AScribe Science News Service articles from July 2008

AScribe Science News Service archives from July 2008

ConocoPhillips Announces Partnership With Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels.
July 1, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- ConocoPhillips announced today it has signed a $5 million, multiyear sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, a...

Bowdoin College Audio Blog Provides Ongoing Scoop on Archaeological Dig.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, Maine, July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bowdoin College has launched an audio blog offering satellite phone reports from members of a research team as they excavate two 19th-century winter houses on northern...

Berkeley Lab Wins Four Prestigious 2008 R&D 100 Awards for Technology Advances.
July 9, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four of R&D Magazine's prestigious R&D 100 Awards for 2008, which recognize the 100 most significant proven technological advances of the year,...

University of California, Santa Barbara Researcher Leads Worldwide Study on Marine Fossil Diversity.
July 10, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- It took a decade of painstaking study, the cooperation of hundreds of researchers, and a database of more than 200,000 fossil records, but...

Students Learn Technology and Science of Extreme Ocean Environments at Underwater Robot Competition; Teams From Canada, New York Take Top Prizes.
July 11, 2008... Byline: Marine Advanced Technology Education Center SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- At University of California San Diego's (UCSD) Canyonview Aquatic Center, teams of students gathered around poolside workstations. Some...

How New Auto Fuels Will Affect Air Quality in an Era of Climate Change.
July 16, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- As millions of cars and trucks hit the road using fuels other than gasoline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is funding a $900,000 research...

Virtual World Is Sign of Future for Scientists, Engineers.
July 16, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University is operating a virtual environment that enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called...

NASA Spacecraft Shows Diverse, Wet Environments on Ancient Mars.
July 16, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory WASHINGTON, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other...

Advance Brings Low-Cost, Bright LED Lighting Closer to Reality.
July 17, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity...

Penn Experts to Present at Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting; 67th Conference to be Held on Penn Campus.(Conference news)
July 23, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will be presenting at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental...

ICSI Spins Out Venture-Backed XORP, Inc.
July 24, 2008... Byline: International Computer Science Institute BERKELEY, Calif., July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) announced today that it has transferred its eXtensible Open Router Platform (XORP)...

Students' Device Aims to Protect Electric Utility Workers; Tool Would Keep Transformer Repair Technicians a Safe Distance From Deadly Arcs.
July 28, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineering students at Johns Hopkins have invented a tool that would allow utility workers to disconnect power lines from residential transformers at a safe...

Dark Matter Precisely Identified by Bell Labs-Trained Scientist.
July 29, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many years ago, Mervin J. Kelly, president of AT&T Bell Laboratories, devised a three-year graduate study fellowship program in applied physics for...

CACM Reports: Channeling Brainpower Using Computer Games; August Issue Probes New Ideas on Using Computer Games to Solve Practical Problems.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a series of articles, the August 2008 issue of Communications of the ACM (CACM) presents news and feature stories that illuminate the power of computer...

NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory TUCSON, Ariz., July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an...