Science Archive

  • In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, the Environuts are collaborating with the Sustainability Committee to plan conservation awareness and green living events on campus throughout the month. The Sustainability Fair will take place on Wednesday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Events in the Campus Center...0April 5, 2012

    Students prepare for Earth Week

    In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, the Environuts are collaborating with the Sustainability Committee to plan conservation awareness and green living events on campus throughout the month. The Sustainability Fair will take place on Wednesday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Events in the Campus Center…

  • Caroline Scully discussed her thesis research on the plight of native bees in the northern county on Nov. 18, which marked the final Brown Bag Lecture of the semester. Scully is the coordinator of the Berkshire Environmental Resource Center and the chair of MCLA’s Sustainability Committee. She began her Master’s...0December 1, 2011

    Scully surveys Berkshire bumblebees

    Caroline Scully discussed her thesis research on the plight of native bees in the northern county on Nov. 18, which marked the final Brown Bag Lecture of the semester. Scully is the coordinator of the Berkshire Environmental Resource Center and the chair of MCLA’s Sustainability Committee. She began her Master’s…

  • Performers from Water is Rising joined a panel of students, faculty, and staff in Murdock Hall on Monday evening to discuss sustainability in an event entitled, “Global Warming and MCLA: A Panel Discussion about Sustainability on Campus.” The panel included Caroline Scully, sustainability coordinator and chair of the Green Team;...0November 17, 2011

    South Pacific to MCLA

    Performers from Water is Rising joined a panel of students, faculty, and staff in Murdock Hall on Monday evening to discuss sustainability in an event entitled, “Global Warming and MCLA: A Panel Discussion about Sustainability on Campus.” The panel included Caroline Scully, sustainability coordinator and chair of the Green Team;…

  • Several MCLA students joined thousands from across the country in Washington, D.C. on Sunday to protest a proposed oil pipeline that would run through the heartland of the United States An unseasonably warm November sun shined down on President’s Park as one of the largest environmental protests in decades enveloped...0November 10, 2011

    Keystone XL pipeline protest

    Several MCLA students joined thousands from across the country in Washington, D.C. on Sunday to protest a proposed oil pipeline that would run through the heartland of the United States An unseasonably warm November sun shined down on President’s Park as one of the largest environmental protests in decades enveloped…

  • This week in science, researchers at the Fonctionnelle Génomique Institute in France and Harvard University in Massachusetts have found keys to halting the aging process. The French researchers took 100-year-old cells and reprogrammed them to have the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, from which they can then become liver cells,...0November 10, 2011

    Slowing the aging process a possibility

    This week in science, researchers at the Fonctionnelle Génomique Institute in France and Harvard University in Massachusetts have found keys to halting the aging process. The French researchers took 100-year-old cells and reprogrammed them to have the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, from which they can then become liver cells,…

  • THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE: This week in science, astronomers have discovered TW Hydrae a new-born solar system containing enough water vapor to fill all of Earth’s oceans a thousand times.  The system was discovered by a team using the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory, a telescope orbiting 930,000 miles...1November 3, 2011

    New solar system discovered

    THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE: This week in science, astronomers have discovered TW Hydrae a new-born solar system containing enough water vapor to fill all of Earth’s oceans a thousand times.  The system was discovered by a team using the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory, a telescope orbiting 930,000 miles…

  • The Sustainability Committee, also known as the Green Team, met Friday afternoon to discuss a realistic date for becoming carbon neutral, as well as ways the campus could reach carbon neutrality. James Stakenas, vice president of Administration and Finance, said they could look at a 10 percent reduction every five...0November 3, 2011

    Green Team seeks carbon neutrality

    The Sustainability Committee, also known as the Green Team, met Friday afternoon to discuss a realistic date for becoming carbon neutral, as well as ways the campus could reach carbon neutrality. James Stakenas, vice president of Administration and Finance, said they could look at a 10 percent reduction every five…

  • The Center for Science and Innovation will be equipped with green technology that will save energy and benefit the campus community and the environment. James Stakenas, vice president of Administration and Finance, said the first new building on campus in 40 years will be more advanced than current buildings. “We...0October 27, 2011

    Green tech drives Science Center

    The Center for Science and Innovation will be equipped with green technology that will save energy and benefit the campus community and the environment. James Stakenas, vice president of Administration and Finance, said the first new building on campus in 40 years will be more advanced than current buildings. “We…

  • This Week in Science This week in science, Verena Schuenemann of Tubingen University and Kirsten Bos of McMaster University have finished a five-year project reconstructing the genome of Yersinia pestis—commonly considered to be the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 14th century. The Black Death is thought to be...0October 20, 2011

    Black Death still relevant

    This Week in Science This week in science, Verena Schuenemann of Tubingen University and Kirsten Bos of McMaster University have finished a five-year project reconstructing the genome of Yersinia pestis—commonly considered to be the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 14th century. The Black Death is thought to be…

  • The Board of Academic Affairs approved the return of the chemistry major, which was eliminated in 1998 This past Tuesday, the full Board of Academic Affairs met and decided to reinstate the chemistry major program, according to Dean of Academic Affairs Monica Joslin. “The proposal for a chemistry major, Bachelor...0October 20, 2011

    Chemistry major returns to MCLA

    The Board of Academic Affairs approved the return of the chemistry major, which was eliminated in 1998 This past Tuesday, the full Board of Academic Affairs met and decided to reinstate the chemistry major program, according to Dean of Academic Affairs Monica Joslin. “The proposal for a chemistry major, Bachelor…

  • The Center for Science and Innovation’s opening creeps closer as MCLA will host a groundbreaking tomorrow at 1 p.m. The celebration will take place on its site, which lies on Blackinton Street between the Office of Admissions and Montana Street. The College community and invited guests are welcome to attend....0October 13, 2011

    Science Center breaks ground tomorrow

    The Center for Science and Innovation’s opening creeps closer as MCLA will host a groundbreaking tomorrow at 1 p.m. The celebration will take place on its site, which lies on Blackinton Street between the Office of Admissions and Montana Street. The College community and invited guests are welcome to attend….

  • Members of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) were left pondering the implications of a recent discovery that found a particle traveling faster than the speed of light. If the discovery were proved true, it would dispel one of Albert Einstein’s most widely accepted theories – that nothing can travel...1October 6, 2011

    Society of Physics Students makes a strong comeback

    Members of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) were left pondering the implications of a recent discovery that found a particle traveling faster than the speed of light. If the discovery were proved true, it would dispel one of Albert Einstein’s most widely accepted theories – that nothing can travel…

  • THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE This week in science, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Bruce Beutler of America, Jules Hoffmann of France, and Ralph Steinman of Canada, for revolutionizing the way we understand the human immune system. Buetler and Hoffmann are receiving the prize for their...0October 6, 2011

    Immune system researchers receive Nobel Prize

    THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE This week in science, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Bruce Beutler of America, Jules Hoffmann of France, and Ralph Steinman of Canada, for revolutionizing the way we understand the human immune system. Buetler and Hoffmann are receiving the prize for their…

  • By Ryan Barley Special to The Beacon This week in science, particle physicists at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) noticed something unusual in their data. Scientists working on the OPERA experiment (that’s the Oscillating Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) in Italy clocked a group of neutrinos—a sub-atomic particle—travelling faster...0September 29, 2011

    Physicists clock a particle traveling faster than light

    By Ryan Barley Special to The Beacon This week in science, particle physicists at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) noticed something unusual in their data. Scientists working on the OPERA experiment (that’s the Oscillating Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) in Italy clocked a group of neutrinos—a sub-atomic particle—travelling faster…

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