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News Release 09-229
Science Journalism Awards Announced
Winners of AAAS Kavli Awards include television and radio stories supported by NSF
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Neil deGrasse Tyson examines an unpolished man-made diamond, fresh out of the grower, while Apollo Diamond's Robert Linares looks on. As host of WGBH's NOVA scienceNOW, Tyson, astrophysicist, and director of the Hayden Planetarium, makes science both educational and entertaining.
Credit: WGBH
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A polycrystalline diamond disc, made with chemical vapor deposition, is shown.
Credit: WGBH
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Slawek Tulaczyk installs precision GPS sensor for monitoring a subglacial lake beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (84.5 degrees south).
Credit: Copyright Douglas Fox, 2009
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