Southern Connecticut Science & Engineering Foundation

02/08/2015

Congratulations to the student scientists and engineers who participated in SCSEF 2015! And thanks to Newtown HS for hosting, and to the teachers, judges and volunteers who made it such an outstanding event.

10/24/2013

We're delighted to announce the next Science & Engineering Fair will be held at Newtown H.S., 2/8/14. Keynoter will be tech author, guru, TV host David Pogue. Please contact us if your school in western/southern CT would like to join, or if you can judge, volunteer, donate. Thank you!

10/09/2013

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/

Nobelprize.org, Official web site of the Nobel Prize

10/08/2013

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/nobel-physics-prize-spotlights-higgs-boson-two-theorists-8C11353223

Two theorists who predicted the existence of the subatomic Higgs boson almost 50 years ago — and were proven right just last year — won...

10/08/2013

What do YOU think? http://news.yahoo.com/gravity-inaccuracies-161723027.html

Alfonso Cuaron's 3-D space epic soared to the top of the North American box office, drawing raves from critics. But according to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, the film is littered with inaccuracies in its depiction of space.

10/07/2013

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=the-2013-nobel-prize-in-physiology-13-10-07

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.

10/04/2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html?hp&_r=0

Hint: The answer has more to do with “The Big Bang Theory” than with longstanding theories about men’s so-called natural aptitude.

09/12/2013

Confirmation of a first - Voyager 1 has left the solar system and is now traveling in interstellar space. Congratulations to the NASA team. http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-voyager-1-probe-left-solar-system-181643361.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voyager 1 has crossed a new frontier, becoming the first spacecraft ever to leave the solar system, NASA said Thursday.

06/19/2013

Want to help SCSEF with its outreach efforts? We have an immediate need for volunteers with WordPress experience. Please leave us a note here or email at [email protected]. Thank you!

04/27/2013

Congratulations to all the student participants, winners, teachers, judges, volunteers and fellow Board members for making this year's SCISEF the best yet. More info, photos to come.