Recently added articles from AScribe Science News Service:

World Wide Telescope Brings Space Exploration to Earth; Free Service Lets Students and Lifelong Learners Tour the Night Sky.

May 14, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thanks in part to a Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist, the final frontier got a bit closer today with the launch of a new application that allows people to easily explore the night sky from their own ...

Prof: Strong Local Networks Can Stop Unwanted Dams, Airports and Other Controversial Projects.

May 14, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Local communities have greater influence on national issues than many people realize, especially when it comes to opposing controversial facilities, says a Purdue University political scientist. ...

Carnegie Mellon Launches Web Site for 'Games With a Purpose'; Games Tap Human Minds to Accomplish What Machines Can't.

May 14, 2008 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most online game sites don't promise players anything besides some fun and a way to kill time, but a site being launched by scientists in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science will ...

ACM Honors Innovator of Automated Tools for Mathematics; Bruno Buchberger Developed Algorithm Used in Computer Algebra to Solve Problems in Computer Science, Engineering, Science.

May 13, 2008 ... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) has recognized Bruno Buchberger, a professor at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, for his role in developing the theory of Groebner Bases, ...

Carter Roberts (1946-2008), Chabot Space & Science Center Board Member.

May 07, 2008 ... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carter Roberts, a longtime champion of Chabot Space & Science Center, died April 24 after a prolonged illness. Roberts served on Chabot's governing Joint Powers Agency Board, a board he helped ...

Managing Risk in an Increasingly Hazardous World.

May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you have a nagging feeling that life is getting increasingly hazardous, you may be interested in the new book, "Operational Risk Management," by Mark D. Abkowitz, professor of civil and environmental ...

University of Virginia Graduate Student's New Method for Processing Rape Evidence Could Eliminate Crime-Lab Backlogs.

May 01, 2008 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- With approximately 250,000 items of sexual assault evidence mired in three- to 12-month backlogs as they await analysis in U.S. forensic laboratories, there is an alarming nationwide need for a ...