AScribe Science News Service articles from January 2006

AScribe Science News Service archives from January 2006

University of Illinois at Chicago Receives $1.2 Million to Study Women in Science Networks.
January 4, 2006... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have received a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to study how social and professional networks...

Brookhaven Lab Chemists Probe Combustion Process; Unique Method Used to Determine Chemical Dynamics in Combustion.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, working with colleagues at Stony Brook University, have developed a unique...

Experts Urge Action to Protect Istanbul From Earthquake.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A major earthquake is likely to strike Istanbul over the next 30 years, killing thousands of people and collapsing as many as 50,000 buildings because of...

NASA's Topex/Poseidon Oceanography Mission Ends.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The joint NASA/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Topex/Poseidon oceanography satellite ceased operations after nearly 62,000 orbits of Earth. The spacecraft...

Stardust Mission Status Report.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ten days before its historic return to Earth with the first-ever samples from a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully performed its 18th flight path...

Archaeologists Bring Egyptian Excavation to the Web.
January 9, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her crew are once again sharing their work with the world through an online diary, a digital window into day-to-day life on an...

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces 2005 Winners of Excellence in Science and Technology Awards.
January 9, 2006... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has announced the winners of the annual Mayor's Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology, administered by the New York Academy of...

Spitzer Space Telescope Captures Milky Way's Bustling Center.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new infrared mosaic from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a stunning view of the stellar hustle and bustle that takes place at our Milky Way galaxy's...

San Diego Supercomputer Center and National Center for Supercomputing Applications Provide Combined TeraGrid Resources.
January 11, 2006... Byline: National Science Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Starting in 2006, users requesting high-performance computing resources from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will have seamless access to all...

NASA's Comet Hunter on Final Approach for Sunday Landing.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Stardust mission return capsule will land Sunday, Jan. 15, at approximately 2:12 a.m. Pacific time (3:12 a.m. Mountain time) on the Utah Test and...

NASA's Comet Tale Draws to a Successful Close in Utah Desert.
January 16, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Stardust sample return mission returned safely to Earth when the capsule carrying cometary and interstellar particles successfully touched down at...

Scientist Honored With Second-Most Cited Research Paper of the Decade.
January 17, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wladek Minor's busy laboratory inside Jordan Hall at the University of Virginia Health System is famous for strong cappuccino and European...

Researchers Study Energy-Saving Method for Small Office Buildings.
January 17, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers have developed a method for "precooling" small office buildings and reducing energy consumption during times of peak demand, promising not only to save...

Scientists Confirm Comet Samples; Briefing Set for Thursday.
January 18, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have confirmed that particles from a comet and interstellar dust have been returned to Earth by NASA's Stardust mission. The science team...

Mars Rovers Advance Understanding of Red Planet.
January 24, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been working overtime to help scientists better understand ancient environmental conditions on the red...

KC, University of Georgia's Cloned Cow, Gives Birth to Second Calf.
January 27, 2006... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since her unusual start in a Petri dish, KC has matured into a very normal cow. And on the last day of 2005, she routinely gave birth to Moonshine, her second calf....

From Cylinder to MP3 Player: UC Santa Barbara Makes Earliest Sound Recordings Publicly Available.
January 31, 2006... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Library at UC Santa Barbara has opened up the world of historic sound recordings by mounting thousands of digitized cylinder recordings...

Purdue Experts Can Discuss State of the Union Energy Proposals.
January 31, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University experts can talk about the research and potential use of alternative fuels in conjunction with President George W. Bush's State of the Union...

Response to the 2006 State of the Union Address: Comments by E. Ann Nalley, Ph.D., President, American Chemical Society.
January 31, 2006... Byline: American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Chemical Society has praised President Bush for his remarks about science and education and economic competitiveness within his State of the Union...