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Thursday, March 17, 2011
We just launched a new partnership with NSF to bring you the Science Corner, where you can get all the science you need. See wind energy explained in this first piece!
Tags: National Science Foundation, lisa van pay, nsf, kathryn johnson, colorado school of mines, utility-scale wind turbines
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Among the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Monday, November 07, 2011
Most of today's power plants--from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities--rely on the boiling and condensing of water to produce energy.
Tags: electricity, power plants, alloys
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Monday, November 14, 2011
University of Alaska researchers developed a numerical model of the ice-covered Arctic ocean that includes tides. They used a highly innovative approach that embeds the sea ice directly into the ocean model.
Tags: global warming, math, staistics, University of Alaska, sea ice model, climate predictions
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
The development of the Global Climate Change Teacher Institute by Kurt Pregitzer of the Michigan Technological University has resulted in the training of dozens of middle and high school teachers from around the country in physical, chemical, and
Tags: Forests, nitrogen, michigan, Pregitzer, Teacher Institute
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Researchers have come up with an easy way for both park employees and visitors to contribute to conservation efforts--using their mobile phones.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Geologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well in 2009 in the Krafla volcano in Iceland met with a big surprise: underground lava, also called magma, flowed into the well at 2.1 kilometers (6,900 feet) depth.
Tags: Harness the Heat!
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Monday, June 06, 2011
Researchers at the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Minnesota are developing conductive paint for making flexible solar panels.
Tags: nsf, university of minnesota, flexible solar panels
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Researchers have developed a way to make an efficient catalyst that transforms biomass-derived sugars into a compound used in fuels, plastics and pharmaceuticals.
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Monday, June 04, 2012
A program that has been measuring ocean temperature and chemistry since 1954 shows the ocean has been gradually warming and increasing in salinity.