AScribe Science News Service articles from June 2003

AScribe Science News Service archives from June 2003

Exciting First Results From Deuteron-Gold Collisions at Brookhaven Laboratory; Findings Intensify Search for New Form of Matter.
June 12, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The latest results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the world's most powerful facility for nuclear physics research, strengthen scientists'...

University of Missouri-Rolla Receives $3.15 Million to Further Study of Aircraft/Aerospace Emissions.
June 12, 2003... Byline: University of Missouri, Rolla ROLLA, Mo., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Missouri-Rolla, a leader in the study of aircraft and aerospace emissions and their effect on the environment, has received a $3.15 million...

Brain Imaging Study Reveals Interplay of Thought, Emotion in Economic Decisions.
June 12, 2003... Byline: Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- For many people who follow America's financial markets, it is clear that economic decisions people make are not always rational. A study now offers one...

Changing Global Nitrogen Cycle Impacting Human Health, Says Study.
June 12, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite greatly increasing food production for humans, the growing use of nitrogen as a nutrient is affecting people's health far beyond just the benefits...

Scientists Close in on Understanding Learning and Memory.
June 12, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- For decades, scientists have proposed that learning occurs and memories are stored when connections among nerve cells are weakened or strengthened, but...

Mars Rover Spirit Mission Status.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Spirit spacecraft, the first of twin Mars Exploration Rovers, has successfully reduced its spin rate as planned and switched to celestial navigation...

Rare Find: Binghamton University Materials Scientist Lands $500K National Science Foundation Career Award With Unprecedented Approach to Synthetics.
June 13, 2003... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Binghamton University materials scientist, whose ingenious research could soon make it possible to safely and permanently "mop up" some of the most common and...

At Last: Just Three Cell Types Detect Light in Eye.
June 15, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Putting to rest years of controversy, an international research team led by Johns Hopkins scientists has discovered that the eye's job of detecting light is...

Berkeley National Laboratory Mathematicians John B. Bell and Phillip Colella Honored for Contributions to Computational Science and Engineering.
June 16, 2003... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- John B. Bell and Phillip Colella, applied mathematicians at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have been named...

University of Florida Astronomers: Universe Slightly Simpler Than Expected.
June 16, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The universe just became a little less mysterious. Using images from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers at the University of Florida have concluded...

Space Station Astronaut Leads Crew of Four NASA Aquanauts on 14-Day NOAA Aquarius Undersea Mission.
June 17, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina at Wilmington KEY LARGO, Fla., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The June mission of NOAA's Aquarius Undersea Laboratory will include NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who lived and conducted research aboard the...

NASA Orbiter Eyes Phobos Over Mars Horizon.
June 24, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Images from the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor capture a faint yet distinct glimpse of the elusive Phobos, the larger and innermost...

Search for Life on Other Planets Continues at CU-Boulder With $5 Million NASA Grant.
June 25, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Astrobiology will continue helping NASA search for extraterrestrial life after winning a $5 million...

University of South Florida Researchers Link Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Brains to Genes Essential to Normal Memory.
June 26, 2003... Byline: University of South Florida Health Sciences TAMPA, Fla., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The buildup of Alzheimer's-associated amyloid plaques in the brain dramatically inhibits several genes critical to memory and learning,...

Human Stem Cells Improve Movement in Paralyzed Rats.
June 27, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins researchers report that injection of human stem cells into the fluid around the spinal...

University of Maryland to Host First International Conference on Acoustic Communication by Animals.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Maryland today released the following advisory: WHAT: The first International Conference on Acoustic Communication by...

At 25, Remembering a Trendsetting Seafaring Satellite.
June 27, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- It only skippered the seas of space for a mere three months, but just as Gilligan's "three-hour tour" has continued on in syndication for decades, a salty...