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Teens seek invention protection
Increasingly, young researchers seek patents to defend their innovations against theft
Posted in Teaching Science, Technology & Engineering, Young Scientists
Tagged air pollution, air quality, alcohol fuel cell, Alison Bick, Alison Dana Bick, allergy, asthma, Brian Cho, candles, Catherine Wong, clean energy, computer model, Design for the Other 90%, EKG, electrocardiograph, Environmental Protection Agency, enzymes, feature, Haejun Cho, incense, indoor air, Intel Science & Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, Intel STS, intellectual property, invent, invention, ISEF, John Ritter, lung capacity, lung disorder, lung function, Make: Electronics, membranes, microbial fuel cell, Milton Academy, Morristown High School, Naomi Chetan Shah, Naomi Shah, patent, Patent and Trademark Office, Patent It Yourself, Patent Office, Pavan Mehrotra, Pavan N. Mehrotra, Portland State University, Princeton University, Rahul Ganguli, Sierra Canyon School, silicone, soap, stethoscope, Sunset High School, supernova, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, telemedicine, USPTO, VOCs, volatile organic chemicals, wireless stethoscope, yeast
Cool Jobs: Green Science
Scientists get at the root (and stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed) of the relationship between plants and their environment
Posted in Agriculture, Plants, STEM Careers
Tagged air pollution, air pollution control, albedo, allelopathy, arabidopsis, benzene, Bill Wolverton, birch, botany, climate change, contaminants, cool jobs, ecology, feature, forests, formaldehyde, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse effectPlants, herbicide, houseplants, Joseph Jez, juglone, Labrador, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, plant chemistry, plants, Pollination, pollinator, Quebec, rice, seeds, Serge Payette, sorghum, spruce, topstories, transpiration, tree line, trees, trichloroethylene, tundra, Université Laval, Washington University, weed killers, X-ray crystallography
Bad for breathing
New study connects pollution to several common diseases that affect the lungs and airways
Posted in Body & Health, Environment & Pollution
Tagged air pollution, allergy, asthma, biochemistry, cells, combustion, getinvolved, immune system, immunity, inflammation, Kari Nadeau, lungs, medicine, Ohio University, PAHs, Pollution, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Stanford University, swelling, T-regs, T-regulatory cells, Todd Rambasek, topstories
Exhaled air: A problem in buildings?
New studies suggest carbon dioxide that accumulates in classrooms could limit how well the brain processes information, lead to more student absences
Posted in Environment & Pollution
Tagged air pollutant, air pollution, air quality, Architectural Energy Corp., brain, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, carbon dioxide, CO2, cognition, concentration, decision making, Environmental Health Perspectives, exhale, getinvolved, indoor air, László Kajtár, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mark Mendell, office buildings, Roger Hedrick, room air, school absences, schools, sickness, topstories, ventilation, William Fisk
A gassy threat from above
In Earth’s atmosphere, nitrous oxide threatens the ozone layer
Posted in Environment & Pollution
Tagged air pollution, ecology, ozone
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