DuPont announces additional $25 million funding for DuPont MIT alliance
...ew science and technology, and to educate graduate students in science and engineering in the midst of the excitement generated by the collaboration," said Robert A. Brown, MIT Provost. Four top DMA research programs were showcased today to demonstrate the goals of the alliance: to advance basic science; to...International alliance to unlock secrets of Egyptian mummies
...nd leading discussions with staff and postgraduate students from universities and museums in Egypt. "The workshop was an excellent opportunity for the two groups to discuss their current research projects and to share their knowledge with others," added Professor David....Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems
...ge. Scripps Professor George Sugihara and Scripps students Chih-hao Hsieh, Sarah Glaser and Andrew Lucas conducted the study--an extension of an advanced graduate course at Scripps--that analyzed the underlying dynamics responsible for major shifts in biological and physical conditions of the North Pacific O...More than 250 experts attend NJIT's math conference
...lia. "We were particularly gratified that graduate students participated in the conference and widened their r... "The future of our profession depends on doctoral students and post-docs having access to this kind of collegial exchange," said Ahluwahlia. "I am happy to re...Two Yale graduate students to receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships
... today announced that of the six talented graduate students who will receive the Gilliam Graduate Fellowships ... support for Ph.D. studies in the life sciences to students including underrepresented minorities who participated in HHMI's Exceptional Research Opportunities ...'Wet' electrons provide easiest way to transport charge, Pitt researchers find
...thors are Ken Onda, Bin Li, and Jin Zhao, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in Pitt's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Jinlong Yang, a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China....HHMI awards first Gilliam Graduate Fellowships
...n education and science. Now six talented graduate students with diverse backgrounds will carry on in his name...h.D. studies in the life sciences to disadvantaged students including underrepresented minorities who participated in HHMI's Exceptional Research Opportunities ...Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets
...ellow, David Kisailus (first author), and graduate students Mark Najarian and James C. Weaver. The simple sponge fits into the palm of your hand, and proliferates in the ocean next to the UCSB campus, said Morse. "When you remove the tissue you're left with a handful of fiberglass needles as fine as spun gla...Road salt affects mitigation wetlands
... very salt tolerant. The Penn State researcher has students poised to look at the numbers and species of algae, amphibians, insects and bacteria in the salty and freshwater wetlands. "We would like to know how big a hit these two wetlands are going to take from the salt. We see an effect on the midges in th...Researchers discover underwater volcano
...ern about immediate danger," said Staudigel. Three students from High Tech High in San Diego were aboard one o...searchers in collecting and analyzing data. These students also created and maintained an in-depth web site related to the cruise where they posted reports, ma...DFG approves additional six research training groups
... Groups for particularly highly qualified doctoral students from all scientific disciplines since 1990. Betwee... average. At 28 percent, the proportion of foreign students participating in Research Training Groups is almost three times higher than the German national aver...Masters' students in pharmacology do exciting research testing equipment and purifying DNA
...e recently catapulted the research of two doctoral students at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to the attention of the pharmaceutical industry. The New Jersey Chapter of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering recently named Mahesh Karwa, of Kearny, in the chemistry department at N...Stem cell research in New York City receives pivotal boost from The Starr Foundation
...stitutions and to PhD and Tri-Institutional MD-PhD students engaged in relevant studies. Shared Stem Cell Facilities--These will include laboratories to be utilized by scientists from all three institutions, with activities ranging from the derivation of new stem cell lines to microarray analysis and bioim......ion. Molinski, a certified diver, and his graduate students make regular collecting trips to study sites in Micronesia, Western Australia and -- using a seagoing vessel, the R/V Seward Johnson based in Florida -- the Atlantic Ocean around the Bahamas. Warm tropical waters support a wider variety of sponges, m...Green diesel: New process makes liquid transportation fuel from plants
...clude chemical and biological engineering graduate students George Huber, Juben Chheda and Chris Barrett. "It's a very efficient process," says Huber. "The fuel produced contains 90 percent of the energy found in the carbohydrate and hydrogen feed. If you look at a carbohydrate source such as corn, our new p...University of Chicago study overturns conventional theory in evolution
...Christine Malcom and Eric Vallender, both graduate students in Lahn's lab. For more than three decades, molecular evolutionists have thought that no matter how many genetic mutations show up on a specific gene, whether or not those mutations become fixed in the species is determined primarily by natural selec...Temple engineers recieve NSF grant to develop interactive high school biology curriculum
To help high-school students better understand and apply scientific methodologi...ogy Learning Environment (INVISSIBLE) will involve students by having them investigate a murder crime scene, the Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings genealogy debate...Study of high-pressure process to inactivate Norwalk virus underway
...ters (Crassostrea virginica)." Faculty members and students are also researching the effects of harvesting, processing, and distribution on the formation of histamine, and other biogenic amines in major commercial mid-Atlantic fish species; the presence and dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeri...Shampoo detergent added to paint makes surfaces self-sterilizing
...nducted by a multi-state consortium of high school students and retirees. Working through the website science-projects.com, 10 students from New York, Texas and Virginia joined three World War II veterans and a retired railroader from V...NJIT student named Fellow by NJ Commission on Science and Technology
...started the Fellows Program to place post-doctoral students from New Jersey colleges with early-stage technolo...uter engineering at NJIT, was one of nine graduate students in the state to be named a Fellow. Gundel will complete his dissertation in the fall and graduate fr...