AScribe Science News Service articles from May 2005

AScribe Science News Service archives from May 2005

Mars Express Radar to Be Deployed.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter will soon deploy its radar instrument for the first time. The instrument is designed to look below the surface...

NASA's Next Mars Spacecraft Arrives in Florida for Final Checkout.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A large spacecraft destined to be Earth's next robotic emissary to Mars has completed the first leg of its journey: a cargo- plane ride from Colorado to...

University of Maryland Awarded Prestigious Sloan Foundation Center in Biotechnology.
May 3, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Maryland has been selected to establish the new Sloan Biotechnology Industry Center, a home for high-impact research on the forces...

Scripps Research Scientists Identify Infertility Molecule; 'LPA Receptors' Affect Implantation of Embryos in Womb.
May 4, 2005... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute are reporting that mice created to lack a certain type of molecule known as an LPA receptor have fertility...

Exercise in Cold Water May Increase Appetite, University of Florida Study Finds.
May 4, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Exercise in cold water instead of warm water may increase people's appetites, making it harder for them to lose extra pounds, a University of Florida study finds....

University of Florida Researcher's Biomass-to-Ethanol Technology Could Help Replace Half of Auto Fuel in U.S.
May 4, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Half the automotive fuel in the United States could be replaced with ethanol from renewable agricultural crops and forest wastes, says a University of Florida...

Preventing Stale Ale: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Engineers Better Beer.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Worcester Polytechnic Institute WORCESTER, Mass., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- It does not take a beer connoisseur to know when beer has gone bad, but it does take an engineer to prevent it from happening. Pamela S. Giasson, a...

Hats Off to Space Day From NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA salutes Space Day, observed this year on May 5, with a new dramatic image of the Sombrero galaxy. Space Day, held the first Thursday each May, is designed...

Bates College Biologist Pamela Baker Named First Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences.
May 5, 2005... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bates College has named Pamela Baker, a biology professor known for her research into periodontal disease, as the college's first Helen A. Papaioanou Professor of...

A Senior Project of Note: Dane Olson's 'Singing Tower'.
May 5, 2005... Byline: Hampshire College AMHERST, Mass., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- For his senior project at Hampshire College Dane Olson developed and built a new musical instrument that he calls the Singing Tower. The 16-foot tall tower, with steel...

Rover Team Tests Mars Moves on Earth.
May 6, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mars rover engineers are using a testing laboratory to simulate specific Mars surface conditions where NASA's rover Opportunity has spun its wheels in a small...

Engineers Face Major Challenges to Make Fuel-Cell Cars Reality.
May 10, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers conclude in an article to be published in June that it could take "several decades" to overcome daunting technical challenges standing in the way of...

Iowa State University Researchers Developing Technology to Detect Weapons of Mass Destruction.
May 10, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert Lipert has developed a technology that can detect a single spore of simulated anthrax or a single bacterium cell of simulated plague. But now the trick will...

The Hockey Stick Controversy: New Analysis Reproduces Graph of Late 20th Century Temperature Rise; NCAR Paleoclimatologist Available to Comment.
May 11, 2005... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Caspar Ammann, a paleoclimatologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), is available to comment on the so-called hockey stick...

Bose-Einstein Condensate Turns 10: Creation in Colorado Laboratory Gave Birth to New Field, Discoveries.
May 12, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., May 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Albert Einstein predicted it in 1924 but it wasn't until 1995 that scientists in a Boulder, Colo., laboratory were able to chill atoms to almost absolute...

President Bush Honors Excellence in Mentoring; Nine Individuals, Five Organizations Cited for Broadening Opportunities in Science, Mathematics and Engineering.
May 16, 2005... Byline: National Science Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., May 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, President Bush announced the recipients of the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) -- a...

NASA's CloudSat Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Site.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A NASA spacecraft designed to reveal the inner secrets of Earth's clouds has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations....

Media Invited to Demo Cruise of New Research Boat on Friday, May 20.
May 16, 2005... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., May 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- UC Davis scientists are unveiling a new research vessel: an agile and unsinkable boat built to carry them into heretofore inaccessible Northern California...

Convention on Biological Diversity: Future Generations at Risk If Current Patterns of Biodiversity Loss Continue, Report on Ecosystem Warns.
May 17, 2005... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's largest study concerning changes to Earth's ecosystems and their impact on human well-being is being released at McGill University on May 19 as part of the...

Expert Advisory: Duke Scientists See Movie 'Madagascar' as Highlighting Island's Endangered Ecology, Lemur Mysteries.
May 18, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The animated movie "Madagascar," which opens May 27, will be more than summer fun to scientists at Duke University. -- Conservation scientist Luke Dollar, who studies...

OSC Supercomputers, Third Frontier Network to Power Megaconference Junior; Conference Uses Technology to Bring Together Kids From Across U.S., World.
May 18, 2005... Byline: Ohio Supercomputer Center COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 200 school districts and thousands of students will participate May 19th in Megaconference Junior, a project designed to give students in elementary...

While Kansas Evolution Debate Rages, New York City Kids Champion Controversial Work of Nobel Prize Winning Scientists; Nobel Essay Contest Promotes Respect for Science, Scientific Literacy for Hundreds of NYC Kids.
May 19, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- While students in Kansas classrooms await the results of the Kansas Board of Education's hearings on the teaching of evolution, 27 New York City high school kids...

Convention on Biological Diversity: Lowered Biodiversity a Threat to Humans; Findings of Biodiversity Synthesis Presented on International Day for Biological Diversity.
May 19, 2005... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Earth's species - their variety and numbers - are declining faster than ever, which is threat to the well-being of future generations of humans. The culprit for the decline...

Innovative New Boat Opens Door to Mysterious Northern California Ocean.
May 20, 2005... Byline: University of California, Davis BODEGA HARBOR, Calif., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- UC Davis scientists today launched an innovative research vessel: a fast, agile and extraordinarily stable boat built to carry them into previously...

NASA's AcrimSat Solar Spacecraft Completes Five-Year Mission.
May 20, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A NASA satellite that measures the variability in the amount of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth's atmosphere and impacts our winds, land and oceans has...

While 'Quack Science' Is Debated in Kansas, Evolution in Schools Is Endangered Species, Says Swarthmore College Biologist; Likens Creationists to Holocaust Deniers, Saying Both Falsely Imply Debate Is Warranted.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The current debate in Kansas over how to teach evolution gives credence to "quack science" and endangers good science education when it is most needed, says a...

San Diego Supercomputer Center and California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology's Open Synthesis Center Center Creates Interactive Environment for Scientists, Engineers to Collaborate on Cyberinfrastructure Tools.
May 23, 2005... Byline: San Diego Supercomputer Center SAN DIEGO, May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), both at the University of...

Special Issue of California Agriculture Marks 40th Anniversary of UC Kearney Research and Extension Center.
May 23, 2005... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- On May 26, the University of California's Kearney Research and Extension Center (KREC) near Parlier (southeast of Fresno) marks the 40th...

The Inverse Doppler Effect: University of Wisconsin Electrical and Computer Engineering Researchers Add to the Bylaws of Physics.
May 23, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- What if the speed of light is a constant only most of the time? What if gravity sometimes pushed instead of pulled? Scientists are increasingly asking...

Association for Computing Machinery Joins World Community Grid; Grid Donates 10,000 Years of Run Time to Humanitarian Effort.
May 24, 2005... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery ARMONK, N.Y., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) today joins IBM's World Community Grid, which is destined to be the largest technology humanitarian effort...

Polymer Grid Technology a Boon for Bridges.
May 24, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- When the long-awaited Highway 151 bypass around Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, opens later this year, vehicles traveling northbound will cross DeNeveu Creek on a...

Odd Spot on Titan Baffles Scientists.
May 25, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn's moon Titan shows an unusual bright spot that has scientists mystified. The spot, approximately the size and shape of West Virginia, is just southeast...

Why Files Again Earns PC Magazine 'Top 100' Site Award.
May 25, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the second time, The Why Files (http://whyfiles.org), a popular science magazine published at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named by...

One-of-a-Kind X-Ray Instrument Sees All the Bubbles.
May 25, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ted Heindel calls it a lead tree house. And why not? The X-ray flow visualization facility in his lab at Iowa State University is perched 12 feet above the floor. A...

RIKEN-BNL Research Center Dedicates New Supercomputer for Physics Research.
May 26, 2005... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new computer - the RIKEN BNL Research Center supercomputer - was unveiled today at a dedication ceremony at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven...

Underwater Volcano Found Near Samoa.
May 26, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass, May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University...

University of California Regents Vote to Compete for Management of Los Alamos National Laboratory; UC, Bechtel National, BWXT, Washington Group International Team to Compete, Manage LANL.
May 26, 2005... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The UC Board of Regents voted today (May 26) to pursue continued management and operations of Los Alamos National Laboratory by submitting a competitive...

Monterey Bay Aquarium Transforms Exhibit Galleries Into 'The Ocean's Edge'.
May 26, 2005... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium MONTEREY, Calif., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- You can visit an octopus's den, walk beneath crashing waves, stroll amid shorebirds and gliding bat rays, and much more beginning Friday, May 27 when the Monterey...

Berkeley Lab Scientist Proposes Solution to Reduce Developing World's Expensive, Polluting Fuel-Based Lighting.
May 27, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The use of highly-efficient, cost-effective white light-emitting diodes as a replacement for inefficient, polluting kerosene lamps common in the...

Leprosy Microbes Lead Scientists to Immune Discovery; Shedding Light on the Body's 'Rapid Response' Forces.
May 27, 2005... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Mass., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the unusual opportunity that human leprosy infections provide for study of human immune responses, scientists have discovered how the body's early...