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Comet makes a splash on Jupiter
When scientists named Jupiter a "gas giant," they weren't exaggerating -- if you parachuted into Jupiter, you would never hit solid ground! The planet is made up largely of swirling, stormy hydrogen gas tens of thousands of kilometers thick. But now astronomers have found another element on the planet: water, and it was delivered to the planet by a comet!
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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Born in the wild
Astronomers have discovered a group of stars in the trail of a fast-moving dwarf galaxy. Apparently, these have been able to form in extreme circumstances: winds of 4 million kilometers per hour and temperatures reaching up to one million degrees Celsius. The dwarf galaxy is rushing through the Virgo Cluster at a distance of 55 million light years from our Milky Way.
Contact: Erik Arends
arends@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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Stressful conditions help moms help their babies
Pregnant squirrels may be able to help their babies before they are born simply by living in a crowded place, a new study in the journal Science reports.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Shining a light into the brain
Researchers have figured out a way to insert tiny electronic devices that can detect and control light into the brains of rodents without harming the animals. Until now, similar devices, like light sources and sensors, have been safely placed upon the brain. But, inserting such electronics directly into brain tissue has caused serious damage and irritation.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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'Ain't no sunshine when she's gone'
If you're a regular reader of Space Scoop, you've probably seen lots of exciting pictures of space by now. But you'll want to pay special attention to this fuzzy green blob, because this is the future fate of our sun! (But don't worry, we've got another five billion years before this happens!)
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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High school students offer recycling solutions for a possible share of $115,000
Consider it a 30-million-ton problem. Of the nearly 300 million tons of plastic produced around the world each year, over 30 million winds up as plastic waste. Quantifying this waste, coming up with the best methods for US cities to recycle it, and recommending guidelines for nationwide recycling standards was the task faced by the nearly 6,000 US high school students who competed in Moody's Mega Math Challenge in early March.
Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
karthika@siam.org
267-350-6383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Students attempt rowing cardboard boats at annual UH race
Using only cardboard and duct tape to build boats that can be paddled more than 160 feet across a swimming pool, teens will put their physics skills to the test at an annual boat race at the University of Houston April 13. Students will spend several weeks applying lessons learned in physics class to build handmade vessels that are buoyant and stable enough to row across a pool without sinking.
Contact: Lisa Merkl
lkmerkl@uh.edu
713-743-8192
University of Houston
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Continent-wide look at vole populations
Climate may be affecting vole populations across Europe, a new study in the journal Science reports.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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ASPB joins National Park Foundation to support 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll
ASPB returns today to the South Lawn to offer science activities for kids at the 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll. ASPB is providing an in-kind donation of expertise and materials in its 'Growing Strong with Plants' booth. Plant science educators and researchers are set to chat with visitors about seed care, plant growth, and nutrients that plants provide. Kids can take home "My Life As A Plant," a coloring-activity book published by ASPB.
Contact: Kathy Munkvold
kmunkvold@aspb.org
301-251-0560
American Society of Plant Biologists
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Termites behind desert 'fairy circles'
A new study uncovers the origin of fairy circles, circular patches of perennial grasses with a barren center that grow in the desert on the southwest coast of Africa. The research appears in the March 29, 2013, issue of the journal Science.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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