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20-Nov-2008
Safe water from the palm of your hand
Student engineers at the University of Iowa designed a $5 hand-held device to disinfect drinking water in households of poor communities around the world.
Contact: Nicole Riehl
nicole-riehl@uiowa.edu
319-384-0070
University of Iowa
14-Nov-2008
A first in online gaming: Humans team up with AI software
Online gamers, artificial-intelligence researchers need your help! Researchers have released the first online game in which human players actually partner with AI software. At www.give-challenge.org, gamers take part in a virtual world treasure hunt and then rate their virtual partners' performance. The game is part of a growing movement asking ordinary Internet users to help researchers develop and assess intelligent software -- and a chance to play games and contribute to science.
Contact: Megan Fellman
fellman@northwestern.edu
847-491-3115
Northwestern University
13-Nov-2008
Exoplanets: Seeing is believing
Scientists have produced the first-ever image of multiple planets orbiting a star other than our own Sun. And, in related news, another research team has directly detected a planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut (pronounced "foh-ma-low"), which is one of the brightest in the sky and just 25 light years from Earth.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
10-Nov-2008
High school students in New England and Mid-Atlantic states to compete for $80,000
Online registration opens today for the 2009 Moody's Mega Math Challenge, an Internet-based applied mathematics contest open to high school juniors and seniors in all New England and Mid-Atlantic states, from Maine to Washington, DC.
Contact: Jessica Stephenson
stephenson@siam.org
267-350-6383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
6-Nov-2008
Cave's clues: The ups and downs of Chinese history
In China and many other countries in Asia, a change in winds called the Asian Monsoon brings wet and dry seasons to the area. The wet time is especially important for bringing lots of rain to farmers growing rice and other food. Now, a new discovery in a Chinese cave shows that the Monsoon may have played a big part in Chinese history for nearly 2,000 years.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
30-Oct-2008
Why are bats dying in droves?
Bats are typically considered scary animals (what would Halloween be without them?) but really we should love them. Bats eat bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. And they pollinate plants and spread their seeds around.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
23-Oct-2008
The good vibrations of the stars
Did you know that the sun is vibrating? It's very hard to see, but researchers who study the sun can measure how strong those vibrations are. They can also tell how smooth the surface of the sun is.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
16-Oct-2008
The long-distance relationship of 2 asteroids
In the outer reaches of our solar system, beyond Pluto, two small asteroids are caught in each other's gravitational fields. The asteroids are part of the Kuiper Belt, and they are slowly orbiting each other.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
14-Oct-2008
Classrooms worldwide invited to 'dive in' to deep-sea expedition
University of Delaware researchers will lead an international team to explore deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean next month, and middle- and high-school classrooms worldwide are invited to "dive in" with them on the National Science Foundation expedition.
Contact: Tracey Bryant
tbryant@udel.edu
302-831-8185
University of Delaware
14-Oct-2008
National Chemistry Week 2008 focuses on fun with sports
From sandy baseball fields in Los Angeles to blacktop basketball courts in New York City, this year's National Chemistry Week -- Oct. 19-25 -- will draw upon young people's love for sports and show them how chemistry plays a big part in all kinds of games. The theme of NCW 2008 is Having a Ball with Chemistry.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-4400
American Chemical Society
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