10.12.2012

NCSES Report on Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2011

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) released a report titled Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2011 that unveils important trends in U.S. doctoral education. more26.07.2012

President Obama Honors Early Career Scientists and Engineers

President Barack Obama announced the names of 96 women and men who will receive the United States government's highest honor for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers--the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Twenty Americans nominated by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are among those awardees. Together they represent a rich breadth of research disciplines which include engineering, geology, biology, economics, physics and computational science. more11.06.2012

Self-Assembling Structures Could Lead to new Microchips (Video)

Self-assembling polymer materials that form three-dimensional structures like tiny wires and junctions have been prepared by researchers at MIT. They use a new self-assembly approach that is featured in this webcast. The work has the potential to usher in a new generation of microchips and other devices made up of submicroscopic features. Although similar self-assembling structures with very fine wires have been produced before, this is the first time the structures have been extended into three dimensions with different, independent configurations on different layers, the researchers say. more11.06.2012

Self-Assembling Structures Could Lead to new Microchips

Self-assembling polymer materials that form three-dimensional structures like tiny wires and junctions have been prepared by researchers at MIT. The work has the potential to usher in a new generation of microchips and other devices made up of submicroscopic features. more06.06.2012

Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering 2000-2010 in the United States

Graduate enrollment in science and engineering grew substantially in the past decade, this was found by a recent report released by the National Science Foundation. Figure legend: NSF report details substantial growth in graduate enrollment in science and engineering in past decade with slowing growth found in recent years. Credit: NSF more21.05.2012

Bio-renewable Fuel Research: Cellular Secrets of Plant Fatty Acid Production Understood

A curious twist in a family of plant proteins called chalcone-isomerase recently was discovered by Salk Institute for Biological Studies scientist Joseph Noel and colleagues at Iowa State University led by Eve Wurtele. Pursuing basic scientific discovery, they found three similar proteins that could soon translate into positive results for bio-renewable fuels, commodity chemicals like plastics, food security and nutrition and biomedicine. more09.03.2012

Photolithography: Researchers 'Print' Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes

Inspired by nature's ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a new tool for manufacturing three-dimensional shapes easily and cheaply, to aid advances in biomedicine, robotics and tunable micro-optics. more30.01.2012

Michigan State Researchers Show How a New Virus Evolved Potentially Dangerous Traits

Michigan State University researchers showed how a new virus evolved potentially dangerous traits. Click here to watch the video. Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations. The findings appear in the current issue of the journal Science. more25.01.2012

Swine Flu: Survey on Generation X's Response

About one in five young adults in their late 30's received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, a University of Michigan (U-M) study released says. But about 65 percent were at least moderately concerned about the flu, and nearly 60 percent said they were following the issue very or moderately closely. more12.12.2011

Scientists Assess Radioactivity in the Ocean from Japan Nuclear Power Facility

With current news of additional radioactive leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, the impact on the ocean of releases of radioactivity from the plants remains unclear. But a new study by U.S. and Japanese researchers analyzes the levels of radioactivity discharged in the first four months after the accident. It draws some basic conclusions about the history of contaminant releases to the ocean. more