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Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Geoscientists 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
jdpastor@vt.edu
540-231-5646
Virginia Tech
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
 Journal of Experimental Biology
Scientists 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
k.coutts@qmul.ac.uk
Queen Mary, University of London
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
 Science
Arctic 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
science@psu.edu
814-863-4682
Penn State
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Hurricanes, Major Disasters, Coastal Protection & Rapid Recovery in Texas & the Gulf Coast Region
Texas 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
lkmerkl@uh.edu
713-743-8192
University of Houston
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
 Geology
Ancient 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
kgiles@geosociety.org
Geological Society of America
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
onrpublicaffairs@navy.mil
703-696-5031
Office of Naval Research
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
 PLOS ONE
Robots 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
hamilton@poly.edu
718-260-3792
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
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
hickeyh@uw.edu
206-543-2580
University of Washington
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Cracking 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
nvasi@illinois.edu
Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
 Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Aquatic 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
mls29@psu.edu
814-865-9481
Penn State

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