The Solution In The Sea: New York recently legalized commercial kelp farming. Will it help solve the state's environmental and economic woes? by Crawford, Iris M.

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'Burning Issues': Incarcerated Firefighting Programs in the U.S. by Foehringer Merchant, Emma

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The spirit in the science: wild rice conservation through tribal-university partnerships in Minnesota by van Deelen, Grace C.

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Ecosystem Reboot : How scientists are building an inside-out Noah’s Ark for Florida’s vanished coral reefs by Guy, Allison

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Genre Instruction and Critical Literacy in Teacher Education: Features of a Critical Foreign Language Pedagogy in a University Curriculum by Mitsikopoulou, Bessie

“…Using the tools of Systemic Functional Grammar and drawing on a genre-based approach to writing development, the course initially invites students to take up the role of critical text analysts deconstructing academic and media texts and at a later stage to engage in a popularization of science writing task mediating information from an academic to a media text. …”
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Making Sense of Helices: Right and Wrong Models in Science and Art by Martin Egli, Shuguang Zhang

“…What is more surprising, given that models of the [Formula: see text]-helix and the DNA double helix were published over 70 years ago, is how common left-handed DNA double helices are in the context of scientific papers and books as well as in popular science writing and reporting. In all cases except for left-handed Z-DNA, the use of left-handed helices in scientific illustrations or models is incorrect. …”
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Engaging in the Publication Process Improves Perceptions of Scientific Communication, Critique, and Career Skills Among Graduate Students by Elizabeth A. Johnson, Sarah C. Fankhauser

“…The results of this research suggest that graduate students should participate early and often in the reading and reviewing of primary literature; furthermore, the study of flawed science writing can help to improve experimental design, critique, and science communication skills.…”
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Using Scavenger Hunts to Familiarize Students with Scientific Journal Articles by Rebeccah S. Lijek, Sarah C. Fankhauser

“…Our main learning objective was for the student to realize that science writing is formulaic—that specific information is found in predictable locations within an article—and that, with an understanding of the formula, anyone can comfortably navigate any journal article and accurately predict what to expect to find in each section. …”
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Rotational Unit of Memory: A Novel Representation Unit for RNNs with Scalable Applications by Dangovski, Rumen, Jing, Li, Nakov, Preslav, Tatalovic, Mico, Soljacic, Marin

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Research and Science Today Supplement No. 1/2015 by Adrian Todor, Dan Nistor, Cristian Buescu, Dan Lucaciu, Alexandru Bogdan THIERY, Maria Cristina BRADEANU, Mihai MĂGUREAN, Sergiu STRATICIUC, Carmen PÎRȘU, Bogdan Adrian GOGULESCU, Nicolae GOGULESCU, D. CRISAN, D.-I. STOIA, R. PREJBEANU, D. VERMESAN, A. BOSCU, A. BOSCU, B. DELEANU, L. HONCEA, Dragos ZAMFIRESCU, A STEFANESCU, C POPOVICIU, I. LASCAR, C ANGHELUTA, A. URSACHE, I CRISTESCU, Gheorghe FARAGO, Călin HOZAN, Monica FARAGO, Florin MARINESCU, George Ovidiu MUNTEAN, Cristea COSTACHE, Raluca IORDACHE, Tudor DUMITRESCU, George Ovidiu MUNTEAN, F. GROSEANU, C. BUDICA, A. PRUNDEANU, C. MIHAI, C. GRECEA, ST. CRISTEA, Nicolae ERHAN, Viorel VETRILĂ, Viorel VETRILĂ, Nicolae ŞAVGA, Nagy ÖRS, Zuh SÁNDOR-GYÖRGY, Gergely ISTVÁN, Attila KOVÁCS, Radu FLEACA, Cosmin MOHOR, Mihai ROMAN, Radu PREJBEANU, Dinu VERMESAN, Horia HARAGUS, Andrei BALANESCU, Anca BOSCU, R. VLADUTU, B. ANGLITOIU, C. FAUR, T. DINCA, M. GIURA, J.M. PĂTRAŞCU, Roman POPESCU, Emil George HARITINIAN, Anca BOCA, Daniel GEAMĂNU, Adrian CIOBANU, Mihai Viorel POPESCU, Serban DRAGOSLOVEANU, Cristian STOICA, Calin DRAGOSLOVEANU, Stefan CRISTEA, Ion STUPAC, Nicolae CAPROȘ, Ilie STUPAC, Anatol TAGADIUC, Andrei USATÎI, Vlad ALBULESCU, Cosmin SELEA, Ionut GALEA, Cosmin FAUR, Bogdan ANGLITOIU, Jenel Marian PĂTRAŞCU, Ancuța ZAZGYVA, Sándor-György ZUH, Örs NAGY, Octav RUSSU, István GERGELY, Tudor Sorin POP, Ancuța ZAZGYVA

“…We provide the authors with the opportunity to create and/or perfect their science writing skills. Thus, each issue of the journal (two per year and at least two supplements) will contain professional articles from any academic field, authored by domestic and international academics. …”
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Applying a Computer-Assisted Tool for Semantic Analysis of Writing: Uses for STEM and ELL by Beverly L. Smith-Keiling, Hye In F. Hyun

“…This tool can help measure student personal reflective writing for underlying psychosocial indicators or the cognitive and analytical process in other science writing. By selecting key variables, or creating a personal dictionary, LIWC can be used to analyze scientific writing to detect progressive development of student analytical writing from early draft to final version for different informal and formal writing styles. …”
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Effectiveness of a Lesson on Multimodal Writing in Science Education by Sakari Tolppanen, Toni Rantaniitty, Mark McDermott, Maija Aksela, Brian Hand

“…The research addresses the following research questions (i) how does a lesson on multimodal writing effect students’ text production and use of alternative modes of representation in a science writing task, (ii) is there a gender difference in the use of multimodal writing, and (iii) how do different lesson structures affect students’ ability to use multimodal writing. …”
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Intermodality and Multilingual Re-instantiation: Joint Construction in Bilingual Genre Pedagogy by Harni Kartika-Ningsih, David Rose

“…Evidence from student assessments suggest these designed applications of intermodality and multilingual reinstantiation are highly effective in the development of autonomous skills in L2 science writing. This article aims to describe how and why they are so effective. …”
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Owning the code of life : human gene patents in America by Schwartz, Sarah L. (Sarah Leah)

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RES.21W-01 Angles, Spring 2010 by Boiko, Karen, Faery, Rebecca Blevins, Lin, Jessica, Max, Lucy, Walsh, Andrea

“…Angles is an annual online magazine of exemplary writing by students in four foundational writing courses at MIT: 21W.730: Writing on Contemporary Issues; 21W.731: Writing and Experience; 21W.732: Science Writing and New Media; and 21W.734J: Writing About Literature. …”
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Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China by Tong, Yao, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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I, Dentist: Is artificial intelligence the future of oral healthcare? by Davis, Robert M.

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Battle for the dinner table: Can vegan analogues curb America’s reliance on meat? by Gold, Alison

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Tuning Into The Planet: Scientists are collecting and archiving soundscapes before they disappear by Gamillo, Elizabeth

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Keeping New Orleans Afloat: What can be done to ensure another hurricane the size of Katrina will not destroy the entire city? by Brown, Daelin

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