Science News for Kids » Nanosilver http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 When one question leads to another http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/when-one-question-leads-to-another/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/when-one-question-leads-to-another/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:00:18 +0000 Susan Gaidos http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16330 Student Erika DeBenedictis spent years studying the so-called interplanetary superhighway. Her persistence paid off: In 2010, Erika placed first in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research. Credit: Martin Lo, Caltech

Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end]]> Student Erika DeBenedictis spent years studying the so-called interplanetary superhighway. Her persistence paid off: In 2010, Erika placed first in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research. Credit: Martin Lo, Caltech

Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/when-one-question-leads-to-another/feed/ 0 Nanosilver, away! http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/nanosilver-away/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/nanosilver-away/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:56:29 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12756 Adam Noble, a 12th-grader from Lakefield, Canada, has developed a process to remove nanosilver, a potentially harmful pollutant, from waste water. Credit: Patrick Thornton / SSP

Technique uses microorganisms to scour tiny pollutants from waste water]]> Adam Noble, a 12th-grader from Lakefield, Canada, has developed a process to remove nanosilver, a potentially harmful pollutant, from waste water. Credit: Patrick Thornton / SSP

Technique uses microorganisms to scour tiny pollutants from waste water]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/nanosilver-away/feed/ 0