AScribe Science News Service articles from October 2004

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ForestLeadership Announces Speakers for Its Toronto Conference, March 1-4, 2005.
October 1, 2004... Byline: Pending MONTREAL, Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- ForestLeadership is pleased to announce speakers for the inaugural ForestLeadership Conference to be held in the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel in Toronto, Canada, from March 1-4, 2005....

Star Trak: Total Eclipse of the Moon in October.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A total eclipse of the moon will be the prime celestial attraction in October, even for those who don't normally watch the night sky. Observers in most of North...

Lafayette College Professor One of First Scientists to Successfully Predict Volcanic Eruption; Available for Commentary on Mount St. Helen's Renewed Activity.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Lafayette College EASTON, Pa., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lawrence L. Malinconico Jr., professor of geology and environmental geosciences at Lafayette, helped develop one of the most effective methods of determining when a...

New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Chief Engineer Selected.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has appointed Brian Muirhead as Chief Engineer. Muirhead had previously served as chief engineer for NASA's Mars Science...

NASA, JPL Share Vision of Space Exploration With Local School.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Steven Schmidt, deputy director of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., and NASA Astronaut Mike Lopez-Alegria will visit North Ridge Elementary...

New York Academy of Sciences Celebrates New York as a World Science Center; Mayor Proclaims Oct. 13 'Science & the City Day'.
October 5, 2004... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- To celebrate New York City as one of the world's great centers for science, the New York Academy of Sciences is inaugurating an annual parade of events designed to...

Dr. Yash K. Kamath Named New Editor of Textile Research Journal.
October 5, 2004... Byline: TRI/Princeton PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- TRI/Princeton is pleased to announced that Dr. Yash K. Kamath, Research Director, has been named to succeed the late Dr. Ludwig Rebenfeld as Editor of the prestigious,...

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status: Problem With Spirit's Steering.
October 5, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team are investigating possible causes and remedies for a problem affecting the steering on Spirit. The relay...

Carnegie Mellon University and Carnegie Science Center to Host Second Annual Robot Hall of Fame Inductions Oct. 11.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University and The Carnegie Science Center kick off the 25th-anniversary celebration of the university's Robotics Institute as they co-host the...

Marine Biological Laboratory Investigator Avram Hershko Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Discovery of Ubiquitin-Mediated Protein Degradation; Embryology Course Alumnus Irwin Rose Shares Award.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today that Avram Hershko, a summer researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole,...

Virtual News Briefing: Mars Rover Adventures Continue.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Thursday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern time), members of the Mars Exploration Rover project will present information and answer questions...

NASA Approves Mission to Seek Nearest Stars, Brightest Galaxies.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new NASA mission will scan the entire sky in infrared light in search of nearby cool stars, planetary construction zones and the brightest galaxies in the...

UCLA Scientist to Serve as Principal Investigator of NASA Mission to Seek Nearest Stars, Brightest Galaxies; WISE Mission Approved for NASA's Explorer Program to Survey Cosmos in Infrared Light to Detect Stars.
October 7, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A UCLA scientist will serve as the principal investigator of a new NASA mission that will scan the entire sky in infrared light in search of nearby cool stars, planetary construction...

Showcase Spotlights Investment Possibilities as Part of Academy's 'Science & the City Day'.
October 7, 2004... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As part of an effort to help create a more entrepreneurial science culture in New York City, the New York Academy of Sciences is organizing a Venture Showcase and...

Phoning Home From the Ocean Floor by Computer; Ocean Observatories Linked With Cyber Infrastructure Will Change the Way Marine Science Is Conducted.
October 8, 2004... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Oceanographers will soon be able to sit in their labs ashore and communicate with instruments in the water at ocean observatories around the world,...

2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Muta Maathai Is Pitt Alumna: She Earned Master of Science Degree in Biological Sciences at University of Pittsburgh in 1966; Second Year in a Row That Pitt Graduate Has Won Nobel Prize.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2004... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Muta Maathai, is a 1966 Master of Science graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her M.S. degree in...

Free Programs Will Preview NASA's Next Mars Mission.
October 13, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two free public programs in Pasadena this week will introduce NASA's next Mars mission, a multipurpose orbiter under assembly for launch next August. ...

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Uses Extremophile Bacteria to Ease Bleaching's Environmental Cost.
October 13, 2004... Byline: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the steamy waters of Yellowstone National Park's hot springs lives a type of bacterium that could help make industrial bleaching...

Award-Winning Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Probe to Help Safely Monitor Hazardous Waste Sites.
October 13, 2004... Byline: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemicals buried underground don't always sit still. Sometimes, molecules of hazardous waste can travel out of landfills, wandering...

Hi-TECCC Coalition to Bolster Area Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math.
October 18, 2004... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas PLANO, Texas, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Local education and business leaders today signed an agreement creating the High Technology Education Coalition of Collin County (Hi-TECCC), a collaborative...

University of Colorado at Boulder Researchers Bring Geology to Life Applying 3-D Animation Used in Hollywood Feature Films.
October 18, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using software that created special effects in movies like "Star Wars: Phantom Menace" and "The Lord of The Rings," a team of University of Colorado at...

Deep Impact Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch.
October 18, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for a launch on Dec. 30, 2004. The spacecraft was shipped from Ball...

Babylonian Tradition Marks Halloween's Inception - Day When Dead Returned; Expert Describes Origins, Customs of Holiday.
October 19, 2004... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In Babylonian times, the day we now call Halloween marked the time when the dead came back to life, according to Colgate professor Anthony Aveni, an...

National Geographic Supports Young Adventurers With New Emerging Explorers Program.
October 19, 2004... Byline: National Geographic Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A program to help a new generation of visionary explorers realize their potential has been announced by the National Geographic Society. National Geographic's...

NASA Announces Cassini Titan Flyby Coverage.
October 19, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn's smog-cloaked moon Titan will be examined up close by the Cassini spacecraft next Tuesday, Oct. 26. Cassini will fly by Titan at 1,200 kilometers...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Takes Girl Scouts to Planets and Beyond.(Brief Article)
October 20, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Girl Scouts, teachers and their families will tour the solar system and beyond this weekend, without leaving Riverside, Calif. NASA's Jet Propulsion...

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status: Spirit's Steering Problem Returns.
October 21, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A problem that affects the steering on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has recurred after disappearing for nearly two weeks. Engineers at NASA's Jet...

Wright State University Scientist Says Recent Hurricanes May Spell Trouble for Upcoming Years.
October 21, 2004... Byline: Wright State University DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The hurricanes that ravaged Florida in recent weeks are probably a sign of more bad times to come, according to Christopher Barton, Ph.D., professor and chair of...

First Close Encounter of Saturn's Hazy Moon Titan.
October 25, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Long hidden behind a thick veil of haze, Titan, the only known moon with an atmosphere, is ready for its close-up on Oct. 26, 2004. This visit by the Cassini...

Department of Energy Awards CU-Boulder $1.2 Million for Hydrogen Fuel Production.
October 26, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $1.2 million over four years for a novel proposal to produce clean...

Cassini Peeks Below Cloud Shroud Around Titan.
October 28, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Early analysis of images and other data captured during last night's close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan by the Cassini spacecraft reveals greater surface...

Building Dedications Mark Progress of California Institutes for Science and Innovation.
October 29, 2004... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Starting today (Oct. 29) and continuing in the coming weeks, dedications for three new research buildings that are part of the California Institutes for...

NASA's Mars Rovers Pass the 50,000-Picture Mark.
October 29, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A view of the sundial-like calibration target on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, with a bit of martian terrain in the background, is the 50,000th image...