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ZooKeysNew fanged dwarf dinosaur from southern Africa ate plants
With tiny 1-inch long jaws, a new species of plant-eater has come to light in rocks in southern Africa dating to the early dinosaur era, some 200 million years ago. This "punk-sized" herbivore is one of a menagerie of bizarre, tiny, fanged plant-eaters called heterodontosaurs, or "different toothed reptiles", that were among the first dinosaurs to spread across the planet.
Contact: Steve Koppes
skoppes@uchicago.edu
773-702-8366
Pensoft Publishers
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Hydroponic gardening initiative for Boston youths blooms with NSF grant
A $250,000 NSF grant will allow Boston College professor of education Mike Barnett, the Salvation Army's Kroc Center and the Boston STEM Garden Initiative to launch Boston's largest youth hydroponic gardening project. Produce will be sold at neighborhood farmers' markets and used to feed the needy.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ed Hayward
ed.hayward@bc.edu
617-552-4826
Boston College
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Journal of Prosthetics and OrthoticsEgyptian toe tests show they're likely to be the world's oldest prosthetics
The results of scientific tests using replicas of two ancient Egyptian artificial toes, including one that was found on the foot of a mummy, suggest that they're likely to be the world's first prosthetic body parts.
Contact: Morwenna Grills
Morwenna.Grills@manchester.ac.uk
44-161-275-2111
University of Manchester
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Journal of Experimental BiologyChocolate makes snails smarter
Chocolate isn't usually on the diet for snails, but when Lee Fruson and Ken Lukowiak from the University of Calgary, became curious about the effects of diet on memory, they decided to try a flavonoid from chocolate, epicatechin (epi) on the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis to see if it improved the animals' memories. After a dose of epi, the pond snails were able to remember a training protocol for longer and the memories were stronger.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions
Contact: Kathryn Knight
kathryn@biologists.com
44-078-763-44333
The Company of Biologists
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Journal of Experimental BiologyHummingbirds make flying backward look easy
Animals that move backwards usually require a lot of energy, so Nir Sapir from the University of California Berkeley, USA, was surprised when he realized that hummingbirds execute this maneuver routinely. Wondering how hummingbirds perform the feat, he analyzed their flight and the amount of oxygen they consume and found that reversing is much cheaper than hovering flight and no more costly than flying forward.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kathryn Knight
kathryn@biologists.com
44-078-763-44333
The Company of Biologists
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'The Dust Queen's' research stars in new American Chemical Society video
A new episode in the American Chemical Society's popular Prized Science video series features insights into the effects of wind-blown dust on human health and climate from Vicki Grassian, Ph.D. She has jokingly been called "the Dust Queen" and is a noted authority on the tiny particles of sand and dirt, termed mineral dust, that are transported from areas as remote as the Sahara Desert.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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Playground peers can predict adult personalities
Even on the playground, our friends know us better than we know ourselves. New research has revealed that your childhood peers from grade school may be able to best predict your success as an adult.
Contact: Clea Desjardins
clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 x5068
Concordia University
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The future of diagnosing disease: New American Chemical Society Prized Science video
Providing patients with faster diagnoses for influenza and other respiratory infections and new tests that improve care for heart disease is among the topics in the latest episode of the 2012 edition of a popular video series from the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The videos are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and on DVD.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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Children evaluate educational games
Is it possible to create suitable and amusing educational computer games? Can you use qualities from other types of games? And what do the children really think of these kinds of games? Wolmet Barendregt from The University of Gothenburg, conducts research on children's game playing, how we can support learning with design and include the children in the design process.
Swedish Knowledge Foundation
Contact: Wolmet Barendregt
wolmet@ituniv.se
University of Gothenburg
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Preventive MedicineAttractive names sustain increased vegetable intake in schools
The age-old parental struggle of convincing youngsters to eat their fruits and vegetables has some new allies: Power Punch Broccoli, X-Ray Vision Carrots -- and a host of catchy names for entrees in school cafeterias. Cornell University researchers studied how a simple change, such as using attractive names, would influence elementary-aged children's consumption of vegetables. This research suggests that schools have a low-cost or even no-cost solution to induce children to consume more nutritious foods.
Robert Wood Johnson Fundation, US Department of Agriculture/Economic Research Service
Contact: Sandra Cuellar-Healey
foodandbrandlab@cornell.edu
607-254-4960
Cornell Food & Brand Lab
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