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Fuzzy future
Kids may suffer impaired vision from spending too little time outdoors, studies suggest
Posted in Body & Health
Tagged 20-20 vision, Andy Fischer, Australian National University, baseball, computers, contact lenses, contacts, Derek Jeter, Donald Mutti, dopamine, eyeglasses, eyes, feature, focus, Frank Schaeffel, glasses, Ian Morgan, indoor lighting, Jane Gwiazda, Jeremy Gugenheim, Kathryn Rose, lux, myopia, National University of Singapore, near sighted, near work, nearsighted, nearsightedness, New England College of Optometry, Ohio State University, outdoor lighting, peripheral vision, reading, recess, Rogers Hornsby, Seang-Mei Saw, Stone Age, Taiwan, television, Tubingen University, TV, University of Calgary, University of Sydney, US Department of Energy, visibility, vision, William Stell
Teens take home science gold
A low-cost, self-driving vehicle; battery alternatives and analyses of galaxy clusters claim top prizes at a global high school science competition
Here comes Swarmageddon!
This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States
Posted in Animals
Tagged animal behavior, brood, Brood II, Bug Appétit, Cicada-licious, cicadas, College Park; John Cooley, entomologist, entomophagy, evolutionary biologist, feature, Insectarium, Janet Raloff, Michael Raupp, parasites, periodical cicadas, topstories, University of Connecticut in Storrs; nymphs, University of Maryland
Blending in
Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise
Posted in Animals, Technology & Engineering
Tagged 3-D TV, Andrea Toa, Baltimore County, camouflage, Cape Cod, cephalopod, chromatophore, cuttlefish, Doryteuthis pealeii, electronic skin, feature, flounder, holographic games, John Rogers, light detector, light sensor, Lydia Mathger, mantis shrimp, Marine Biological Laboratory, MBL, medical imaging, mega TVs, octopus, opsin, predator, Rice University, Richard Baraniuk, Roger Hanlon, Sepia officinalis, squid, submarine, three dimensional TV, Tom Cronin, topstories, University of California San Diego, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, visual pigment, Woods Hole
Inspired medical research
Teens make real advances in biomedical science
Posted in Body & Health, Young Scientists
Tagged Academy for Medical Science Technology, Akshay Padmanabha, albumin, biomedical research, biopsy, Brittany Michelle Wenger, Brittany Wenger, cancer, College Preparatory School, Computational Neurodynamics Laboratory, Emory University, feature, finalist, fine needle aspiration, Greenwich High School, Houston High School, Intel, Intel Science Talent Search, Jack Ryan Takahashi, Jack Takahashi, Jennifer Chan, Kelly Xinyi Zhang, Kelly Zhang, Lynbrook High School, medicine, microbial fuel cell, Milton High School, nanobot, neural network, Out-of-Door Academy, polymer, pulmonary hypertension, Raja Selvakumar, seizure, Society for Science & the Public, Stanford University, Stephen Adam Le Breton, Stephen Le Breton, STS, tamoxifen, teeth, tic, tooth enamel, topstories, University of Memphis, University of the Pacific
‘Print’ almost anything
3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged 3-D inks, 3-D printer, 3-D printing, additive manufacturing, artificial heart, August Rodin, Barack Obama, Cambridge, Cody R. Wilson, Cornell University, diabetes, engineering, ESA, European Space Agency, Fashion Week, feature, guns, Harvard University, Ibrahim Ozbolat, Industrial Revolution, insulin, Iris van Herpen, Ithaca, Jennifer Lewis, King Richard III, Loughborough University, makers, manufacturing, Mars base, moon base, NASA, pancreas, printed food, Richard Harris, sintering, space architecture, State of the Union, topstories, University of Iowa, University of Leicester
Science on the South Lawn
The White House hosts scores of student researchers
Posted in Young Scientists
Tagged algae, biofuels, Brittany Wenger, Broadcom MASTERS, Caleb Meyer, Earth Day, Easton LaChappelle, feature, herbicide, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, Jack Andraka, Jessika Baral, Mabel Wheeler, Megan Waples, Naethan Mundkur, pancreatic cancer, President Barack Obama, Sara Volz, Society for Science & the Public (SSP), topstories, White House, White House Science Fair
Infectious animals
Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people
Posted in Animals, Body & Health
Tagged AIDS, bush meat, bushmeat, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Columbia University, Ebola, EcoHealth Alliance, ecology, emerging infectious disease, epidemic, epidemiology, feature, flu, Hendra virus, HIV, Ian Lipkin, Influenza, Jonathan Epstein, Kristine Smith, Melissa Miller, microbiology, Nipah virus, pathogen, Salmonella, salmonellosis, SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, simian immunodeficiency syndrome, SIV, topstories, vaccination, vaccine, zoonosis, zoonotic
Stem cells: The secret to change
Unusual, versatile cells hold the key to regrowing lost tissues
Posted in Body & Health
Tagged adult stem cells, Anne Cherry, axon, cornea, dachshund, embryonic stem cells, feature, genetic disease, glaucoma, Harvard University, induced pluripotent stem cells, Iowa State University, iP stem cells, iPS cells, Iqbal Ahmad, Kyoto University, marrow, neuron, Nick Jeffery, Nobel prize, Pearson syndrome, red blood cells, retina, Robin Franklin, Shinya Yamanaka, specialization, spinal cord injury, Stem cells, topstories, University of Cambridge, University of Nebraska Medical Center, vision loss, white blood cells
When one question leads to another
Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end
Posted in Teaching Science, Young Scientists
Tagged American Sign Language, animal behavior, Anirudh Jain, antibiotic, audio speakers, bacteria, biocide, Brazil nut effect, Broadcom MASTERS, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, drinking water, Elizabeth Baker, Erika DeBenedictis, feature, gibbon, gorilla, Harvard, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, Intel STS, ISEF, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Sheppard, JPL, Kartik Sameer Madiraju, Koko, lagrange points, low frequency sound, McGill University, Meredith MacGregor, microbial fuel cells, nano silver, nanoparticles, Nanosilver, nanotechnology, NASA, nuclear fusion, observational study, science fair, Science project, scientific method, silver, space navigation, spacecraft, topstories, University of North Carolina
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