tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36930231941923526182024-03-18T19:44:16.922-07:00Scientific Literacy with Ms. Ghazarian 2012-2013Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-3750864921136454832013-05-17T09:38:00.001-07:002013-05-17T09:38:27.841-07:00Engineering the $325,000 In Vitro Burger<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr. Mark Post displayed samples of in-vitro meat at the University of Maastricht in 2011. </span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-33604448122592381812013-05-17T09:33:00.002-07:002013-05-17T09:33:31.297-07:00Math Electric Shocks to Brain May Help Students Solve Math Problems<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-78020582604661032912013-05-17T09:30:00.003-07:002013-05-17T09:30:53.552-07:00Honey's Hidden Helper<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A new study identified compounds in honey
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This image, taken with a powerful microscope,
shows tiny, individual crystals of bismuth telluride. A new structure
made from this material lets light travel easily and without
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Artists and scientists worked together to
create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might
have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was
cannibalized after she died. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Adebola Duro-Aina (left), Oluwatoyin Faleke
(center) and Zainab Bello (right) designed a system that uses urine to
produce a fuel. Generators that run on this fuel, rather than gasoline,
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-49635581083260855012013-05-17T09:16:00.004-07:002013-05-17T09:16:45.673-07:00Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This map, from the United States Geological Survey, shows the age of
bedrock in different regions of North America. Scientists found ancient
water in bedrock north of Lake Superior. This region, colored red, was
formed more than 2.5 billion years ago.</span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-78014932397108408882013-05-06T14:27:00.000-07:002013-05-06T14:27:10.262-07:00Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Claude Cornen)</span></div>
Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-2064028586494219612013-05-06T13:55:00.000-07:002013-05-06T13:58:04.794-07:00Parents' Saliva On Pacifiers Could Ward Off Baby's Allergies<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sucking may be one of the most beneficial ways to clean a baby's dirty pacifier, a study found</span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-38836476484236194712013-05-06T13:43:00.004-07:002013-05-06T13:43:45.563-07:00Boneworms' Secret Revealed<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-51984695838964088392013-05-06T13:38:00.001-07:002013-05-06T13:39:05.423-07:00The Stuff of Dreams<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scientists recently used a computer program
to decode patterns of brain activity displayed during a dream. They
found that a certain object was linked with a particular pattern, and
that pattern was similar whether the object was seen while awake or
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A rat kidney was stripped of its cells and
repopulated with human and rat cells. Researchers transplanted the organ
into a rat, where it functioned to produce urine and filter impurities
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-78871951241080144392013-05-06T13:29:00.004-07:002013-05-06T13:29:38.204-07:00Back to School, Use Music to Help You Memorize<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to
produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s
Design Lab</span></div>
Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-65108299915456091012013-04-26T11:13:00.005-07:002013-04-26T11:14:19.350-07:00Microscopic Caffeine Fiends<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scientists tweaked the genes of a bacterium
so that it requires caffeine to live and reproduce. Now, they can use
this microbe to measure concentrations of caffeine in beverages such as
soda, coffee and energy drinks. When the microbes are added to a
water-weakened version of one of those drinks, the bacteria grow and the
liquid turns cloudy — but only if the drink contained caffeine. In
caffeine-free Coke (top left), no cloudiness appears. </span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-43851651968482020732013-04-26T11:05:00.000-07:002013-04-26T11:05:08.968-07:00Giant Dry Ice Bubble Experiment<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/dry-ice-crystal-ball-bubble</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Superdense neutron
star, emitting beams of radio waves as a pulsar, center, is closely
paired with a compact white-dwarf star. Together, the two provide
physicists with an unprecedented natural, cosmic "laboratory" for
studying the nature of gravity. The grid background illustrates the
distortions of spacetime caused by the gravitational effect of the two
objects. (Credit: Antoniadis, et al.)</span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-66349999790661125062013-04-26T10:21:00.001-07:002013-04-26T10:21:13.647-07:00Deadly New Flu<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-75937633788258437562013-04-26T10:19:00.002-07:002013-04-26T10:19:37.467-07:00Infectious Animals<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jonathan Epstein studies how diseases are
transferred between animals and people. This bat, Pteropus giganteus,
commonly carries Nipah virus. The germ killed hundreds of people and
more than one million farm animals. </span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-13560122547346183822013-04-26T10:16:00.004-07:002013-04-26T10:17:38.418-07:00Cool Jobs: The Science of Secrets<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The chickadee gets its
name from its distinctive call. The greater the danger, the more “dees” a
chickadee adds to the call’s end. </span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-21273476789154148222013-04-26T10:15:00.002-07:002013-04-26T10:17:47.877-07:00Secret Signals<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chemicals called pheromones act as messengers
between individuals. Many plants and animals — including squid —
respond to such secret chemical signals. </span></div>
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Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-45229843862592650522013-04-26T10:13:00.002-07:002013-04-26T10:13:45.975-07:00Amazing Mystery Liquid!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://science.wonderhowto.com/how-to/classic-chemistry-colorize-colorless-liquids-with-black-magic-aka-iodine-clock-reaction-0139128/</span></div>
Ms. Ghazarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326918818540970653noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693023194192352618.post-1258124049911008992013-04-19T11:50:00.002-07:002013-04-19T11:50:32.892-07:00Kepler Telescope Spots Two Planets in Life-Friendly Orbit<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This
handout artist concept provided by Harvard Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics shows the newly discovered planets. The year in space: In
2013, scientists captured stunning images of the planets, a galaxy, a
planetary nebula and more from space.</span></div>
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