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Lakewood High School wins Colorado Science Bowl
Students from Lakewood High School Team 1 won the Colorado High School Science Bowl today. They will go on to the 23rd National Science Bowl in Washington DC, April 25-29, where they will compete for the national title against more than 400 students from 70 high schools.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
david.glickson@nrel.gov
303-275-4097
DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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New American Chemical Society podcast: Boosting the sensitivity of airport security screening
The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports a simple way to improve the sensitivity of the test often used to detect traces of explosives on the hands, carry-ons and other possessions of passengers at airport security screening stations.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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EARTH: Drinking toilet water
Would you drink water from a toilet? What if that water, once treated, was cleaner than what comes out of the faucet? Although the imagery isn't appealing, as climate change and population growth strain freshwater resources, such strategies are becoming more common around the world -- and in the United States.
Contact: Megan Sever
msever@earthmagazine.org
American Geosciences Institute
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Control Engineering PracticeMotion control keeps electric car's 4 wheels -- and 4 motors -- on the road
It weighs half as much as a sports car, and turns on a dime -- so its no surprise that the electric car being developed at Ohio State University needs an exceptional traction and motion control system to keep it on the road. With four wheels that turn independently, each with its own built-in electric motor and set of batteries, the experimental car is the only one of its kind outside of commercial carmakers' laboratories.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Pam Frost Gorder
gorder.1@osu.edu
614-292-9475
Ohio State University
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New American Chemical Society podcast: Leaves of carob tree fight food-poisoning bacteria
The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports that an antibacterial extract from the leaves of the carob tree (the source of a popular chocolate substitute) could fight the microbe responsible for the serious form of food poisoning called listeriosis.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B2 new studies show why biodiversity is important for pollination services in California almond
Scientist from Germany and California show why biodiversity benefits California almond pollination. The presence of wild bees was found to alter the behavior of honey bees and improve their pollination effectiveness. Furthermore, wild bees buffered pollination under high winds and wild pollinators visited the parts of the almond trees that were less favored by honey bees. These findings help explain why orchards where wild bees are present have greater fruit set.
Contact: Claire Brittain
cabrittain@ucdavis.edu
530-752-9358
Pensoft Publishers
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Proceedings of the Royal Society BClamorous city blackbirds
Birds can sing louder at higher frequencies and thereby make themselves heard in traffic noise.
Contact: Erwin Nemeth
enemth@orn.mpg.de
43-664-456-8191
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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Inside DayGlo: A video tour of the world's most colorful factory
A new American Chemical Society video provides a behind-the-scenes-look at the DayGlo Color Corp. factory, producer of the fluorescent paints that light up traffic cones, black light posters, hula-hoops and other products. The video, the latest episode of the award-winning Bytesize Science series from the world's largest scientific society, is at www.BytesizeScience.com.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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A New Year's gift from NASA and Penn State
A large new collection of rare photos taken at wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye and blocked by Earth's atmosphere has been released as a New Year's gift to the people of Earth by NASA and Penn State University. The images were captured by a rare type of telescope on board NASA's Swift satellite, whose science and flight operations are controlled by Penn State from the Mission Operations Center in State College, Pennsylvania.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
science@psu.edu
814-863-4682
Penn State
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Journal of Sensory StudiesCup color influences the taste of hot chocolate
Two researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford have proven that hot chocolate tastes better in an orange or cream colored cup than in a white or red one. The study adds to recent research demonstrating how our senses perceive food in a different way depending on the characteristics of the container from which we eat and drink.
Contact: Press Office
info@agenciasinc.es
34-914-251-820
FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
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