Science Education & Policy

Aurora Borealis Is An International Ship But Will It Have A 'Europe' Flag?

It can crush ice sideways and stay precisely on station to an accuracy of one meter. It can drill a hole 1,000 meters deep into the seabed while floating above 5,000 meters of ocean and can generate 55 megawatts of power. So far, Aurora Borealis is the mos ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2007 - 10:36am

In Spain, Latin American Kids More Likely To Acquire HIV Than Spanish Adolescents

A study carried out in the Department of Evolutionary and Education Psychology of the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that Latin American immigrant adolescents are more likely to become infected with HIV than the Spanish, as they use methods of bi ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2007 - 10:51am

Of Men And Mice

How a 20-gram rodent conquered the world of science The following is the beginning of my new article in the December Harper's, which is generating a lot of response already. I was asked onto the Colbert Report (which I declined, much to the chagrin o ...

Article - Greg Critser - Nov 30 2007 - 4:55pm

Researcher: Nitrogen Deposition Hampers Kyoto Targets

Researchers at Wageningen University, Netherlands, have shown that a drop in atmospheric nitrogen deposition will slow down forest growth. Lower tree growth implies less carbon sequestration and thus a decrease in the sequestration of carbon dioxide. This ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2007 - 12:30pm

Pen And Paper For The Blind

Subjects like physics, calculus and biology are challenging for most students, but imagine tackling these topics without being able to see the graphs and figures used to teach them. A new smartpen and paper technology that works with touch and records clas ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2007 - 12:02pm

Visual Brain Glitch Causes Distorted Self Image

Although they look normal, people suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) perceive themselves as ugly and disfigured. New imaging research reveals that the brains of people with BDD look normal, but function abnormally when processing visual details. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2007 - 12:14pm

V2G Electric Car Lets You Sell The Excess Energy

The price of oil nearly reached $100 a barrel recently, but a new University of Delaware prototype vehicle demonstrates how the cost of the black stuff could become a concern of the past. A team of UD faculty has created a system that enables vehicles to n ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2007 - 11:21am

Offshore Wind Necessary To Meet EU's 20% Renewables Target

BERLIN, December 5 /PRNewswire/-- If Europe wants to meet its 20% binding target for renewable energy by 2020, it must increase its use of offshore wind, delegates heard today at the opening of the Offshore Wind Conference in Berlin, Germany. Two concrete ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 5 2007 - 5:30am

Carbon Cutter: Teliris Telepresence Highlighted As 'Best Practice' For Sustainable IT

LONDON, December 6 /PRNewswire/-- Teliris(1) telepresence technology(2) has been highlighted as 'best practice' for sustainable IT in a new report launched in the House of Commons by the environmental charity Global Action Plan(3). The new repor ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 6 2007 - 3:30am

Rare Species Discovered In Ghana

Scientists exploring one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical forest in Western Africa discovered significant populations of new, rare and threatened species underscoring the area’s high biological diversity and value. The findings from a 2006 exped ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2007 - 1:00pm