AScribe Science News Service articles from November 2008

AScribe Science News Service archives from November 2008

Doubts Cast on Cold Dark Matter by Cambridge, Cardiff U, CEA Saclay, NYU, Russian Academy of Sciences, UC San Diego.
November 10, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent article on the formation of galaxies, in the journal Nature, has undermined the credibility of the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) theory of WIMPs at the...

Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work on Red Planet.
November 10, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic...

Collaboration With Google Earth Puts University of Virginia's 'Rome Reborn' on the Internet.
November 12, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Rome Reborn," the digital re-creation of ancient Rome unveiled last year by the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the...

President Bush Honors the U.S. Recipients of the 2008 Kavli Prize.
November 12, 2008... Byline: The Kavli Foundation WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- President George W. Bush and his Science Advisor, Dr. John Marburger honored the first U.S. recipients of the Kavli Prize (an award that recognizes scientists for their...

Findings Suggest Nanowires Ideal for Electronics Manufacturing.
November 13, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered that tiny structures called silicon nanowires might be ideal for manufacturing in future computers and consumer electronics because...

Intel, UC Berkeley Team Up for International Technology Entrepreneurship.
November 14, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some of the world's best engineers and scientists from 15 countries will present how they plan to make the world a better place through their...

NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars.
November 20, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any...