Physical Sciences News
 $3.2M for Rutgers to apply biology, engineering, physical sciences toward stem cells (EurekAlert!) ( Rutgers University ) Rutgers has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to apply engineering, physical science and mathematical disciplines to stem cell research. In funding 70 doctoral fellowships, the program can equip experts in fields such as cell and molecular biology, computational modeling and biomaterials to move stem-cell breakthroughs from the biology lab ...
American Institute of Physics Joins the Engineering and Science Career Network (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SAN DIEGO----The American Institute of Physics is comprised of 10 member societies with a total of more than 125,000 individual members, providing services and programs dedicated to the physical sciences and engineering communities.
Government backs ID management project (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) The UK government has put its weight behind a new three-year academic project which will aim to inform the next generation of identity management schemes.
Government backs ID management project (vnunet.com) Phil Muncaster, vnunet.com , Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 17:07:00 Three-year project will help develop new identity management tools The UK government has put its weight behind a new three-year academic project which will aim to inform the next generation of identity management schemes....
Cosmic Log: Twists in the doomsday debate (MSNBC) Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Work on the world's largest atom-smasher is proceeding smoothly, but the legal tussle over whether it should be stopped is facing new twists.
Wake schools miss state tests goal by a lot (The News & Observer) New results presented Tuesday show that the Wake County school system fell far short of its goal of having 95 percent of students passing state tests by this year.
Nature to launch Climate Change journal (vnunet.com) Daniel Griffin, Information World Review , Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 16:08:00 Nature Climate Change will combine physical science research with socio-economic findings The Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is set to release a new journal solely dedicated to climate change. Nature Climate Change, will launch in October next year....
'Point Of Care Diagnostics' In The Starting Blocks (Science Daily) Tracking down cancer at a very early stage, studying cell growth, developing new medicines: future lab-on-a-chip systems will use nanoscale electrical fields to enable the detection and manipulation of cells and biomolecules.
Novel Fungus Helps Beetles To Digest Hard Wood (Science Daily) A little known fungus tucked away in the gut of Asian longhorned beetles helps the insect munch through the hardest of woods according to a team of entomologists and biochemists. Researchers say the discovery could lead to innovative methods of controlling the invasive pest, and potentially offer more efficient ways of breaking down plant biomass for generating biofuels.
New electrical engineering degree offers transfer options (Lake County Journals) LAKE COUNTY JOURNALS GRAYSLAKE – The College of Lake County is launching a new associate in applied science degree in electrical engineering technology in the fall semester, starting Aug. 25. Though classes will soon start, prospective students can still enroll for this new program preparing graduates for immediate entry into careers or transfer into a bachelor’s degree completion program at two ...
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