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03 Oct 2016 | 11:32 BST

Winners of the Scientific American Innovators Award Turn Trash into Water Filters [Video]

Posted by Lillienne Zen | Categories: Events, Science festivals, Video and podcasts

Winners of the Scientific American Innovators Award Turn Trash into Water Filters [Video]

World-changing ideas may just come from our youngest scientists. This year’s winners of the annual Google Science Fair—including the winners of the Scientific American Innovators Award—were announced this week at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The event is the largest online science fair in the world, and since its inception in 2011 more than 30,000 teenagers have submitted projects in almost every country.  Read more

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18 Sep 2014 | 13:04 BST

Quantum Short 2014 Film Contest Accepting Entries

Posted by Rachel Scheer | Categories: Communities Happenings, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized

Quantum Short 2014 Film Contest Accepting Entries

When the 2008 Bond film came out with the title Quantum of Solace, science fans may have been hoping for a plot that hinged on quantum physics. Bond didn’t deliver, but there are some pretty great quantum-inspired movies out there. And soon there’ll be a few more.  Read more

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12 Aug 2014 | 16:22 BST

Childhood dreams become reality after young inventor scoops Science in Action Award

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Communities Happenings, Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science education, Scientific American

Kenneth Shinozuka: "Struck by the power of technology to change lives."

Kenneth Shinozuka was six years old when he first found out his grandfather had Alzheimer’s disease. It was a bracing August morning and the police turned up at the door with his grandfather, dressed in nothing but his pyjamas. They found him two miles away, walking along the freeway. He had been walking through the night. That moment, back in 2005, would change his family forever.  Read more

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31 Jan 2014 | 14:24 BST

Winner of The Quantum Shorts 2013: The Knight of Infinity

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Communities Happenings, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Scientific American, Uncategorized

Timothy Yeo - CQT, National University of Singapore

Guest Post from Editor in Chief of Scientific American (part of Nature Publishing Group) Mariette DiChristina.  Read more

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08 Jan 2014 | 15:49 BST

Curtis Brainard appointed as new blogs editor at Scientific American

Posted by Rachel Scheer | Categories: Communities Happenings, Featured

New Scientific American Blogs Editor Curtis Brainard

Scientific American (part of Nature Publishing Group) has today announced the appointment of Blogs Editor Curtis Brainard.  Read more

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