Science News for Kids » Harvard University http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ‘Print’ almost anything http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:00:38 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16757 Caption: For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab

3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts]]> Caption: For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab

3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/feed/ 0 New life for a used organ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/scientists-transplant-a-rebuilt-kidney-into-a-rat/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/scientists-transplant-a-rebuilt-kidney-into-a-rat/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:27:17 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16742 A rat kidney was stripped of its cells and repopulated with human and rat cells. Researchers transplanted the organ into a rat, where it functioned to produce urine and filter impurities from blood. Credit: Ott Lab/Center for Regenerative Medicine/Massachusetts General Hospital

Scientists transplant a rebuilt kidney into a rat]]> A rat kidney was stripped of its cells and repopulated with human and rat cells. Researchers transplanted the organ into a rat, where it functioned to produce urine and filter impurities from blood. Credit: Ott Lab/Center for Regenerative Medicine/Massachusetts General Hospital

Scientists transplant a rebuilt kidney into a rat]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/scientists-transplant-a-rebuilt-kidney-into-a-rat/feed/ 0 Stem cells: The secret to change http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/stem-cells-the-secret-to-change/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/stem-cells-the-secret-to-change/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:22:14 +0000 Alison Pearce Stevens http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16384 Ahmad_iPS.RGC_feature

Unusual, versatile cells hold the key to regrowing lost tissues]]> Ahmad_iPS.RGC_feature

Unusual, versatile cells hold the key to regrowing lost tissues]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/stem-cells-the-secret-to-change/feed/ 0 Where cosmic rays are born http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:14:47 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15680 Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/feed/ 0 Color-changing robot http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/color-changing-robot/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/color-changing-robot/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:00:52 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14399 Tiny tubes filled with colored dyes let these soft robots blend in with their environments. Credit: S. Morin, Harvard University

Tiny tunnels within the “skin” of a robot allow it to blend in with or stand out from its surroundings]]> Tiny tubes filled with colored dyes let these soft robots blend in with their environments. Credit: S. Morin, Harvard University

Tiny tunnels within the “skin” of a robot allow it to blend in with or stand out from its surroundings]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/color-changing-robot/feed/ 0