AScribe Science News Service articles from February 2009

AScribe Science News Service archives from February 2009

National Institute for Aviation Research Partners With Learjet for Material and Structural Testing for Bombardier Learjet 85 Development.
February 5, 2009... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University has entered into a relationship with Learjet to provide material and structural...

Wellesley College Celebrates 200 Years of Charles Darwin.
February 10, 2009... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- "On the Origin of Species" - Charles Darwin's ground-breaking book describing how evolution occurs by natural selection - changed everything, according to Olivia...

Chevron Welcomes Techbridge Girls as Part of 'Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day'.(Company overview)
February 10, 2009... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Chevron Corporation is welcoming Techbridge girls from Glenbrook Middle School to its headquarters as part of Introduce a Girl to...

Carnegie Mellon University Tapped to Join New Center For Academic Studies in Identity Sciences.
February 11, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Marios Savvides is one of four researchers selected to be part of a new Center for Academic Studies In Identity Sciences (CASIS), a...

Noted Anthropologist Phillip L. Walker, UC Santa Barbara Professor, Dies at 61.
February 11, 2009... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Phillip L. Walker, 61, a leading scholar in the field of physical anthropology and bio-archaeology and a UC Santa Barbara professor of...

ACM Policy Group Applauds Congressional Passage of Increased Investment in Research; USACM Says Innovations in Computing Drive Economic Growth and Competitiveness.
February 13, 2009... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- As Congress voted to approve the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ACM's Public Policy Committee (USACM -...

Proton Swarms From Drexler's Dark Matter May Fill Universe; Create Microwave Noise Detected by NASA.
February 17, 2009... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A loud cosmic microwave noise recently discovered by a NASA balloon may be generated by synchrotron emission via multitudinous swarms of energy-exhausted...

National University of Singapore Partners International Rice Research Institute to Address Global Food Security Challenge.
February 17, 2009... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National University of Singapore (NUS) is partnering the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to help address the pressing global challenge of...

Iowa Power Fund Advances Researcher's Long Quest for Efficient Solar Power.
February 17, 2009... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- In Vikram Dalal's 37 years of researching solar technology, the efficiency of thin film solar cells for homes and buildings has improved from 1 percent to about 7...

Kauffman Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Will Connect Research, Innovations to Entrepreneurship; Postdocs With Entrepreneurial Aspirations Can Now Apply Online.
February 19, 2009... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twelve top-tier postdoctoral researchers will have the opportunity to turn their research and ideas into an entrepreneurial venture. The Ewing Marion...

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Map Released on Google Earth.
February 20, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new high-resolution, interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels is now available on Google Earth. With a few clicks on Google...

Media Advisory: Live Webcasting of Global Engineering Summit March 2 - 3.
February 23, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A national summit on engineering solutions to major challenges facing the world today will be webcast March 2-3 from Duke University. Topics to be addressed include...

Hubble Space Telescope Image to be Unveiled at Chabot Space & Science Center.
February 24, 2009... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- As part of the International Year of Astronomy, Chabot Space & Science Center will unveil an image taken using a combination of NASA's Great Observatories...

Centennial of Robert E. Peary's Historic Attainment of the North Pole.
February 26, 2009... Byline: Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, Maine, Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- On April 6, 2009, the world will be celebrating the centennial of Robert E. Peary's attainment of the North Pole. Peary, of the Bowdoin College Class of 1877, gave...