AScribe Science News Service articles from March 2008

AScribe Science News Service archives from March 2008

Magnetic Levitation Gives Computer Users Sense of Touch; National Science Foundation Makes Carnegie Mellon Invention Available to More Researchers.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Computers, long used as tools to design and manipulate three-dimensional objects, may soon provide people with a way to sense the texture of those objects or feel...

ACM Recognizes Leonidas John Guibas for Pioneering Algorithms That Advanced Computer Graphics, Robotics, Circuit Design; Stanford Professor's Ground-Breaking Research Shaped Computational Geometry Field.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) has named Leonidas John Guibas as the recipient of the 2007 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award for his pioneering...

Future 'Quantum Computers' Will Offer Increased Efficiency - and Risks.
March 5, 2008... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- An unusual observation in a University of Central Florida physics lab may lead to a new generation of "Quantum Computers" that will render today's computer...

New Pollution Prevention Institute Focuses on Green Manufacturing; Rochester Institute of Technology Center Will Design Sustainable Technologies and Support Reduced Use of Toxic Chemicals.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly created Pollution Prevention Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology will focus on the design and testing of green manufacturing...

Move Over Galileo, It's Science 2.0.
March 6, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a provocative article in this week's Science Magazine, the University of Maryland's Ben Shneiderman, one of the world's leading researchers...

Richard Lerner to Receive Research!America Advocacy Award; 2008 Builders of Science Award.
March 6, 2008... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute WASHINGTON, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Richard A. Lerner, MD, president of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, has been named Research!America's 2008 Builders of Science award...

Newly Defined Signaling Pathway Could Mean Better Biofuel Sources.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly defined biochemical pathway in plants may provide the scientific tools to design plants that will yield larger quantities of alternative transportation...

Purdue Leads Center to Simulate Behavior of Micro-Electromechanical Systems.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded a $17 million cooperative agreement for a research center at Purdue University's Discovery Park to...

Arctic Climate Models Playing Key Role in Polar Bear Decision.
March 11, 2008... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate...

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Would Build on Kansas' Existing Strengths in Bioscience -- by Tom Thornton.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following commentary is by Tom Thornton, president, Kansas Bioscience Authority. - - - - Kansas has long been known for its amber waves of grain...

David Patterson Recognized for Initiatives That Advanced the Computing Profession; Former ACM President Made Computing Better Understood and Respected Worldwide.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- David A. Patterson, who led initiatives that have brought more respect and understanding to the computing profession, has been given the 2007 Distinguished...

Purdue Energy Center Conference to Focus on Hydrogen.(Conference news)
March 19, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from around the world will meet at Purdue University for a two-day conference in April to discuss innovative hydrogen-based energy concepts. ...

International High-Tech Companies Help Rose-Hulman Develop World Class Model-Based System Design Laboratory.(Company overview)
March 20, 2008... Byline: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has unveiled a first-of-its-kind Model-Based System Design laboratory that will help better prepare...

Warming Could Radically Change Lake Tahoe in 10 Years.
March 24, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of California, Davis study predicts that climate change will irreversibly alter water circulation in Lake Tahoe, radically changing the...

Nobel Prizes for Dark Matter, Big Bang, Inflation, UHECR, or Accelerating Universe May Emerge via New Book, 'Discovering Postmodern Cosmology'.
March 31, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The five top priority cosmic-phenomena enigmas of the recent past have been the dark matter of the universe, the accelerating expansion of the universe,...