Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...griculture, and the environment. In a survey this summer commissioned by the Canadian Biotechnology Educati... (plus, in some cities, university scholarships or summer jobs) are awarded at regional competitions, which are supported by local companies, educational inst...New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...ban heat island effect, which has raised nighttime summer low temperatures almost 10 degrees in the past 50 years." "Our team of scientists from geography, anthropology, sociology, management, psychology, math, computer science and public affairs will work with our community partners (City of Phoe...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...AM SOUND, Alaska--While researchers in Alaska this summer used high-tech submersibles and huge ships to plumb the deep-ocean depths in search of new species, a team of scuba diving scientists working from an Alaska fishing boat has discovered an entirely new marine habitat just a stone's throw from shore. T...ORNL's Delmau joins Technology Review's list of top young innovators
...ste treatment technologies during one fall and two summer terms. Delmau joined ORNL's research staff in 2000 following a postdoctoral research appointment. She was instrumental in the development of a selected process for removing radioactive cesium from nuclear waste material. She has more than 40 open...European common frog found to use novel mating strategy
...og, is frequently seen and heard during spring and summer months east of the Ural mountains in Russia, and occurs over a large range of altitude, from sea level to about 2,600 meters (8,500 feet). While studying high altitude populations in an attempt to understand how they adjust to short breeding seasons ...Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
...ded a second Partnership for Innovation grant this summer to support a Virginia Tech-led multi-university, multi-industry effort to speed the transition from research to products. "We owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Strickler for his help seeding this collaborative effort," says McGrath. Down hole sensors...Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...a researchers Nina Berry and Jesse Davis, with two summer student interns, are helping implement the wirelessly networked sensor array and cell phone data link, expected to be installed in mid-September. The idea of a bi-national laboratory While agricultural tradition, cultural factors, a...Modest climate change could lead to substantially more and larger fires
...n states could double by the end of the century if summer climate warms by slightly more than a degree and a...stories showed that the most important variable is summer temperature, more important than precipitation in most cases. Using what is considered a low-end cl...NASA satellites detect 'glow' of plankton in black waters
...ns, such as abnormally high rainfall in spring and summer 2003, may accelerate such connections," he added. These findings are based on scientific analyses of several things. Data used include satellite ocean color from MODIS and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), and wind data from NASA's Qui...What actually influences air pollution over the Indian Ocean?
...e Oxidants Study), led by the institute during the summer of 2001, showed that the same monsoon storms which...gen oxide pollution during the periods between the summer and winter monsoons - the monsoon transition periods. Nitrogen oxide (NOx = NO + NO2) is an importan...Listen up! Mice may hold key to restoring human hearing loss
... Jeffrey Corwin and Stefan Heller are working this summer to make large numbers of mouse stem cells "grow" into inner ear sensory hair cells--acoustic receptors that are a critical part of the auditory system. The work is important because, in humans, inner ear sensory hair cells are a precious commodity....Carnegie Mellon researcher tests tools for protecting Anacostia River ecosystem from PCBs
...ng his new reactive core mats in field trials this summer in a portion of the 36-mile-long Anacostia, said his sediment-capping mat contains a thin layer of carbon sorbent particles embedded in a geofabric mesh. This is one of the three "active'' capping technologies currently being demonstrated side-by-sid...Carnegie Mellon scientists reveal ways of studying, resolving PCB contamination in US rivers
...) The lazy flow of the Hudson and Grasse Rivers in summer belies their elevated release of dangerous PCBs du...eatures living in the sediment, abound during warm summer months and churn their surroundings. Higher temperatures also increase natural diffusion and solubil...New compound could give some types of cancer the one-two punch
...ed the results on August 22 in Philadelphia at the summer meeting of the American Chemical Society. OSU 111 is a variation on a theme Li and his colleagues created OSU 111 using a known anti-cancer compound, SU-5416, as a model. Although SU-5416 showed promise in preclinical studies, it did not have the ki...Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
...emical in U.S. water resources. Dr. Halden and his summer research intern, Daniel H. Paull, now a graduate student in the Chemistry department at Johns Hopkins University, analyzed water samples taken from rivers in and around Baltimore, Md., as well as from local water filtration and wastewater treatment p...APS awards more than $36,000 to its 2004 undergraduate research fellows
...te Research Fellows. Fellowship winners spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist and APS member. Now in its fifth year, this program aims to excite and encourage students about careers in biomedical research. In 2004, 29 applicants vied for the 12 research positions. Each fellow r...New hypoxic event found off Oregon coast
...d lower in oxygen than usual. Upwelling-favorable summer winds bring this water closer to shore. And in this situation, the high nutrient waters support even more growth than usual of microscopic marine plants, which ultimately sink and decay, leading to consumption of even more of the remaining oxygen in ...Dispute over life in Antarctic lake
... to break into the lake in the southern hemisphere summer of 2006-2007. Ignoring a proposal from an international panel to drill a new, cleaner hole through the ice and enter the lake using a self-sterilising "cryobot", the Russians plan to enter the lake from the existing, highly contaminated drill hole. T...Human health risks in space flight focus of research internships
...going projects with scientists at JSC. "The summer program is an excellent opportunity for students to gain exposure to space biomedical research and have mentors who are space life scientists," said Dr. Jeffrey Sutton, NSBRI director. "The program allows us to engage and inspire the next generation......d lemming, and millions of migrating waterfowl. In summer it can feature thousands of lakes and large marshy areas. According to Bachelet, despite some of the criticisms aimed at them, climate models appear to work better and achieve higher accuracy over longer rather than shorter periods of time. ...