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Journal Article
Materials researchers join historic March for Science
2017
Overview
News & Analysis Science Policy The historic, April 22nd March for Science in Washington, DC--with more than 600 satellite marches around the globe--focused the world's attention on the importance of science in daily life as it celebrated the work and achievements of the scientific community, including materials researchers. Brillson said many marchers carried signs with slogans such as \"Science Facts Not Alternative Science Fiction\" or \"Science, It Works!\" Speakers ranged from medical doctors covering the importance of vaccines and breakthrough medical advances to an ornithology professor who showed the importance of birds to the environment, Brillson said. At an American Chemical Society children's demonstration, participants helped make colorful packing peanuts from corn starch instead of petrochemicals--literally, an often sticky, hands-on demonstration of the creativity and versatility in materials research today. When asked what made him decide to participate, Hurd was stunned, \"I never really even thought I wouldn't!\" This is unsurprising considering his experience with advocacy while serving as president of the Materials Research Society (2007) and, later, as a Franklin Fellow for the US Science and Technology advisor to the Secretary of State (2012-2013). [...]once the semantics were clarified and science organizations, including the Materials Research Society, understood the effort to be a partnership with the federal government to support the value of research, momentum quickly built up for the March, including the participation of policymakers. March for Science organizers pledge that the historic event--which they calculated drew ~1.07 million marchers worldwide--will be an ongoing effort to support science...
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Springer Nature B.V
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