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Public Release: 2-Aug-2013
 Chemical CommunicationsCobalt replacements make solar cells more sustainable Researchers at the University of Basel have successfully replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt, taking a step forward in the development of environmentally friendly energy production. The journal Chemical Communications has published the results of these so-called Cu-Co cells. 
European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Basel
Contact: Reto Caluori
Public Release: 2-Aug-2013
Nature CommunicationsResearchers create 'soft robotic' devices using water-based gels Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. The technique holds promise for use in "soft robotics" and biomedical applications.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Mick Kulikowski
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
PLOS GeneticsGenetics: More than merely a mutated gene If two women have the same genetic mutation that puts them at higher-than-average risk for a disease such as breast cancer, why does only one develop the disease?
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Cell ReportsNovel drug shuts down master protein key to lymphoma Researchers have discovered how an experimental drug is capable of completely eradicating human lymphoma in mice after just five doses. The study, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, sets the stage for testing the drug in clinical trials of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, itself the seventh most frequently diagnosed cancer in the US.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Science Foundation, Chemotherapy Foundation
Contact: John Rodgers
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Nature Climate ChangeUCI-led team develops more accurate model of climate change's effect on soil Scientists from UC Irvine and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have developed a new computer model to measure global warming's effect on soil worldwide that accounts for how bacteria and fungi in soil control carbon.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Andrea Burgess
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
NatureAdvance in regenerative medicine could make reprogrammed cells safer while improving their function The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding by a team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College has the potential to improve both the safety and performance of reprogrammed cells.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: John Rodgers
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
ScienceCool heads likely won't prevail in a hotter, wetter world Researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Berkeley report that even slight spikes in temperature and precipitation greatly increase the risk of personal and civil violence, and suggest that more human conflict is a likely outcome of climate change.
Princeton University Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program, University of California Berkeley Oxfam Faculty Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics
Contact: Morgan Kelly
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
ScienceThe when and where of the Y: Research on Y chromosomes finds new clues about human ancestry Using advanced analysis of DNA from Y chromosomes from men all over the world, scientists have shed new light on the mystery of when and how a few early human ancestors started to give rise to the incredible diversity of today's population.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Kara Gavin
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
UT Austin research will help cities rebuild after earthquakes The Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin is helping New Zealand rebuild on earthquake-prone land. UT Austin research will be used to help 20,000 New Zealand homes rebuild after a string of earthquakes shook the region of Canterbury in 2011.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sandra Zaragoza
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
ScienceCU-Boulder team develops new water splitting technique that could produce hydrogen fuel A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green fuel.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Alan Weimer
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Nature Communications'Evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean' Two Michigan State University evolutionary biologists offer new evidence that evolution doesn't favor the selfish, disproving a theory popularized in 2012. "We found evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean," said lead author Christoph Adami, MSU professor of microbiology and molecular genetics. "For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn't evolutionarily sustainable."
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
ScienceAs climate, disease links become clearer, study highlights need to forecast future shifts Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with serious impacts to human health and biodiversity conservation. Writing in the journal Science, they propose that modeling the way disease systems respond to climate variables could help public health officials and environmental managers predict and mitigate the spread of lethal diseases.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sonia Altizer
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Nature CommunicationsNice organisms finish first: Why cooperators always win in the long run Leading physicists last year turned game theory on its head by giving selfish players a sure bet to beat cooperative players. Now two evolutionary biologists at Michigan State University offer new evidence that the selfish will die out in the long run.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Val Osowski
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
PLOS GeneticsGenetic background check may explain why mutations produce different results Two women have the same genetic mutation -- an abnormal BRCA1 gene that puts them both at much higher-than-average risk for breast cancer -- but only one woman develops the disease. Why? Michigan State University genetic scientists have begun to understand the mechanisms behind the phenomena.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Val Osowski
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Nature CommunicationsFly study finds 2 new drivers of RNA editing A new study in Nature Communications finds that RNA editing is not only regulated by sequences and structures near the editing sites but also by ones found much farther away. One newly discovered structure gives an editing enzyme an alternate docking site. The other appears to throttle competing splicing activity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Orenstein
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
Improving heat removal qualities of graphene Three Bourns College of Engineering professors at the University of California, Riverside, have received a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further study the thermal properties of graphene, which is expected to lead to new approaches for the removal of heat from advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sean Nealon
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Man-made quakes could lead to safer, sturdier buildings Earthquakes never occur when you need one, so a team led by Johns Hopkins structural engineers is shaking up a building themselves in the name of science and safety. Using massive moving platforms and an array of sensors and cameras, the researchers are trying to find out how well a two-story building made of cold-formed steel can stand up to a lab-generated Southern California quake.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Phil Sneiderman
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
American Journal of Human GeneticsPenn: New variants at gene linked to kidney disease, sleeping sickness resistance A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers involves a classic case of evolution's fickle nature: a genetic mutation that protects against a potentially fatal infectious disease also appears to increase the risk of developing a chronic, debilitating condition.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Katherine Unger Baillie
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesBerkeley Lab researchers discover universal law for light absorption in 2D semiconductors Berkeley Lab researchers have demonstrated a universal law of light absorption for 2D semiconductors. This discovery not only provides new insight into the optical properties of 2D semiconductors and quantum wells, it should also open doors to exotic new optoelectronic and photonic technologies.
US Department of Energy Office of Science, National Science Foundation
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Journal of the American Chemical SocietyOregon lab changes game for synthesizing new materials University of Oregon chemist David C. Johnson likens his lab's newly published accomplishments to combining two flavors of ice cream and churning out thousands of flavors to appeal to any taste bud. In reality, he is referring to his method of synthesizing thousands of new compounds with ultra low thermal conductivity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jim Barlow
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: 31-Jul-2013
Nature'Highway from hell' fueled Costa Rican volcano In a new study in the journal Nature, scientists suggest that the 1960s eruption of Costa Rica's largest stratovolcano was triggered by magma rising from the mantle over a few short months, rather than thousands of years or more, as many scientists have thought.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kim Martineau
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
NatureBird brains predate birds themselves New research provides evidence that dinosaurs evolved the brainpower necessary for flight well before they actually took to the air as birds. Based on computed tomographic scans, the study, published today in Nature, takes a comprehensive look at the so-called "bird brain," revealing that at least a few non-avian dinosaurs had brains that were as large or larger than that of one of the earliest known birds, Archaeopteryx.
National Science Foundation, Columbia University
Contact: Kendra Snyder
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