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Biology |
A scholarly article whose authors studied orangutan communication. |
A blog post describing a study about how orangutans communicate. |
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Russon, Anne and Kristin Andrews. “Orangutan Pantomine: Elaborating the Message.” Biology Letters 7 (2011): 627-630. |
“Orangutan Gestures Have Specific Intentional Meanings.” Bioscholar.com, June 18, 2010. |
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Chemistry |
A research article (by a Southern chemistry professor!). |
An article from a website discussing the cutting edge developments in the world of chemistry in 2012. |
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Andrew G. Karatjas and Edwin Vedejs. “Formation of Pinacol Boronate Esters via Pyridine Iodoborane Hydroboration.” The Journal of Organic Chemistry 73, no. 23 (2008): 9508-9510. |
"Cutting Edge Chemistry in 2012." Royal Society of Chemistry, December 20, 2012. |
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Computer Science |
A computer program or code. |
An article mentioning the program and how it is being used in a developing nation. |
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Thomas, Jonathan. Openshot. (Computer Software) 2011. |
Alam, Mohammed Jahangir. “Open source software, Benefits in the Economy of Bangladesh.” International Journal of Computer Applications 42 (2012): 21-24. |
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Earth Science |
A scholarly article about meteors. |
A Fox59 blog post about a meteor shower. |
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Jopek, T. J. “Meteoroid Streams and Their Parent Bodies.” Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society 82 (2011): 310-320. |
“Quadrantid Meteor Shower to Light Up Night Sky This Weekend.” Fox59.com, January 2, 2020. |
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Environmental Studies |
Research study of the impact of microbes on oil during the BP oil leak. |
Blog post about the gulf oil spill and recovery. |
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Edwards, Bethanie R., et al. “Rapid microbial respiration of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in offshore surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico.” Environmental Research Letters 6 (2011): 1-9. |
Woollacott, Emma. “Microbes Ate Gulf oil—Really Fast.” TGDaily, August 2, 2011. |
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Mathematics |
A scholarly research study that looked at the effectiveness of digital technologies for teaching math to second-language learners. |
A newspaper article about bilingual children learning math through computer games. |
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Freeman, Barbara. “Using digital technologies to redress inequities for English language learners in the English speaking mathematics classroom.” Computers & Education 59, no. 1 (2012: 50–62. |
Zarnow, Teryl. A penguin can teach math. Orange County Register, Jan. 23, 2013. |
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Physics |
Research article on nanotechnology relating to delivery of drugs to tumors. |
A news item about the research on a science blog. |
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Mitra, Rajenda N., et al. “An activatable multimodal/multifunctional nanoprobe for direct imaging of intracellular drug delivery.” Biomaterials 33 (2012): 1500-1508. |
“Nanotechnology May Speed Up Drug Testing.” Science Daily, January 6, 2012. |
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