AScribe Science News Service articles from January 2005

AScribe Science News Service archives from January 2005

Star Trak: Saturn at Its Best All Night During January.
January 4, 2005... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The highlight of January will be the planet Saturn, which will be opposite the sun as seen from Earth on Jan. 13. On that night Saturn will therefore be closest to...

Next Mars Spacecraft Available for Photos on Friday in Denver.
January 6, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA and Lockheed Martin are preparing for the next mission to Mars, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter slated for launch in about seven months. This week, the...

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status.
January 7, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even as the Spirit and Opportunity rovers complete a year of successful operation on Mars, the next major step in Mars Exploration is taking shape with...

Spitzer Sees Dusty Aftermath of Pluto-Sized Collision.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Astronomers say a dusty disc swirling around the nearby star Vega is bigger than earlier thought. It was probably caused by collisions of objects, perhaps as...

NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Set to Launch.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, at about 10:48 a.m. PST (1:48 p.m. EST). Liftoff will occur aboard a Boeing...

NASA Details Earthquake Affects on the Earth.
January 11, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's...

NASA TV to Broadcast Huygens Mission Coverage.
January 11, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Friday, Jan. 14, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe will descend through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan in a brief, but spectacular,...

NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details of Tsunami.
January 12, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, orbiting satellites have observed and measured a major tsunami event in open ocean, the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the...

State Museum Exhibit Highlights Indiana University Life Sciences Week.
January 12, 2005... Byline: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 21st century has been hailed as the dawn of the "genetics revolution," an era when scientists from a variety of fields are exploring and explaining the complex...

Egyptian Excavation Returns to the Web; Dig Will Be Chronicled Online Starting Jan. 15.
January 12, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world is invited to watch Johns Hopkins University archaeologists uncover clues to ancient Egyptian life by visiting "Hopkins in Egypt Today," a Web site...

Major Caribbean Earthquakes, Tsunamis a Real Risk; Events Rare, But Scientists Call for Public Awareness, Warning System.
January 12, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of...

Titan Landing: Expert Available to Comment on Space Probe Huygen's Descent to Surface of Saturn Moon.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists will be watching with great excitement on Jan. 14 when the unmanned space probe Huygens parachutes to the surface of Titan, second-largest moon in the solar...

Deep Impact Launched and Flying Toward Date With a Comet.
January 12, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft began its 431 million kilometer (268 million mile) journey to comet Tempel 1 today at 1:47:08 p.m. EST. Data received from...

University of Maryland-Led Deep Impact Launches Toward July 4th Comet Collision.
January 13, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- It was midnight New Year's Eve, Christmas morning, Thanksgiving and Labor Day all rolled into one. At least it felt that way for University of...

Indiana University's Kelley School to Partner With Inproteo to Establish Markets for Life Science Products.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new company based at the Indiana University Research Park in Bloomington will become a vehicle for second-stage development of new life science products created...

Kansas State Engineering Professor Examines Factors Leading to Fatal Automobile Accidents.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Driving in rural areas can be hazardous to your health. Many factors contribute to the severity of automobile accidents. Sunanda Dissanayake, assistant...

Deep Impact Mission Status Report: Spacecraft Is Healthy, Has Exited Safe Mode.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is out of safe mode and healthy, and on its way to an encounter with comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005. Launched from Cape...

Mirror Exhibit Opens at Chabot Space & Science Center; Exclusive U.S Premiere from Switzerland, Jan. 29 - June 5.
January 18, 2005... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The parallel universe of mirrors is explored in Chabot Space & Science Center's newest exhibit, "Mirror, Mirror," which opens on Jan. 29. The exhibition...

New York Academy of Sciences, Nobelprize.org, NYC Board of Education, Consulate General of Sweden Launch Nobel Essay Contest for NYC Students; New Competition Awards Winner a Trip to Nobel Prize Festivities.
January 18, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following a city-wide competition, three New York juniors are to be awarded a trip to Stockholm, Sweden, to attend the celebrations surrounding the awarding of...

New NASA Imagery Sheds Additional Perspectives on Tsunami.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Newly released imagery from three NASA spaceborne instruments sheds valuable insights into the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9...

Opportunity Rover Finds Iron Meteorite on Mars.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found an iron meteorite, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. The pitted,...

Women-in-Science Flap Misses Important Point, Duke Professor Says.(Kristina M. Johnson)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The controversy sparked by Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers' recently reported remarks about why more women may not become engineers and scientists "is...

University of California Regents Vote to Submit Bid for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Competition.
January 20, 2005... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California Board of Regents voted today to pursue continued management and operations of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory by submitting a...

Bates College Chemist Awarded Research Grants Totaling $210,000.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rachel Narehood Austin, associate professor of chemistry at Bates College, has received two grants totaling $210,000 to support her research into the oxidation of...

Decision and Risk Analysis Center at University of Texas at Dallas Awarded Grant From European Space Agency.
January 24, 2005... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research center at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management has been awarded a grant of 80,000 euros ($104,800) by the European...

Page Museum Hosts Field Test for State-of-the-Art Radar Technique; Test to Determine Efficacy of Radar Technology in Locating Embedded Fossil Sites.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits announced today that it will serve as the test site on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 for a revolutionary new...

Rush Limbaugh, Michael Crichton, Fred Singer Nominated for First Annual Flat Earth Award for Views on Climate Change; Award to Honor Recipient for Denial of Global Warming.
January 27, 2005... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Yesterday, the creation of the first annual Flat Earth Award -- to be given to an individual who vehemently denies the scientific consensus about global warming --...

Marine Technology Summer Institutes for Faculty - Dive in!(Brief Article)
January 31, 2005... Byline: Marine Advanced Technology Education Center MONTEREY, Calif., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The MATE Center's annual faculty development Summer Institutes provide educators from high schools, community colleges, and universities...