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Taking robots off-roading
Researchers can learn a lot from a lizard scampering across the desert sand or an insect walking across some gravel, according to a new study. Chen Li and colleagues studied how objects move across these types of "flowable" surfaces and designed a six-legged robot that can do it easily.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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How to stand out from the crowd
Back in 1999, a galaxy was floating peacefully through space without a care in the world. Then all of a sudden, its calm was shattered by a spectacular explosion. It was the fiery death of a massive star, one of the most violent events in nature. We call these explosions "supernovae," and this one was bright enough to outshine the rest of its galaxy combined!
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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ONR program helps girls pursue science careers
Women's History Month is in full swing, and the Office of Naval Research is helping to meet the challenge of encouraging young women to become scientists.
Contact: Peter Vietti
onrcsc@onr.navy.mil
703-696-5031
Office of Naval Research
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Wings not lost, just hidden in some insects
The only limbs that can grow upon a modern insect's back are wings and wing-like structures, and they only appear on the second and third segments of an insect's thorax -- between their head and their abdomen. However, some insects in the fossil record seem to have wing-like "pads" on many of their non-winged body segments.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The search for our cosmic origins begins
Today, a brand new telescope called ALMA opened its eyes. This gigantic telescope is the biggest in the world: made up of 66 huge dishes that will all work together to create the most powerful telescope on the face of the Earth! ALMA can capture light from some of the most distant objects in the cosmos, to show us never before seen details from the early universe!
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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NASA workshop transforms teachers into glaciologists for a week
There are times in a teacher's professional life when she or he hits a wall. For the participants of a NASA training program for educators held on Feb. 11-15, the wall was a 50-foot icefall that the teachers proceeded to climb using ice axes and crampons.
Contact: Maria-José Viñas
maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov
301-614-5883
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Prairie dogs take cooperation over competition
Why did the prairie dog cross the road? It might be because all of its close female relatives had already done so, according to a new study by John Hoogland. This researcher studied three different species of prairie dogs for more than 30 years and discovered that -- unlike many other animals -- prairie dogs tend to stay in the areas they are born until their close family members are gone.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Paper or plastic?
Every five seconds, Americans use 60,000 plastic bags and consume 2,000 bottled drinks, an ecological concern on many minds, including thousands of high school juniors and seniors -- 5,809 across 29 states -- who spent last weekend devising methods to quantify and manage this waste. The impetus for this high-minded task is Moody's Mega Math Challenge, an Internet-based applied math contest organized by the Pennsylvania-based Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
karthika@siam.org
267-350-6383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Cosmic candles shine a light on the size of the universe
For a hundred years, astronomers have been trying to pin down the exact distance to one of our nearest neighboring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Measuring distances in the vast Universe is very tricky business: we can't travel with a measuring tape, and our rulers would have to be very long! However, astronomers have come up with some very clever tricks for measuring distances, using just light from a pairs of stars orbiting each other!
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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Free insect fair in Lancaster, Pa., on St. Patrick's Day
Thousands of insects and a swarm of entomologists will converge on Lancaster for the 84th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America's Eastern Branch. The meeting will include a free public program for kids and parents called "It's a Bug's World." This event will be held on Sunday, March 17 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Eden Resorts.
Contact: Faith Kuehn
Faith.Kuehn@state.de.us
302-698-4587
Entomological Society of America
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