Rapid and reliable age estimation is crucial for effectively and efficiently managing fish stocks. Scientists successfully used a novel technology, Fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR)and artificial intelligence (AI), in combination, to more quickly produce reliable estimates of fish age. Otoliths are small calcified structures in the inner ear of a fish, also known as ear stones. […]
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior and the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) Thursday announced a new partnership that will increase employment opportunities for Alaska Native youth across the Department’s offices and bureaus. Thursday’s announcement is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s continued work to build a more diverse, […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Earlier this month, 12 middle school students from Hawai’i arrived in Anchorage to join 24 Alaska middle school students in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s weeklong Middle School Academy. The students from Hawai’i joined ANSEP from the Malama Honua and Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau Laboratory Public Charter Schools.This […]
SITKA – Royal Caribbean Group announced its 2023 support of the Sitka Sound Science Center’s Scientists in the Schools (SIS) program, a partnership between local scientists and K-12 classrooms to engage students of every age in science and the ecosystems around them. SIS has operated in Sitka for the past two decades, providing students hands-on […]
