SCIENCE

Emory chemist Douglas Mulford is a popular mainstay of the Atlanta Science Festival and public outreach year-round. Participants can join a crash course on the basics of AI, create a mini herbarium of medicinal plants, go into the field with researchers studying microplastic pollution in a stream, take a behind-the-scenes tour of the latest advances in health care technology and even get a taste of the science of cheese making.
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2 years ago Read more at SaportaReport

Clanton Intermediate School Science Olympiad Team takes second in competition. CIS competed in Division AA competition for grades third through sixth. 16 schools competed.
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2 years ago Read more at Clanton Advertiser

Democrats and Republicans rarely reference the same papers, a study finds. The study examined more than 49,000 reports and hearing documents published by committees in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1995 to 2021. It also examined whether the type and number of citations changed depending on whether Democrats or Republicans controlled the chamber and hence each committee.
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2 years ago Read more at Science

Audiology student Natalie Niyazov wears virtual reality goggles to test her balance. Max St. Germain is among the first to conduct research using the Bertec CDP Virtual Reality Balance System and a phone app to assess fall risk. The one-of-a-kind system is used to evaluate gait and balance disorders, as well as provide rehabilitative strategies.
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2 years ago Read more at Montclaire News

Nearly 70 Nobel prize winners from around the world are urging Argentina’s new president Javier Milei to block cuts to the country’s science and technology budgets. Milei promised during his campaign to eliminate the country's science ministry and dissolve the government agency known as the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Conicet), which funds almost all research at Argentinian universities.
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2 years ago Read more at Chemistry World

In the last of four articles showcasing their efforts, organic chemist Christina Goudreau Collison at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York describes how working with Deaf students to create clear signs for organic chemistry terms boosted the students’ academic outcomes. The University provides sign-language interpreters for courses, but I recognized how exhausting it was for the students to keep up in my classroom with the time lag that comes with interpreting.
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

The United States has the lowest life expectancy at birth and the highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions. The US also has the highest rate of people with multiple chronic conditions. So, how can you beat the odds and improve your overall health? Here’s another tip: Don’t climb stairs. Walk down them too!
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2 years ago Read more at KPLC

Jennifer Trueblood is a cognitive scientist studying human judgment, decision-making and reasoning. The National Academy of Sciences selected Trueblood for her pioneering research. Trueblood joins Robert Goldstone, John Kruschke and Robert Nosofsky as the fourth Troland Research Award winner from IU.
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2 years ago Read more at IU Newsroom

In the four years since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, nearly everything about the novel coronavirus was an open question. We now know far more about how it spreads (no, standing six feet apart isn’t surefire protection), why it doesn’t seem to make children as sick as adults and what’s behind the strange symptoms it can cause. By now, most Americans have had Covid at least once.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Embracing New Tools Snapchat has proven to be a versatile, easy-to-use, and effective platform. We hope our experiences illuminate applications of an accessible, easy to use tool for geoscientists. Snapchat’s “snapped” images preserves geolocation information.
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2 years ago Read more at Eos