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I really like working in Austin Green’s lab, who uses trail cameras to understand local ecosystems. I find their commitment to community engagement, collaboration with policymakers, and applied science to be very inspiring. Right now, I’m doing a student fellowship with a local nonprofit called Leicester Productions to make a short film about Great Salt Lake.
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1 year ago Read more at @theU

Mary Hannon-Fletcher is a professor of biomedical sciences and dean of equality, diversity and inclusion at Ulster University. Since 2014, she has guided Ulster to achieve two bronze awards at university level, and eight bronze and two silver at school level. MHF: What inspired you to go into science and what motivated you to transition into academic research?
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1 year ago Read more at Technology Networks

Study area includes Tubbs, Shallotte, Lockwood Folly, Carolina Beach, Masonboro, Mason, Rich, New Topsail, New River and Bogue Inlets. The 2 p.m. meeting will be the latest round of efforts by the CRC Science Panel to update decades-old inlet hazard area maps.
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1 year ago Read more at Coastal Review Online

Hubble had six new gyros installed during the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission in 2009. The spacecraft could be re-configured to operate with only one gYro. If necessary, the spacecraft can be placed in reserve.
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1 year ago Read more at Science@NASA

Dr. Segenet Kelemu is the director general & CEO of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi, Kenya. She was born in Finote Selam, Ethiopia, and became the first woman from her region to attend university. After graduating with a BSc in plant sciences from Kansas State University, she moved to the United States to continue her education.
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1 year ago Read more at Technology Networks

Megan Bang, Bruce Carruthers, Wei Chen, Suzan van der Lee and Uri J. Wilensky are among the 250 members elected in 2024. They are recognized for their excellence and commitment to uphold the Academy’s mission of engaging with professions across different perspectives. The Academy was founded on ideals that celebrate the life of the mind, the importance of knowledge, and the belief that the arts and sciences are “necessary to the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free,
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1 year ago Read more at Northwestern Now

The American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting is one of the largest annual physics conferences of the world. This year’s edition hosted over 10,000 scientists and students from around the globe, offering a rich platform to exchange novel ideas and breakthroughs that advance the field of physics. The meeting undoubtedly covered a comprehensive range of topics, of which many are of particular interest to our computational science community.
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1 year ago Read more at Nature.com

How I Teach is an international program that empowers students to take action to improve the health of their local watershed. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber is a science teacher at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is passionate about increasing access to STEM education and empowering students to become change agents. What is the Caring for Our Watershed contest?
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1 year ago Read more at Chalkbeat

Iowa State University Culinary Science Club students took home first place at the Taste-Student Competition hosted by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Competing teams are given a cut of pork to work into their recipes and, after turning in their plans, have two hours to make and plate the dish.
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1 year ago Read more at College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The Ritter Group of the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr has published a paper, titled "Nitrate reduction enables safer aryldiazonium chemistry,'. In the history of the chemical industry there have been repeated accidents, sometimes fatal, often caused by dangerous and explosive chemicals that are required for certain reactions. The synthesis route is also exciting scientifically because new chemical approaches can now be pursued.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org