Sleep Empties the Brain's Dumpster

This was an interesting story - remember to get enough sleep!

Excerpt:  Studies in mice indicate that sleep's critical function is to allow metabolic waste products to be cleared from the brain, which apparently cannot occur during waking hours, researchers said.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/SleepDisorders/42365

Higgs Boson Nobel Prize!

From http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/press.html

Francois Englert and Peter Higgs were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 for the theory of how particles acquire mass.  In 1964 they proposed the theory.  In 2012 their ideas were confirmed by the discovery of the Higgs particle (also called the God particle) at the CERN laboratory outside Geneva in Switzerland.

Here is a fun rap explaining CERN, the place that allowed experiment to support theory:



This is really a big deal in science!

Happy Birthday Niels Bohr!

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1922/bohr-bio.html

Photo credit:  I Love Science

I haven't verified this, but it could be true ;)

USDOE Internships

Interesting Article

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20130917-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics/

STEM Internship Expo

Welcome Back to School Everyone!

Here is a possibility for something fun/educational and funded to do this semester :)

Tucson Audubon and Audubon Arizona are proud to offer the first Institute of Grassland Ecology - an experience of a lifetime! Immerse yourself in the subtle, understated beauty of one of the Earth's most threatened ecosystems.  

From October 3-6, 2013 you will explore a globally important habitat, encounter unique flora and fauna, engage with enthusiastic, expert faculty, participate in a national conservation project, camp in the golden, rolling grasslands of Elgin, Arizona, eat healthy, local produce from the kitchen of Dish for Dosha and make new friends!

For more information visit the website. Contact Institute Director, Bete Jones, at bjones@tucsonaudubon.org; 520-209-1812.

Scholarships Available.