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Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
{DISSERTATION} Scientists launch international study of open-fire cooking and air quality Expanding its focus on the link between the atmosphere and human health, NCAR is launching a three-year, international study into the impact of open-fire cooking on regional air quality and disease. The broad research team will analyze the effects of smoke from traditional cooking on households, villages, and entire regions. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Hosansky
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
 Science{DISSERTATION} Sitting still or going hunting: Which works better? If you're a microbe floating in the ocean, there's no single best strategy for getting food, MIT research shows.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Science Translational Medicine{DISSERTATION} Computational medicine enhances way doctors detect, treat disease Computational medicine, a fast-growing method of using computer models and sophisticated software to figure out how disease develops -- and how to thwart it -- has begun to leap off the drawing board and land in the hands of doctors who treat patients for heart ailments, cancer and other illnesses.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Phil Sneiderman
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
{DISSERTATION} WSU researcher to study ecology of antibiotic resistance Doug Call wants look at the ecological and socioeconomic factors behind antibiotic resistance, from the genes of bacteria to the landscapes they live in to the pathways by which they travel through people and animals. A molecular epidemiologist in Washington State University's Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Call has received nearly $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation to conduct research in 30 villages across three ecological zones of the greater Serengeti ecosystem of Tanzania.
National Science Foundation, Jan and Jack Creighton, Caroline Engle Professorship
Contact: Doug Call
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Journal of Clinical Investigation{DISSERTATION} Congenital diarrheal disorder linked to a mutation in DGAT1 In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Robert Farese and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, identified a family with two of three children affected by CDD.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Gladstone Institutes, Pediatric IBD Foundation, Martin Schlaff
Contact: Jillian Hurst
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Assembly not required Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles self-assemble in patterns that were previously impossible to make. They hold promise for manufacturing advanced optical materials and ceramics.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michael Patrick Rutter
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting{DISSERTATION} Biofuel breakthrough: Quick cook method turns algae into oil It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an unprecedented 65 percent of the green slime into biocrude.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} OU research team developing robotic devices to aid infants with cerebral palsy Learning to crawl comes naturally for most infants, but those with cerebral palsy lack the muscle strength and coordination to perform the 25 individual movements required for crawling. With a $1.135 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation's National Robotics Initiative, University of Oklahoma researchers from the Norman and Health Sciences Center campuses are combining robotics, machine learning and brain imaging to assist infants with CP with the challenging, life-altering skill.
National Science Foundation National Robotics Initiative
Contact: Jana Smith
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Exhaustive family tree for birds shows recent, rapid diversification A Yale-led scientific team has produced the most comprehensive family tree for birds to date, connecting all living bird species -- nearly 10,000 in total -- and revealing surprising new details about their evolutionary history and its geographic context.
National Science Foundation, National Air and Space Administration, Natural Environment Research Council
Contact: Eric Gershon
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
PLOS One{DISSERTATION} When people worry about math, the brain feels the pain Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain, according to new research at the University of Chicago. Using brain scans, scholars determined that the brain areas active when highly math-anxious people prepare to do math overlap with the same brain areas that register the threat of bodily harm--and in some cases, physical pain.
National Science Foundation, Department of Education
Contact: William Harms
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Unexpected factor contributes to melanoma risk in red-haired, fair-skinned individuals The established elevated risk of melanoma among people with red hair and fair skin may be caused by more than just a lack of natural protection against ultraviolet radiation. In an article receiving Advance Online Publication in Nature, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report finding that the type of skin pigment predominantly found in red-haired, fair-skinned individuals may itself contribute to the development of melanoma.
National Institutes of Health, Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Melanoma Research Alliance
Contact: Katie Marquedant
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Tabletop fault model reveals why some quakes result in faster shaking A new UC Berkeley study reveals that the more time an earthquake fault has to heal, the faster the shake it will produce when it finally ruptures. Because the rapidity and strength of the shaking are what causes damage to major structures, the new findings could help engineers better assess the vulnerabilities of buildings, bridges and roads. They also showed that a lab model of a fault can provide important information for natural faults.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah Yang
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} RIT receives $3.2 million award from the NSF to advance female faculty Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology were awarded $3.2 million from the National Science Foundation for the project, "CONNECT: Increasing the Representation and Advancement of Women Faculty at RIT."
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michelle Cometa
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Why urban dwellers should care about climate change Though climate change is often perceived as a phenomenon affecting remote polar territories, urban hot pockets such as Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, are also experiencing environmental changes affecting energy, transportation, water, and public health systems. To raise awareness about climate change in cities, a network of educational organizations, including the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Museum of Natural History, has created the Climate and Urban Systems Partnership with the help of a $5 million National Science Foundation grant.
National Science Foundation
Contact: B. Rose Huber
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnolgy{DISSERTATION} Low-resistance connections facilitate multi-walled carbon nanotubes for interconnects Using a new method for precisely controlling the deposition of carbon, researchers have demonstrated a technique for connecting multi-walled carbon nanotubes to the metallic pads of integrated circuits without the high interface resistance produced by traditional fabrication techniques.
Semiconductor Research Corporation, National Science Foundation
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
Biomedical Optics Express{DISSERTATION} Finding triggers of birth defects in an embryo heart Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to create three-dimensional maps of the stress that circulating blood places on the developing heart in an animal model – a key to understanding triggers of heart defects. The team has begun testing the technology to uncover how alcohol, drugs and other factors set off events that result in malformations.
National Institutes of Health, Ohio Wright Center of Innovation and Biomedical Research and Technology Transfer award
Contact: Kevin Mayhood
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering{DISSERTATION} New tool aims to ensure software security policies reflect user needs Researchers from North Carolina State University and IBM Research have developed a new natural language processing tool that businesses or other customers can use to ensure that software developers have a clear idea of the security policies to be incorporated into new software products.
National Science Foundation, US Army Research Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Security Agency
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
Child Development{DISSERTATION} Homelessness, high mobility threaten children's achievement Children who are homeless or move frequently have chronically lower math and reading skills than other low-income students who don't move as much. That's the finding of a new longitudinal study on children's risk and resilience that looks at more than 26,000 students in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Researchers used administrative data (such as test scores, attendance, and eligibility for free and reduced-price meals), comparing students identified as homeless or highly mobile to other students.
University of Minnesota, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences
Contact: Sarah Mancoll
Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF study to examine effectiveness of new AP science curriculum The National Science Foundation has awarded Associate Professor Mark Long of the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington a $2.6 million, four-year study of redesigned Advanced Placement science courses. The study will be done in collaboration with Dylan Conger of the George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and Raymond McGhee Jr. of SRI International.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ellen Whitlock Baker
Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
ACS Nano{DISSERTATION} How silver turns people blue Researchers from Brown University have shown for the first time how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria, a rare condition in which patients' skin turns a striking shade of grayish blue.
National Science Foundation, Superfund Research Program of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Contact: Kevin Stacey
Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
European Physical Journal E{DISSERTATION} Enigmatic nematics Physicists use hydrodynamics to understand the physical mechanism responsible for changes in the long-range order of groups of particles. Particularly, Aparna Baskaran of Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA, and Cristina Marchetti of Syracuse University, New York, USA, focused on ordered groups of elongated self-propelled particles. They studied the breakdown of long-range order due to fluctuations that render them unstable and give rise to complex structures, in a study about to be published in EPJ E.
National Science Foundation, Brandeis-MRSEC
Contact: Ann Koebler
Public Release: 28-Oct-2012
Nature Climate Change{DISSERTATION} Uncertainty of future South Pacific Island rainfall explained With greenhouse warming, rainfall in the South Pacific islands will depend on two competing effects -- an increase due to overall warming and a decrease due to changes in atmospheric water transport -- according to a study published in the 28 October online issue of Nature Climate Change by an international team of scientists. In the South Pacific these two effects sometimes cancel each other out, resulting in highly uncertain rainfall projections.
Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, International Pacific Research Center
Contact: Gisela Speidel
Public Release: 27-Oct-2012
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Study of 20,000 jumps shows how a hopping robot could conserve its energy A new study shows that jumping can be much more complicated than it might seem. In research that could extend the range of future rescue and exploration robots, scientists have found that hopping robots could dramatically reduce the amount of energy they use by adopting a unique two-part "stutter jump."
Army Research Laboratory, Army Research Office, National Science Foundation
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} SDSU researchers to study China's national treasure A $1.3 Million NSF award will send an SDSU-led research team to China to improve understanding and education of payments for ecosystem services.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Natalia Van Stralen
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Human Factors Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting{DISSERTATION} Robots in the home: Will older adults roll out the welcome mat? In a Georgia Tech study, older adults indicated that they would generally prefer robotic help over human help for chores such as cleaning the kitchen, doing laundry and taking out the trash. But when it came to help getting dressed, eating and bathing, the adults tended to say they would prefer human assistance over robot assistance. They also preferred human help for social activities, such as calling family and friends or entertaining guests.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Jason Maderer
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