AScribe Science News Service articles from October 2005

AScribe Science News Service archives from October 2005

Solar Electric Light Fund Project in Nigeria Helps Clinton Global Initiative Stay 'Carbon Neutral'.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Solar Electric Light Fund WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A solar power project in rural Nigeria carried out by the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) has helped to offset the carbon dioxide emissions attributable to putting...

San Diego Supercomputer Center Introduces Collaboration Notebook for Community Technical Review, Invites Developers Across a Variety of Scientific Domains to Access New Online Data Management Application, Attend One-Day Workshop.
October 4, 2005... Byline: San Diego Supercomputer Center SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) announced today that it is inviting developers across a variety of scientific domains to preview the new Collaboration...

Penguins Rescued From Hurricane Katrina Placed on Exhibit at California's Monterey Bay Aquarium.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium MONTEREY, Calif., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eighteen penguins airlifted from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina crippled the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans went on exhibit this morning at...

And Now, Digital Evolution -- by Lee Spector.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Hampshire College AMHERST, Mass., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Lee Spector, Professor of Computer Science at Hampshire College. - - - - And Now, Digital Evolution Recent developments...

From A-Bombs to Chemicals: No Way to Prevent Hurricanes, Expert Says.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Texas A&M University COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The idea has been thought about for at least 50 years: Can you prevent a hurricane from forming, or at the least, make one less powerful than it might...

Controlling a Spacecraft All the Way to Jupiter's Icy Moons.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The challenge is about as big as Jupiter, our solar system's biggest planet: How do you control a flexible spacecraft that's up to 200 feet long, will take seven...

National Science Foundation Selects UC Santa Barbara for New National Center for Nanotechnology In Society.
October 6, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Science Foundation has selected the University of California, Santa Barbara for a new National Science and Engineering Center...

American Academy Inducts 225th Class of Scholars, Scientists, Artists, Civic, Corporate and Philanthropic Leaders.
October 7, 2005... Byline: American Academy of Arts & Sciences CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- At an induction ceremony here on Saturday, Oct. 8, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences will officially welcome its 225th class of Fellows. ...

Purdue's Birck Nanotech Building Now Open for Business.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center, considered the best university facility of its kind in the nation, will be dedicated during a ceremony today. "This...

Earthquake Along India-Pakistan Border Took Place in Area of High Vulnerability, Expert Says.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The earthquake that struck the border of India and Pakistan on Saturday, Oct. 8, occurred in a region that has seen more than its share of seismological events, says...

Boise State University Biologist Helps Lead Effort to Recover Natural History Collections Lost to Katrina.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Boise State University BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Idaho may be thousands of miles removed from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, but a Boise State University botanist is at the forefront of a campaign to provide...

Toxic Avenger: Kansas State Professor Named Top Innovator by Popular Mechanics.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ken Klabunde has had many titles during his distinguished career -- scientist, educator, inventor. He can now add another one: toxic avenger. Klabunde, a...

Purdue: University's Nuclear Reactor Safe, Federal Guidelines Followed.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University - the leading producer of nuclear engineering graduates in the nation - today refuted claims made by ABC News, based on information gathered by...

Purdue Findings Help Coast Guard Modify Search-and-Rescue Plane.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University engineers are helping the U.S. Coast Guard deal with a possible 10-fold increase in vibration that could result from installing a larger...

New York Academy of Sciences Meeting Examines Responsibility of Scientists in an Age of Nuclear Weapons, Threats to Global Security; Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffman and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of U.N. Millennium Project, to Speak Oct. 25.
October 17, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ever since the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, controversy has ensued over how much responsibility scientists should bear for...

Purdue Researcher Leads $4.5 Million National Science Foundation Study of Soybean Genome.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Farmers, college students and consumers may benefit from soybean research made possible by a $4.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to a team of...

New Direction for Hydrogen Atom Transfers: Reverse Reaction Offers New Way to Break Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds, First Step for Reactions Involving Hydrocarbons.
October 19, 2005... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the annals of chemistry, there are many examples of hydrogen atoms moving from metals to carbon atoms. But no one has ever directly observed the reverse...

Researchers Use Unique Approach to Analyze Success of Pollution Control Policies; Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Michigan and UC Berkeley Receive National Science Foundation Grant.
October 19, 2005... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experts in the fields of engineering, public policy and marketing are combining their skills to create a new approach to studying American pollution...

Robert Johnston, Former Rochester Institute of Technology Dean and Imaging Science Researcher, Dead at 77; Research on Ancient Documents Includes Archimedes Text, Dead Sea Scrolls.(Obituary)
October 24, 2005... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert Johnston, a former dean at Rochester Institute of Technology, died Oct. 19 at age 77. Dr. Johnston, an archaeologist, also conducted imaging...

New Nanofabrication Capability Makes Pitt Unique in United States.
October 24, 2005... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Pittsburgh recently became the only institution in the United States and only the second in the world to have a unique nanofabrication capability....

Photo Advisory: Baby 'Goblin' Spawned at Duke Primate Center.
October 25, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University today released the following photo advisory. - - - - PHOTO STORY: Baby 'Goblin' Spawned at Duke Primate Center PHOTO AVAILABLE AT:...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Names James Yoder Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean.
October 26, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- James Yoder, a professor of oceanography and former associate dean at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, has been...

Innovative 'Recycling' Project Could Reduce U.S. Inventory of Spent Nuclear Fuel.
October 26, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wisc., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hoping to reduce the nation's growing inventory of stored spent nuclear fuel, a group of nuclear engineering faculty, scientists and students from Big...

Rochester Institute of Technology Partners With Leader in Remote Sensing to Enhance Homeland Security; Leica Geosystems Will Create Center of Excellence for Research and Development.
October 27, 2005... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leica Geosystems, a world wide leader in geospacial imaging, has recently chosen the Carlson Center for Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of...

Harvard Medical School News Tips: Book Rebuts Intelligent Design; Gore Speaks on Environment; Climate Change Study Findings Teleconference.
October 27, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard Medical School today released the following news tips. For more information or media assistance, please contact Leah Gourley or John Lacey,...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shares Space Excitement With Riverside, California Girl Scouts.
October 27, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: About 1,000 Girl Scouts will earn more than a badge this...

Science Journalist K.C. Cole Joins USC Annenberg Faculty.
October 28, 2005... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Award-winning science journalist and author K.C. Cole will join the USC Annenberg faculty as a visiting professor of journalism in January 2006, the...

New York Academy of Sciences and Blackwell Announce Science Publishing Partnership; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Ranked by ISI in Top 2 Percent of Scientific Publications Most Frequently Cited.
October 31, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences BOSTON, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Blackwell Publishing, the world's largest society publisher, announced that it has formed a publishing partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences, a...