The AAAS Celebrates Its 150th

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science began on September 20, 1848 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and celebrated its 150th birthday in 1998. The group sought to bring scientists together to discuss work and progress in various scientific fields. The members represented some of the best names in American science at the time. The association has grown and has reflected the advances of the scientific community since that time.

Achievements and awards, Associations, Scientists, American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Toward a 24-Hour Economy

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Almost half of all employed Americans work a nonstandard work week, including evening and night shifts, rotating shifts or weekends. This has important implications for US social policy, especially for the working poor. The country needs to change its conception of family life to take into consideration the complexities of nonstandard work weeks, especially in two-income families.

Social aspects, Work hours

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Fusion Power From a Floating Magnet?

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The Levitated Dipole Experiment is a 5-year study of a plasma confinement scheme, which will seek to determine whether a dipole-based machine can generate the conditions for fusion. The fusion machine involves a superconducting magnet that will be levitated and should help researchers understand the stability issues of plasma confinement.

Research, Design and construction, Fusion reactors, Magnetic fusion, Plasma confinement

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