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| Chassapis, Hadim win $150K grant to create NJ Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean-Energy Tech Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Stevens Institute of Technology) Two professors of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology have received funding for one year at $149,934 from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to establish the New Jersey Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean Energy Technology at Stevens. |
| Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Chicago Press Journals) Giant weta females are twice the size of males. Radiotracking the insects showed that males travel more than 90 meters each night in search of a mate, favoring small, long-legged males who walked further and acquired more mates. It suggests that sexual selection for smaller, more mobile males could be responsible for some of the impressive sexual difference in body size in this species and may explain other species where males are smaller than females. |
| Science paper examines role of aerosols in climate change Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme) It appears that aerosol effects on clouds can induce large changes in precipitation patterns, which in turn may change not only regional water resources, but also may change the regional and global circulation systems that constitute the Earth's climate. A group of scientists affiliated with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program have proposed a new framework to account more accurately for the effects of aerosols on precipitation in climate models. |
| Molecular evolution is echoed in bat ears Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Queen Mary, University of London) Bats' ability to echolocate may have evolved more than once, according to research published this week by Queen Mary, University of London scientists. |
| Hurricane Gustav Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(European Space Agency) The development and path of Hurricane Gustav is shown via a sequence of satellite images acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on Aug. 25, Aug. 28, Aug. 30 and Sept. 1, 2008 (from right to left). |
| Thumbs up -- a tiny ancestral remnant lends developmental edge to humans Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(DOE/Joint Genome Institute) Subtle genetic changes that confer an evolutionary advantage upon a species, such as the dexterity characteristic of the human hand, while difficult to detect and even harder to reproduce, have nevertheless generated keen interest amongst evolutionary biologists. In findings published online Sept. 5 in Science, researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered a specifically human 13-nucelotide change that yields human limb development patterns in a mouse model system. |
| New 'chemical radar' among national security innovations in ACS podcast Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(American Chemical Society) As the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, the American Chemical Society has issued a new podcast describing an array of technologies to help assure personal safety and national security. It is the sixth episode in ACS's acclaimed Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions series. Entitled Promoting Personal Safety & National Security, the podcast describes a "chemical radar" and other scientific advances. |
| Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Scientists have discovered gene enhancer, known as HACNS1, that may have contributed to evolution of uniquely opposable human thumb, and possibly also modifications in ankle or foot that allow humans to walk on two legs, according to paper published in Science, Sept. 5, 2008. |
| To your health: EPA announces safe drinking water research Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Let's raise our water glasses and toast to America's health. Water is essential to life, and one of EPA's highest priorities is ensuring America has drinking water safe from pathogens and other waterborne contaminants. Today, EPA announced the award of $3.6 million in research grants to four universities, one nonprofit, and one research institute to improve the detection of known and emerging drinking water contaminants; including the harmful substances produced by blue-green algae in algal blooms and noroviruses. |
| NC State aims to develop 'internet for energy' at new NSF engineering research center Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(North Carolina State University) The National Science Foundation announced today that North Carolina State University will lead a national research center that aims to revolutionize the nation's power grid and speed renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business. |
| Major flooding risk could span decades after Chinese earthquake Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Durham University) Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries. Dr. Alex Densmore, a geographer from Durham University, makes the observations on returning from carrying out investigative fieldwork in the China earthquake zone. |
| Petascale climate modeling heats up at University of Miami Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) University of Miami faculty member Ben Kirtman is collaborating with colleagues at NCAR, COLA and the University of California at Berkeley to generate new "petascale" computer models depicting detailed climate dynamics, which will build the foundation for the next generation of complex climate models. Funded through a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the project offers a golden opportunity for climate simulation and prediction scientists to dramatically advance Earth system science and help to improve quality of life on the planet. |
| Outpacing climate change with atmospheric research collaboration Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Tiny particles in air create smog, seed clouds and control how much of the sun's heat makes it through the atmosphere, and yet are the least understood aspect of climate research. The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of California, San Diego will focus on these particulates with the new Aerosol Chemistry and Climate Institute to better understand how aerosols from pollution, oceans and wildfires contribute to shifting regional weather. |
| Molecular evolution is echoed in bat ears Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Bristol) Echolocation may have evolved more than once in bats, according to new research from the University of Bristol published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
| Last-ever look at ESA's gravity satellite GOCE Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(European Space Agency) As preparations for the launch of GOCE Sept. 10 continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia say farewell to the satellite as it is encapsulated in the two half-shells of the launcher's fairing. |
| Global sea-rise levels by 2100 may be lower than some predict, says CU-Boulder study Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Colorado at Boulder) Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a new University of Colorado at Boulder study concludes that global sea rise of much more than 6 feet is a near physical impossibility. |
| DNA shows that last woolly mammoths had North American roots Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(McMaster University) DNA tests have proved that the roots of the iconic woolly mammoth are North American, not Asian, as previously thought. |
| Yale researchers find 'junk DNA' may have triggered Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Yale University) Out of the 3 billion genetic letters that spell out the human genome, Yale scientists have found a handful that may have contributed to the evolutionary changes in human limbs that enabled us to manipulate tools and walk upright. |
| Ancient DNA evidence points to woolly mammoths' dynamic past Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Cell Press) The largest study ever conducted of DNA evidence extracted from long-dead woolly mammoths points to a rockier past for the iconic Ice Age giants than many had suspected. |
| Singapore to hold international 'pow-wow' Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Over 20 world experts on building sustainable cities will converge in Singapore on Oct. 21-22, 2008, for the landmark conference, Futuropolis 2058. They will share creative insights and solutions to urban developments and problems that will affect cities in future. World-renowned futurist and authority on Einstein's unified field theory, Michio Kaku, Ph.D., will be keynote speaker, addressing how science and technological innovations can revolutionize the future. |
| White House announces 2007 National Medal of Science laureates Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(National Science Foundation) President George W. Bush has named the recipients of the 2007 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. Honorees will receive the medals at a White House ceremony on Sept. 29, 2008. |
| Trichoplax genome sequenced -- 'rosetta stone' for understanding evolution Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Yale University) Yale molecular and evolutionary biologists in collaboration with Department of Energy scientists produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature's most primitive multicellular organisms, providing a new insight into the evolution of all higher animals. |
| A little nitrogen can go a long way Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(American Society of Agronomy) With significant increases in the price of fertilizer and grain, site-specific management -- especially in variable rate nitrogen application -- can have a significant impact on yield and profitability, as reported in the latest issue of Agronomy Journal. |
| Young voters challenge presidential candidates to address science issues Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(Student Pugwash USA) After receiving more than 1,500 entries from young people highlighting the importance of science and technology in this year's elections, Student Pugwash USA today announced the winners of its 2008 Election Multimedia Contest for Cash. |
| New research challenges long-held assumptions of flightless bird evolution Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Florida) Large flightless birds of the southern continents -- African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi -- do not share a common flightless ancestor as once believed. |
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