Students dabble in rocket science [ Corvallis Gazette-Times ] Jul 18, 2008  Summer program offers surprise cooling Sunbathers might have been slightly alarmed Friday morning when a series of water bottle rockets went off in their vicinity, but those taking in the rays in the field behind the Women's Building at Oregon State University had no cause for alarm. The rockets made a lot of noise and created an impressive spray of exploding water, but the experimental bottles ... Read More ...

Girls have a blast at science camp [ Daily Herald ] Jul 17, 2008  Not many teenagers can say they spent their summer vacations studying pond scum and building miniature solar-powered cars. Read More ...

NCC Vice Chairman Jay Hardwick to lead c [ High Plains Journal ] Jul 18, 2008  A National Cotton Council leadership team will visit China June 20 to 30 to see its cotton industry development and continue building a relationship with U.S. raw cotton's No. 1 customer. Read More ...

UAMS Prepares for New Building 'Topping [ KARK Little Rock ] Jul 15, 2008  Construction of the 12-story expansion to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will reach its highest point September 26 when the campus celebrates the building's 'topping out.' Read More ...

Contraceptives effective in curbing para [ Independent Florida Alligator ] Jul 18, 2008  The monk parakeet population is sparking controversy in Florida for building its heavy nests on power poles, but a team of researchers may have found a safe solution to contain the birds: Feed them contraceptives. Read More ...

Science, technology programs available [ Ada Evening News ] Jul 18, 2008  The Chickasaw Nation education services department is developing interactive science programs through For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology , an international organization committed to inspiring young students to be science and technology leaders. Read More ...

Higher Ed board backs new South Waterfro [ Portland Tribune ] Jul 15, 2008  The State Board of Higher Education has approved a capital construction budget request for 2009-11 that includes $250 million for a proposed Life Sciences building on Portland's South Waterfront, below Marquam Hill along the Willamette River. The proposed 300,000-square-foot building, ... Read More ...

Wall Street News Alert GRCO Is Friday's [ Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance ] Jul 18, 2008  Wall Street News Alert's 'stocks to watch' this morning are: Greenbelt Resources Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated, International Business Machines Corp. and Gilead Sciences, Inc.. Read More ...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Continue [ Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance ] Jul 17, 2008  Reported by Annette Krueger, Industrial Info Resources -- School may be out but the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin is swarming with the construction trades. The school recently began construction of its long-anticipated Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building. Read More ...

High school students hone skills with me [ Journal Inquirer ] Jul 19, 2008  STORRS — Students in the University of Connecticut's science labs this summer are building electrocardiographs to measure heartbeats, analyzing the circuitry of rat brains, and learning how to precisely measure properties of prescription drugs, among many other things. Read More ...

Karnataka govt allots 14 acres for build [ PharmaBiz ] Jul 17, 2008  Karnataka government has allocated 14 acres of land to set up the Nanotechnology Research Institute in Bangalore. The institute will be built under a Central government initiative with a total grant of Rs.1,000 crore provided by the Union ministry of science and technology. Read More ...

Students get crash course in sciences at [ The Daily Progress ] Jul 18, 2008  Former astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris asked more than 50 middle school students and their parents on Friday to use their imaginations as he described what it was like to walk in space. Read More ...

Canada building world's first dual-use s [ New Kerala ] Jul 19, 2008  Canada is building the world's first dual-use 12- million-dollar space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Read More ...

Science Applications wins $55M defense c [ AP via Yahoo! Finance ] Jul 17, 2008  Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a $55 million contract by the Army Corps of Engineers to design and build metal finishing and ground support equipment facilities at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Read More ...

TIAA-CREF to help finance UNC building a [ Triangle Business Journal ] Jul 18, 2008  Money manager TIAA-CREF will help finance a four-story building on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, it said Friday. Read More ...

WVU Research Corp., Union Carbide disagr [ The Charleston Gazette ] Jul 19, 2008  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- WVU Research Corp. officials said Friday they needed more protection than Union Carbide Corp. had offered against potential environmental liabilities at the site of a proposed South Charleston research campus. Read More ...

Baker-Owosso plans $6.5M health building [ The Argus-Press ] Jul 18, 2008  OWOSSO - The Shiawassee County Economic Development Corp. is expected to pass a resolution to approve a $6.5-million new Health and Science Building for Baker College of Owosso, according to area officials. Read More ...

Top regional attractions [ The Philadelphia Inquirer ] Jul 18, 2008  Top Regional Attractions Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-299-1000. www.ansp.org. Includes Dinosaur Hall, Egyptian mummies, interactive, live animals, educational exhibits for children & more. Gregor Mendel Birthd Read More ...