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Iowa State wins $18.5M grant to create NSF Center for Biorenewable Chemicals(Iowa State University) The National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State University and its research partners an $18.5 million grant to establish an NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals based at Iowa State. The center's focus will be to develop catalysts that promote the chemical reactions that can efficiently produce biorenewable chemicals. The center is also expected to create partnerships that promote innovation, transform engineered systems and produce engineering graduates who can contribute in a global economy. Read more | Comments
Tracking the reasons many girls avoid science and math(University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) New research by a team that includes vocational psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee indicates that the self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls learning math and science than their initial interest. The three-year, NSF-funded study aimed to identify supports and barriers that steer girls and young women toward or away from science and math during their education. Chassapis, Hadim win $150K grant to create NJ Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean-Energy Tech(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. Interactivity means more activity for students(Economic & Social Research Council) The British government has invested more money in Interactive Whiteboards in its schools than any other government in the world. But is this huge investment worth it? Have the new data projection technologies allowed students to learn more effectively? This is the subject of recent research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Digitized student(Inderscience Publishers) A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country, with little money, but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could speed up research. Thumbs up -- a tiny ancestral remnant lends developmental edge to humans(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 September 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. College freshmen: pain killers and stimulants less risky than cocaine; more risky than marijuana(Society for Prevention Research) A new study in the peer-reviewed journal, Prevention Science, finds that college freshmen believe that nonmedical use of prescription drugs like pain killers and stimulants is less risky than cocaine, but more risky than marijuana. Study also describes types of students who are most likely to engage in nonmedical use of prescription drugs. Rohm and Haas acrylic innovation named a National Historic Chemical Landmark(American Chemical Society) The American Chemical Society will designate the development of water-based acrylic emulsion technology -- which sparked the growth of the do-it-yourself paint market -- a National Historic Chemical Landmark at Rohm and Haas Company in Philadelphia on Sept. 15. A little nitrogen can go a long way(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(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. ISCAR, world-wide conference on role of culture in human development, convenes at UCSD(University of California - San Diego) The Second Congress ofthe International Society for Cultural and Activity Research will take place at the University of California, San Diego, Sept. 8-13, 2008. Nearly 1, 000 researchers from 40 countries will attend the conference with others participating from around the globe via state-of-the-art telecommunications. Esche, Chassapis awarded $500K by NSF for 'Virtual Environments for Collaborative Learning'(Stevens Institute of Technology) The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education has awarded $500, 000 to two professors of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, to pursue the research goals laid out in their successful proposal, "Virtual Environments for Collaborative Learning." |
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