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Announcing the 2012 Best Paper Awards for Canadian Young Scientists
The Best Paper Awards for Canadian Young Scientists recognize the authors of exceptional papers published in the Canadian Young Scientist Journal. This year, honors went to a number of outstanding high school students in a variety of scientific areas. These awards are sponsored by Canadian Science Publishing, publisher of the NRC Research Press journals.
Contact: Jenny Ryan
jenny.ryan@nrcresearchpress.com
613-949-8667
Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)
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The battle of the brains again comes to NJIT: Science Olympiad set for Jan. 17
Once again the brainiest of the brainy will descend Jan. 17, 2013, upon NJIT when 600 middle and senior high school students compete vigorously in the Northern New Jersey Science Olympiad Regional playoffs. The prize is to be crowned the best of North Jersey's future scientists and engineers.
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Artificial muscles powered by water
Researchers have designed artificial muscles, or actuators, that react to moisture in the environment. These actuators expand when they absorb water and contract when they expel it. So, when the researchers place them on a flat, wet surface, the actuators swell up and then topple over continuously.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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NASA invites children, families to learn about NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory mission
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Jan. 20 from 1-3 p.m. EST. The Sunday Experiment is a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families to discover NASA Goddard's exciting missions.
Contact: Catherine Kruchten
catherine.kruchten@nasa.gov
301-286-0251
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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El Niņo events are currently unpredictable
Some climate events, like monsoon seasons, are thought to be influenced by greenhouse gases. But, so far, researchers have not been able to tie a quirk in the global climate, known as the El Niņo-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), to any other natural or human-made processes. The ENSO occurs roughly every five years, and it warms large stretches of the Pacific Ocean while influencing rainfall around the world.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Scientists to surveil Santa's sleigh Christmas Eve
Los Alamos trackers will use state-of-the-art technology to mark the course taken this year by Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer during the Jolly Elf's annual mission to spread joy to all the children of the world. Visit http://santa.lanl.gov beginning at 6 a.m. December 24 to see St. Nick's whirlwind journey.
Contact: James E. Rickman (a.k.a. "Snickers" the Elf)
jamesr@lanl.gov
505-665-9203
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
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New space rock is rare type of meteorite
On April 22, 2012, several radar instruments -- typically used for tracking weather -- detected a fast-moving fireball in the skies over California and Nevada. Many people also saw it with their own eyes.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Santa considers switch from reindeer team to fish school
Because summertime shrinkage of Arctic sea ice is hindering Santa's ability to provide the training his reindeer need to fly, he's considering switching to a school of fish and a boat for his Christmas rounds.
Contact: David Malmquist
davem@vims.edu
804-684-7011
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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Scientists climb through and fly over a rain forest to count its bugs
Did you ever dream about collecting bugs while climbing trees or flying a helium balloon? This is exactly what a team of scientists did to count the different arthropods (insects and others creepy-crawlies) in a Panamanian rainforest.
Contact: Karin Hannukainen
karin.hannukainen@helsinki.fi
358-504-150-328
University of Helsinki
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Darcin helps mice remember where scent marks are
Scent marks, or the odors that mammals leave behind to mark their territory, contain cocktails of chemicals that pass on information about the animal's gender and social status. Animals regularly revisit scent marks to get more information about the creature leaving them, but until now researchers have not known how animals relocate these scent marks days or even weeks after first finding them.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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