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New Laboratory Dedicated to Pioneering Meteorologist to Open in Chicago June 3; Dave Fultz Memorial Laboratory Will Simulate Swirling Fluids of Oceans, Atmosphere.
June 1, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students at the University of Chicago will soon be able to observe the complex fluid motion of the atmosphere and ocean in a new laboratory that will echo the innovative...

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Researchers Uncover Structure of Key Protein Complex in Cells.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have uncovered the structure of a network of proteins that help regulate the life cycle of...

NASA TV Migrating to Digital Format: Additional Receiver Required.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA TV is moving forward with its July 1 plans to convert from a single analog NTSC channel to four channels of Standard Definition MPEG-2 digital video,...

NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact Target.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- On July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung comet Tempel 1, which is hurtling through space...

NASA Selects New Frontiers Mission Concept Study for Flight to Jupiter.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA today announced that a mission to fly to Jupiter will proceed to a preliminary design phase. The mission is called Juno, and it is the second in NASA's...

NASA Spacecraft Measures Unusual 2005 Arctic Ozone Conditions.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite near-record levels of chemical ozone destruction in the Arctic this winter, observations from NASA's Aura spacecraft showed that other atmospheric...

NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission Gets Thumbs Up For 2007 Launch.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif. June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander onto the icy ground of the far-northern martian plains. NASA's Phoenix lander is...

NASA Previews Unique Deep Impact Comet Mission.
June 3, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- On July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft concludes a six-month, 431 million kilometer (268 million mile) voyage to comet Tempel 1, by sending a projectile...

University of Iowa to Provide $12 Million Instrument to Explore Jupiter.
June 3, 2005... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Iowa space researchers Bill Kurth and Don Gurnett are members of a team recently selected by NASA to carry out the Juno mission to Jupiter scheduled for...

Titan TV: Live Smelly Plant Now on a Desktop Near You; Live Views of Infamous Giant Flower 'Big Bucky' Available Online.
June 6, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison's giant stinky flower is now just a click away. As of today, live views of the titan arum known as Big Bucky are...

New Center Will Study Urban Pollutants and Ways to Manage Them; Researchers Want to Close Science Information Gaps That Affect Cleanup Efforts.
June 7, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Drawing on experts in environmental engineering, biology, chemistry and other disciplines, The Johns Hopkins University has launched a new center to provide a more...

Scientists Discover Possible Titan Volcano.
June 8, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent flyby of Saturn's hazy moon Titan by the Cassini spacecraft has revealed evidence of a possible volcano, which could be a source of methane in...

University of Georgia to Collaborate With Five Partner Institutions on $4.9 Million National Science Foundation Initiative to Encourage Minority Participation in Science, Related Fields.
June 9, 2005... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- With a $4.9 million grant from the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), a program of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of...

Oakland's Chabot Space & Science Center Begins Use of Proposition 40 Funds to Preserve Historic Telescopes; Work Begins June 13.
June 9, 2005... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patching and sealing of the domes used to house Chabot Space & Science Center's two historic telescopes begins next week and is the first phase in using...

Scientists Map Ocean Floor Near Palmer Station in Antarctica, Reveal Hidden Dangers to Passing Ships.
June 9, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using inflatable boats, a portable depth sounder with GPS, and a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle, a team of scientists and engineers has...

NASA Announces Spectacular Day of the Comet.
June 9, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- After a voyage of 173 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles), NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will get up-close and personal with comet Tempel 1 on...

NASA's Spitzer Captures Echo of Dead Star's Rumblings.
June 9, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- An enormous light echo etched in the sky by a fitful dead star was spotted by the infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The surprising finding...

Chabot Space & Science Center's Planetarium Goes Digital; Most Technologically Advanced Planetarium in U.S. Opens With New Shows on July 16.
June 15, 2005... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Home to a brand-new sophisticated array of projection technology, digital effects, and advanced audiovisual capabilities, the Ask Jeeves Planetarium at...

Boise State University Art Professor Discovers Rare Drawing.
June 15, 2005... Byline: Pending BOISE, Idaho, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Boise State University professor Janice Neri made a rare discovery while poring over centuries-old books, and with a little help from a colleague at Boise State she recently...

New Magnetic Herding Technique Proposed to Manipulate the Very Small.
June 20, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers have introduced a new magnetic shepherding approach for deftly moving or positioning the kinds of tiny floating objects found within organisms, in order to...

Cool Star Shows For Hot Summer Nights.
June 21, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the mercury shoots upward and lazy summer days stretch into balmy evenings, NASA is teaming with amateur astronomy clubs across the country to share the...

U.S. Department of Eneregy Launches Innovative Network Architecture Supporting Scientific Research.
June 24, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has dedicated an innovative new network for scientific research at six DOE sites in the San...

Photo Release: Hubble Captures Outburst From Comet Targeted by Deep Impact.
June 27, 2005... Byline: European Space Agency - Hubble GARCHING, Germany, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a dress rehearsal for the rendezvous between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Hubble Space Telescope captured dramatic...

Einstein's Relativity Theory 'Holding Up' After 100 Years, But Facing 'Competing Theories,' Duke Professor Says.
June 27, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- This Thursday, June 30, marks the centennial of Albert Einstein's first paper on the theory of relativity. Over the last 100 years, relativity has been vindicated in...

NASA's Cassini Reveals Lake-Like Feature on Titan.
June 28, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists are fascinated by a dark, lake-like feature recently observed on Saturn's moon Titan. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a series of images...

Size Matters: Friction, Adhesion Change on Atomic Level.
June 29, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicists have a pretty good idea of what to expect when friction and adhesion occur in the visible world. You jam on the brakes, for instance, and your tires and...

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Training Helps Forecasters Predict Rip Currents.
June 30, 2005... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Innovative online courses developed at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research are helping forecasters protect the public from rip...