Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science: Science TV News That Matters

每个月，美国物理研究所(AIP)将制作12篇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动画描述。经同行审查的报道以独家形式提供给211个主要电视市场中每个市场的一个电视台。该服务目前拥有84个订户，有可能覆盖大约62%的美国电视家庭。AIP正在积极寻找购买这项服务的更多电台。他们计划在170个电视台成为订户后，这项服务能够自给自足。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会在内的许多科学学会建立了工作联盟。电视制作人员依赖于这些社会中代表的一系列科学家提供的故事想法，以及来自期刊文章、大学新闻稿和研究机构的其他发现。一旦为一个故事开发了一种治疗方法，外部科学专家就会被要求审查它的准确性，并对其有效性和可靠性进行评论。一个“了解更多”的网络组件为观众提供了一个机会，让他们找到关于科学故事的更多信息。

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.