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Nancy Nersessian

Examining How Scientists Think

By Nancy J. Nersessian published

Nancy Nersessian's research focuses on how the cognitive and learning practices of scientists and engineers lead to creative and innovative outcomes.

Human Behavior
Tom Statler

Through the Telescope: An Interview with a Galactic Expert

By Lisa Van Pay published

Tom Statler is an expert on galaxies as well as solar system dynamics, especially near-Earth asteroids.

Space
NSF, National Science Foundation, ScienceLives, sl, polymer chemistry, sustainable plastics, making plastics sustainable, environmentally friendly plastics, renewable plastics, plastic alternatives,

Chemist Invents Environmentally Friendly Plastics of Tomorrow

By Marc Hillmyer published

Marc Hillmyer is working to make plastics sustainable, by developing alternatives to today's oil-based plastics.

Human Behavior
NSF, National Science Foundation, Sciencelives, sl, Vikram Kapila, robot controlling apps, controlling robots with phone applications, robots and smartphones, smartphone robotics,

Controlling Robots with Cell Phone Applications

By Erin Newton published

Vikram Kapila turned the iPod touch and iPhone into remote controls for robots.

Robotics
animal, national science foundation, nsf, sciencelives, sl, anna's hummingbird, animal sounds, Christopher Clark, sound of hummingbird feathers, how hummingbirds create sound, hummingbird mating sounds, hummingbird courtship ritual,

Aeroacoustics of Flight: 'Singing' Hummingbird Tails

By Christopher J. Clark published

Wind tunnel studies reveal how hummingbird feathers produce such varied sounds during their courtship displays.

Birds
nsf, national science foundation, sciencelives, sl, David Bennett, gravitational microlensing, , Bohdan Paczynski, Charles Alcock, Stanley Pons, Martin Fleischmann, Shude Mao, studying the skies, extrasolar planet detection, planet detection methods, find

Finding Extrasolar Planets with Einstein's 'Useless' Method

By David Bennett published

Human Behavior
space, astrophysics, nsf, national science foundation, sciencelives, sl, Blakesley Burkhart, astrophysics, magnetized fluid dynamics, turbulence in interstellar space, interstellar medium, universe dynamics, solar radiation, solar wind, disturbance from s

Astrophysicist Explores Our Turbulent Universe

By Blakesley Burkhart published

Blakesley Burkhart studies the dynamics of gasses in the interstellar medium

Human Behavior
nsf, national science foundation, sciencelives, sl, Lynn Kimsey, entomology, wasp, insect, biodiversity, urban entomology, biogeography, University of California, Davis, UC Davis, warrior wasp, Indonesia, Mekongga Mountain, Sulawesi, new wasp species,

Discovering 'Warrior Wasps'

By Lynn Kimsey published

Lynn Kimsey, who discovered the new species known as the "warrior wasp," and several hundred others, answers the 10 ScienceLives questions.

Bees & Wasps
nsf, national science foundation, sciencelives, sl, Gemma Reguera, microbiology, Michigan State University, MSU, microbes, nuclear waste, uranium, Layne Cameron, microbial fuel cells, nanowires

All Female Team Trains Microbes To Clean Up Nuclear Waste

By Layne Cameron published

Human Behavior
nsf, national science foundation, sciencelives, sl, archeology, south africa, human origins, Curtis Marean, Arizona State University, human adaptation, human biology, paleoanthropology, paleoecology, zooarchaeology

Studying Grecian Battles and Human Origins

By Bobbie Mixon Jr. published

Curtis Marean studies human origins in African environments.

Evolution
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