Science and Technology

Oct 20, 2009

WASHINGTON -- NASAs Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications for the 2010 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2010. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in aeronautics or related fields.…

Oct 20, 2009

Patent issued to Goal Zero, a subsidiary of Provo Craft and Novelty WASHINGTON Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) David Kappos was joined by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)…

Oct 20, 2009

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found. By comparing proteins present in more than 3000 different prokaryotes -…

Oct 6, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge. Participants in the competition will design and test water recycling systems that could be used for future…

Sep 23, 2009

USGS will Grant Universities $5 Million to Beef Up Public Safety Grants totaling $5 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are being awarded to 13 universities nationwide to upgrade critical earthquake monitoring networks and increase public safety. These…