AScribe Science News Service articles from March 2005

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Purdue Students Shed Light on Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.(Calendar)
March 1, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students at Purdue University are going to a lot of trouble to turn on a flashlight. The 22nd annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest will take place at 11 a.m....

JPL Artist Sheds Light on Pasadena Event.(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dan Goods, artist in residence at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will display his Light/Shadow Exhibition in the One Colorado...

Purdue University to Lead EPA Air Emissions Study of Livestock Facilities.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- An animal agriculture clean air consortium selected a Purdue University agricultural engineer to lead a national $9 million study to help the U.S. Environmental...

Mars Rovers Break Driving Records, Examine Salty Soil.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- On three consecutive days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity accomplished unprecedented feats of martian motion, covering more total ground in that...

Volunteer Network Provides Ringside Seat to Saturn.
March 7, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experiencing Saturn through a telescope for the first time is a feast for the eyes. NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn is helping people savor the view by...

Statement of the American Sociological Association Council on the Causes of Gender Differences in Science and Math Career Achievement: Harvard's Lawrence Summers and the Ensuing Public Debate; Experts Available for Comment.
March 8, 2005... Byline: American Sociological Association WASHINGTON, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard University President Lawrence Summers' recent statement that innate differences between the sexes might explain women's poor representation in...

Cassini Images of Titan Reveal Active, Earth-Like World.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn's largest and hazy moon, Titan, has a surface shaped largely by Earth-like processes of tectonics, erosion, winds, and perhaps volcanism. The findings...

Electromagnetic Personality: Component of a Specialized Brain Scan Has Antidepressant-like Effects in Rats, Study Finds.
March 9, 2005... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Magnetic field pulses associated with a specialized type of MRI scan used to map brain chemistry produced antidepressant-like effects in animal studies, suggesting that...

Ecologist Wins $30,000 Prize for Teaching and Scholarship.(Maureen Stanton)
March 14, 2005... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Maureen Stanton, one of the world's most influential evolutionary ecologists and one of UC Davis' most admired professors, today was named the 2005...

Ceria Nanoparticles Catalyze Reactions for Cleaner-Fuel Future.
March 15, 2005... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory SAN DIEGO, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experiments on ceria (cerium oxide) nanoparticles carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory may lead to catalytic...

U.S. Exports Nitrogen Pollution Beyond Its Borders, Europe's Nitrogen Deposited Close To Sources.
March 15, 2005... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Mar. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The United States exports nitrogen pollution beyond its borders, and some of this nitrogen may end up in Western Europe, according to a recent...

Robert Rosner Named Director of Argonne National Laboratory.
March 15, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Chicago has appointed Robert Rosner to the directorship of Argonne National Laboratory effective April 18. His appointment was approved by Secretary of...

Seismological Society of America 2005 Annual Meeting to Be Held April 27 - 29 at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort and Casino, Incline Village, Nev.(Calendar)
March 16, 2005... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Seismological Society of America, the premier scientific organization dedicated to earthquake research, will hold its 2005 Annual Meeting April...

From Lobster Flock to Lobster Feast? New Source of Larvae Could Make Large-scale Lobster Farms Feasible.
March 16, 2005... Byline: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution FT. PIERCE, Fla., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution has begun a new program scientists hope will make large-scale culturing of spiny lobster economically...

Bridging the Arts and Science: UC Santa Barbara Launches International Competition for Plays About Science and Technology With $10,000 Prize.
March 16, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UC Santa Barbara have launched an international script...

Anne Yoder Named Duke Primate Center Director.
March 16, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Yale University biologist whose scientific career was first inspired by a student tour of the Duke University Primate Center has been named the center's new director....

Science Update: NASA's Spitzer Unveils Extrasolar Planet Findings.(Brief Article)
March 16, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Astronomers will announce major findings about planets outside our solar system, known as extrasolar planets, at a NASA Science Update at 10 a.m. Pacific...

Princeton President Shirley Tilghman to Deliver Inaugural 'ADVANCE Lecture' at Columbia University: 'Women Scientists in Academia'.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia University today announced that Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman will inaugurate Columbia's Earth Institute ADVANCE program lecture series with an address...

Nano-Probes Allow Inside Look at Cell Nuclei.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nanotechnology may be in its infancy, but biologists may soon use it to watch the inner workings of a living cell like never before. Scientists...

Monterey Bay Aquarium Commits Another $500,000 to White Shark Conservation Research Projects.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium MONTEREY, Calif., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium today (March 18) authorized spending $500,000 for multi-year field conservation studies of white sharks in southern California and...

NASA 'Ambassadors' Spread the Scientific Word.
March 23, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Space enthusiasts have joined together for an eighth year as part of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors Program, a volunteer- based group whose mission is to...

'Advancing Women Scientists in Academia': Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman to Speak at Columbia University Today; Satellite Feed Available.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman will speak today at Columbia University on "Changing the Demographics: Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Women...

Three Bates College Students Receive Philip J. Otis Fellowships.
March 25, 2005... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bates College students from Maine, Guatemala and Tennessee have received Philip J. Otis Fellowships to support research into the relationships among individuals,...

Deep Impact Mission Status Report: Spacecraft Has Entered Cruise Phase.
March 25, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has completed the commissioning phase of the mission and has moved into the cruise phase. Deep Impact mission planners...

Purdue Team Goes for Spotlight in National Rube Goldberg Contest.(Purdue University)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University will try to light up a three-peat in complexity and inefficiency at the 18th annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. The contest,...

Argonne National Laboratory Is Focus of New Alliance Between University of Chicago, Northwestern, University of Illinois.
March 29, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Chicago has established a new Science Policy Council in collaboration with Northwestern University and the University of Illinois that will oversee the...

Study Points to Cleaner Charcoal and Forest Management as Best Strategy in Africa to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Save Lives.
March 31, 2005... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Harvard School of Public Health, finds that promoting cleaner, more efficient...

Ancient Tribal Sites in California Desert Protected by Trust for Public Land.
March 31, 2005... Byline: Trust for Public Land INDIO, Calif., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Trust for Public Land, a national conservation organization, announced today that it has permanently protected 360 acres of ancient cultural sites in the...