SCIENCE

Lauren Parker was one of eight teachers nationwide selected for a unique space-simulated opportunity. Parker went aboard the zero-gravity G-Force One Aircraft in Florida. She took along with actual experiments designed by her students and got to test the students’ theories in zero gravity.
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2 years ago Read more at AOL

Scientists from Massey University in New Zealand, University of Mainz in Germany, Sorbonne University in France, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) discuss the limit of the periodic table and revising the concept of the “island of stability” with recent advances in superheavy element research. The nuclei of chemical elements with more than 103 protons are labeled as “superheavy." They are part of a vast unknown territory of these
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2 years ago Read more at EurekAlert

Rice University has developed an additive-free, water-based ink made of lignin and cellulose, the fundamental building blocks of wood. The ink can be used to produce architecturally intricate wood structures via a 3D printing technique known as direct ink writing.
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The National Virtual Climate Laboratory (NVCL) is a comprehensive web portal featuring climate science projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. The portal can be used to find a wide range of national laboratory experts, programs, projects, activities and user facilities engaged in climate research across the BER portfolio. New features include climate-related internships, appointments, grants, and other opportunities for students and professionals at all levels.
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Three millenniums ago, a small farming community briefly flourished in the freshwater marshes of eastern England. The inhabitants lived in a clutch of thatched roundhouses built on wooden stilts above a channel of the River Nene, which empties into the North Sea. They wore clothes of fine flax linen, bartered for glass and amber beads imported from places far-flung as present-day Iran; drank from delicate clay poppyhead cups; dined
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Students at Highlands Elementary School got a visit from a science magician last week. David Hagerman wanted the students to learn that magic is science, and science is magic. He and his assistant, Abbie Honore, are touring schools across the West Coast from Southern California to Washington.
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2 years ago Read more at Santa Clarita Valley Signal

In a third of the cases, it is not clear how the brain has been able to endure up to 12,000 years. Of these, 4,405 were human brains, making them the most frequently sampled soft body part. Most of the brains (38%) were preserved by dehydration, usually by heat.
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2 years ago Read more at EL PAÍS USA

NMU’s Clinical Lab Science Club collected blood in Northern Michigan University’s Jamrich Hall on Tuesday. Representatives said there were about 45 people who donated blood.
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2 years ago Read more at WLUC

Putnam Education department offers a diverse selection of summer camps for kids from kindergarten through sixth grade. Each is led by experienced educators and feature hands-on activities, games, and experiments. Putnam Museum has a list of the 2024 Summer Camps here.
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2 years ago Read more at KWQC

Expedition 69 astronauts discussed some of the experiments they conducted while aboard. The microgravity environment allows crew members to conduct experiments that would otherwise be challenging on Earth. A crew launch is scheduled for Thursday to send a NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonaut and Belarus spaceflight participant to the International Space Station.
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2 years ago Read more at Bay News 9