June 20, 2005
NSF Limits Grant Applications
Colleges Worry About NSF Limits on Numbers of Grant Applications
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
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"Increasingly, for some types of grant competitions, the agency is limiting the number of applications that any one institution can submit, often to one or two. That means that universities, and especially large colleges that have several researchers interested in some grants competitions, are required to do their own form of peer review in house to decide which of several proposals to submit."
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:40 PM
June 17, 2005
Congress Presses to Privatize USGS Data
Congress Seeks to Privatize Some USGS Water Activities
Kris Christen
More of the data collection and analysis work conducted through the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) cooperative water program could be privatized under language in the U.S. House of Representative's Department of the Interior fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill. Supporters of the privatization language say that it would stop USGS from competing with the private sector, but many environmental managers fear that important data collection efforts would be weakened.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:35 PM
New Articles by UT Science Faculty
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Click the link below to see the list of this week's articles.
Title: Speciation history of the North American funnel web spiders, Agelenopsis (Araneae : Agelenidae): Phylogenetic inferences at the population-species interface
Author(s): Ayoub NA, Riechert SE, Small RL
Source: MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 36 (1): 42-57 JUL 2005
Addresses: Ayoub NA (reprint author), Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Bot, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Title: A newly discovered mycobacterial pathogen isolated from laboratory colonies of Xenopus species with lethal infections produces a novel form of mycolactone, the Mycobacterium ulcerans macrolide toxin
Author(s): Mve-Obiang A, Lee RE, Umstot ES, Trott KA, Grammer TC, Parker JM, Ranger BS, Grainger R, Mahrous EA, Small PLC
Source: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 73 (6): 3307-3312 JUN 2005
Addresses: Small PLC (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Microbiol, 409 Walters Life Sci, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Microbiol, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Med Hlth Ctr, Dept Pharmaceut Sci, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
Univ Tennessee, Stout Neurosci Lab, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Univ Virginia, Dept Biol, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
Title: Ethanol vapor detection in aqueous environments using micro-capacitors and dielectric polymers
Author(s): McCorkle DL, Warmack RJ, Patel SV, Mlsna T, Hunter SR, Ferrell TL
Source: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL 107 (2): 892-903 JUN 29 2005
Addresses: Hunter SR (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys, 401 Nielsen Phys Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Title: Fluidity of alloys under high pressure die casting, conditions
Author(s): Han QY, Xu HB
Source: SCRIPTA MATERIALIA 53 (1): 7-10 JUL 2005
Addresses: Han QY (reprint author), Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Met & Ceram, POB 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Met & Ceram, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Title: Methods to improve the properties of polymer mixtures: Optimizing intermolecular interactions and compatibilization
Author(s): Eastwood E, Viswanathan S, O'Brien CP, Kumar D, Dadmun MD
Source: POLYMER 46 (12): 3957-3970 MAY 26 2005
Addresses: Dadmun MD (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, 321 Buehler Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Title: Ab-initio coupled-cluster study of O-16
Author(s): Wloch M, Dean DJ, Gour JR, Hjorth-Jensen M, Kowalski K, Papenbrock T, Piecuch P
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 94 (21): Art. No. 212501 JUN 3 2005
Addresses: Wloch M (reprint author), Michigan State Univ, Dept Chem, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Michigan State Univ, Dept Chem, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Phys, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Univ Oslo, Dept Phys, Oslo, N-0316 Norway
Univ Oslo, Ctr Math Applicat, Oslo, N-0316 Norway
Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Title: Phase fluctuations in strongly coupled d-wave superconductors
Author(s): Mayr M, Alvarez G, Sen C, Dagotto E
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 94 (21): Art. No. 217001 JUN 3 2005
Addresses: Mayr M (reprint author), Max Planck Inst Festkorperforsch, Stuttgart, D-70569 Germany
Max Planck Inst Festkorperforsch, Stuttgart, D-70569 Germany
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Computat Sci & Math Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Florida State Univ, Dept Phys, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Condensed Matter Sci Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37381 USA
Title: Coordinate space Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations for the zirconium isotope chain up to the two-neutron drip line
Author(s): Blazkiewicz A, Oberacker VE, Umar AS, Stoitsov M
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW C 71 (5): Art. No. 054321 MAY 2005
Addresses: Blazkiewicz A (reprint author), Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 221 Kirkland Hall, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Dept Phys, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Joint Inst Heavy Ion Res, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res & Nucl Energy, Sofia, BG-1784 Bulgaria
Title: Protonium formation in antiproton-hydrogen-atom collisions
Author(s): Ovchinnikov SY, Macek JH
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW A 71 (5): Art. No. 052717 MAY 2005
Addresses: Ovchinnikov SY (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
AF Ioffe Phys Tech Inst, St Petersburg, 194021 Russia
Title: Fracture modes of HAYNES (R) 230 (R) alloy during fatigue-crack-growth at room and elevated temperatures
Author(s): Lu YL, Liaw PK, Wang GY, Benson ML, Thompson SA, Blust JW, Browning PF, Bhattacharya AK, Aurrecoechea JM, Klarstrom DL
Source: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 397 (1-2): 122-131 APR 25 2005
Addresses: Lu YL (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Solar Turbines Inc, San Diego, CA 92186 USA
Haynes Int Inc, Kokomo, IN 46904 USA
Title: Fluid lava flows in Gusev crater, Mars
Author(s): Greeley R, Foing BH, McSween HY, Neukum G, Pinet P, van Kan M, Werner SC, Williams DA, Zegers TE
Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS 110 (E5): Art. No. E05008 MAY 21 2005
Addresses: Greeley R (reprint author), Arizona State Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
Arizona State Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
European Space Agcy, European Space Res & Technol Ctr, Noordwijk, NL-2200 AG Netherlands
Univ Tennessee, Dept Geol Sci, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Free Univ Berlin, Dept Earth Sci, Berlin, D-12249 Germany
Observ Midi Pyrenees, GRGS, CNRS, UMR 5562, Toulouse, F-31400 France
Title: Influence of the pressure on the properties of chromatographic columns III. Retention volume of thiourea, hold-up volume, and compressibility of the C-18-bonded layer
Author(s): Gritti F, Guiochon G
Source: JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1075 (1-2): 117-126 MAY 20 2005
Addresses: Guiochon G (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Chem Sci, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Title: Calibration of a detector for nonlinear chromatography
Author(s): Asnin L, Galinada W, Gotmar G, Guiochon G
Source: JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1076 (1-2): 141-147 MAY 27 2005
Addresses: Guiochon G (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, 552 Buehler Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Chem Sci, Oak Ridge, TN USA
Title: A posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty shows condylar lift-off during deep knee bends
Author(s): Lee SY, Matsui N, Kurosaka M, Komistek RA, Mahfouz M, Dennis DA, Yoshiya S
Source: CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH (435): 181-184 JUN 2005
Addresses: Yoshiya S (reprint author), Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Chuo Ku, 7-5-1 Kusunoki Cho, Kobe, Hyogo 6500017 Japan
Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Chuo Ku, Kobe, Hyogo 6500017 Japan
Univ Tennessee, Dept Biomed Engn, Knoxville, TN USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN USA
Rocky Mt Musculoskeletal Res Lab, Denver, CO USA
Title: Monitoring and fault diagnosis of the steam generator system of a nuclear power plant using data-driven modeling and residual space analysis
Author(s): Lu B, Upadhyaya BR
Source: ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY 32 (9): 897-912 JUN 2005
Addresses: Upadhyaya BR (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Nutr, 209 Pasqua Engn Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Nutr, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Title: Separation of peptides from myoglobin enzymatic digests by RPLC. Influence of the mobile-phase composition and the pressure on the retention and separation
Author(s): Marchetti N, Guiochon G
Source: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 77 (11): 3425-3430 JUN 1 2005
Addresses: Guiochon G (reprint author), Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Chem & Analyt Sci, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:23 AM
NRC Documents Restored
NRC to restore docs following security review
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
BY Dibya Sarkar
Published on Jun. 13, 2005
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced last week it will restore more than 70,000 documents to its online library for public view in a continuing effort to scrub its site of sensitive documents.
About 5,000 documents per day will be restored to the site to limit the impact on the NRC's electronic records system, which is expected to be completed by June 20.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:49 AM
June 15, 2005
National Academies unveil resources to teach about Evolution
National Academies Unveil Evolution Web Page
June 13 -- The National Academies have designed a new Web page to allow easy access to books, position statements, and additional resources on evolution education and research. Evolution is one of science's most robust theories, and the National Academies have long supported the position that evolution should be taught as a central element in any science education program. Over the past several years, there has been a growing movement around the country to include non-scientifically based "alternatives" in science courses. Currently there are challenges to the teaching of evolution in some 40 states or local school districts.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:18 PM
June 02, 2005
Nobel Prize winner pulls out of ACS over PubChem Issue
Richard Roberts, winner of the 1993 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine, has pulled out of an ACS conference because of its position on PubChem. Read the posting at Open Access News.
[source: Open Access News]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:15 PM
ACS and PubChem
The ACS is calling for the removal of NIH's PubChem. Get background information, links to articles, and information about what you can do at UC's Office of Scholarly Communication website.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:47 PM