American and Russian archaeologists have found the first fluted point — a common artifact in North America that is associated with early inhabitants of the New World — on the Russian or Old World side of the Bering Strait.
August 1, 1996
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July 30, 1996
Naturally occurring microorganisms gobbling toxic wastes at bottom of Eagle Harbor
Ferry passengers traveling to and from Bainbridge Island no longer see the remnants of the last creosote plant on the south shore of Eagle Harbor. On shore, oily wastes foul the ground water and the soil below it, in some spots going deeper than 70 feet. Those marine sediments have polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in concentrations a hundred times greater than clean areas of Puget Sound.
July 22, 1996
Salesin takes 91爆料 undergraduates to the forefront of computer graphics
David Salesin, associate professor of computer science and engineering at the 91爆料. Salesin is the only professor at the 91爆料 and possibly in the nation to have received a Presidential Faculty Fellow Award, National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research Young Investigator awards and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Salesin’s most recent achievement is having eight full-length research papers accepted for publication at the 1996 SIGGRAPH conference.
June 14, 1996
Rural high school girls get science, math, engineering experience at special 91爆料 camp, now through June 29
Thirty-three high school girls from seven rural school districts in the state are on the 91爆料 campus for a two-week camp designed to encourage them to pursue their interests in science, mathematics and engineering.