A University of Delaware prof is part of a team studying the paint’s material microstructure in a painting by Henri Matisse in an attempt to determine why the cadmium sulfide is changing color.
Physician-scientists worldwide will vie for the newly established annual Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science starting in 2012, the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute has announced.
Entries are requested for the 2012 American Institute of Physics Science Communication Awards, which recognize effective science communication in print, broadcast, and new media.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed an inexpensive sensor that can warn of impending catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries.
Board of Trustees votes to offer a separate certification for environmental scientists and to change the Academy’s name to American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is working with the California Energy Commission to develop ways to increase the amounts of wind and solar generation integrated into California's energy grid.
The institute has announced that it is accepting proposals for funding for a broad range of potential research projects and related activities that support the institute’s measurement science and engineering programs.
With support from the National Science Foundation, researchers from the Broad Institute and Harvard University recently developed a tool that can uncover patterns in large data sets in a way that no other software program can.