The remains of Fairbanks resident 26-year-old Jerry Attla was pulled from the waters near the mouths of the Chena and Tanana Rivers over a month after he was last seen at a residence near there. Attla was reported missing by family members on May 31st. They reported that he had been last seen by them […]
Workers who were likely exposed to dispersants while cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill experienced a range of health symptoms including cough and wheeze, and skin and eye irritation, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study appeared online Sept. 15 in Environmental Health Perspectives and is the first research to […]
Twenty-one middle school students built, learned how to operate and took home their own small unmanned aircraft at a camp taught by pilots and engineers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute the week of June 11-15. The camp, funded by the Federal Aviation Administration, uses unmanned aircraft to encourage kids to pursue science, […]