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Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
 eLife{DISSERTATION} Computer modeling technique goes viral at Brandeis Sophisticated computational models and advances in graphical processing units are helping scientists understand the complex interplay between genomic data, virus structure and the formation of the virus' outer "shell" -- critical for replication. "We hope that some of what we are finding will help researchers alter virus assembly, leaving viruses unable to replicate," says postdoctoral fellow Jason Perlmutter, first author of the scientific paper describing the technique, published in the open-access journal eLife. 
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Ellen de Graffenreid
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} Academics earn street cred with TED Talks but no points from peers, IU research shows TED Talks, the most popular conference and events website in the world with over 1 billion informational videos viewed, provides academics with increased popular exposure but does nothing to boost citations of their work by peers, new research led by Indiana University has found.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Steve Chaplin
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Advanced Materials{DISSERTATION} Printing tiny batteries Three-dimensional printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Dan Ferber
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Water Resources Research{DISSERTATION} Small dam construction to reduce greenhouse emissions is causing ecosystem disruption Researchers conclude in a new report that a global push for small hydropower projects, supported by various nations and also the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, may cause unanticipated and potentially significant losses of habitat and biodiversity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Desiree Tullos
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
{DISSERTATION} Wayne State welcomes undergraduates from around the US for physics research experience On June 6, professors in Wayne State University's Department of Physics kicked off WSU's only National Science Foundation-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program. This program aims to give undergraduates an opportunity to do cutting-edge research in astrophysics, and in particle and nuclear physics.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Julie O'Connor
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
Journal of Physiology{DISSERTATION} Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Matthew Solovey
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Study finds the sweet spot -- and the screw-ups -- that make or break environmental collective actions Sustainability programs are a Goldilocks proposition -- some groups are too big, some are too small, and the environment benefits when the size of a group of people working to save it is just right. Scientists at Michigan State University have found a sweet spot -- a group size at which the action is most effective. More importantly, the work revealed how behaviors of group members can pull bad policy up or drag good policy down.
National Science Foundation, NASA
Contact: Sue Nichols
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Submarine springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion, according to a new study of corals growing where submarine springs naturally lower the pH of seawater. The study is the first to show that corals are not able to fully acclimate to low pH conditions in nature.
National Science Foundation, UC-MEXUS
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 16-Jun-2013
Nature Chemistry{DISSERTATION} IU chemists produce star-shaped macromolecule that grabs large anions Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences. The molecule, which the researchers call cyanostar, was developed in the lab of Amar Flood, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Steve Hinnefeld
Public Release: 16-Jun-2013
Nature Geoscience{DISSERTATION} Noble gases hitch a ride on hydrous minerals The six noble gases do not normally dissolve into minerals, leaving earth scientists to wonder how they are recycled back into the Earth. Now, researchers at Brown have discovered that the lattice structure of minerals such as amphibole is actually quite capable of dissolving noble gases. Understanding how noble gases cycle from deep within the Earth to the atmosphere and back could help scientists track the cycling of other volatiles like water and carbon.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kevin Stacey
Public Release: 15-Jun-2013
BioScience{DISSERTATION} Teaching complete evolutionary stories increases learning Evolution is often thought to be a difficult subject to teach. A novel teaching approach in which undergraduates studied two integrative evolutionary scenarios all the way from the molecular level via the genetic and organismal levels to the population level improved the students' ability to explain and describe evolutionary principles. The results suggest that wider use of such integrated accounts in teaching could improve students' comprehension of evolution.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Beardsley
Public Release: 14-Jun-2013
{DISSERTATION} OU researchers collaborate on $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant University of Oklahoma researchers will collaborate with researchers from Oklahoma State University, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the University of Tulsa to advance understanding of how socio-ecological systems can adapt sustainability to increased climate change and variability in the state.
National Science Foundation/EPSCoR
Contact: Jana Smith
Public Release: 14-Jun-2013
Astrophysical Journal{DISSERTATION} Researchers solve mystery of X-ray light from black holes Astrophysicists using high-powered computer simulartions demonstrate that gas spiraling toward a black hole inevitably results in X-ray emissions.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Latarsha Gatlin
Public Release: 14-Jun-2013
Astrophysical Journal{DISSERTATION} NASA-led study explains decades of black hole observations A new study by astronomers at NASA, Johns Hopkins University and Rochester Institute of Technology confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Susan Gawlowicz
Public Release: 14-Jun-2013
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} Penn Researchers design variant of main painkiller receptor An interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a variant of the mu opioid receptor that has several advantages when it comes to experimentation. This variant can be grown in large quantities in bacteria and is also water-soluble, enabling experiments and applications that had previously been very challenging or impossible.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, Groff Foundation
Contact: Evan Lerner
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
Journal of the Americal Chemical Society{DISSERTATION} Nanoparticle opens the door to clean-energy alternatives Cheaper clean-energy technologies could be made possible thanks to a new discovery. An important chemical reaction that generates hydrogen from water is effectively triggered -- or catalyzed -- by a nanoparticle composed of nickel and phosphorus, two inexpensive elements that are abundant on Earth. The research team is led by Raymond Schaak, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
Applied and Environmental Microbiology{DISSERTATION} Dangerous strains of E. coli may linger longer in water than benign counterparts, study finds A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study finds. The research may help explain why water quality tests don't always accurately capture health risks for swimmers.
National Science Foundation, Mercyhurst University
Contact: Charlotte Hsu
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} DNA brings materials to life DNA-coated colloids have been used to create novel self-assembling materials in a breakthrough experiment by EPFL and University of Cambridge scientists.
Swiss National Science Foundation, Marie Curie Initial Training Network Grant, and others
Contact: Nik Papageorgiou
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
ACS Nano{DISSERTATION} Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a method for creating "nano-volcanoes" by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale "crystal ball" made of a synthetic polymer. These nano-volcanoes can store precise amounts of other materials and hold promise for new drug-delivery technologies.
NASA, National Science Foundation
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} 'Tailing' spiny lobster larvae to protect them In a new study of spiny lobsters scientists from the University of Miami and Old Dominion studied the larval dispersal of this species in the Caribbean. The goal of the study was to describe the sources, sinks, and routes connecting the Caribbean spiny lobster metapopulation. The results led the team to propose marine resource management strategies that incorporate larval connectivity and "larval lobster credits" to sustain and rebuild exploited marine populations.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
Journal of the American Chemical Society{DISSERTATION} 'Self-cleaning' pollution-control technology could do more harm than good, study suggests Research by Indiana University environmental scientists shows that air-pollution-removal technology used in "self-cleaning" paints and building surfaces may actually cause more problems than they solve. The study finds that titanium dioxide coatings, seen as promising for their role in breaking down airborne pollutants on contact, are likely in real-world conditions to convert abundant ammonia to nitrogen oxide, the key precursor of harmful ozone pollution.
National Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation
Contact: Steve Hinnefeld
Public Release: 13-Jun-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} Study: Context crucial when it comes to mutations in genetic evolution New research led by evolutionary biologist Jay Storz of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has found that whether a given mutation is good or bad is often determined by other mutations associated with it. In other words, genetic evolution is context-dependent.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Jay Storz
Public Release: 12-Jun-2013
Nature{DISSERTATION} Life underground Genetic research published June 12 in Nature by scientists from the University of Delaware and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reveals active bacteria, fungi and other microbes living in 5 million-year-old ocean sediment.
National Science Foundation, Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations
Contact: Andrea Boyle Tippett
Public Release: 12-Jun-2013
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Questions rise about seeding for ocean C02 sequestration A study suggests that iron fertilization, the process of putting iron into the ocean to encourage the growth of C02 capturing alga blooms, could backfire.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Tona Kunz
Public Release: 12-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society B{DISSERTATION} Research shows male guppies reproduce even after death Performing experiments in a river in Trinidad, evolutionary biologist David Reznick at the University of California, Riverside and colleagues have found that male guppies -- small freshwater fish -- continue to reproduce for at least ten months after they die, living on as stored sperm in females, who have much longer lifespans than males. While it is well known that guppies store sperm, Reznick and his team had never before thought of the extent of the storage.
National Science Foundation, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
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