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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
Hot technology
A new device harvests energy that would otherwise go wasted
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged batteries, Chinese Academy of Sciences, electricity, energy, energy transfer, environmentally friendly, forms of energy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, getinvolved, green technology, Heat, lattice, materials science, nanoenergy, NanoLetters, nanotechnology, pyroelectric, renewable energy, topstories, Zhong Lin Wang, zinc oxide
Crawling, nano-sized robots
Built from DNA, these teeny bots move as directed
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged DNA, molecular genetics, nanotechnology
Nanomagnets corral oil
Scientists may have found a clever way to clean up oil spills — with magnets.
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged magnet, magnetism, nanotechnology, oil spill, physics
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