AScribe Science News Service articles from September 2007

AScribe Science News Service archives from September 2007

Chabot Space & Science Center Hosts Green Tie Gala on Oct. 6; University of California, San Francisco Researcher Dr. Joseph Derisi to Be Honored With 2007 Chabot Science Award.
September 7, 2007... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Oct. 6, Chabot Space & Science Center showcases its year-round effort to curb global warming with its most entertainment-intensive annual fundraiser...

Mathematics Plays Critical Role in War Against Terror; Rochester Institute of Technology Hosts Free Conference on Counterterrorism, Sept. 20-22.(Conference news)
September 10, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A terrorist cell quietly forms and grows in a pattern-crossing countries, oceans, hemispheres. Surprising to many, a "weapon" just as quiet -...

NASA Data and Science Magazine Papers Raise Doubts of Existence of Cold Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters.
September 10, 2007... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A NASA Web site entitled "Dark Matter" provides information about dark matter and galaxy clusters that raises doubts about the existence of Cold Dark...

National Nanotechnology Initiative Presents Research Opportunities for Rensselaer Students.
September 10, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, and a select group of leading universities and corporations will...

Kavli Prize Begins Call for Nominations, Announces Prize Committees; International Prize Honors Scientists for Outstanding Research in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, Neuroscience.
September 10, 2007... Byline: The Kavli Foundation YORK, U.K., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The inaugural call for nominations began today for the Kavli Prize, which honors scientists for their outstanding research and seminal advances in astrophysics,...

Global Warming and Cultural Heritage Sites; CyArk Map Charts Rising Sea Level and other Risks to Heritage.
September 10, 2007... Byline: Kacyra Family Foundation ORINDA, Calif., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- CyArk announces its newest experimental internet project, the CyArk (http://archive.cyark.org/hazards) World Hazard Map. This interactive map is intended to...

National LambdaRail (NLR) and CANARIE Inc. Partner to Expand Networks, Promote International Research Collaboration.
September 13, 2007... Byline: FirstMile.US CYPRESS, Calif., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- National LambdaRail (NLR), a dedicated national network infrastructure serving U.S. research and higher-education, and CANARIE, Canada's advanced network development...

University of Maryland Software Tools May Be Key to Successful Antiterrorism, Military, Diplomatic Actions.
September 13, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Six years after the 911 attacks, Al Qaeda and the Taliban have regrouped. The resurgence of these groups, the war in Iraq and a surge in conflict...

Northeast Autumn Leaf Color May Fade With Global Warming, According to Hamilton College Biology Professor.
September 14, 2007... Byline: Hamilton College CLINTON, N.Y., Sept. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duller fall leaf colors could be another effect of global warming, according to Hamilton College Professor of Biology Ernest H. Williams, Jr. "Our warming global...

Renowned Scientist to Join Rensselaer Biocomputation and Bioinformatics Group.
September 14, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., Sept. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- George Makhatadze is a designer. But instead of expensive jeans and haute handbags, he is creating custom proteins that could improve everything from...

Science Magazine's Warm Dark Matter Discovery Supports Warm-Hot Relativistic-Proton Dark Matter and Visa Versa.
September 17, 2007... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Sept. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A paper in the September 14, 2007 issue of Science Magazine, "Lighting the Universe with Filaments," claims that computer simulations disclose that Warm...

Albert Michelson Received First Nobel Prize Awarded to an American Scientist a Century Ago.
September 24, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Tuesday, Oct. 9, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of...

Danforth Center Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Understand Nutrient Uptake by Plants Through Roots; Dr. Daniel Schachtman, Dr. Brad Barbazuk to Determine How Symbiotic Fungi Alter Root Function.
September 25, 2007... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Plant genomics, physiology and ecology come together in a new research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The $934,996 grant to study...

Environment News Tips From University of California, Davis: Salamanders, Diversity, Whales, Sustainable Transportation, Invasive Species Experts.
September 25, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Davis today released the following news tips. - - - - THRIVING HYBRID SALAMANDERS CONTRADICT COMMON WISDOM ...

Alameda County Certifies Chabot Space & Science Center as Green Business.
September 27, 2007... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center today became the first museum/science center in Alameda County to be certified as a Green Business. "This is a rigorous...