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Use this interactive map to discover data and multimedia from a variety of ocean exploration expeditions: Digital Atlas. This resource is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Video: Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein that could serve as the basis for a revolutionary new clinical test for bilirubin, a critical indicator of human liver function, hemolysis, and jaundice, according to researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute. See the video 
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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 1-10 out of 299.
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesGeoscientists unearth mineral-making secrets potentially useful for new technologies Proteins have gotten most of the attention in studies of how organic materials control the initial step of making the first tiny crystals that organisms use to build structures that help them move and protect themselves. Virginia Tech researchers have discovered that certain types of sugars, known as polysaccharides, may also control the timing and placement of minerals that animals use to produce hard structures. 
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: John Pastor
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Journal of Experimental BiologyScientists uncover secrets of starfish's bizarre feeding mechanism Scientists have identified a molecule that enables starfish to carry out one of the most remarkable forms of feeding in the natural world. Contact: Katrina Coutts
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
ScienceArctic sea-ice loss has widespread effects on wildlife How the Arctic wildlife and humans will be affected by the continued melting of Arctic sea ice is explored in a review article in the journal Science, by an international team of scientists. The article examines relationships among algae, plankton, whales, and terrestrial animals such as caribou, arctic foxes, and walrus; as well as the effects of human exploration of previously inaccessible parts of the region.
National Science Foundation, Penn State University
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Hurricanes, Major Disasters, Coastal Protection & Rapid Recovery in Texas & the Gulf Coast RegionTexas Hurricane Center presents conference at UH Aug. 2 Coastal protection and debris management for hurricanes and other disasters are among the many topics to be discussed at a conference at the University of Houston Aug. 2, addressing preparation plans for the 2013 hurricane season. Open to members of the community, emergency managers and industry suppliers, this fifth-annual event -- "Hurricanes, Major Disasters, Coastal Protection and Rapid Recovery in Texas and the Gulf Coast Region" -- is hosted by the Texas Hurricane Center for Innovative Technology. Contact: Lisa Merkl
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
GeologyAncient whale coprolites, fault slickensides, shergottites, Ediacara, and Cascadia Two new Geology articles this month are open access: "Steady rotation of the Cascade arc" and "Silica gel formation during fault slip: Evidence from the rock record." Other new articles cover everything from the discovery of fossilized whale "intestinal products" in central Italy to flooding as a result of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption to new findings via the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars to using microfossils to reconstruct massive earthquakes in Cascadia. Contact: Kea Giles
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Navy turns to UAVs for help with radar, communications Scientists recently launched unmanned aerial vehicles from a research vessel in a significant experiment that could help boost the Navy's radar and communications performance at sea. Contact: Peter Vietti
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
PLOS ONERobots strike fear in the hearts of fish The latest in a series of experiments testing the ability of robots to influence live animals shows that bio-inspired robots can not only elicit fear in zebrafish, but that this reaction can be modulated by alcohol. These findings may pave the way for new methodologies for understanding anxiety and other emotions, as well as substances that modulate them.
National Science Foundation, Honors Center of Italian Universities, Mitsui USA Foundation
Contact: Kathleen Hamilton
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Santa's workshop not flooded -- but lots of melting in the Arctic Widespread media reports of a lake at the North Pole don't hold water -- but scientists who deployed the monitoring buoys are watching closely as Arctic sea ice approaches its yearly minimum.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society BCracking how life arose on earth may help clarify where else it might exist A novel and potentially testable theory of how life arose on earth advanced over 25 years ago by Michael Russell, research scientist in planetary chemistry and astrobiology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was further developed in a recent paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B by Russell, Wolfgang Nitschke, team leader at National Center for Scientific Research in Marseille, France; and Elbert Branscomb, an affiliate faculty member at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Contact: Nicholas Vasi
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society BAquatic playground can turn water tanks into fish schools Raising fish in tanks that contain hiding places and other obstacles can make the fish both smarter and improve their chances of survival when they are released into the wild, according to an international team of researchers.
Research Council of Norway
Contact: Matthew Swayne
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