Science News for February 28, 2004

Stevens works with Lucent in $11.5 million contract from DARPA

The project aims to deploy a MIMO-based mobile ad hoc network that increases spectral efficiency by 20 times, providing enhanced communications capabilities for the US military. Stevens' Wireless Network Security Center is involved in the research and development of the ultra-high capacity secure communications system.

SourceStevens Institute of Technology·DateFeb 28, 2004

New insights into the evolution of the hindbrain

Researchers have found that hindbrain neural identities in lampreys are governed by independent mechanisms, contradicting a prevailing model. The findings suggest a convergent process where originally independent mechanisms became linked during gnathostome evolution.

SourceRIKEN Center for Developmental Biology·JournalDevelopment·DateFeb 28, 2004