AScribe Science News Service articles from January 2008

AScribe Science News Service archives from January 2008

Model Is First to Compare Performance of 'Biosensors'.
January 2, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology...

Green Effort at Vanderbilt University Extends Into Virtual World; Server Virtualization Saves Energy.
January 2, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The computing revolution comes with a not-often acknowledged environmental cost. Computers - and the servers which allow them to run - use energy and give off...

Chabot Space & Science Center Elects Chair and Vice-Chair of Joint Powers Agency Board of Directors.
January 2, 2008... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center announced that Jean Quan has been elected as Chair and David Campbell has been elected as Vice-Chair of the Joint Powers...

Duke University Professor Arlie O. Petters Recognized by Queen of England.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University professor Arlie O. Petters was designated Dec. 29, 2007, by the Queen of England as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The award...

Dark Matter Radiation, Predicted in Drexler's 2003 Book, Testable When NASA Probes Dark Matter Web's EUV and UV.
January 11, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Jan. 8, 2008, NASA announced an August 2008 Hubble servicing mission as follows: "The new instruments to be installed on the telescope are the [EUV...

New Book Explores History of Racism in America.
January 11, 2008... Byline: St. Lawrence University CANTON, N.Y., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The origins and development of racism in North America are traced in a new book by St. Lawrence University Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Richard J. Perry. ...

Ulysses Spacecraft Flies Over Sun's North Pole.(Medical condition overview)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ulysses spacecraft today is making a rare flyby of the sun's north pole. Unlike any other spacecraft, Ulysses is able to sample winds at the sun's poles,...

Danforth Center, Wexford Science+Technology to Break Ground on New Life Science Biopark; State of Missouri, St. Louis County, City of Creve Coeur Support New Bio-Research and Development Growth Park at Danforth Center to Assist Start-Up Plant Science Companies.
January 15, 2008... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced today that Wexford Science+Technology, LLC of Hanover, Maryland will start construction of a new...

California Flood Risks are 'Disaster Waiting to Happen,' Say University of Maryland Engineers; Clark School Engineers Report on Country's Aging Water-Related Infrastructure; Restoring Ecosystems May Hold Key to Flood Prevention.
January 17, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- While flooding in California's Central Valley is "the next big disaster waiting to happen," water-related infrastructure issues confront almost...

Environment News Tips From UC Davis: Idea Fair; Trees, Ants and Elephants; Climate Talks; Biofuels; Quagga and Zebra Mussels.
January 17, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are environment news tips from University of California, Davis. - - - - IDEA FAIR ANCHORS A BUSY 'FOCUS THE NATION' DAY ON JAN. 31 ...

Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation to Thwart Nuclear Terrorism.
January 22, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would use a network of cell phones to detect and track radiation...

Students to Play Chef for a Day at Rube Goldberg Contest.
January 24, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- How many ways are there to make a hamburger? Purdue University students will find out when they create complex machines to accomplish the simple task during the...

Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth Jan. 29.
January 24, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is...

Giant Storm Eruption at Jupiter Unearths a Buried Past.
January 24, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists around the globe have observed an astonishing and rare change in Jupiter's atmosphere -- a huge disturbance churning in the middle northern...

Nobel Prize Winner George Smoot Appointed to Chabot Space & Science Center's Foundation Board of Directors.
January 30, 2008... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center announces 2006 Nobel Prize winner for physics, George Smoot has been appointed to the Chabot Foundation Board or Directors....

Chabot Space & Science Center's Galaxy Explorer Program Awarded Grant.
January 31, 2008... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center announces it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the David B. Gold Foundation to enhance Chabot's year-round high school...

NASA and the Beatles Celebrate Anniversaries by Beaming Song 'Across the Universe' Into Deep Space.
January 31, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time ever, NASA will beam a song - The Beatles "Across the Universe" -- directly into deep space at 4 p.m. Pacific Time (7 p.m. Eastern Time) on...