AScribe Science News Service back issues from October 2009:
Carnegie Mellon's Ole Mengshoel Wins Science Grant to Improve Computer Tools.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Ole Mengshoel was awarded a two-year, $498,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create new computer tools for improving and integrating the way information is ...
October Tipsheet for Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
Oct 07, 2009 ... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are news tips from the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Please cite the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA) as the source of this information ....
Drexler Dark Matter Strongly Boosted by Two New Astrophysical Discoveries by Two Research Teams.
Oct 07, 2009 ... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Editor's Summary of an Oct. 1, 2009 paper in the journal "Nature" entitled "Universality of galactic surface densities within one dark halo scale-length" reads as follows: "All galaxies are ...
Carnegie Mellon's James H. Garrett Jr. Honored By American Society of Civil Engineers.
Oct 08, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's James H. Garrett Jr. has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for outstanding professional accomplishments and academic excellence. ...
Carnegie Mellon's Pradeep K. Khosla to Receive Prestigious Academic Excellence Award at 2009 Pan IIT Conference.(Conference news)
Oct 08, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Pradeep K. Khosla will receive the prestigious 2009 Academic Excellence Award Oct. 11 at the Pan IIT entrepreneurship conference in Chicago. Khosla is a ...
Donation of Lepidoptera Collection to University of Florida Will Boost Biodiversity Research.
Oct 13, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A gift of more than 2 million butterfly and moth specimens to the University of Florida contains hundreds and possibly more than 1,000 new unnamed species, and will help researchers better understand ...
Purdue Plant Breeder, Geneticist to Receive World Food Prize.
Oct 15, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gebisa Ejeta didn't set out to receive worldwide acclaim for his agricultural research. The Purdue University Distinguished Professor of Agronomy's sole focus was on helping fellow Africans - ...
Sustainable Energy Initiatives Converge at New Institute at UC Berkeley's Business School.
Oct 19, 2009 ... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recognizing the vital role business will play in responding to energy and climate change challenges, the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is launching a ...
ACM, IEEE-CS Honor Pioneer of Grid Computing Francine Berman; First Kennedy Award Winner Led Effort to Create National-Scale Cyberinfrastructure.
Oct 20, 2009 ... Byline: IEEE Computer Society NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) will jointly present the inaugural Ken Kennedy Award to Dr. Francine Berman for her leadership in building national-scale ...
Roberto Car, Michele Parrinello Win Computer Society's Fernbach Award.
Oct 21, 2009 ... Byline: IEEE Computer Society LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello, developers of the Car Parrinello Molecular Dynamics (CPMD) approach, are joint recipients of the IEEE Computer Society's 2009 Sidney Fernbach Award. ...
Special Ice Cream Cone Developed by Kansas State Graduate Students Takes First Place in International Food Product Development Competition.
Oct 21, 2009 ... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A gluten-free flavored waffle cone developed by two Kansas State University graduate students is the first-place winner in an international product development competition. K-State's ...
Chabot Space & Science Center Receives Grant From Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Oct 21, 2009 ... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of Palo Alto has awarded Chabot Space & Science Center a $300,000 grant to support the fabrication and installation of Bill Nye's Climate Laboratory, an ...
IEEE Computer Society's 2009 Seymour Cray Award Goes to NII's Kenichi Miura.
Oct 22, 2009 ... Byline: IEEE Computer Society LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kenichi Miura, a professor at the National Institute of Informatics, is the 2009 winner of the IEEE Computer Society's prestigious Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award. Miura, a ...
Carnegie Mellon's Rohit Negi Receives Government Stimulus Funds to Develop Tools to Monitor Nation's Fragile Power Grid.
Oct 22, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Rohit Negi has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop monitoring tools for predicting non-robust behavior, such as ...
Cogito.org Wins Parents' Choice Foundation's Gold Award.
Oct 22, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cogito.org, a Web site produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, has won a 2009 Gold Award from the Parents' Choice Foundation. Announced last month, the award honors Cogito as ...
UC Berkeley: DOE's Matt Rogers to Speak at Energy Institute at Haas Launch, Oct. 30.
Oct 26, 2009 ... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley today released the following advisory. WHAT: Launch event of the new Energy Institute at Haas at the ...
Scientists Discover, Patent, Sell 'Revolutionary' New Water-Treatment Technology at Sam Houston State University.
Oct 27, 2009 ... Byline: Sam Houston State University HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sam Houston State University has applied for six federal patents, three of which have already been awarded, to protect the technology and engineering associated with a "revolutionary" packaged ...
Research Funding to University of California Scientists Supports Search for Better Biofuels.
Oct 29, 2009 ... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- At least two-thirds of a billion dollars is currently being spent in University of California laboratories systemwide to build better biofuels, a massive effort to help the ...
Tales of the Maya Skies: U.S. Premiere Event for New Show Produced by Chabot Space & Science Center; Nov. 12.
Oct 29, 2009 ... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chabot Space & Science Center announces the U.S. premiere of its new digital full-dome show "Tales of the Maya Skies" on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at 6 p.m. The show explores the cosmology of the ...