AScribe Science News Service articles from June 2007

AScribe Science News Service archives from June 2007

Ole Kleppa, Chemist, 1920-2007.
June 1, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ole Kleppa, who escaped the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II and later became a leading authority in the study of metals, ceramics and minerals at high...

Burnham Scientist Selected for 57th Lindau Nobel Conference; Nutritional Scientist Dr. Lars Bode Chosen for Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Burnham Institute for Medical Research LA JOLLA, Calif., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lars Bode, Ph.D., Staff Scientist at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research ("Burnham"), has been selected to participate in the 57th Annual...

UC Santa Barbara Receives $12.5 Million Gift From Virgil Elings and Betty Elings Wells to Support Research and Innovation at the California NanoSystems Institute.(Company overview)
June 4, 2007... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virgil Elings and Betty Elings Wells have made a $12.5 million gift to UC Santa Barbara to support pioneering research at the California...

The Ocean Project and Its Hundreds of Partners Planning Events Around the World for World Ocean Day, June 8.
June 5, 2007... Byline: The Ocean Project PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- On June 8 hundreds of communities around the globe will celebrate the 15th annual World Ocean Day - a day to celebrate our individual connection to the ocean and how...

Works of Mathematical Power, Beauty Earn Clay Research Prize.
June 5, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- An institute that promotes the "beauty, power and universality" of mathematical thought has awarded the Clay Research Prize to Alex Eskin, Professor in Mathematics at the...

Putting Green Speed Is All in Grass Management.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Golfers' frustrations with high scores, long rounds and putting greens can be multiplied or lessened depending on how the turf is managed. Turf grass...

University of Texas at El Paso Grad Aboard Shuttle Atlantis; Astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas Testament to Quality of University, Engineering Program.
June 7, 2007... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- He's a Miner on a mission. NASA astronaut John "Danny" Olivas, a 1989 graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, is among the crew of the Space...

Researchers Combine Atmospheric Science With Heartland Farming; Field Studies Use Aircraft, Satellite, Ground-Based Sensors to Examine Effects of Land Use on Regional Climate.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- This week, two major scientific field studies begin in Oklahoma to investigate major uncertainties in climate models-aerosols and clouds. Both campaigns are...

Gabor Somorjai Wins Priestley Award.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gabor Somorjai, 72, a chemist who holds joint appointments with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley...

International Team Rebuilds Ancient Rome Digitally.
June 11, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia ROME, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni will officiate at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project based at the University of Virginia and begun at the...

Guessing Robots Predict Their Environments, Navigate Better.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots able to make "educated guesses" about what lies ahead as they traverse unfamiliar surroundings, reducing the...

Archaeologists Bring Egyptian Excavation to Web for a Second Time This Year; Online at http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/egypttoday.html.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- For a second time this year, Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her archaeological crew are sharing their work with the world. Online now is a special bonus season of their...

Purdue Creates Scientifically Based Animation of 9/11 Attack.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although most Americans believe they know what brought down the World Trade Center twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, civil engineers are still seeking answers to...

Nano Technique Allows Precise Injection of Living Cells.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Specialized pulsed lasers have been used to inject individual cells with a variety of materials, but little is known about how this type of injection might...

Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions Required to Avoid Dangerous Increases in Heat Stress, Researchers Say.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study led by a Purdue University researcher projects a 200 percent to 500 percent increase in the number of dangerously hot days in the Mediterranean by the...

Levi, Dobbins Join Board at Chabot Space & Science Center.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center today announced the confirmation of two new members to its Joint Powers Agency Board of Directors. Michael Levi, 51, a...

International Space Station -- It's Not Worth All This Trouble.
June 15, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- As scientists and engineers struggle to get the computers working on the International Space Station, University of Maryland physicist Robert L....

Underwater Robot Competition Highlights Earth's Polar Regions; MATE Center's Sixth International Student ROV Competition Helps Students Develop Skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Marine Advanced Technology Education Center MONTEREY, Calif., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- From June 22-24, students from around the world will demonstrate their technical prowess with underwater robots at the MATE Center's Sixth...

Purdue Food Science Professor Winner of Agriculture's 'Nobel'.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Philip E. Nelson, the Scholle Chair Professor in Food Processing at Purdue University on Monday (June 18) was named winner of the World Food Prize for his...

World's First Dark-Matter Cosmology Book Discloses Precise Identity and Nature of Dark Matter.
June 20, 2007... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's first dark-matter cosmology book "has the ring of truth", a "brilliant hypothesis", and is "conceptually and logically satisfying" according...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Awarded Pre-College Science Education Grant by Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
June 21, 2007... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is the only New York metro area institution awarded a five-year grant for its pre-college science education...

Mission Accomplished! UTEP Grad Returns Home Aboard Shuttle Atlantis; Astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas Testament to Quality of University, Engineering Program.
June 22, 2007... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA astronaut John "Danny" Olivas, a 1989 graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, and his crewmates aboard space shuttle Atlantis glided to a...

New Era of 'Desktop Supercomputing' Made Possible With Parallel Processing Power on a Single Chip; Public Asked to Help Name New Technology.
June 25, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers has been developed by researchers in the University of Maryland's A. James...

Language Technology Center Funded at Johns Hopkins; University of Maryland Joins Effort to Revolutionize Software for Speech, Text, Image Analysis.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University has been awarded a long-term, multimillion dollar contract to establish and operate a Human Language Technology Center of Excellence...

Lawrence Berkeley Lab, PG&E Recognize Chabot Space & Science Center's Peak Electric Reduction.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company have honored Chabot Space & Science Center for its pioneering role in a study...

Expert Sources Available on Tahoe 'Angora Fire'.
June 25, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the Angora Fire near South Lake Tahoe continues to burn, these University of California, Davis faculty members have expertise regarding the Lake Tahoe...

Transparent Transistors to Bring Future Displays, 'E-Paper'.
June 26, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have used nanotechnology to create transparent transistors and circuits, a step that promises a broad range of applications, from e-paper and...

San Francisco Bay Area Partnership to Host DOE Bioenergy Research Center.
June 26, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman has announced that a partnership of three national laboratories and three research universities in the San...

UC Davis Is Partner in New $125 Million Federal Bioenergy Research Center.
June 26, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- UC Davis researchers who are experts at turning plants into energy for transportation, buildings and industry will be partners in a new $125 million...

Al Cecere, Founder and President of American Eagle Foundation, Responds to the Bald Eagle Losing Endangered Species Act Protection and Related Future Funding.
June 26, 2007... Byline: American Eagle Foundation PIGEON FORGE, Tenn., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the bald eagle scheduled to lose its Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection and related federal funding by June 29, the American Eagle Foundation...

University of Colorado at Boulder Participating in NASA Mission Studying Climate Change, Ozone in Tropics.
June 27, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A high-flying NASA mission over Costa Rica and Panama in July and August should help scientists better understand how tropical storms influence global...

Rensselaer Supercomputer Ranks Seventh in World; Partnership With IBM and New York State Has Created Most Powerful System at Any University.
June 27, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The new supercomputer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been ranked seventh in the world, and it is the most powerful of any system based at a...