2-May-2024 UCF planetary scientist’s innovations help pave the way for economic activity beyond earth University of Central Florida Imagine UCF researchers living and working on the moon and companies mining and using lunar resources to launch rockets further into space. That’s what UCF planetary scientist Phil Metzger ’00MS’05PhD predicts in the not-too-distant future. “Within a few decades, that’ll be a real thing when you look at the trajectory of the space industry and how access to space is becoming less costly,” Metzger says. “Even transportation to the moon is about to be revolutionized.” Metzger, who directs the Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education — a joint venture of UCF and Space Florida that conducts and facilitates research in microgravity sciences — has developed inventions to meet those predictions while also relieving the Earth of many environmental burdens.
2-May-2024 Original YouTube TM docuseries focuses on health inequities and challenges in rural America American Heart Association A new original video docuseries from the American Heart Association’s content production team, AHA Studios -- "Health Wanted: Finding Care in Rural America” -- sheds renewed light on the unique health equity barriers faced by rural communities across America.
2-May-2024 A deep dive into plutonium chemistry DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Argonne researchers seek to expedite the cleanup of the Hanford site by influencing the chemical properties of plutonium particles in 54 million gallons of waste.
2-May-2024 Moving more for a healthy pregnancy NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute When Noelia M. Zork, M.D., was pregnant, she wanted to do everything she could to avoid having gestational diabetes — high blood sugar that typically develops between the second and third trimester. Diabetes runs in her family, and because her blood sugar levels were borderline high during her pregnancy, Zork, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and researcher at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, followed the advice she gives patients: Find ways to stay active and follow a heart-healthy diet.
2-May-2024 New process tackles pollution on two fronts: plastic waste and fuel emissions DOE/Ames National Laboratory A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory recently developed a chemical conversion process that makes diesel out of plastic waste.
2-May-2024 The National Virtual Climate Laboratory is your guide to climate science DOE/US Department of Energy Thunderstorms in the American Midwest. Tiny particles in the cloud cover of the Amazon rainforest. Heat waves in Baltimore. What do these very different places have in common? They’re all areas where the Department of Energy Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program is supporting climate research. You can also find information about all of them on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory (NVCL).
2-May-2024 Training better STEM communicators National Center for Supercomputing Applications Communication is a key component of most jobs. Even for something as basic as working fast food, being able to communicate effectively can help a career trajectory – the staff who are better at explaining things are more likely to be promoted to trainers, for instance. That’s why writing internships are a great experience for students, no matter what field they may eventually land in – especially if those fields are in research where writing research publications is a large part of the job. The Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub (MBDH) has been offering paid science writing internships since 2021, and they’ve proven very popular for students working in data science. The three interns from this year exemplify the idea that you don’t need to be planning a career in science writing to learn something valuable.
1-May-2024 First steps toward a whole-body map of molecular responses to exercise DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL contributes to a nationwide research consortium investigating the molecular mechanisms triggered by endurance training. Journal Nature
1-May-2024 3 ways to protect your heart and brain this American Stroke Month American Heart Association Every 40 seconds someone in the U.S. has a stroke and 1 in 4 stroke survivors will have another one. During May, American Stroke Month, the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is raising awareness nationwide that stroke is largely preventable, treatable and beatable.
1-May-2024 At the Climate READi workshop: Resilient power systems in the context of climate change DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions joined industry stakeholders in exploring solutions for power grid climate resilience at the Climate READi Southeast workshop co-hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and ORNL’s Water Power Program on April 10-11. Funder Electric Power Research Institute, ORNL Water Power Program
