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Category Archives: People
Professor explores changes in the Namib Desert
11/14/2011 Kyle Nichols of the [Skidmore] Geosciences Department, with colleague Paul Bierman of the University of Vermont, traveled to Namibia this summer to study the effects of the ‘flood of record’ in Namibia’s desert. Nichols’ specialty within geoscience is geomorphology. … Continue reading
Mike Fox, supporter of nuclear issues, dies
11/10/2011 Mike Fox, known for his outspoken support of nuclear issues and questioning the existence of human-caused global warming, died Friday. Fox, 74, was in hospice care in Seattle after fighting cancer for several years. Fox was a retired Hanford … Continue reading
Marie Curie: Why her papers are still radioactive
11/10/2011 Marie Curie, whom Google is celebrating Monday with a Google Doodle in honor of her 144th birthday, lived her life awash in ionizing radiation. More than a century later, her papers are still radioactive. Many library collections use special … Continue reading
A physicist in the cancer lab
10/25/2011 Nicole Ackerman thought she would always be a particle physicist—until a newfound interest in biology drew her toward medical imaging. Her research on Cherenkov radiation, the blue glow from charged particles outracing light, could aid development of cancer treatments. … Continue reading
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Agilent Technologies Awards Two Integrated-Biology Research Grants
10/20/2011 Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the winners of the 2011 eMerging Insights grant program: Dr. Michael J. MacCoss of the University of Washington and Dr. Peter J. Park of Harvard University. Each will be awarded $75,000 toward their ongoing … Continue reading
Profile: Wolfram Meier-Augenstein and Isotopic Forensics
7/6/2011 Measuring isotopes has come a long way. Recent reports describe an emerging field of environmental forensics. Where did those illegal drugs come from? Is that $1,000 bottle of scotch the real deal?
National Labs Open Doors to Displaced Japanese Researchers
7/5/2011 Maiko Kofu, Atsushi Nagoe and Osamu Yamamuro examine their sample attached to the end of the cryostat stick after running an experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source. Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It’s said that … Continue reading
Stamp honors Nobel winner
6/16/2011 Guam resident Peter Mayer will be standing in line at the post office tomorrow to purchase a U.S. stamp honoring his mother. Maria Goeppert Mayer, one of two women to win a Nobel Prize in physics, developed a theoretical … Continue reading
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University of Canterbury academic appointed to Fulbright Board
6/9/2011 University of Canterbury academic Dr. Travis Horton has been appointed a director of the Fulbright New Zealand Board.
Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Dies
6/9/2011 Physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of a medical diagnostic test that revolutionized patient care and led to a new understanding of diabetes and a host of other … Continue reading