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Teacher-Mentors Boost Teens' Chances at College
Denise Daniels, a math teacher at Spanish Fork High School in Utah, mentors a student during an after-school math lab. A new Brigham Young University study shows teacher-mentors greatly increase ...

Contact: Joe Hadfield
joe_hadfield@byu.edu
801-422-9206
Brigham Young University

Autonomous Helicopters
Claire Tomlin, formerly of Stanford and currently with Berkeley, is pushing the envelope of aerospace design, building a new class of autonomous helicopters. These aircraft don’t need a "pilot" ...

Contact: Valene Marshall
vmarshal@nsf.gov
703-292-2984
National Science Foundation

Social Insects
Michael Goodisman is digging up the dirt on yellow jackets' peculiar sex lives by studying their nests, behavior and genetic make-up. He wants to understand what drives their complex family ...

Contact: Valene Marshall
vmarshal@nsf.gov
703-292-2984
National Science Foundation

Whiskered Robots
The image of a rat sniffing around for food with its little whiskers moving back and forth to help satisfy its appetite is enough to make most people lose theirs! But those whiskers play a valuable ...

Contact: Valene Marshall
vmarshal@nsf.gov
703-292-2984
National Science Foundation

Common Plants Can Eliminate Indoor Air Pollutants
Hemigraphis alternata, or purple waffle plant, one of the highest rated ornamentals for removing indoor air pollutants.

Contact: Michael W. Neff
mwneff@ashs.org
703-836-4606
American Society for Horticultural Science

Water-Conserving Irrigation Strategies Minimize Overwatering, Runoff
Overhead irrigation system used to irrigate the three-gallon container-grown landscape shrubs in the experiment.

Contact: Michael W. Neff
mwneff@ashs.org
703-836-4606
American Society for Horticultural Science

Cellular Source of AF
Cardiac melanocyte-like cells in the mouse heart, identified by transgenic expression of a marker gene, are located in the region of the atria and the pulmonary veins and may serve as triggers for ...

Contact: Karen Kreeger
karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu
215-349-5658
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Kevin Wise, University of Missouri-Columbia
Kevin Wise is an assistant professor of strategic communication in the Missouri School of Journalism.

Contact: Emily Martin
SmithEA@missouri.edu
573-882-3346
University of Missouri-Columbia

Internet Searching
"Web site sponsors might consider increasing their advertising on pages that tend to be accessed via search engines," said Kevin Wise, assistant professor of strategic communication and co-director of...

Contact: Emily Martin
SmithEA@missouri.edu
573-882-3346
University of Missouri-Columbia

Illustration of Neutron Star and Atmosphere
Evidence for a thin carbon atmosphere on a neutron star at the center of Cas A has been found. The properties of the carbon atmosphere are remarkable. It is only about four inches thick, has a density...

Contact: Megan Watzke
mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu
617-496-7998
Chandra X-ray Center