From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

By the early 1980s, there were numerous data networking technologies. IBM’s System Network Architecture (SNA) dominated the commercial world; DECNET, from Digital Equipment Corp, was widely used in the scientific and research communities; and telephone companies and firms such as Tymnet and Tele...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

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From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is one of the premier awards honoring triumphs in environmental science, energy and medicine of worldwide importance. Administered by USC, the Tyler Prize consists of a cash award of $200,000 and a solid 10kt. gold medallion. On April 8, ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

Science is often viewed upon as important but cryptic to the general public. In this spirited discussion, former astronaut Mae Jemison and Kathie Olsen, the deputy director of the National Science Foundation, speak on the importance of science literacy in society through personal reflections and...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

The word 'community' may sound archaic, a social remnant of the idyllic 1950s. But paradoxically, in our high-tech age of instant information, 'community' is more relevant than ever, though its broader boundaries and greater diversities may surprise you. Today’s pan...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

Mathematical computer models of two ancient and famous genetic networks act early in embryos of many different species to determine the body plan. Models revealed these networks to be astonishingly robust, despite their 'unintelligent design.' This examines the use of mathematical mode...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

Dr. Kerstin Lehnert provides insights into cyberinfrastructure projects in geochemistry. She describes efforts related to successfully building new communities of users and information scientists and what must be done in order to use cyberinfrastructure effectively in geochemistry. Program also f...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

In 1992, the only Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility located on a college campus was completed at the University of Maryland. The Neutral Buoyancy tank simulates weightlessness and is instrumental in current research to develop robotic systems capable of assisting astronauts. From the Series:Dis...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:32 PM

Rogers Hollingsworth, director of the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Wisconsin, discusses the organizational and psychological factors influencing creativity in fundamental science. The data set for this lecture involves many years of research about more than 750 research...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

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From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Environment, lifestyle, diet, marketing, and biology are all contributors to the obesity epidemic. How do our bodies balance the storage and burning of dietary fat? Fat carries information about how it should be used. Saturated fats are hard to break down, so they tend to get stored, ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Pancreatic cancer shows few symptoms, a silent killer that led to the deaths of 33,000 Americans last year. Now, scientists are making strides in developing a marker for early detection of the disease. Research with light-scattering techniques has shown changes in the small intestine found in th...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

The dedication of the Stimson Bullitt Professorship celebrates a new professorship at the University of Washington School of Law with a speech by Stimson Bullitt, Esq., and a multi-media presentation and lecture by Professor William H. Rodgers. Dean Roland Hjorth of the School of Law pays tribut...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

The early Internet included military links to European allies prior to the late 1980s, and these were augmented by a few between the NSFNET and European academic networks in the late 1980s. NSF’s International Connections Management (ICM) Project, the international adjunct to the NSFNET Program,...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

This program features Rices Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and describes nanosciences presence in much of the new materials and products that are available to consumers. Interviews with the Centers director Richard Smalley (1996 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry), Rice pr...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

UW faculty converse about the future of where science is going, and what role the UW will play. This program, which is the second half of a two-part series, focuses on human health, quality of life, learning and behavior, education, public and social outreach, and the role of the university in s...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

The UW has a leadership role in NEPTUNE, a revolutionary ocean observatory being built off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. The 3,000-km network of heavily instrumented fiber-optic/power cables will enable regional-scale, real-time, interactive observations and experiments...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

The University of Hawaii has developed a new technology that turns locally available macademia nut shells into charcoal for use locally and for export. From the Series:UH Today

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

On this episode of Researching Maryland, we feature two very different research projects. The first is a study about parent/offspring communication in bats with doctoral student Kisi Bohn. In the second research project we meet Professor Allen Davis who is studying the use of "rain gar...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Many blame the feverish pace of modern society and the intensity and ferocity of competition for today’s lack of morals and common courtesy. Yet, many more believe that society is impoverished without ethics and civility. The expert panelists discuss the waning ethics and civility in A...