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Biodesign Institute scientists study new ways to generate hydrogen

As researchers look for new sources of energy, hydrogen is considered a potential answer. As one of the key components of water, it is abundant and produces no pollution. But several technical challenges have hampered hydrogen development, including those pertaining to the splitting of water to produce hydrogen molecules. A group of ASU researchers at […]

Arizona high school graduate makes the USA Today

Veronica Shi, a new graduate of Corona del Sol High School, has been working in the laboratory of Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde at the Barrow Neurological Institute for the last three years, where she has made a new discovery of great importance. She has discovered that the brightness of an object

Register for ADE’s annual Math/Science Standards Academy, July 24-25

The Arizona Department of Education is holding its annual Mathematics and Science Standards Academy from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on July 24-25, 2007, Desert Willow Conference Center, 4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85040. The featured presenters will be Page Keeley and Cheryl Rose, authors of the Curriculum Topic Study books for science […]

Valley high-schoolers put science skills to test

[Source: Michael Struening, Arizona Republic] — Several Valley high school students will test their science skills in a nationwide event this month. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which is under way this week in Albuquerque, showcases nearly 1,500 students from 40 countries in the world’s largest precollege science competition. Winners will compete for […]

4th – 9th grade students and teachers can partner with NOAA

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Education (OED) is requesting applications for a technology-based science experiential learning program to impact 4th through 9th grade students and teachers. One award will be made for a project five years in duration. The successful project will draw heavily on NOAA marine scientific resources as […]

Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research fellowship application due June 8

The Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research (SSBTR) is a student-run organization that raises funds for brain tumor research. They have established a 1-year research fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Adrienne C. Scheck at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ. The fellowship is open to students who have graduated college in 2007 and plan to […]

Women graduates increase in science at UA

[Source: Valarie Potell, Arizona Daily Star] — More than 420 University of Arizona students from the College of Science will be able to don a navy blue cap and gown this morning at the university’s commencement ceremony. Fewer than half will be women. But that long-standing trend may be changing. The proportion of women earning […]

Science teachers tap in to resources at UA

[Source: Cindy Skalsky, Sierra Vista Herald/Review] —

Scientists compile massive biology web site

[Source: eSchool News staff and wire service reports] — In a whale-sized project, the world’s scientists plan to compile everything they know about all of Earth’s 1.8 million known species and put it all on one web site, open to the public free of charge. The effort, called the Encyclopedia of Life, will include species […]

Chandler student in national biotech contest

[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — A Chandler high school student spent the weekend in Boston at the Sanofi-Aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, where she presented her research into extracting hydrogen from crops and wastewater. “All we hear about is the war over oil, and rising gas prices, and I wanted to find a solution,” said […]