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18-Jun-2009
Plant fossils shed light on extinction
Plant fossils from Greenland tell us that the number of plants there decreased abruptly about 200 million years ago, when the Triassic period ended and the Jurassic period began, researchers say in the latest issue of Science.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
16-Jun-2009
Isaac Newton's apple tree grows at Tufts
Thanks to a Tufts physicist and cosmologist and his MIT colleague, Tufts has received cuttings from an apple tree at MIT that traces back to the English farm where Sir Isaac Newton lived. The apples that grow at Tufts could descend from the fabled one that dropped on Newton and led to his theory on the universal law of gravitation.
Contact: Kim Thurler
kim.thurler@tufts.edu
617-627-3175
Tufts University
16-Jun-2009
Computer idle? Now you can donate its time to finding a cure for major diseases
Not using your computer at the moment? You can now donate your computer's idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson's, arthritis and breast cancer.
Contact: Tracey Bryant
tbryant@udel.edu
302-831-8185
University of Delaware
11-Jun-2009
How whirlybird seeds catch air
Plants and flying animals have evolved the same aerodynamic trick for fighting gravity while flying, scientists have discovered.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
9-Jun-2009
Hydrothermal-vent expedition is educational experience for scientists and middle-school students
An international team of scientists led by a Penn State biologist has returned to port this week after completing a research expedition to collect data about the creatures that live under extreme conditions near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. In addition to getting valuable scientific information during their three-week expedition in the South Pacific Ocean, the scientists also brought 1,200 middle-school students along for a virtual ride through classroom programs including interactions with the scientists via the Internet.
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
science@psu.edu
814-863-4682
Penn State
8-Jun-2009
Engineering students sweep business plan competition
The core technologies behind the top three finishers in a UC San Diego student-run business plan competition were developed by graduate students at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
Contact: Daniel Kane
dbkane@ucsd.edu
858-534-3262
University of California - San Diego
4-Jun-2009
Bytesize Science debuts new video podcast episodes in high-definition
The American Chemical Society debuted new video episodes of Bytesize Science, their award-winning chemistry podcast for kids and teens, in crisp high-definition. Watch the latest episode at www.BytesizeScience.com to find out how scientists are developing "super paper" that is stronger than cast iron!
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
4-Jun-2009
Bird 'mobsters' learn from their neighbors
When a cuckoo comes along, hoping to sneak one of its own eggs into a reed warbler nest, the warblers mount an impassioned defense, mobbing the parasitic birds while making loud, raspy calls and snapping their beaks.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
28-May-2009
Undiscovered gas and oil in the Arctic Circle
Researchers say that the Arctic Circle probably contains a full 30 percent of the natural gas in the world that hasn't been discovered yet. They also predict that the Arctic Circle holds 13 percent of Earth's undiscovered oil.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
21-May-2009
Eleven-year-old raises $733 for honey bee research at UC Davis
Bay Area resident Sheridan Miller, 11, cares deeply about honey bees and she urges others to care, too.
The declining honey bee population and the increasing need for honey bee research prompted her to raise $733 and donate it to the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. To earn the money, she sold jars of honey, baked goods featuring honey, beeswax candles, olive oil, soap and a self-penned booklet about the plight of honey bees.
Contact: Kathy Keatley Garvey
kegarvey@ucdavis.edu
530-754-6894
University of California - Davis
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