AScribe Science News Service articles from April 2008

AScribe Science News Service archives from April 2008

Carnegie Mellon, University of Toronto Researchers Challenge Canadian Farmers, Utilities to Curb CO2 Emissions.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Chris T. Hendrickson and H. Scott Matthews along with Alex Carpenter and Heather MacLean of the University of Toronto challenge...

15th Annual Robotics Competition Coming to Trinity College; 110 Teams From Around the World to Participate.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Trinity College HARTFORD, Conn., April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly 110 teams of robot enthusiasts from around the world will take part in Trinity Colleges 15th annual Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest to be held April 12 and 13...

Department of Homeland Security Sponsoring International Cybersecurity Workshop at Idaho National Laboratory.
April 8, 2008... Byline: Idaho National Laboratory IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Top cybersecurity researchers and infrastructure protection specialists from five countries are in Idaho Falls this week participating in an annual...

The Light Brown Apple Moth: Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid To Ask.
April 8, 2008... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- California's newest invasive pest, the light brown apple moth, is fully described in the current issue (April-June 2008) of the...

NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course for Mars Landing.
April 10, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25 landing on the Red Planet. ...

His Inventions Admired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Drexler Re-Invents Cosmology to Solve Five Top Enigmas in New Book, 'Discovering Postmodern Cosmology'.
April 14, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The five top enigmas of cosmology are plausibly solved/explained in Jerome Drexler's March 2008 book, "Discovering Postmodern Cosmology: Discoveries in...

Environment News Tips From University of California, Davis: Energy Efficiency Center, Campus Sustainability Grants, New Grape Rootstocks, Emissions Symposium.
April 14, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Davis today released the following environment news tips. - - - - ENERGY EFFICIENCY CENTER GETS $1.1 MILLION FROM...

Cosmologist Accepts Joint Appointment at Fermilab, University of Chicago; Craig Hogan to Lead Particle Astrophysics Effort.
April 15, 2008... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Craig Hogan, a member of one of the scientific teams that co-discovered dark energy, will soon assume dual roles as Director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics at...

Chabot Space & Science Center Exhibits Kinetic Wave Sculpture.
April 17, 2008... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dramatically suspended above Chabot Space & Science Center's Rotunda, Reuben Margolin's large-scale kinetic sculpture, The Hexagonal Wave, captivates...

Los Angeles Times Writer Wins Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award; Honorable Mention Goes to Playboy Magazine Editor.
April 21, 2008... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The winner of the 2008 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award is Terry McDermott, a Los Angeles Times staff writer. McDermott's winning entry, a four-part...

Purdue Researchers Propose Way to Incorporate Deforestation Into Climate Change Treaty.
April 22, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have proposed a new option for incorporating deforestation into the international climate change treaty. Kevin Gurney, lead...

New Books, 'Cosmology' and Jerome Drexler's Dark Matter Based 'Discovering Postmodern Cosmology,' are Battling Best Sellers.(Bibliography)
April 22, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two new cosmology books could not be more different scientifically, but each has its fans and the books are battling on the Amazon.com best-seller lists...

No Boring Summer Vacation Here! Three Palm Beach County Teachers Selected for Scripps Florida Research Internships.
April 22, 2008... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three high school science teachers from Palm Beach County schools will start their six week summer internships on June 16 in the research laboratories of...

Economic, Environmental Issues Put Spotlight on Alternative Energy.
April 23, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rising petroleum prices and environmental concerns are highlighting the need to develop alternative energy technologies, including those that harness hydrogen,...

Discovering Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry Invites Readers to Make Surprising Connections (Calculus not Required).
April 24, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Why bring together two fields that seem to many people so very disparate? What could mathematics and poetry share, except that the mention of either...

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announces 2008 Class of Fellows; Newly Elected Members Include Scholars, Scientists, Artists, Civic, Corporate and Philanthropic Leaders.
April 27, 2008... Byline: American Academy of Arts & Sciences CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research...

Unwanted Televisions, Computers and Other E-Waste Present a Growing and Costly Challenge for Charities.
April 30, 2008... Byline: Goodwill Industries International ROCKVILLE, Md., April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Goodwill Industries is urging Congress to assist in the development of a recycling and reuse infrastructure for unwanted electronic products. In...

Long-Term Research Reveals Warming of World's Largest Freshwater Lake; Study Was Made Possible by Three Generations of a Single Family of Siberian Scientists as Well as Researchers From NCEAS and Wellesley College.
April 30, 2008... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Russian and American scientists have demonstrated for the first time that the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, has warmed rapidly over the past half...

National Biodiesel Board Grants $1.2 Million to Danforth Center to Increase the Oil Production in Soybeans; Research Project Funded by U.S. Department of Transportation Designed to Increase Output of Oils for Use in Biodiesel Production.
April 30, 2008... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the demand for a plentiful supply of feedstock oil for biodiesel increases, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced that the National...