Questions followup
The purpose of the Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize is to reward members who ask inightful questions and suggest ways for science to answer them...
Since winning in 2008, how many of these questions have been followed up with more questions - and answers - by scientists around the world?
Brittany
Wakefield, 15, USA:
| Why have a shell in the first place, and does its size matter? University of Pennsylvania, US What effects do increased CO2 levels have on shell production in the oceans? Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, US When did animals start to make shells and why? – a look at fossil evidence Amherst College and Yale University, US What can we learn from snail shells to help us in our modern live? Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US What can snail shells tell us about human culture? European Science Foundation  READ THE ARTICLE | |
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Qi Yan, 16, Singapore: | Protons pair up with neutrons Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, US Neutron rich "doubly magic" nucleus International team, Canada, Germany, US | |
Kelsey Kecherson, 15, USA: | Why do we forget things? Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Why smart people do stupid things University of Toronto, Canada | |
Ava Violich, 11, USA: | The origin of pre-biotic molecules in the interstellar medium University of Belfast, Ireland Carbon rich molecules in meteorites NASA, US Origin of life: Generating RNA molecules in water Rome University, Italy READ THE ARTICLE | |
Katie Osborn, 14, USA: | Are emotions universal? University College London, UK | |
Oliver Gocher, 12, UK: |
When it comes to intelligence, does brain size matter? Cambridge University, UK Dolphins: Second smartest animals? Emory University, US Primate brain sizes Cambridge University, UK READ THE ARTICLE | |
Vladimir Leopards, 15, USA: |
Why are plants not black? Leiden University, The Netherlands READ THE ARTICLE | |
Adam Patrick, 13, UK: |
Einstein's tea leaves and pressure systems in the atmosphere UMass Dartmouth and MIT, US READ THE ARTICLE | |
Adeeb Nazeerudin, 17, Switzerland: |
The brain's self-control mechanism revealed Caltech, US READ THE ARTICLE | |
Jacob Bildfell, 15, Canada: |
The nature of matter Open University, UK New state of matter Oxford University, UK
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