Teen Science Cafe recap: Plastics & climate change
…Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a polymer chemist, he designs new types of plastics which are used to make semi-transparent and flexible solar panels. Outside of the lab, Jeromy is…
…Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a polymer chemist, he designs new types of plastics which are used to make semi-transparent and flexible solar panels. Outside of the lab, Jeromy is…
…Science Center. “We welcome our new cohort! Their future is bright and we will use science as the foundation of their development.” The Saunders Science Scholars program was named after…
…our life-sized exhibit that commemorates the historic mission, and highlights the impact of the race to space. Are you an educator? Ask about our Exhibit Challenge Guide to use during…
…meteor a minute. Adjust your expectations if you live in a light-polluted area; that’s probably going to be most people reading this, especially in the Triangle. 4. Get comfy. Use…
…1996, she co-founded Cary Academy, placing an emphasis on the use of technology in the classroom. As the secretary of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, Goodnight uses…
…1962, while working at Bell Labs, West and Gerhard Sessler patented their invention, the electret microphone. The majority of electronic devices with microphones, like smartphones and hearing aids, use this…
…people of a certain age or the extremely wealthy. However, through careful planning, many people can use planned giving to make a significant gift to an organization, while still achieving…
Carolyn Beatrice Parker, Physicist During World War II, Parker was a scientist on the Dayton Project, which processed polonium for use in atomic bombs. She later died of leukemia, which…
…taught in Washington, D.C., public schools and worked to end practices that disadvantaged students because of race or income. Jane Hinton, Veterinarian & Inventor In 1941, Hinton and J. Howard…
…as a research chemist in 1965, she may have been the first African American female chemist employed by Dow at that level. She invented ways to use latexes in products….