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Nanotech Spy Eyes Life Inside The Cell In Prey, Michael Crichton's tale of nanotech gone awry, a swarm of light-sensitive nanoparticles swim through a human body, creating the ultimate medical imaging system. In the real world, biochemists are hoping to go one step further, deploying viruses as "nano-cameras" to get a unique picture of what goes on inside living cells and a greater understanding of how viruses themselves work. A team led by Bogdan Dragnea at Indiana University in Bloomington is exploiting the ability of viruses laden with gold to break into cells, along with the viral shell's own telltale...

The best way for area aerospace industries to address the growing shortage of engineers may be to "grow their own" from within the Antelope Valley. To that end, the Math, Science, Engineering and Technology Consortium is working hard to establish a full four-year engineering degree program here, as well as increase and improve math and science education at the lower school levels to provide engineers for the future. "It's incumbent on the Valley to make sure we train the workforce to support our Aerospace Valley and aerospace industry," said state Sen. William J. "Pete" Knight, R-Palmdale. "It is in the...

Since the president didn't mention his new vision for space exploration during his State of the Union address, he should have at least had a couple of science stars on display in the gallery. I would have recommended Dr. Hans Mark, who returned to help NASA soar in the 1980s and went on to become chancellor of the University of Texas System. I would also have saved a seat for Ray Bradbury, the science-fiction writer who has best captured the wonder of exploration. At 75 and 83, they may seem more like the sage Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars than...

OK, let me see if I have this straight. Corporations have been replacing American engineers and software developers with cheap foreign labor for years now and all of the sudden we are worried that there are not enough Americans enrolling in the Computer Science and Engineering fields of study in college... Go figure. Perhaps if there was an incentive to enter these fields,like the possibility of actually obtaining a job after college, then maybe we wouldn't be facing this so called labor shortage. Corporations have done this to themselves but yet they have things like this to say: "The National...

<p>WASHINGTON -- When President Bush needed to know whether it would be feasible to create a permanent base on the moon as the first step to send humans to Mars, administration officials turned for analytical help to an institution that has a long history with the space program: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</p>

Quick quiz: What major political figure said the following: "We must commit ourselves anew to a sustained program of manned exploration of the solar system and, yes, the permanent settlement of space. We must commit ourselves to a future where Americans and citizens of all nations will live and work in space." Was it President Bush, who recently announced a new program of space exploration, beginning with a return to the Moon and continuing with manned trips to Mars and beyond? Well, yes and no. It was a President Bush who spoke those words -- but it was our current...

<p>OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AP) -- White men still dominate university professorships at the nation's top science and engineering schools, even where many of the doctoral students are women and minorities, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.</p> <p>Women hold between 3 percent and 15 percent of full professorships in science and engineering at the schools surveyed, according to the report written by Donna J. Nelson, a University of Oklahoma chemistry professor who has written several studies on women and minorities in science.</p>

National Society of Black Engineers Announces 2004 Golden Torch Award Winners; Retired Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Engineer Claims Top Honor 1/12/04 11:21:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Kevin M. Briscoe of the National Society of Black Engineers, 703-549-2207, ext. 209 or kbriscoe@nsbe.org ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the largest student-managed organization in the country dedicated to raising the profile of African American engineers, recently announced the 2004 recipients of its Golden Torch Awards. These awards, presented annually at the NSBE National Convention celebrate the accomplishments of individuals, corporations,...

The Patriot News Review and Opinion December 28, 2003 A Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, a master's in engineering design, a professional engineer's license, 27 years of engineering experience, working for some of the premier companies in America, six U.S. patents. And no market value whatsoever. Here I am, 53, supposedly at the peak of my earnings career, when I should be packing away money toward my retirement. Instead I've been cooling my heels for more than a year, and I'm having to think seriously about taking a McJob just to bring in money, and maybe gain health care coverage....

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. STAR CITY, W.Va. - Samir Shoukry works his way from the belly of the bridge to the slippery green rebar of its snow-covered back, talking about the 1,000-foot span over the Monongahela River as if it were alive. And in a sense, it is. Though still unfinished, the Star City bridge is already loaded with 770 finely tuned sensors, 28 data-collection boxes and a central unit called the brain. Together, they make up what Shoukry says is the smartest bridge in the world. "Smart" bridges and roads that communicate with their...

India greets H-1B cutback with a shrug By K.C. Krishnadas Bangalore, India - The reduced cap on U.S. H-1B high-tech visas has so far had little impact on India's software industry, but it could put a crimp in the business if the electronics industry recovers in the United States, executives here said last week. The number of temporary visas that the United States can issue annually reverted to historical levels of 65,000 on Oct. 1, when Congress let legislation raising the cap to 195,000 expire. Industry players in India have been worried that a cut, and possible restrictions being contemplated...

The big buzz in public education is the No Child Left Behind program. The value of the federal program is problematic because it is underfunded and most public school teachers and administrators don't embrace the program. And, of course, there is the politically charged debate over school vouchers and whether parents should be able to choose other schools for their children when theirs fail. These programs fail to address a very real danger: This nation will be left behind if we don't give students and teachers an incentive to focus on education in mathematics and natural science. American students' performance...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP)--If the Nobel Prizes are a good indicator, Americans are the world's best doctors, physicists, economists and chemists. They're not as good at writing or making peace though. Six U.S. citizens were bestowed the top honor in medicine, physics, chemistry and economics this week as the Nobel Prize committees announced the 2003 winners, continuing a trend of American dominance in the science awards. The literature prize last week went to J.M. Coetzee of South Africa. The peace prize will be announced Friday in Oslo, Norway. Since the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, 277 of the 661...

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030924/2003092415.html Except The Islamic al-Awqaf department in Jerusalem have accused the Israeli authorities of being behind the collapse of an internal wall in al-Aqsa mosque yesterday after it had prevented its engineers form maintaining it. The collapsed wall is situated near the Islamic museum on a hill in old Jerusalem where the mosque is situated. This wall is considered new in comparison to other parts of the mosque. The director of the Islamic Awqaf in Jerusalem Adnan al-Husseini said that the wall collapsed as a result of "the Israeli intervention in our work and preventing us from maintaining it after...

Anyone ou there know of any stateside firm in the Aerospace Industry that's hiring recent College Grads with a BS in Aerospace Engineering???? Got a kid that graduated in May and still no job calls. Need for that kid to get a job!!! Help brother and sister Freepers, please.....

Earth Science Missions Anomaly Report: GOES/POES Program/POES Project: 6 Sep 2003EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS ANOMALY REPORT TO: GSFC: 100/A. Diaz, 100/W. Townsend, 100/ 400/D Perkins, NASA HQ: Y/G. Asrar, Y/M. Luther, Q/B O’Connor FROM: GSFC/POES Project/480/K. Halterman DATE: September 6, 2003 PROGRAM/PROJECT: GOES/POES Program/POES Project DATE OF ANOMALY: September 6, 2003 LOCATION OF ANOMALY: Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale CA DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: As the NOAA-N Prime spacecraft was being repositioned from vertical to horizontal on the "turn over cart" at approximately 7:15 PDT today, it slipped off the fixture, causing severe damage. (See attached photo). The 18' long spacecraft was about 3'...

After standing tall across the Kinzua Gorge for more than a century, 11 towers on the Kinzua Viaduct went crashing into the valley below around 3:15 p.m. Monday. "It appears as though a high gust of wind or a tornado has hit," said Steven Brode of W.M. Brode Construction Co., the contractors hired by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to renovate the structurally-deteriorating viaduct. "The bridge has sustained some damage," said Donald Main, assistant director of the Bureau of State Parks, early Monday afternoon. He added that crews were headed to the scene to evaluate the damage,...

Former FAU prof says he was fired for failing students By Jennifer Peltz Staff Writer Posted July 16 2003 A former Florida Atlantic University engineering professor is suing over his firing last year, saying he was dismissed because he wouldn't pass students who didn't deserve to. FAU maintained that professor Peter Szabo had been insubordinate to superiors and irresponsible toward students, according to Szabo's court filings. FAU officials said they hadn't seen his complaint, filed Tuesday afternoon, and so couldn't discuss it. Szabo declined to comment, and his lawyer could not be reached Tuesday evening, but according to the court...

These [genetically engineered] products are absolutely safe. For the most part you wouldn't know [if you were eating them] but the point being that you wouldn't need to know. - Bryan Hurley, Monsanto spokesperson      There is a great deal of controversy about the safety of genetically engineered foods. Advocates of biotechnology often say that the risks are overblown. "There have been 25,000 trials of genetically modified crops in the world, now, and not a single incident, or anything dangerous in these releases," said a spokesman for Adventa Holdings, a UK biotech firm.      During the 2000 presidential campaign, then-candidate George W....

To watch the most amazing commercial I've ever seen, go here. It only goes to show that engineering and physics can have a lighter side.