The News Review:
- How To Ignite Retain Female Interest In The Study f Science
- Chemists Find New Important Contributor To Urban Smog
- D’razio Sanders and Bonner atop Week 4 AFL QB rankings – AFL
- Many happy returns USD
- Genetic Testing Gets Personal
How To Ignite Retain Female Interest In The Study f Science
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Mar 25, 2008
University of Missouri researcher Sheryl Tucker is combating this issue through the creation of a program that has kept girls interested in science. A recent study being published in this week’s Science magazine found that Tucker’s program is making a difference. Nearly a decade ago the Magic of Chemistry was created to encourage female adolescents in grades four through six to discover and maintain an interest in the sciences. Since then it has served more than 2500 girls and evolved from a one-time program with 35 Girl Scout participants to a bi-annual partnership program of rotating workshops: "Case of the Unsigned Letter" "Fun with Polymers" and "Chemistry of Color. "In each workshop young girls have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities that include working with "goldenrod" indicator paper; creating slime silly putty and "moo glue;" and discovering the secrets of tie dying cotton. Each year the workshops are organized in conjunction with National Girl Scout and National Chemistry weeks. Through anecdotal research and a compilation of data Tucker and MU assistant professor Deborah Hanuscin found that 81 percent of the girls who participated in the Magic of Chemistry professed an interest in learning more about science and the related careers… "We hope that performing hands-on experiments and seeing women scientists in action will inspire the girls to explore science as a possible career choice" Tucker said. "For our country to reach its full potential we must recruit the brightest people to science from all sectors of the population. We have shown that the Magic of Chemistry program can be part of the solution to closing this educational gap. "The Magic of Chemistry has received national accolades from the White House National Science Foundation American Chemical Society and Girl Scouts of the USA. Adapted from materials provided by.
Chemists Find New Important Contributor To Urban Smog
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Mar 25, 2008
It should also benefit cities in the rest of the world such as Mexico City and Beijing that are now grappling with major air quality and urban smog problems. More than 100 million people worldwide currently live in cities that fail to meet international standards for air quality. "This study provides us with additional insight into the chemistry of urban ozone production" said Amitabha Sinha a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego who headed the research team. "It shows us that the chemistry of urban ozone is even more complicated than we initially assumed. With improved knowledge of how ozone is produced we should be in a better position to control the air quality of large urban areas across the United States as well as around the world. "Urban ozone levels peak in the afternoon hours of large cities after being generated through a complex series of chemical reactions involving the interaction of sunlight with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from automobile exhaust. zone production is initiated when hydroxyl radicals H are produced from water vapor… More than 100 million people worldwide currently live in cities that fail to meet international standards for air quality. "This study provides us with additional insight into the chemistry of urban ozone production" said Amitabha Sinha a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego who headed the research team. "It shows us that the chemistry of urban ozone is even more complicated than we initially assumed. With improved knowledge of how ozone is produced we should be in a better position to control the air quality of large urban areas across the United States as well as around the world. "Urban ozone levels peak in the afternoon hours of large cities after being generated through a complex series of chemical reactions involving the interaction of sunlight with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from automobile exhaust. zone production is initiated when hydroxyl radicals H are produced from water vapor. Atmospheric chemists had long assumed that the lion’s share of the H involved in urban ozone production is generated when ultraviolet radiation with wavelengths less than 320 nanometers dissociates ambient ozone to form excited oxygen atoms which in turn react with water vapor to produce hydroxyl radicals.
D’razio Sanders and Bonner atop Week 4 AFL QB rankings – AFL
ESPN – Mar 25, 2008
Chicago’s Sherdrick BonnerBonner was back in playoff form after missing last week to witness the birth of his child. He threw for 210 yard and four touchdowns and he played a very clean game with no big mistakes and his chemistry with WR Damian Harrell gets better every week.
Many happy returns USD
San Diego Union Tribune – Mar 25, 2008
The latter's chronic knee problems appear to have ended his career and coach Bill Grier said the school will make efforts to acquire case-based medical waivers so it can honor Fleming's scholarship through next year and still free one up for team use. Bringing newcomers into the mix of a team that jelled in early January and showed excellent on-and off-court chemistry through a 15-4 streak from then through Sunday's NCAA Tournament second-round loss to Western Kentucky could be tricky. “I'll agree that the chemistry was good” Grier said yesterday. “The thing we have to do is bring in kids that are good enough to help us in the areas we need. Then it's our job as a staff to see that we have the same sort of chemistry.
Genetic Testing Gets Personal
Washington Post – Mar 25, 2008
Then there is ScientificMatch. com which “uses your DNA to maximize the chances of finding chemistry — actual physical chemistry — with your matches” according to the company’s Web site. At the heart of that claim is a hypothesis that people are most attracted to others whose immune systems differ most from their own. A few studies have found evidence supporting the idea (it may be an evolutionary strategy for maintaining genetic diversity). But at best geneticists say it is a narrow basis upon which to choose a mate. “It creates an air of charlatanism that doesn’t help the field” Venter said.