SPACE, Astronomy News, Sep 29, 2011

Advanced Mirror Technology Development Science Requirements Team Space Ref (press release) NASA/MSFC intends to purchase this effort from Association of Universities for Research inAstronomy, Inc., Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland pursuant to FAR 13.106, for the acquisition of supplies and services determined to be ... See all stories on this topic »

New Research Finds Venus' Winds, They Are A-Changin' Universe Today Read more on the NASA feature article here. About Jason: I'm a graphic designer from Rhode Island currently living and working in Dallas, Texas. I love astronomy and spaceexploration and enjoy finding and sharing the best space images on my blog www. ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

New Views of an Ancient Asteroid Scientific Computing Using the Herschel Space Telescope, astronomers are set to obtain the first-ever images of asteroid 1999 RQ36 in far infrared light, a wavelength that the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will not be able to see once it approaches the charcoal-black chunk of rock... See all stories on this topic » Scientific Computing

Crossroads at Big Creek: Check out planets near and far at Family Astronomy Day Green Bay Press Gazette This year, the astronomy society board generated new graphics and spent hours fact-checking and revising copy for new, colorful trail markers. The new signs include a QR smart phone link to the society website and, in the future, will link NASA sites ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA: Satellite fell in south Pacific, not Canada Boston Globe By Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer / September 28, 2011 WASHINGTON—That dead NASAsatellite fell into what might be the ideal spot -- part of the southern Pacific Ocean about as far from large land masses as you can get, US space officials said ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA selects resident's image as picture of day Livingston Daily NASA selected it as its Astronomy Picture of the Day in August. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL ROSINSKI / Hartland Township amateur photographer Michael Ros Tired from a long day, Hartland Township amateur photographer Michael Rosinski set up his camera on ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Announces California Tweetup To Tour Airborne Observatory IEWY News NASA will host a Tweetup for 50 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 14 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The Tweetup includes a tour of the Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy (SOFIA) aircraft, which will visit ... See all stories on this topic »

Seven scientists awarded Shaw Prize in Hong Kong Xinhua The Shaw Prize in Astronomy was equally shared by Dr Enrico Costa, Director of Research at the Institute of Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics (Rome) of the National Institute of Astrophysics, Italy and Dr Gerald J Fishman, Senior Astrophysicist at ... See all stories on this topic » Xinhua

Wolf Asks White House To Identify JWST Offsets Space News The lawmaker also complained that NASA completed a JWST replan months before his subcommittee drafted the bill that recommends killing the program but declined to share that information. “In the coming weeks, the House and Senate will sit down to ... See all stories on this topic » Space News

Spitzer's steaming super-Earth Astronomy Now Online NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found that exoplanet 55 Cancri e, which was first discovered in 2004, is less dense than previously reported; instead of a scorched, rocky world, water vapour and other gases likely steam from its molten surface. ... See all stories on this topic » Astronomy Now Online

MSU graduate in solar physics wins presidential award Montana State University 26 that Jonathan Cirtain, now at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He was one of 94 winners this year and one of four recipients nominated byNASA. ... See all stories on this topic » Montana State University

Extrasolar planets: Homing in on another Earth Nature.com (subscription) The investigations that will be enabled by NASA's planned James Webb Space Telescope, which is currently at risk of cancellation, are the cornerstone of astronomers' next plans in this area. Nevertheless, it is clear that the search for other Earths is ... See all stories on this topic »

Space Exploration is Not Just for Astronauts MindShift ... require an engineering or astronomy background. And as Waldman notes, it's a good reminder that there are lots of jobs associated with space exploration that don't either. After all, not everyone who works at NASA is an astronaut or astrophysicist. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sky Guy: Exciting discovery from Kepler; busy weekend for stargazers Tallahassee Democrat (blog) Astronomy Day will feature a number of events, starting with Tallahassee Astronomical Society's free planetarium show at the Downtown Digital Dome Planetarium Theatre at 10 am The zodiac constellation Aquarius will be presented in the "Learning ... See all stories on this topic »

Zot! UC Irvine Team Proves Stellar At Mapping Dark Matter Wall Street Journal (blog) Kirkby and Margala, a grad student at UC Irvine, kept tweaking and re-submitting their statistical model — 15 more times in fact — before emerging as the winner of the Mapping Dark Matter competition sponsored by NASA and the Royal Astronomical ... See all stories on this topic »

CERN Conference Embarks on New Theories to Explain Begining of Universe International Business Times AU Findings in physics and astronomy have proven beyond reasonable doubt that the universe indeed had a beginning. The CERN particle physics research center announced that the program will be carried out with a so-called "Extra Low Energy Antiproton Ring" ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times AU

Obama presents award to UI researcher UI The Daily Iowan The release said UI researcher Gregory Howes, an assistant professor of physics/astronomy, was recognized for leadership in education and outreach activities. Howe was also one of four researchers honored by NASA "for outstanding contributions to ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Concepts for the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission ... NASA Concepts for the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission - SpaceRef. www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.spacewire.html?pid=38444

NASA to Brief Industry on Space Launch System Procurement Read more: http://www.spacescientific.com/more/515-google-space-news/ ... and science news,NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, astronomy . ... mehr2500.com/index.php?option=com...

NASA sees Hurricane Hilary's heaviest rain ... - Telescopes Astronomy NASA sees Hurricane Hilary's heaviest rain in northwest quadrant. Written by Administrator. Posted in News - Astronomy News. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight ... www.telescopesastronomy.com/.../nasa-sees-hurricane-hilarys-...

NASA Posts Space Launch System Acquisition Overview WASHINGTON -- NASA has released the acquisition overview for the Space Launch System ...Breaking news and articles on Space and Astronomy. All Space ... www.bankepool.com/index.php?option...

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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 29, 2011

Research could lead to wearable sensors for the blind PhysOrg.com Dr. Boris Prilutsky, professor in the School of Applied Physiology at Georgia Tech, studies sensory feedback in motor control or how one learns and organizes movements -- like walking or reaching out -- using sensory information. ... See all stories on this topic »

Stanford brain imaging study shows physiological basis of dyslexia EurekAlert (press release) ... an instructor at Stanford's Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, who is senior author of the study, which will appear in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science. The new results come in the wake of recent behavioral studies ... See all stories on this topic »

Stevens Institute of Technology Wins NSF Nanotechnology Undergraduate ... PR.com (press release) With National Science Foundation (NSF) support, Stevens Institute of Technology is providing undergraduates with forward-looking experience on nanotechnology research and applications. A multi-disciplinary faculty team, led by Dr. Eui-Hyeok (EH) Yang, ... See all stories on this topic »

Reliable Sources in an Age of Too Much Information New York Times (blog) And new science is always on the edge of understanding, and so it's implicitly more tentative. [Also see Revkin's thoughts on what he calls the “single study syndrome.”] Wihbey asked how the future of news and communication technology will shape ... See all stories on this topic »

Korea to open world's 11th super science computing hub The Korea Herald Those three are the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, the United States' Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the High Energy Accelerator ResearchOrganization of Japan. Their studies include extensive research on the Big ... See all stories on this topic »

VMASC earns tech award Suffolk News-Herald Using VMASC technology, Seiler, along with Andy Collins, a research assistant professor at VMASC, and Nina Fefferman, an epidemiologist, set out to study the real-world problem of strategic mortgage defaults — which occur when homeowners voluntarily ... See all stories on this topic »

Study by Ocala Oncology/The US Oncology Network Shows Use of Bevacizumab ... MarketWatch (press release) McKesson Specialty Health, a division of McKesson Corporation, empowers the community patient care delivery system to advance the science, technology and quality of care. Through innovative clinical, research, business and operational solutions, ... See all stories on this topic »

Bulović named director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories MIT News Bulović currently leads the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics Laboratory, co-directs the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center, and is the co-head of the MIT Energy Studies Program. His researchinterests include studies of physical properties of organic ... See all stories on this topic »

Robert J. Stilley: Florida Atlantic University's Institute for Science and ... TCPalm FAU's Institute for Science and Technology in Jupiter is being designed to focus on three areas ofscience and technology: biotechnology and drug discovery, integrative neuroscience and bioimaging informatics, thus complementing the research interests ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Solicitation: Physics of the Cosmos Program Space Ref (press release) Data from these concept studies will also be used to assess future technology needs for the Astrophysics Division. Information from the technology assessment will also be provided to the CAA. This Request for Information (RFI) is the first step in this ... See all stories on this topic »

ACT Receives Approval from Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to Treat ... MarketWatch (press release) Statements in this news release regarding future financial and operating results, future growth inresearch and development programs, potential applications of our technology, opportunities for the company and any other statements about the future ... See all stories on this topic »

College awarded $1.2 million science grant Ithaca College The Ithacan They will also be allocated $15000 toward full completion of their graduate study at the college. The teaching grant will also offer a stipend provided for summer research, funding for attendance to professional conferences and all-expenses-paid summer ... See all stories on this topic » Ithaca College The Ithacan

In profile: Ramesh Raskar MIT News In 2007, Ramesh Raskar was one of the most promising young researchers at the Mitsubishi ElectricResearch Labs in Cambridge, Mass. Four years earlier, Technology Review had honored him as one of its top innovators under 35, and while he was steadily ... See all stories on this topic »

BioDelivery Sciences Announces Results from Phase 3 Efficacy Study for BEMA ... PR Newswire (press release) BDSI's pain franchise currently consists of two products utilizing the patented BEMA technology. ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) is approved in the US, Canada, and the EU (where it will be marketed as BREAKYL), for the management of breakthrough ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists Receive Presidential Science Awards for Nanotechnology AZoNano.com Sumita Pennathur was presented the award in recognition of her exemplary research efforts in the areas of mechanical engineering and nanotechnology. Her studies have provided particular insight into interfacial science and nanofluidics and helped in ... See all stories on this topic »

Kirtads to to take up GIS mapping of Tribals IBNLive.com KOZHIKODE: In an era when Geographic Information System (GIS) is being used quite commonly in almost all areas of the development nowadays, Kerala Institute of Research Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (KIRTADS) here is ... See all stories on this topic »

NSF Selects Carolina Researchers to Develop National Data Infrastructure HPCwire (blog) The iPlant Collaborative, a community of researchers and students led by the University of Arizona that is developing an integrated cyberinfrastructure to advance studies of plant biology. The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, ... See all stories on this topic »

What experts say about Bengaluru's possibility as a "creative city" Citizen Matters Silvia Hostettler is Executive Director of swissnex Bangalore, a Swiss House for Science facilitatingresearch collaboration between Switzerland and India. She has done her PhD on land use change and international migration in western Mexico. ... See all stories on this topic »

Untapped Potential for Expanding Women's Entrepreneurship Holds Promise to ... MarketWatch (press release) "There are plenty of highly qualified women in science and technology -- industries from which the majority of high-growth companies are born," said Lesa Mitchell, Kauffman Foundation vice president, advancing innovation, and the paper's author. ... See all stories on this topic »

Lung Cancer Tumors Successfully Tracked in Real-Time With Calypso System ... MarketWatch (press release) "The growing research and studies underway utilizing the Calypso System during radiation treatment for prostate and lung cancer exemplifies the significance of our real-time localization and tumor tracking technology," said Lorraine Marshall Wright, ... See all stories on this topic »

VistaGen Therapeutics Expands Key Stem Cell Technology Patent Estate ... MarketWatch (press release) VistaGen plans to initiate Phase 2 clinical studies of AV-101 in the fourth quarter of 2012. VistaGen is also exploring additional opportunities to leverage its current Phase 1 clinical program to enable additional Phase 2 clinical studies of AV-101 ... See all stories on this topic »

Devils' Advocate: Technology becomes more important at HC my.hsj.org “For me (my favorite technology is) the computer with internet because I can use it to do pretty much anything I need,” Hurley said. “The computer labs are most important to me because that's where I do most of my research,” freshman Anne-Marie Place ... See all stories on this topic »

IsoRay, Inc. Reports Improved Performance in Fiscal Year 2011 MarketWatch (press release) The system's balloon catheter is a landmark technology that allows physicians to treat more brain cancer patients than ever before with internal radiation or brachytherapy. -- The Company announced that a growing number of hospitals and medical ... See all stories on this topic »

CANR holds symposium addressing global nutrient management issues University of Delaware ... the fourth international symposium focusing on "Global Issues in Nutrient Management: Science, Technology and Policy." UD is expanding its emphasis on international research and education, with key appointments at the Institute for GlobalStudies. ... See all stories on this topic » University of Delaware

Rectors meet, tackle challenges facing technological education Vanguard “The incorporation of Entrepreneurship studies and Information Communication Technology in the new curricula for all Technical, and Vocational Education (TVE) in Nigeria by NBTE is one of the major Federal Government's reform process in TVE which ... See all stories on this topic »

Spoofing biometrics: Research nascent but standards developing ThirdFactor “Many vendors are pursuing techniques that minimize the vulnerabilities,” says Stephanie Schuckers, associate professor at Clarkson University who studies biometric spoofing. The attacks on systems vary from the obscure to the overt. ... See all stories on this topic »

Is your child getting the right nutrition? Manila Standard Today There are over 7 million children aged five and below who are malnourished, according to a report from the Department of Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition Research Institute. This is because many children are fed only porridge (lugaw) in their ... See all stories on this topic »

Research Update: Childhood PTSD, Perinatal Depression, Anxiety Symptoms PsychCentral.com (blog) By John M. Grohol, PsyD Meta-analysis is a scientific term that refers to a structured review of a particular topic in the research literature. Meta-analyses look at a bunch ofresearch studies that have been previously published, combine all their ... See all stories on this topic » PsychCentral.com (blog)

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation Endows a New Chair at the USC Viterbi ... Sacramento Bee 28, 2011 -- The Gift will Support Research at the Intersection of Computer Science, Engineering and Medicine LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USC Viterbi School of Engineering just received a new endowed chair, from the Chan ... See all stories on this topic »

Allon Granted Important U.S. Patent for Preclinical Compound AL-408 MarketWatch (press release) Dr. Alistair Stewart, Allon's Vice President of Commercial Research, said this new US patent provides protection for an important early-stage compound within the Company's product pipeline. "Allon's technology platform of neuroprotective peptides ... See all stories on this topic »

A water cooler for the public health crowd ScienceBlogs (blog) Vividly recounted by doctors involved in the ongoing medical studies of those impacted by WTC material exposures who spoke at the September 16 NYCOSH meeting on worker and community disaster health protection and, in emotional testimony from those who ... See all stories on this topic » ScienceBlogs (blog)

The tweeting VC: professor Steven Schwartz of Macquarie University The Guardian (blog) In June the Times Higher Education ranked Macquarie University as the top university in Australia and the 14th in the world for research in environmental science and ecology as measured by citations for each researcher. Macquarie ranked fourth in ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Neolane Celebrates 10 Years of Marketing Technology Innovation at Annual ... MarketWatch (press release) ... Constellation Research Group, as well as Marc Parrish, vice president of loyalty and retention marketing, barnesandnoble.com. Taking place October 20-21 in Paris, this invitation-only event will showcase a stellar line up of customer case studies, ... See all stories on this topic »

amazon kindle ZDNet (blog) Download Now 3Q10 x86-based Server Customer Satisfaction Study Learn about IBM's five year reign in Technology Business Research's annual studies. You'll see how the studies are conducted, the criteria different competitors are judged on, ... See all stories on this topic »

American Academy of Arts and Sciences to Induct 231st Class of Members PR Newswire (press release) Founded in 1780, the American Academy is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious learned societies, and an independent research center that draws from its members' expertise to conductstudies in science and technology policy, global security, ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey miffed over 'age insult' to Piri Reis ship Cyprus Mail He maintained that research vessels have a life span of 60 to 70 years. Institute director Huseyin Avni Benli issued a written statement to correct “wrong information and evaluations”. He said the vessel has completed seismic studies on 280km south of ... See all stories on this topic »

Saudi Arabia moves ahead with civilian nuclear plans Financial Times “It is political,” says Dr Jameel Hefne, Associate Research Professor and Assistant Director for Administrative Affairs at the Atomic Energy Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City forScience and Technology in Riyadh, of current exploration of ... See all stories on this topic »

North Carolina Biotech Center Grants Link Science to Marketplace ... News: North Carolina Biotech Center Grants Link Science to Marketplace ... Research Triangle Park, N.C. -- Technology transfer officials at three University of North ... The grants fund research studies that are designed to achieve commercial ... www.researchtriangle.org/.../north-carolina-biotech-center-gra...

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