by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2015 | ScienceWire
Branching out from science, Shaun McGillis @skmcg writes about a Portland State University program that brings together Master of Fine Art students and kids from Martin Luther King Jr. school. Learning from each other, the graduate and middle school students engage in...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2015 | ScienceWire
Wayt Gibbs @waytgibbs is energetic this month, writing two pieces for Discover on smart new energy projects. Wayt describes space-based solar energy harvesting that avoids earthly problems like clouds and night and winter. He also visits New Mexico to see what’s...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2015 | ScienceWire
John Roach visits Glacier, Washington for the crisp mountain air and the big batteries. In a National Geographic piece, John writes that Glacier is just one of many national testing grounds for giant battery systems that could make electrical systems more reliable and...
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2015 | ScienceWire
Sputum, writes Samuel Million-Weaver (@smwmarathonsam), is no fun. It’s gloppy. As a tuberculosis sample, it has many flaws, including that it conceals the bacteria that clinicians are looking for. An oral swab test could be simpler, more accurate, and easier to...
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2015 | ScienceWire
A bread revolution is coming, writes Eric Sorensen (@WSUDiscovery), and it’s starting here in the Northwest. In Washington State, Eric describes research at the Washington State University Bread Lab to change the science, marketing, and public perception of our daily...
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2015 | ScienceWire
At Scientific American, Richard Yonck explores a new scientific method that could have huge therapeutic potential. In his guest blog, “Optocapacitance Shines New Light on the Brain,” Richard explains how optocapacitance developed from increasingly sophisticated...
