The final match of the 2012 National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., pit Lexington High School, from Massachusetts, against North Hollywood High School, from California. Lexington defeated North Hollywood by correctly answering a visual bonus biology question. Read more about the 2012 Science Bowl
To train and educate the future leaders of the nuclear energy field, the Energy Department is offering $47.2 million in competitive scholarships, fellowships, research projects and university research reactor upgrades.
Forty-four teams entered the middle school Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Model Car Competition, and two teams distinguished themselves, one for speed and the other for design.
The National Science Bowl Finals in Washington D.C. April 27 to 30 pit 113 high and middle school teams against one another answering questions Jeopardy-style about biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, astronomy, and math.
Test your knowledge of math and science against the middle school finalists in the National Science Bowl with these 10 questions.
We recently held a Tweet Up about women in in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). During the event, experts in STEM wrote more than 1,500 tweets as part of a conversation about the challenges they've faced, who and what inspires them, and what we can be doing to close the gap for women in STEM fields. Below, the Energy Department's Dr. Karina Edmonds answers questions that came in after the event.









