News tagged with principal investigators

A corny turn for biofuels from switchgrass

Many experts believe that advanced biofuels made from cellulosic biomass are the most promising alternative to petroleum-based liquid fuels for a renewable, clean, green, domestic source of transportation ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Hybrid construction vehicle emissions to be analyzed

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside's Center for Environmental Research and Technology have received a $2 million contract for a first-of-its-kind study of hybrid construction vehicles.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers studying 10,000 Solutions participatory online platform

What are the conditions that increase and sustain collective action?

Technology / Other

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Resistance to antibiotics is ancient: study

Scientists were surprised at how fast bacteria developed resistance to the miracle antibiotic drugs when they were developed less than a century ago. Now scientists at McMaster University have found that resistance has been ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Free tool kit to assist big-data scientists

Two years ago, during a cyberinfrastructure meeting convened by the U.S. National Science Foundation, principal investigators from across the country found their scientific concerns begin to converge.

Technology / Software

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Final space shuttle to carry five CU-Boulder-built payloads

The University of Colorado Boulder is involved with five different space science payloads ranging from antibody tests that may lead to new bone-loss treatments to an experiment to improve vaccine effectiveness ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA selects SwRI mass spectrometer for technology development funding

NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute's MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX) for technology development funding. Originally offered as part of the Primitive Material Explorer (PriME) mission proposal, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New report describes types of research conducted at academic medical centers

A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Health Policy gives the first detailed look at the types of research currently being conducted within U.S. academic medical centers - medical schools and ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0