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Intel ISEF 2008: Atlanta Hosts Global Science Fair

04:45 | Jason Lopez | May 6th, 2008 4:01pm |

In this video podcast, Dr. Oren Shriki, a science teacher at the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, speaks about Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair, taking place in Atlanta, May 11-16. (As excitement builds toward the event’s opening, you can follow along on a dedicated Intel ISEF blog.)

Many of the best young scientists from around the world will attend, selected through regional science fairs for a wide range of skills, from identifying and addressing important scientific challenges or questions to using organized and logical thought to reach conclusions. The participants in Intel ISEF are very likely to be tomorrow’s leaders in technology, medicine and health, agriculture, environmental science and engineering.

During Intel ISEF, their work will be judged by professional scientists who will look for gifted communicators with excellent foundational understanding in specific research and the scientific process.

No matter what the judges decide, however, participants in the annual event will benefit from meeting their peers from around the world, hearing from Nobel laureates and scientists involved in the same kinds of research as theirs, and also creating lasting memories, like those found on the blog of 2004 ISEF alum (and member of a Fourth Award-winning team) ...

Intel Science Talent Search: Alternative Energy

07:15 | Jason Lopez | Mar 6th, 2008 |

The Intel Science Talent Search culminates in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The high school science projects cover areas like engineering, math, physics, medicine and health, environmental science, zoology, and others. The research these students have engaged in is astonishing. Many projects will result in innovations, inventions, new treatments, ...
Does corporate backing taint universities' energy resource studies?

20:06 | Margot Gerritsen | May 18th, 2007 |

Meet Professor Pam Matson, dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University and renowned scientist. Pam is super-excited about the opportunities that ever-increasing levels of private and industrial funding for energy and environmental research offer. How can universities contribute to finding sustainable energy sources and solutions to global ...
Green Ambassadors: Laguna High School Students Research Biofuels

03:21 | Ryanne Hodson | May 1st, 2007 |

Linsay Hassett (aka Betty Biodiesel) leads a group of Laguna High School students in the Green Ambassadors program on a tour of Dave Erikson’s home brew biodiesel lab. The Green Ambassadors program was created to get students learning science, civics and environmental stewardship through experience and action. ...
GM Announces PHEV at LA Auto Show

22:45 | Matt Kelly | Dec 12th, 2006 |

“The technical hurdles are real but we believe they are surmountable.” During his keynote address at the L.A. Auto Show, General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the company has begun work on a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid production vehicle, as well as other alternative ...
Sun Microsystems Supports Stanford Center for Ecological Studies

08:39 | editor | Jun 20th, 2006 |

PALO ALTO, June 20, 2006 (Podtech News) — Dave Douglas has recently been appointed as the VP of Eco-Responsibility at Sun Microsystems. He says that the educational research in green technologies not only benefits large companies like Sun, but can have a greater benefit society wide. He spoke with PodTech’s ...