BRAIN STEM: Ten Goals of the White House BRAIN Initiative.
On April 2, 2013,, President Barack Obama unveiled a 10 billion dollar research project called the BRAIN Initiative. BRAIN stands for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, which will “accelerate the … Continue reading
No April Fool: Happy Birthday to Sophie Germain, Mathematician Extraordinaire
Born and raised in France in the era that gave us both the American and French revolutions, Sophie Germain was her own kind of revolutionary – a woman who excelled in math … Continue reading
This is a re-blog from yesterday, which means the President will host a hangout at Noon TODAY PST (that’s 3pm EST), March 28, at the White House to promote STEM … Continue reading
The Day the Universe Changed: Planck Mission Tells Us the Universe is Millions of Years Older Than We Thought
The pursuit of scientific knowledge requires us to challenge some of the most basic assumptions we have about the world. Nothing stays the same for long, and the more we … Continue reading
Whiz Kids: Sara Volz,17, wins Intel Prize for Algae-Powered Biofuel She Grew Under Her Bed
Sara Volz won $100,000 for an experiment she grew under her loft bed at her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On March 12, Intel Corporation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) recognized … Continue reading
Do You Have an Appetite for Invention? MAKE announces First Annual Raspberry Pi Contest
Attention engineers! On this Pi Day (3/14, get it?) we came across this contest that is for the engineers among us who are both well acquainted with and creative about … Continue reading
She Sells Seashells: Celebrating International Women’s Day with Mary Anning, Pioneer of Paleontology
She sells seashells on the seashore The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure So if she sells seashells on the seashore Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells. Sound … Continue reading
It’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, so Meet Katherine Bicer, a Materials Scientist Who Keeps Helicopters Flying
It’s National Engineering week, and today is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. If you don’t have an engineer lying around the house somewhere (some of us do), how about … Continue reading
WGBH’s “Silicon Valley” documents the spirit and creativity that inspires Tumblehome Learning
“Don’t be encumbered by history: go off and do something wonderful.” So said Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the computer chip and co-founder of Intel. Tumblehome Learning has taken that motto … Continue reading
Who Turned Out the Lights?! Power Failures, Grounded Planes and the Ongoing Evolution of Power Technology
It’s been a good news-bad news kind of month for battery technology. This week, University of Texas Professor John Goodenough received the National Medal of Science from President Obama for his … Continue reading
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