Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science: Science TV News That Matters

每个月，美国物理学会（AIP）都会制作12个90秒的电视新闻报道，展示研究与社会的相关性，包括对潜在科学原理的生动描述。经同行评议的报告只在211个主要电视市场中的一个电视台独家出售。这项服务目前有84个用户，有可能覆盖美国电视家庭总数的62%。AIP正在积极寻求购买这项服务的其他电台。他们计划在170家电视台成为订户后实现自给自足。AIP与包括美国地质学会、美国数学学会、美国气象学会、美国机械工程师学会和大学研究协会在内的众多科学学会建立了工作联盟。电视制作人员所依据的故事构思来自于这些学会所代表的一系列科学家，以及来自期刊文章、大学新闻稿和其他研究机构的发现。一旦一种治疗方法被开发出来，外部科学专家就会被要求对其准确性进行审查，并对其有效性和可靠性发表评论。“了解更多”的网络组件为观众提供了一个了解科学故事的更多信息的机会。

Each month, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) will produce twelve, 90-second television news reports that demonstrate the relevance of research to society, including animated descriptions of the underlying science principles. The peer-reviewed reports are offered for sale on an exclusive basis to one station in each of the 211 principal television markets. The service currently has 84 subscribers with the potential to reach approximately 62% of the total US television households. AIP is actively seeking additional stations that will purchase the service. They have plans for the service to become self-sustaining when 170 stations become subscribers. AIP has a working coalition with numerous scientific societies including American Geological Institute, American Mathematical Society, American Meteorological Society, American Society for Mechanical Engineers, and Universities Research Association. The television production staff relies on story ideas provided by the range of scientists represented in these societies as well as from journal articles, university press releases, and other findings from research institutions. Once a treatment is developed for a story, outside science experts are asked to review it for accuracy and to comment on its validity and reliability. A "Know More" web component offers audiences an opportunity to find out more information about a science story.