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15-Aug-2008
Team USA brings home the (linguistics) gold
The summer games in Beijing may have just gotten underway, but the United States can already claim gold medal bragging rights. The sixth International Linguistics Olympiad ended today in Slanchev Bryag, Bulgaria, and US high school students captured 11 out of 33 awards, including gold medals in individual and team events. This was only the second time the US has ever competed in the event. Their achievement brings a new focus on computational linguistics.
Contact: Dana W. Cruikshank
dcruiksh@nsf.gov
703-292-8070
National Science Foundation
14-Aug-2008
A lack of oxygen in the oceans
Imagine there was a room in your home that you could not breathe in. Or try to picture a neighborhood in your town that does not have enough oxygen. Whenever you went into that room or neighborhood, you simply could not take a breath.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
7-Aug-2008
Bend me, stretch me, connect me
Ever wish you could roll up your TV or computer and carry it in your backpack? Play with a robot that moves its limbs like a human does? Researchers are thinking about how to build all kinds of bendy, stretchy electronic devices, but first they're going to need a bendy, stretchy material that can conduct electricity.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1-Aug-2008
The best place to live underwater
New York City has a population of more than 8 million people. The region of Japan known as Tokyo metropolis has almost 13 million people living in its different neighborhoods. It seems like certain areas of the world just naturally attract large numbers of people, for one reason or another.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
30-Jul-2008
Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium hosts Aquascience Cabaret
Ira Flatow, popular host of NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday will be presenting his TalkingScience's AquaCabaret at the New York Aquarium on Aug. 8, 2008, at 7 p.m.
Contact: Fran Hackett
718-265-3428
Wildlife Conservation Society
24-Jul-2008
Space weather mystery solved?
Near the north and south pole, you can sometimes see colorful light displays in the sky, called the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere (also known as the northern lights) and the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
17-Jul-2008
Grunt, growl and channel your inner fish
Scowls perpetually, communicates with grunts and growls, spends lots of effort attracting mates and defending territory -- no, it's not the human teenager, it's the toadfish!
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
11-Jul-2008
Kids drop their TV remotes in favor of cool science at UH this summer
A raft-building competition is one of many sessions at the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at the University of Houston, showing students the fun of science and engineering. Campers work alongside ExxonMobil engineers and scientists, UH faculty and Houston Independent School District teachers. Two camps held annually at UH are offered free of charge to middle-school students, who are academically qualified, recommended by their teachers and show a genuine interest in math and science.
Contact: Lisa Merkl
lkmerkl@uh.edu
713-743-8192
University of Houston
10-Jul-2008
The makings of an avalanche
One of the most serious dangers you could face in the mountains is an avalanche of snow coming towards you. These destructive forces of nature present a serious risk to both life and property, often demolishing everything in their path.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
8-Jul-2008
RIT student team honored at Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals
A student team from Rochester Institute of Technology has won an Engineering Excellence Award at the 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals in Paris.
Ziyan (Joe) Zhou, Adam Risi and Zachery Shivers, named Team Sparx, programmed and configured a network of sensors to take readings of such environmental variables as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, and set the system up to be accessible via cell phone.
Contact: Will Dube
wjduns@rit.edu
585-475-2816
Rochester Institute of Technology
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