AScribe Science News Service articles from November 2006

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Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, to Manage Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
November 1, 2006... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, a partnership between the University of Chicago and Universities Research Association Inc., has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy...

Computer Scientists Track Prediction Markets in Run-Up to U.S. Elections.
November 1, 2006... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- As voters prepare for the polls Nov. 7, computer scientists at the University of Chicago and Yahoo! Research are calling attention to the uncanny track record that an...

National Wetlands Newsletter Examines Sudden Wetland Dieback in Northeast.
November 2, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sudden wetland dieback (SWD), large areas of dead vegetation and bare peat, has marked New England salt marshes from Maine to New York. First noted in...

Cold War Caper Revisited: Michigan State University Science Historian and Chemist Resurrect Recipe for Invisible Ink.
November 7, 2006... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two Michigan State University researchers are the first to unlock the secrets of the invisible ink used by East Germany's secret police force, the Stasi,...

University of Idaho Plant Breeder's Rapeseed, Canola and Mustard Research Grows Into International Research Pact.
November 8, 2006... Byline: University of Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international company Wednesday formally joined forces with University of Idaho plant breeder Jack Brown to develop high-value oilseed crops worldwide for...

Four Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Researchers Recognized for Contributions to Science and Engineering.
November 9, 2006... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four researchers have been recognized by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for their contributions to ocean sciences research and...

Neuroscience Is a Modern Tradition at Amherst College.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The number of undergraduate college students taking up neuroscience is large and growing, according to the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs (ANDP),...

Scientific American Names UC Santa Barbara Professor, Alumna to List of Top 50 in Technological Leadership.
November 14, 2006... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A UC Santa Barbara professor and one of his former graduate students have been named to the 2006 "Scientific American 50," the magazine's...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Energy Institute Engages Stakeholders in Creative Solutions.
November 17, 2006... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The new University of Wisconsin-Madison Energy Institute is leveraging several renowned UW-Madison energy education and research programs in its unique,...

Project Goal: Protect Lives and Defeat the Bullet; Kansas State Engineer Focuses on Mechanics of Better Bullet Proofing.
November 20, 2006... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Body armor with greater ballistics resistance is the aim of the research being carried out by Youqi Wang, associate professor of mechanical engineering at...

Pew Internet Project, Exploratorium Find Internet Is Pervasive Research Tool for Science News and Information; Use of Online Science Resources Linked to Better Attitudes About Science.
November 20, 2006... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fully 40 million Americans use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science and 87 percent of online users have at one...

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Doubles Capability of BigBen; PSC Will Switch Its Cray XT3 to 'Dual-Core' Processors, Doubling Peak Performance of Lead 'Tightly-Coupled' System of TeraGrid.
November 21, 2006... Byline: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has announced that it will more than double the capability of its 10-teraflop Cray XT3 system, BigBen, to 21.5...

Nobumichi Shimizu Named Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science.
November 24, 2006... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nobumichi Shimizu of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of...

Growing Superior Wines Using Science: Wine Expert to Discuss Science of Winemaking at New York Academy of Sciences Meeting; Chemist Dr. James Kennedy Reveals How Science Can Help Increase Quantity of Fine Wines, Dec. 11.
November 27, 2006... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many winemakers call pinot noir the "heartbreak grape" because this variety has been historically difficult to cultivate and transform into wine. Genetically...

Three Franklin College Professors at University of Georgia Named Fellows by American Association for the Advancement of Science.
November 27, 2006... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lawrence Shimkets, William Whitman and Juergen Wiegel, professors in the department of microbiology at the University of Georgia, have been named to a top honor by...

American Physical Society to Commemorate University of Chicago as Historic Physics Site in Honor of Nobel Laureate Robert Millikan.
November 27, 2006... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Physical Society will designate the University of Chicago as an historic physics site to commemorate the work of Nobel laureate Robert Millikan in a ceremony...

New Book Instructs Anyone How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Now anyone can think like a rocket scientist, thanks to a new book written by a Purdue University professor. "This book is for people who would like to learn...

It's No Contest: Preeminent Researchers Using National LambdaRail Dominate SC06 Bandwidth Challenge; Visionaries Use NLR and Its International Peering to Capture All Three Awards.
November 29, 2006... Byline: FirstMile.US CYPRESS, Calif., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- National LambdaRail played a key role for the winner and two honorable mention recipients of the annual supercomputing bandwidth challenge at SC06. All three teams worked...

Chabot Space & Science Center Names Wind River Founder as Interim CEO.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center announced today that it has selected Jerry Fiddler as interim CEO. Fiddler is the co-founder, former CEO and chairman of...

Berkeley Lab Earth Sciences Leader Gudmundur 'Bo' Bodvarsson Dies.
November 30, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gudmundur "Bo" Bodvarsson, a hydrogeologist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) since 1980, and director of the...