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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. <a href="http://energy.gov/articles/student-teams-massachusetts-and-california-win-energy-department-s-22nd-national-science">Read more about the 2012 Science Bowl</a>

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

Training the Next Generation of Nuclear Energy Leaders
University of Idaho professor Supathorn Phongikaroon works with a graduate student in the radiochemistry lab at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Phongikaroon has received $820,000 from DOE to study an applied technology to remotely analyze spent nuclear fuel. | Photo courtesy of the University of Idaho.

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.

Middle Schoolers Face-Off in Model Car Challenge
The team of James Wei, Andrew Jin, Andy Xu, Allen Guo, and Will Chang from  Daniel Wright Middle School, in Lincolnshire, Illinois, built the fastest Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Model Car at this year's competition. At sub-6-second runs, their vehicle easily advanced to victory, being a full second faster than its closest rival. | Photo by Jack Dempsey, National Science Bowl.

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.

National Science Bowl Brings Best and Brightest to DC
The National Science Bowl is the largest science competition in the United States with more than 14,000 participants. The 113 finalist teams converge here at the 4-H Convention Center, in Chevy Chase, M.D. on Saturday and Sunday for the round-robin tournament that determines who advances to the "final 8" teams that advance to final double-elimination round. | Photo courtesy of the National Science Bowl

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.

Are You Smarter Than a Middle Schooler?
Hopkins Junior High School Team members, from Fremont, Calif., Raghu Dhara and Krishna Bharathal compete at the 2010 National Science Bowl for middle school students in Washington D.C. | Photo courtesy of John Troha, National Science Bowl.

Test your knowledge of math and science against the middle school finalists in the National Science Bowl with these 10 questions.

Let's Keep Talking: Women in STEM Tweet Up
The Energy Department's Dr. Karina Edmonds and Erin Pierce talk to thousands as part of the Women in STEM Tweet Up on March 22, 2012. | Photo credit: Quentin Kruger | Energy Department file photo

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.