One of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time was announced ten years ago when particle physicists discovered the Higgs boson, a fleeting and elusive subatomic particle that helped explain many important scientific questions, including how fundamental particles gain their mass. The Higgs boson was found by researchers working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) …
One of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time was announced a decade ago when particle physicists discovered the Higgs boson, a fleeting and elusive subatomic particle that helped explain many of science’s major questions, including how to which the fundamental particles obtain their mass. The Higgs boson was found by researchers working on the …
Community science, also known as citizen science, holds enormous appeal for researchers who wish to collect larger datasets and engage the public in their work. But is the data collected in this way useful? Thanks to technology, community science enables researchers to harness the power of the public interest, using their voluntary contributions to data …
You’re probably better at science than you think, reveals the new Citizen Science study. Read More »
Indian science is a sleeping giant that desperately needs to be awakened. He can repeat the magic of the economic reforms of the early 1990s if he manages to reform the science and technology (S&T) sector big time. There are a few reasons why India is being held back: India spends only 0.64% of its …
Passion for the natural world drives many of our adventures. And when we’re not out, we love delving into discoveries about the places we live and travel. Here are some of the best natural history links we found this week. The killer whales that eat sharks: Since 2017, a pair of male killer whales have …
A first grade class at Jonathan-Pitre Catholic Elementary School on August 19, 2020 in Manotick, Ontario.Dave Chan / The Globe and Mail The documents show that the Ontario government removed parts of a general theme in its elementary science curriculum that would have taught students the connections between indigenous and Western science. Just three weeks …
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URBAN, Illinois – In Kirsten Wyatt’s agricultural science classroom in Paxton, unusual equipment helps high school students learn genomics. Not a microscope or PCR machine, but a popcorn popper. Wyatt’s students learn about popomics – popcorn genomics – from Tony Studer, an associate professor and popcorn breeder in the Department of Crop Sciences at the …
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Science and exploration 06/24/2022 37 views 1 like it Vital research into health, climate, materials and more continues with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and her colleagues aboard the Space Station this month. Keep up to date with what was on schedule with May’s summary of space sciences. On May 6, 2022, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer …
From NC State Plants for Human Health Institute KANNAPOLIS – In 2019, Dontae Jimmie attended a “kid’s science camp” at the Yukon River Fish Camp in Alaska led by Dr. Mary Ann Lila, a professor at NC State University, and Dr. Kriya Dunlap, an associate professor. at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Jimmie, now rising in …
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Taconic Partners, one of the largest private owners and managers of laboratory space serving New York’s pharmaceutical and biotech companies, is consolidating its life science portfolio into a new subsidiary called Elevate Research Properties. Elevate will control three life science labs currently under development by Taconic. According to Matthew Weir, Taconic’s executive vice president, Elevate …
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