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Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
 Nature CommunicationsNice organisms finish first: Why cooperators always win in the long run Leading physicists last year turned game theory on its head by giving selfish players a sure bet to beat cooperative players. Now two evolutionary biologists at Michigan State University offer new evidence that the selfish will die out in the long run. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Val Osowski
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Ecology LettersBacteria hold the clues to trade-offs in financial investments and evolution Scientists have found that bacteria have the potential to teach valuable investment lessons. The research, published in the journal Ecology Letters, takes advantage of the fact that bacteria, like humans, have limited resources and are constantly faced with investment decisions.
Natural Environment Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Australian Research Council
Contact: Jo Bowler
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
NEES Quake Summit 2013Simulations aiding study of earthquake dampers for structures Researchers have demonstrated the reliability and efficiency of "real-time hybrid simulation" for testing a type of powerful damping system that might be installed in buildings and bridges to reduce structural damage and injuries during earthquakes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Review of Scientific InstrumentsHardness, in depth Scientists have now built a machine that sets a new standard of accuracy for testing a material's hardness, which is a measure of its resistance to bumps and scratches. The new machine is called the Precision Nanoindentation Platform, or PNP. Contact: Jason Socrates Bardi
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Solar Energy Materials and Solar CellsLifelike cooling for sunbaked windows Sun-drenched rooms make for happy residents, but large glass windows also bring higher air-conditioning bills. Now a bioinspired microfluidic circulatory system for windows developed by researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University could save energy and cut cooling costs dramatically -- while letting in just as much sunlight.
Wyss Institute
Contact: Dan Ferber
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Journal of the Royal Society InterfaceControlling contagion by restricting mobility A study shows that in the face of an epidemic, even moderate government-mandated travel restrictions would slow contagion. Contact: Ruben Juanes
Public Release: 29-Jul-2013
ChaosUnraveling genetic networks Now a special issue of the journal CHAOS, produced by AIP Publishing, explores new experimental and theoretical techniques for unraveling genetic networks. Contact: Jason Socrates Bardi
Public Release: 29-Jul-2013
Journal of Fluid MechanicsWhen fluid dynamics mimic quantum mechanics MIT researchers expand the range of quantum behaviors that can be replicated in fluidic systems, offering a new perspective on wave-particle duality. Contact: Andrew Carleen
Public Release: 26-Jul-2013
PLOS ONEThe arithmetic of gun control Aiming to quell heated national debate about gun control with factual answers, two UC Irvine mathematicians have designed parameters to measure how to best prevent both one-on-one killings and mass shootings in the United States. Their paper appears Friday in the journal PLOS ONE. Contact: Janet Wilson
Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
European Journal of Physics Scientists model 'extraordinary' performance of Bolt As the world's best athletes descend on London today to take part in the Olympic Anniversary Games, a group of researchers from Mexico has provided an insight into the physics of one of the greatest athletic performances of all time. Contact: Michael Bishop
Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
PLOS Computational BiologyAnalysis of 26 networked autism genes suggests functional role in the cerebellum A team of scientists has obtained intriguing insights into two groups of autism candidate genes in the mammalian brain that new evidence suggests are functionally and spatially related. The newly published analysis identifies two networked groupings from 26 genes associated with autism that are overexpressed in the cerebellar cortex, in areas dominated by neurons called granule cells.
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Contact: Peter Tarr
Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
MobileHCI 2013A magnetic pen for smartphones adds another level of conveniences A doctoral candidate at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology developed a magnetically driven pen interface that works both on and around mobile devices. This interface, called the MagPen, can be used for any type of smartphones and tablet computers so long as they have magnetometers embedded in. Contact: Lan Yoon
Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
NatureShifting patterns of temperature volatility in the climate system In recent decades there has been increased variability in yearly temperature records for large parts of Europe and North America, according to a study published online today in Nature. The study was carried out by scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the University of East Anglia and the University of Exeter.
National Environmental Research Council, Department of Energy, Newton Institute, Center for Ecology and Hydrology
Contact: Barnaby Smith
Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
SIGGRAPH 2013 ACM Transactions on GraphicsPerfecting digital imaging Three Harvard papers presented at SIGGRAPH this week aim to improve computer graphics and display technologies! One tackles the challenge of rendering realistic translucent objects like soap; the second creates a new type of 3D display technology; and the third makes color grading accessible to amateur videographers.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, European Research Council, and others
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
SIGGRAPH 20136 months of computing time generates detailed portrait of cloth behavior It would be impossible to compute all of the ways a piece of cloth might shift, fold and drape over a moving human figure. But after six months of computation, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, Berkeley, are pretty sure they've simulated almost every important configuration of that cloth. This presents a new paradigm for computer graphics, in which it will be possible to provide real-time simulation for virtually any complex phenomenon.
Intel, National Science Foundation, Google, Qualcomm, Adobe, Pixar, Okawa Foundation
Contact: Byron Spice
Public Release: 19-Jul-2013
ACM SIGGRAPH 2013Disney researchers create computer models that capture style and process of portrait artists By monitoring artists as they sketch human faces, stroke by stroke, scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, have built computer models that learn each artist's drawing style, how they use strokes and how they select features to highlight as they interpret a face into a portrait. Contact: Jennifer Liu
Public Release: 19-Jul-2013
ACM SIGGRAPH 2013Disney researchers reconstruct detailed 3D scenes from hundreds of high-resolution 2D images Investigators at Disney Research, Zürich have developed a method for using hundreds of photographic images to build 3D computer models of complex, real-life scenes that meet the increasing demands of today's movie, TV and game producers for high-resolution imagery. Contact: Jennifer Liu
Public Release: 19-Jul-2013
Nature CommunicationsScientists discover new variability in iron supply to the oceans with climate implications The supply of dissolved iron to oceans around continental shelves has been found to be more variable by region than previously believed -- with implications for future climate prediction. Contact: Catherine Beswick
Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education ResearchEducators explore innovative 'theater' as a way to learn physics By role-playing how energy flows and changes, learners achieve rich insights about this central, globally relevant concept. Contact: Rachel Scherr
Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
IAPR International Conference on BiometricsEye-tracking could outshine passwords if made user-friendly University of Washington engineers found in a recent study that the user's experience could be key to creating an authentication system that doesn't rely on passwords. Contact: Michelle Ma
Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Advanced Drug Discovery ReviewsMathematical models target disease with drugs chosen by your DNA Medicines that are personally tailored to your DNA are becoming a reality, thanks to the work of US and Chinese scientists who developed statistical models to predict which drug is best for a specific individual with a specific disease.
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Contact: Victoria M. Indivero
Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationNew model to improve vehicle-to-vehicle communication for 'intelligent transportation' Imagine a transportation system where vehicles communicate directly with each other in real time, giving drivers warnings about traffic delays, allowing a single driver to control multiple vehicles or routing vehicles around hazardous road conditions. Those are all aspects of the "intelligent transportation" concept. And researchers have developed a model to improve the clarity of the vehicle-to-vehicle transmissions needed to make that concept a reality.
General Motors
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
PLOS ONEArchimedes new study shows health checks may lead to cost effective improvements in health Archimedes Inc., a healthcare modeling company, announced results of a two-year long collaboration with Novo Nordisk A/S, a world leader in diabetes care, showing that health check strategies assessing diabetes, hypertension, lipids and smoking over 30–year period would likely improve health and cost-effectiveness outcomes in six European countries. The study, "A Standardized Vascular Disease Health Check in Europe: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis," appears in the July 15th issue of the peer-reviewed online journal PLOS ONE. Contact: Edie DeVine
Public Release: 12-Jul-2013
Nature CommunicationsSculpting flow Researchers from UCLA, Iowa State and Princeton reported results in Nature Communications on a new way of sculpting tailor-made fluid flows by placing microscale pillars in microfluidic channels. The method could allow clinicians to better separate white blood cells in a sample, increase mixing in industrial applications, and more quickly perform lab-on-a-chip-type operations. Using TACC's Ranger and Stampede supercomputers, the researchers ran more than 1,000 simulations representing combinations of speeds, thicknesses, heights or offsets that produce unique flows.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Faith Singer-Villalobos
Public Release: 12-Jul-2013
Nature CommunicationsLink between quantum physics and game theory found A deep link between two seemingly unconnected areas of modern science has been discovered by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Geneva. Contact: Hannah Johnson
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