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Public Release: 9-Jul-2009
Society for American Archaeology
Underwater exploration seeks evidence of early Americans
Where the first Americans came from, when they arrived and how they got here is as lively a debate as ever, only most of the research has focused on dry land excavations. Last summer's pivotal underwater exploration in the Gulf of Mexico led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist Dr. James Adovasio yielded evidence of inundated terrestrial sites that may have supported human occupation more than 12,000 years ago, paving the way for another expedition July 23.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Debbie Morton
dmorton@mercyhurst.edu
814-824-2552
Mercyhurst College
Public Release: 9-Jul-2009
Australian Physics
Galileo's notebooks may reveal secrets of new planet
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.
Contact: Rebecca Scott
rebeccas@unimelb.edu.au
61-383-440-181
University of Melbourne
Public Release: 8-Jul-2009
IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Robot learns to smile and frown
A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego, learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning. The UC San Diego researchers used machine learning to "empower" their robot to learn to make realistic facial expressions. "As far as we know, no other research group has used machine learning to teach a robot to make realistic facial expressions," said Tingfan Wu, computer science Ph.D. student, UC San Diego.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Daniel Kane
dbkane@ucsd.edu
858-534-3262
University of California - San Diego
Public Release: 22-Jun-2009
'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future
With millions of people in the United States eagerly awaiting those July 4 fireworks displays -- and our Canadian neighbors doing likewise for their July 1 Canada Day celebrations -- here's a prospect for those light shows of the future likely to ignite a smile on Mother Nature's face: A new generation of "green" fireworks is quietly making its way toward the sky. That's "green" as in eco-friendly.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
Public Release: 18-Jun-2009
Success of Socrates Fellows program shows after 1 year
For ninth-grader Priscilla Maestro, it is just a normal day in her biology class at Castle Park High School in Chula Vista as she and fellow students evaluate mock samples of urine and blood as part of learning a medical procedure used by hospitals and clinics to determine diabetes in patients.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michael Dabney
mdabney@ucsd.edu
858-922-0949
University of California - San Diego
Public Release: 17-Jun-2009
Computers & Writing 2009
Anime's fan girls
Girls are gathering online to remake male-oriented Japanese animation videos into romances -- and in the process are picking up skills in film editing, storytelling and feminist literary criticism.
Contact: Claudia Morain
cmmorain@ucdavis.edu
530-752-9841
University of California - Davis
Public Release: 10-Jun-2009
Astronomical Journal
Peculiar, junior-sized supernova discovered by New York teen
In November 2008, Caroline Moore, a 14-year-old student from upstate New York, discovered a supernova in a nearby galaxy, making her the youngest person ever to do so. Additional observations determined that the object, called SN 2008ha, is a new type of stellar explosion, 1000 times more powerful than a nova but 1000 times less powerful than a supernova. Astronomers say that it may be the weakest supernova ever seen.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Christine Pulliam
cpulliam@cfa.harvard.edu
617-495-7463
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Public Release: 26-May-2009
Getting to the root of science in a nutty way
Dr. Leo Lombardini has gone underground to get the most top secret information in his field.
Lombardini is watching roots grow in his experimental orchards, and it is sort of nuts -- he's a pecan researcher.
His study, which uses an underground camera, is part of a national specialty crop research project funded by the US Department of Agriculture. Lombardini is a scientist for Texas AgriLife Research.
US Department of Agriculture
Contact: Kathleen Phillips
ka-phillips@tamu.edu
979-845-2872
Texas A&M AgriLife Communications
Public Release: 26-May-2009
'Curve ball' wins international illusion contest
Science has proven what baseball players have known for more than a hundred years, the curve ball is more powerful than the brain.
Contact: Lynne Reaves
lreaves@chw.edu
602-818-5179
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Public Release: 22-May-2009
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University announces the top 10 new species described in 2008. The list includes: pea-sized seahorse, caffeine-free coffee, bacteria that live in hairspray, tiny snake, very long insect, fossilized specimen of live-bearing vertebrate, snail whose shell twists around four axes, palm that flowers itself to death, ghost slug and deep blue damselfish.
Contact: Carol Hughes
carol.hughes@asu.edu
480-965-6375
Arizona State University
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