Personal Perspectives
OSTI personal perspectives are statements by members of the OSTI community about their contributions to the OSTI mission and their experiences.
05
Sep
2008
STI Corollary takes this concept to a new level. It holds that accelerating the spread of knowledge accelerates the advance of science. The advance of science can also be accelerated by funding more bright scientists. In the following blog article, Dr. Bob Marianelli reminisces and gives his perspectives about advancing science throughout his remarkable career.[Read More]
03
Jul
2008
speeding up the diffusion of scientific knowledge and accelerating science. We call it the diffusion revolution.[Read More]
24
Jun
2008
On June 12, 2008, in Seoul, Korea, OSTI, along with national and international partners, formally established the WorldWideScience Alliance, a multilateral governance structure for the global science gateway WorldWideScience.org (WWS).[Read More]
20
May
2008
When I was a young girl, and someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would tell them that I wanted to work for the Federal Government. I had reached this conclusion because of my father, who was himself a third-generation federal employee. My father worked for the Soil Conservation Service, now the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Growing up, I saw what kind of opportunities his job provided for our family.[Read More]
18
Jan
2008
Allan Cormack
A young father of two lies in a hospital bed seriously ill. The physician admits he has no treatment. The pancreas is secreting substances that are digesting itself and destroying surrounding tissue. Some patients recover on their own; others simply expire. Only time will tell which fate awaits the young father.
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20
Dec
2007
As a staff member involved in OSTI’s Web presence, it was personally satisfying today to hear Google’s J.L. Needham mention OSTI in testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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05
Dec
2007
Yesterday my son had an emergency appendectomy – these days a pretty routine procedure. But far from routine was the array of drugs offered to get him through the long night ahead.
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16
Nov
2007
In 2005, the idea of creating a global science gateway for the web was conceived at OSTI. It would make the best collections of scientific information from nations around the world act as if they were a single enormous collection. It would be searchable via a single query, and it would be available at no cost to anyone anywhere with web access.
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