SPACE, Astronomy News, Aug 02, 2011

NASA tech benefits human eyes UPI.com 1 (UPI) -- Infrared vision technologies being incorporated in NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are already proving useful to human eye health. "The Webb telescope program has enabled a number of improvements in measurement technology for astronomy, ... See all stories on this topic »

Bellingham astronomer studying the edge of our solar system for New Horizons ... Bellingham Herald Parker has more than space on his mind. He also enjoys taking photographs, riding his mountain bike and playing his guitar. His interest in astronomy and music merged while in Victoria. He helped another graduate student, Melissa Graham, ... See all stories on this topic » Bellingham Herald

Young astronauts to depart for Beijing tomorrow for seven days' training 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Mr Tsang said at the ceremony that to arouse the interest of the new generation in astronomy andspace science and deepen teenagers' understanding of China's space technology and culture, the LCSD and the China Astronaut Research and Training Center ... See all stories on this topic »

Landing at Homewood The JHU Gazette The event, presented by the Maryland Space Grant Consortium and NASA, will take place in Schafler Auditorium in the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy. The crew will give a video presentation about the mission and answer questions from the ... See all stories on this topic » The JHU Gazette

Night Sky in August 2011 Telegraph.co.uk “The history of astronomy,” said Edwin Hubble--after whom the Hubble SpaceTelescope is named--“is a history of receding horizons.” The more we find out about the universe the bigger it appears to become. For most of human history the stars were ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

New doomsday date! Comet will bring the end on October 16! (NASA is unconvinced) Beliefnet.com (blog) “The intruder from deep space, called Comet Elenin, crosses Earth's orbit on its inbound leg and again on its outbound swing around the sun later this year. Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin discovered the innocuous little comet on Dec. ... See all stories on this topic »

Crew of Space Shuttle “Endeavour” to Speak at Johns Hopkins VAdvert Press Center (press release) Presented by the Maryland Space Grant Consortium and NASA, the event is free and open to the public. The crew will give a video presentation about the mission and answer questions from the audience in the Bloomberg Center for Physics andAstronomy's ... See all stories on this topic » VAdvert Press Center (press release)

Right at Home: Touches of geek chic can make a smart room even smarter Washington Post And more broadly, so many of the sciences — astronomy, geology, chemistry, for example — are filled with elements that can be interwoven into a room's decor for a look that's offbeat and chic. ( coolstuffexpress.com / Associated Press ) - This ... See all stories on this topic »

Area digest -- Published August 1, 2011 Stockton Record The Oak Grove Nature Center will present Astronomy in the Park from 7:30 to 10:30 pm Saturday inside the center at 4520 W. Eight Mile Road, Stockton. There will be astronomy themed activities and crafts. Telescopes will be provided by volunteers of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Outdoor activities abound at Highlands Festival Kingsport Times News Those with an interest in astronomy will want to head to the mountains on Aug. 1 for “Mountaintop Stargazing and Starlore.” Dr. Mike Duffy and Tom McMullen will lead an outing atop a local mountain, where they will identify summer constellations, ... See all stories on this topic » Kingsport Times News

Faith versus science Himal Southasian Astrology, looking at the influence of planetary movement on human lives, has always claimed to be a science, and efforts were made to obliterate the distinction between astronomy and astrology during the BJP era. Each and every form of therapy, ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA going green with solar-powered Jupiter probe Houston Chronicle The spacecraft will orbit the planet for a year, sending back photos and other data. Juno is the first of three high-profile astronomy missions for NASA in the coming months. Other destinations include the moon and Mars. See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle

Maya in Guatemala: Seeds, Ceremonies and the Year 2012 The NarcoSphere “If we have connection with everything around us, this is mathematicals: Astronomy, Agriculture, expression of art, the resolution of social conflict and everything else.” He said the year 2012 is a “moment to reflect on, to think about the way we ... See all stories on this topic » The NarcoSphere

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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Aug 02, 2011

Recognizing voices harder for people with dyslexia The Associated Press Previous studies have shown it's easier to recognize voices if they're speaking your own language. So the researchers recruited English-speaking college students and young adults, half with dyslexia, half without. They watched animated characters ... See all stories on this topic »

No govt, WB cash for scientists Daily Monitor The move is a shock to the science community, who despite putting a Shs17.2 billion ($6.8 million) budget to the government through Uganda National Council for Scienceand Technology (UNSCT) this financial year was not considered. ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Monitor

Warren K. Wray named interim chancellor Missouri S&T News and Research Dr. Warren K. (Kent) Wray, provost at Missouri University of Science and Technology since August 2006, has been named interim chancellor of Missouri S&T effective Sept. 1, 2011, University of Missouri interim President Stephen J. Owens announced today ... See all stories on this topic »

Federal Player of the Week: NIST Intern working to prevent cavities and ... Washington Post As a fellow, she has been contributing to ongoing research on a dental materials project under the guidance of a NIST scientist. “I feel like a real scientist. You go to school, you grow and havescience fairs and now I am here actually contributing to ... See all stories on this topic »

RainDance MethylSeq™ Solution Powers Two New Epigenetic Studies Focused on ... Business Wire (press release) PLoS ONE 6(7): e21332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021332 RainDance Technologies is pioneering the use of high-throughput microdroplet-based analysis in human health and life science research. The company's core RainStorm™ technology generates millions ... See all stories on this topic »

Hip2B2 GM challenges business to get behind maths and science The Media Online Other studies suggest that a career in science or technology is one of the best bets for job security and earnings. A recent US Department of Commerce report about the importance of jobs in science, technology, engineering and math stated that even in... See all stories on this topic » The Media Online

Relatives of MCL workers explore science field Oak Ridger The company uses its unique facility at the East Tennessee Technology Park to meet a wide range of customers' needs, including studies of products, technologies, and methodologies in support of a variety of chemical process initiatives. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ancient glacial melting process similar to existing concerns about Antarctica ... EurekAlert (press release) This study was done by scientists from OSU, the University of Wisconsin, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. The lead author was Shaun Marcott, a postdoctoral researcher at OSU. ... See all stories on this topic »

New Study on Integrated Oil Reservoirs Pushes Science Forward DigitalJournal.com (press release) Gulf Professional Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology Books, drills deeper into related research to provide up-to-the-minute research for those in the petroleum industry. Petroleum Engineer's Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids ... See all stories on this topic »

Cerner Collaborates With Florida Hospital and the Translational Research ... MarketWatch (press release) "Our goal here is to lay a foundation of enabling research technologies that will facilitate pace-setting research," said Duncan Grodack, director of research information systems with Florida Hospital. "We are the first in the nation to implement this ... See all stories on this topic »

Making Films One Layer At A Time Chemical & Engineering News All of those subjects and more were topics of discussion earlier this summer in Cambridge, at an ALD conference organized by Becker and Rubloff and sponsored by AVS, a science and technology organization devoted to materials, interfaces, and processing ... See all stories on this topic » Chemical & Engineering News

Incoming MnSCU chancellor studies up Minneapolis Star Tribune He's an elections expert who earned his Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He taught at Yale University and the University of Michigan. He speaks fluent Spanish. In interviewing Rosenstone for the job, ... See all stories on this topic »

Brain cap technology turns thought into motion domain-B The potential and rapid progression of the UMD brain cap technology can be seen in a host of recent developments, including a just published study in the Journal of Neurophysiology, new grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National ... See all stories on this topic » domain-B

New high-speed 3-D imaging system holds potential for improved cancer screening EurekAlert (press release) "The ultimate clinical utility of new devices must be established by large clinical studies, which assess the ability of the technology to improve diagnoses or therapy," he says. "This is a much more complex and lengthy task than the initial ... See all stories on this topic »

HHS styrene ruling: Bad science, bad for the composites industry High Performance Composites He presently holds four patents and has participated in numerous emissions studies at Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Reichhold Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) and the Clean Manufacturing Technology ... See all stories on this topic »

The Human Element in Toxicity Testing Drug Discovery & Development With iPSC technology, these studies can be conducted with a large number of samples. Other than harvesting cardiac biopsies from these patients, no other technology can enable such research. In addition to cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity is another ... See all stories on this topic »

EdVenture summer school inspires students Lincoln Journal Star ... using technology to help students build research, inquiry and problem-solving skills -- tools to help students become critical thinkers. The programs focused on science and social studiesbecause district officials knew LPS students were getting ... See all stories on this topic »

The future of bioscience, UI, ISU Iowa City Press Citizen A Paris-based Biotechnology Company recently signed an exclusive license for the technology. In 2008, UI was selected to receive one of the first 12 prestigious Clinical Science and Translation Awards from the NIH. This major multidisciplinary grant ... See all stories on this topic »

IU animal behavior conference ends with science festival Indiana Daily Student By Rachel Monnier | IDS Frogs croaking, bees dancing and butterflies taking to the air were just a few of the sights and sounds found at the WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technologyon Saturday. Children and adults alike engaged in hands-on ... See all stories on this topic »

Girls encouraged to take up science in Africa Women in Technology Camfed Ghana will escort 120 girls to the ten-day Girls' Science, Mathematics and TechnologyCamp, which aims to inspire them to continue their science studies with the help of other female role models who have succeeded in the sector. ... See all stories on this topic »

Breaking Bread Everywhere, Plentifully or Pitifully New York Times (blog) David Rabkin, director of current science and technology at the Museum of Science, said the photo exhibit had been a hit with visitors and would continue at least through early next year. “Food is a hot topic — people are interested in it and its many ... See all stories on this topic »

Plastic surgeons reveal reality of global hot topics in cosmetic surgery ModernMedicine That's what Hot Topics is really about: basically, to sort out what's real science versus hype and marketing,” Dr. Adams said. The use of stem cells in plastic surgery is a classic example oftechnology that has no currently proven scientific ... See all stories on this topic »

BGI and GT Life Sciences, Inc. Report Genome Sequence of CHO-K1 and Provide ... PR Newswire (press release) The company's goal is to make leading-edge genomic science highly accessible through its investment in infrastructure that leverages the best available technology, economies of scale, and expert bioinformatics resources. BGI and its affiliates, ... See all stories on this topic »

Set your sights on the future Telegraph.co.uk “By harnessing science and technology in order to create systems that not only work, but work really well, engineers also gain huge personal satisfaction.” The recent Sutton Trust charity report made headlines with the shock statistic that only five ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

OGC completes Water Information Concept Development Study DirectionsMag.com (press release) David Maidment, Director, Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin and leader of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI) project on Hydrologic Information Systems said, "The Concept ... See all stories on this topic »

Advanced Microbial Systems Inc. Launches New Website Benzinga The new AMS website will focus on applied science, with information on current AMS studies andresearch, in addition to standard content such as information on the company's products and news announcements. The website also includes a blog to address ... See all stories on this topic »

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