( or its beginning, for those who postulate that it had one ).

Scientists, such as Gerardus Mercator ( 1569 ) and Alexander Dalrymple as late as 1767 argued for its existence, with such arguments as that there should be a large landmass in the south as a counterweight to the known landmasses in the Northern Hemisphere.

Since its inception, the clock has been depicted on every cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Scientists debated whether umami was indeed a basic taste ever since Kikunae Ikeda proposed its existence in 1908.

The story centers upon an intelligent and curious young man, Hugh Hoyland, who is early in adulthood selected as an apprentice of the Scientists, who ritualistically perform the technical tasks operating the Ship ( such as entering trash into its energy-converter for lighting and environmental control ) while ignorant of their true functions.

Scientists involved with the construction refute this claim, stating its impossibility because both sites sit well above the planned waterline.

On January 6, 1946, FAS changed its name to the Federation of American Scientists, but its purpose remained the same-to agitate for the international control of atomic energy and its devotion to peaceful uses, public promotion of science and the freedom and integrity of scientists and scientific research.

Xanadu has raised considerable interest in Scientists after its radar image showed its terrain to be quite similar to earth's terrain with flowing river ( probably of methane and ethane, not of water as they are in Earth ), mountains ( of ice, not rock ) and sand dunes.

Scientists have found that on top of pigeon's beak large number of particles of iron are found which remain aligned to north like man made compass, thus it acts as compass which helps pigeon in determining its home.

After three years of planning, The College of Engineering successfully launched the first stages of its Residential Experience for Spartan Engineering, formally known as the Residential Option for Scientists and Engineers ( ROSES ), the new program is located in Wilson Hall after being housed in Bailey Hall for a number of years.

Scientists have long been intrigued by the shelf and its composition.

* August 11, 2006: Scientists said ground surveys showed Mayon was still " swollen " and registered a high number of volcanic earthquakes, emitted large amounts of sulfur dioxide gas and continued to eject lava down its slope nearly four weeks after it came to life in a " quiet " eruption on July 14.

Scientists observing the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests in 1946 at Bikini Atoll named that transitory cloud a " Wilson cloud " because of its similarity to a Wilson cloud chamber ; the cloud chamber uses condensation from a rapid pressure drop to mark the tracks of electrically charged subatomic particles.

Scientists believe that the Iriomote cat moved its range to the islands during this period.

He helped fund the nuclear nonproliferation group, Federation of American Scientists, and served as its first chairman and executive secretary.

Scientists studying climate change are interested in understanding the effects of variations in the total and spectral solar irradiance on Earth and its climate.

Scientists predicted that nature would colonize it and make the island flourish on its own, without any human interaction whatsoever.

Scientists have been investigating the secret of this extraordinary adhesion ever since the 19th century, and at least seven possible mechanisms for gecko adhesion have been discussed over the past 175 years.

Scientists may make claims about unobservable objects, but these claims should not be regarded as meaningful.

The Union of Concerned Scientists, which in general supports the labeling proposal, claims that the current revision, which contains the clause " consumption of ... grain in the immature stage is acceptable ", allows for " feed harvesting or stockpiling methods that might include significant amounts of grain " because the term " immature " is not clearly defined.

Scientists demand law against animal rights extremism, New Scientist, 22 April 2004.