AScribe Science News Service articles from October 2008

AScribe Science News Service archives from October 2008

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country, including two from NASA's Jet Propulsion...

Created in Part by the University of Florida, World's Largest Computing Grid to Launch Today.
October 3, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's largest computing grid, pioneered in part by University of Florida researchers, will be launched today to crunch the mammoth amounts of data expected...

Berkeley Lab and University of California, Berkeley Announce India Energy R&D Program.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley have announced a...

International Computer Science Institute Celebrates 20 Years of Computer Science Innovation.
October 6, 2008... Byline: International Computer Science Institute BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Oct. 17, 2008, the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) will host a party celebrating its 20th anniversary. For the past 20...

Surface Tension Drives Segregation Within Cell Mixtures.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two...

Small Asteroid to Light Up Sky Over Africa.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, setting off a potentially brilliant...

Alternative Fossil Fuels Have Economic Potential But Uncertain Environmental Consequences, RAND Study Finds.
October 8, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Alternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be...

Expert on Green Fluorescent Protein Available to Speak About Today's Nobel Prize Award.
October 8, 2008... Byline: Connecticut College NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Marc Zimmer, a professor of chemistry at Connecticut College and foremost expert on Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), is available to speak today about the history...

Computer Programmers Probe Latest Software Trends at OOPSLA; ACM SIGPLAN Conference to Examine Traditional and Unorthodox Programming Topics.(Conference news)
October 15, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Software technologists from around the world will gather at the 2008 OOPSLA conference to address the newest trends in improving programming...

Society for History of Technology Presents Leonardo da Vinci Medal to Carnegie Mellon Professor.
October 16, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the second consecutive year, the Society for the History of Technology has awarded its Leonardo da Vinci Medal to a Carnegie Mellon University faculty member....

Environment News Tips From University of California, Davis: Electric Cars, Western Cooling Challenge, the Changing Delta.
October 27, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are environment news tips from the University of California, Davis. - - - - SPERLING KEYNOTES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRIC CARS...

University of Texas at El Paso Awarded $2 Million for Desalination Research; Nationally-Recognized Desalination Expert to Lead New Center.
October 28, 2008... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at El Paso has received $2 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to establish a desalination and water management...

NASA's Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down...

Purdue, Indiana University Form Joint Center on Energy.
October 30, 2008... Byline: Purdue University INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue and Indiana universities have again joined forces, this time to expand research exploring crucial issues surrounding energy production, distribution and use. ...

Troublesome, Non-Native Squirrels Will Get Birth-Control Shots.
October 30, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Before someone gets bitten, or neighboring farmlands are invaded, UC Davis officials will launch a birth-control research program to curb a campus...