\u00dclkenin d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131ndan k\u0131rk lise son s\u0131n\u0131f \u00f6\u011frencisi, Bilim ve Kamu Toplulu\u011fu taraf\u0131ndan organize edilen bir program olan 2010 Intel Bilim Yetene\u011fi Aramas\u0131 i\u00e7in Washington D.C.’de topland\u0131. Bu \u00f6\u011frenciler, Ulusal Bilimler Akademisi’nde \u00e7\u0131\u011f\u0131r a\u00e7an ara\u015ft\u0131rma projelerini j\u00fcri \u00fcyelerine sundular. Intel, bu gece prestijli 100.000 dolarl\u0131k b\u00fcy\u00fck \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fcn sahibi de dahil olmak \u00fczere kazananlar\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131klayacak.<\/p>\n\n
Albuquerque, New Mexico’dan finalistlerden biri olan Erika Debenedictis, uzay arac\u0131 navigasyonunda devrim yaratabilecek yenilik\u00e7i bir yaz\u0131l\u0131m program\u0131 geli\u015ftirdi. Uzay boyunca karma\u015f\u0131k bir yol a\u011f\u0131 olan “Gezegenler Aras\u0131 S\u00fcper Otoyol” kavram\u0131ndan esinlenen Debenedictis’in yaz\u0131l\u0131m\u0131, uzay arac\u0131n\u0131n minimum yak\u0131t t\u00fcketimiyle seyahat etmesini sa\u011flamay\u0131 ama\u00e7l\u0131yor.<\/p>\n\n
Gezegenler Aras\u0131 Ula\u015f\u0131m A\u011f\u0131’n\u0131 (ITN) kullanan uzay arac\u0131, t\u0131pk\u0131 yelkenlilerin okyanus ak\u0131nt\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 ve r\u00fczgar\u0131 kullanmas\u0131 gibi, yer\u00e7ekimi ve gezegensel hareketi kullanarak y\u00f6r\u00fcngelerde gidebilir. D\u00fc\u015f\u00fck enerjili rotalar ge\u00e7mi\u015fte kullan\u0131lm\u0131\u015f olsa da, Debenedictis’in yaz\u0131l\u0131m\u0131 \u00f6zellikle finansman zorluklar\u0131 ve ara\u015ft\u0131rma aksakl\u0131klar\u0131yla kar\u015f\u0131 kar\u015f\u0131ya kalan gezegenler aras\u0131 seyahati hedefliyor.<\/p>\n\n
Debenedictis’in yaz\u0131l\u0131m\u0131, uydular\u0131n y\u00f6r\u00fcngedeki konumlar\u0131n\u0131 korumak i\u00e7in kulland\u0131klar\u0131 bir teknik olan istasyon tutma yetene\u011fini sim\u00fcle ediyor. Bu konsepti dahil ederek, program\u0131 uzay arac\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ok az veya hi\u00e7 yak\u0131t harcamas\u0131yla ITN yollar\u0131 boyunca y\u00f6nlendirebilir. Bu yenilik, uzay end\u00fcstrisi i\u00e7in yak\u0131t maliyetlerini d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcrme ve gezegenler aras\u0131ndaki seyahat s\u00fcresini \u00f6nemli \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fcde azaltma potansiyeline sahiptir.<\/p>\n\n
Riverside, California’dan bir di\u011fer finalist Otana Jakpor, ara\u015ft\u0131rmas\u0131n\u0131 milyonlarca evi etkileyen acil bir soruna, i\u00e7 hava kirlili\u011fine odaklad\u0131. Annesinin \u015fiddetli ast\u0131m\u0131ndan esinlenen Jakpor, \u00f6zellikle parafin mumlar\u0131ndan kaynaklanan i\u00e7 mekan mumlar\u0131n\u0131n yak\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131n tehlikeli etkilerini ara\u015ft\u0131rd\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Mumlar taraf\u0131ndan sal\u0131nan k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck bir kirletici madde olan Partik\u00fcl madde (PM 2,5), \u00f6nemli sa\u011fl\u0131k riskleri olu\u015fturur. Bu par\u00e7ac\u0131klar solunum sistemine ve kan dola\u015f\u0131m\u0131na derinden n\u00fcfuz edebilir ve kalp krizi ve kansere yol a\u00e7abilir. Jakpor’un ara\u015ft\u0131rmas\u0131, parafin mumlar\u0131n\u0131n soya mumlar\u0131na k\u0131yasla \u00f6nemli \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fcde daha y\u00fcksek PM 2,5 seviyeleri yayd\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ortaya koydu.<\/p>\n\n
Dahas\u0131, parafin mumu bilinen bir kanserojen olan petrol i\u00e7erir ve emisyonlar\u0131 dizel egzozuna benzer \u00f6zellikler g\u00f6sterir. A\u00e7\u0131k hava PM 2,5 i\u00e7in ulusal hava kalitesi standard\u0131 24 saat i\u00e7in metrek\u00fcp ba\u015f\u0131na 35 mikrogram iken, Jakpor’un inceledi\u011fi parafin mum, ayn\u0131 s\u00fcre zarf\u0131nda metrek\u00fcp ba\u015f\u0131na 52 mikrogram yayd\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Jakpor, mum sat\u0131n al\u0131rken bilin\u00e7li karar vermenin \u00f6nemini vurguluyor. Bir\u00e7ok mumda net etiketleme yoktur ve hatta soya mumlar\u0131 bile parafin i\u00e7erebilir. T\u00fcketicileri mum kullan\u0131m\u0131na ba\u011fl\u0131 potansiyel sa\u011fl\u0131k riskleri konusunda bilin\u00e7lendirmeye \u00e7a\u011f\u0131r\u0131yor.<\/p>\n\n
Jakpor, Amerikan Akci\u011fer Derne\u011fi’nin s\u00f6zc\u00fcs\u00fc olarak daha temiz i\u00e7 mekan havas\u0131 i\u00e7in aktif olarak savunuculuk yap\u0131yor. \u00c7evresel duru\u015fmalarda ifade veriyor, ara\u015ft\u0131rmas\u0131n\u0131 payla\u015f\u0131yor ve halk sa\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 korumak i\u00e7in daha kat\u0131 d\u00fczenlemeler savunuyor.<\/p>\n\n
Debenedictis ve Jakpor taraf\u0131ndan y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fclen ara\u015ft\u0131rma, gen\u00e7 bilim insanlar\u0131n\u0131n parlakl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ve \u00f6zverisini sergiliyor. Ger\u00e7ek d\u00fcnya sorunlar\u0131n\u0131 ele alma konusundaki yenilik\u00e7i fikirleri ve ba\u011fl\u0131l\u0131klar\u0131, bilimin d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcr\u00fcc\u00fc g\u00fcc\u00fcn\u00fc ve gelece\u011fi \u015fekillendirme potansiyelini g\u00f6stermektedir.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amerika’n\u0131n Gen\u00e7 Bilim \u0130nsanlar\u0131n\u0131n Zihinlerinin \u0130\u00e7inde Intel Bilim Yetene\u011fi Aramas\u0131 \u00dclkenin d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131ndan k\u0131rk lise son s\u0131n\u0131f \u00f6\u011frencisi, Bilim ve Kamu Toplulu\u011fu taraf\u0131ndan organize edilen bir program olan 2010…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5365],"tags":[5769,5767,37,5768,595,434],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-education","tag-young-scientists","tag-indoor-air-pollution","tag-innovation","tag-science-research","tag-stem","tag-space-exploration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2944,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/2944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}