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UCR biology professor inducted into American Academy of Arts...

David Reznick, a professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside, was among 179 of the nation's most influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Aca [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Letter From American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Divi...

As you are well aware there is much concern about the recently announced budget over-run of the JWST, its projected final cost and schedule, the overall management of the program, and NASA's plans for sharing the burden across the Age [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Two Japanese, American win 2008 physics Nobel

Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for helping to explain the behavior of subatomic particles, work that has helped shape modern physics theory, the prize committee said on Tuesday. Th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Indian American girl tops science competition

An Indian American girl, Isha Himani Jain, has been declared national champion in one of the most coveted student science competitions in the US.The 16-year-old student of Freedom High School in Behtlehem, Pennsylvania, Monday won in [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Ancient American bird was glider

The biggest bird recognized to have taken to the skies would have been a extraordinary glider, scientists say. A North American team has studied the flight abilities of Argentavis magnificens, which lived six million years ago in Arge [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Americans cultivated Chili Peppers 6,000 years ago

Researchers found that chili peppers (Capsicum) were cultivated as early as 6,000 years ago with the invention of pottery in some areas of the Americas. When Europeans invaded in the Americas, chili peppers were among the most wides [...]