AScribe Science News Service articles from February 2005

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Astronomers Urge Congress to Continue Hubble Science; Johns Hopkins-Led Team Presents New Option.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world faces a dilemma: how to keep the flow of science and discovery from the ailing Hubble Space Telescope alive. According to an international team led by Johns...

Chabot Space & Science Center Appoints Robert Derbin Director of Finance.
February 3, 2005... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Derbin as the Center's new Director of Finance. Derbin comes to Chabot from...

Stanford University Selected as First Regional Center for U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Visual Analytics Work.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford University has been named the first Regional Visualization and Analytics Center to perform basic science and technology research to assist...

UC Santa Barbara Anthropologist Wins Premier Ocean Award From Pew Foundation's Marine Conservation Program.(Shankar Aswani)
February 7, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Anthropologist Shankar Aswani of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been named one of five scholars across the globe and the...

Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education Expresses Concern about the President's FY06 Budget Cuts to Ocean Research.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Consortium for Oceanographic Research & Education WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement made by Dick West, President of Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE). ---- The...

University of Chicago Scientists Still Hopeful About Rare Isotope Accelerator.
February 8, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Chicago scientists say they still hope that the U.S. Department of Energy will decide to build the $1 billion Rare Isotope Accelerator in Illinois, despite a...

Pomona College Workshops to Update Teachers on Advances in Physics, Provide Experiments for the Classroom.
February 9, 2005... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Feb. 26, Pomona College will host its third annual Physics Teacher Workshop providing Southern California high school physics teachers with updates on advances in...

Restoration Efforts in Iraq's Degraded Mesopotamian Marshes to Be Described in D.C., News Briefing, Symposium; Expert Available for Comment.
February 10, 2005... Byline: Duke University WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Wetland Center director Curtis Richardson has made two post-invasion trips to Iraq and also conducted a training session in Jordan for Iraqi scientists as...

Kyoto Protocol: NCAR Scientists Available to Comment.(National Center for Atmospheric Research)
February 11, 2005... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Feb. 16, the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take effect. Negotiated in 1997 and ratified by more...

PNNL Lands Member in Prestigious National Academy; Fuel Cell Pioneer Subhash Singhal Elected to National Academy of Engineering.(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
February 11, 2005... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Subhash C. Singhal, Battelle Fellow and director of fuel cells research at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was...

Columbia University's Heyman Center to Examine the Radical Enlightenment, March 1.
February 15, 2005... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- What are the prospects for radical thought in our own times? Some of the most eminent and interesting historians in the world will convene at Columbia University's Heyman...

'Reading Human Bones' Subject of Pomona College Lecture Series.(Calendar)
February 16, 2005... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Addressing the explosion of interest in the field of forensics, the Pomona College Anthropology Distinguished Lecturer Series focuses on the theme "Diaries of the...

Cassini's Radar Spots Giant Crater on Titan.
February 17, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A giant impact crater the size of Iowa was spotted on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during Tuesday's Titan flyby. Cassini flew...

Rose-Hulman Professor to Discuss Technologies for Homeland Security at America's Largest Science Conference.(Anice Anderson)
February 17, 2005... Byline: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology professor will be among national experts who will speak about new technologies for homeland security during...

Scientists Find Both Damage, Promise for Renewal in Devastated Iraqi Marshlands.
February 19, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first analysis of the ecology of the storied Iraqi Mesopotamian marshes after the toppling of the regime of Saddam Hussein, scientists have found many problems, but...

Climate Change to Bring a Wave of New Health Risks.
February 20, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Climate change will not only bring about a warmer world, it is also very likely to set the stage for an unhealthier one. As a result, governments and...

Study: Young Adults Can Be Motivated to Eat Fruits, Veggies.
February 20, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Young adults can be motivated to eat more servings of fruits and vegetables if they are exposed to tailored, practical messages about nutrition, a...

El Nino Forecasting Could Aid Fisheries Management, Disease Control, Marine Species Protection.
February 20, 2005... Byline: Duke University WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although predicting el Nino events months before they begin has become a major success story in climate prediction, a Duke University oceanographer who did early research in...

The Thrill of Discovery: Pitt Professor Gets Students Excited About Science; At AAAS meeting, Graham Hatfull Will Explain Why 'You're Never Too Young to Make a Scientific Contribution'.(American Association for the Advancement of Science)(Graham Hatfull)
February 20, 2005... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., University of Pittsburgh professor Graham Hatfull will...

Solar Storm Cycles Unpredictable, Says University of Colorado Professor.(Daniel Baker)
February 20, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Massive solar storms that hammered Earth's space environment in fall 2003 and turned a normally safe region for satellites into a hazardous zone of...

Historian to Speak on Mount Holyoke College's Role in Shaping Women's Contributions to Science.(Levin, Miriam)
February 23, 2005... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Miriam Levin, associate professor of history at Case Western Reserve University, will speak on "Not the Girls of Summers: Mount Holyoke Faculty and the Rise...

Director Announces New Berkeley Lab Senior Management Team.
February 23, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Director Steve Chu of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), which is managed by the University of California for the U.S....

Oliver Sacks, Christof Koch Explore Biological Basis of Consciousness, Mind-Body Connection at Academy Meeting; 'Readers & Writers' Event Highlights New Book on Consciousness, Feb. 28.
February 23, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the smell of a dog coming in from...

STAR '05 Conference Brings Distinguished Field to UC Santa Barbara to Discuss Depictions of Physics, Cosmology and Other Sciences in the Arts.
February 25, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- As science becomes more abstract, technical, and specialized, it also becomes more mysterious to common people. And scientists are...

Artificial Muscles Get a Grip on Human Hand.
February 28, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Six years ago a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., issued a unique challenge: build a robotic arm using artificial muscles...