With
millions of American infected with COVID-19, we cannot afford to
contribute to rising vaccine hesitancy sentiment by lowering safety and
efficacy standards. SVC joins the Federation of American Scientists
to call for stringent scientific standards in the vaccine approval
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The SVC
Foundation is pleased to announce a new timeline for our College
Scholarships. The Application Deadline is now October 16, 2020.
Scholarship recipients will be announced in January 2021 and funds
disbursed soon after.
Several scholarships will be awarded, ranging
from $2500 to $5000. The scholarship is open to any student currently
enrolled or entering an accredited academic program related to the
vacuum coating technology field including chemistry, chemical
engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, electrical
engineering, physics, and related subjects.
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A Stormy Summer in the Northern Hemisphere
Touring the world through storm watchers. Even before the first Hurricane season is upon us. Storm after storm, some of unusual intensity,
have made landfall across the world. This month, we examine five storms
that have affected people across the Northern Hemisphere during this
season of meteorological unrest. VIEW SLIDESHOW.
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Is Voting by Mail Biased, Returning to Work After COVID-19, Maple Trees Disappearing
A month’s worth of cool science stories, summed up. Here is this month's science research recap with Alistair Jennings. WATCH VIDEO.
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The Carbon Cycle Runs Deep
New research on diamonds found deep in the Earth's crust suggests that the planet's carbon cycle reaches far underground. Diamonds
from deep underground are now revealing secrets of how the carbon vital
to life on this planet cycles between Earth's interior and its surface,
a new study finds. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Image Credits: Anetta Banas
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Can a New Algorithm Make Self-Driving Cars Safer?
Driverless cars may soon routinely join human motorists on roads around the world. A
driverless car isn't driven by a person but is controlled by a system
of sensors and processors. In many countries, tests of autonomous
driving have been happening for years. Germany wants to permit
driverless cars across the country by 2022. As the technology develops,
researchers are continuing to explore ways to make the algorithms used
to make driving decisions better, and roadways safer. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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Jeweled Orb-Web Spiders Mimic Flowers to Catch Pollinating Insects
The bright flowerlike symmetry of Australia’s northern jeweled orb-web spider lures in hungry prey. In
the Australian rainforest, flashy spiders mimic flowers to attract
hungry insects into their 6-foot-wide webs. The striped backs of
the spider Gasteracantha fornicata, or northern jeweled orb-web
spider, act as deceptive traps for flies and bees, a new study finds. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Image Credits: Thomas White
Rights information: This image may only be reproduced with this Inside Science article.
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Gravitational Waves Record Ancient Black Hole Merger Unlike Any Detected Before
When the universe was half its current age, the merger may have produced the first known intermediate-sized black hole. A
burst of gravitational waves may have confirmed the existence of a
long-sought "missing link" kind of black hole, shedding light on how
black holes grow to ever larger sizes, a new study finds. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Image credits: JMark Myers, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)
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Scientists Create Microscopic Laser-Powered Robots
The tiny robots walk using platinum leg muscles that get their energy from laser light. Four-legged robots smaller than some microbes can walk when zapped with laser light, a new study reports. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Image credits: Criss Hohmann
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How Much Power Can We Get from Raindrops?
Here's
how researchers are working to harvest energy from unconventional
sources such as falling droplets of water -- and the math behind it. Solar
panels are essentially useless in the rain. But what if raindrops
themselves could fall on a solar panel and generate electricity? It's
possible. However, there's not that much power there to harvest. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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Research Shows Range of Contaminants in the Blubber of Whales and Dolphins
The animals' bodies contained pollutants not found in dolphins before. Florida
scientists have found toxic human-made pollutants in the blubber of
stranded whales and dolphins, adding to a library of data that measures
how human activity contaminates ocean wildlife. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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Burping Cows Try New Diet
Adding seaweed to cows’ diets could help reduce methane production and help curb climate change. Scientists
have found that when cows digest a certain species of red algae
seaweed, called Asparagopsis taxiformis, it creates a compound
that could limit the production of methane -- a powerful
greenhouse gas that is 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. WATCH VIDEO.
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Miniature Stonehenge Lets Scientists Hear the Ancient Monument's Acoustics
Findings suggest sound was not the primary focus of the Stonehenge architects. Acoustic
engineer Trevor Cox is used to "Spinal Tap" jokes whenever photos of
his Stonehenge model appear on Twitter. "I usually wait for the
first mention of Spinal Tap and then tweet back to
say, congratulations, you're the first person today." READ FULL ARTICLE.
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50th Anniversary + Hall of Honor + Annual Awards!
October 19-23 | Location: your home or office
Don't miss the Annual AIMCAL R2R USA
Conference! Virtual Event with 5 days of technical presentations,
interactive networking and exhibits. We use an award-winning virtual
platform that offers Presence Tracking, to see other attendees, on the
same conference page, at the same time for better networking. You can
direct message any attendee at the conference. Presentations on flexible
packaging, battery, flexible & printed electronics, and
sustainability highlight a packed agenda. Click Here For: Agenda | Register | Exhibit. And Watch Our Video Walk Through of the Conference.
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OUR MISSION
Striving to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of our students.
One of the
SVC’s long-term goals has always been to support charitable,
educational, and scientific activities. As its first initiative, the
Foundation created a scholarship program aimed at supporting
enterprising students and practitioners who have an interest in
furthering their education in the field of vacuum coating
technology.
The
Foundation also grants travel awards to students to attend and present
technical papers at the annual SVC Technical Symposium. Since its
inception, both programs have awarded over $250,000 in scholarships to
students from the United States, Canada, China, Lithuania and Spain.
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