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Flagging loose bolts

By Sid Perkins / May 16, 2013

Mei Kam (left), Mei Di Zhu (center) and Jia Ying Zhong (right) designed a “smart washer” that provides an alert when the nut holding the washer on a bolt comes loose. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

“Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger

Posted in Technology & Engineering, Young Scientists | Tagged accidents, bolt, China, Formula One, friction, getinvolved, Hong Kong, Intel, Intel ISEF, International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF, Jia Ying Zhong, Mei Di Zhu, Mei Kam, nut, Sheng Keng Hui Li Ping Secondary School, spring, structures, washer

Deadly new flu

By Stephen Ornes / April 24, 2013

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The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged Ana Fernandez-Sesma, animals, Beijing, bird flu, cells, chicken, China, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gene swapping, genetics, getinvolved, H7N9, infection, infectious disease, Influenza, microbes, microbiology, Rongbao Gao, Shanghai, topstories, virus, World Health Organization, zoonotic

World’s oldest pots

By Erin Wayman / July 6, 2012

One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming

Posted in Ancient Times | Tagged alcohol, Anna Belfer-Cohen, archaeology, Asia, bone marrow, cave, China, clay, cooking, farming, getinvolved, humans, hunter-gatherers, ice age, pot, pottery, T. Douglas Price, Xianrendong Cave, Xiaohong Wu, Zhijun Zhao