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Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
 Science{DISSERTATION} Small organisms could dramatically impact world's climate Warmer oceans in the future could significantly alter populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major impact on climate change. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} A 'nanoscale landscape' controls flow of surface electrons on a topological insulator Boston College physicists report new insights into the behavior of electrons on the surface of a topological insulator, a class of material with unique properties that challenge some of the oldest laws of physics.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Ed Hayward
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Current Biology{DISSERTATION} Size does matter in sexual selection, at least among beetles The size of genital spines has a measurable effect on sexual success in beetles, according to a recent paper by researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Uppsala University in Sweden.
National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Swedish Research Council
Contact: Greg Hand
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Far from random, evolution follows a predictable genetic pattern, Princeton researchers find Princeton University research suggests that knowledge of a species' genes -- and how certain external conditions affect the proteins encoded by those genes -- could be used to determine a predictable evolutionary pattern driven by outside factors. Scientists could then pinpoint how the diversity of adaptations seen in the natural world developed even in distantly related animals.
Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Morgan Kelly
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Astrophysical Journal Letters{DISSERTATION} For the Milky Way, it's snack time Yale astronomers have caught the Milky Way having a snack. Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, they have discovered a band, or stream, of stars believed to be the remnant of an ancient star cluster slowly being ingested by the Milky Way, Earth's home galaxy.
National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Contact: Eric Gershon
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Cell{DISSERTATION} Antibiotics that only partly block protein machinery allow germs to poison themselves Powerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins -- which may help do them in.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sam Hostettler
Public Release: 24-Oct-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Galaxy halos are produced by orphan stars, findings indicate Isolated stars kicked to the edges of space by violent galaxy mergers may be the cause of mysterious infrared light halos observed across the sky, according to UC Irvine and other astronomers.
National Science Foundation, National Air and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Contact: Janet Wilson
Public Release: 24-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Florida Tech researcher shares in $400,000 NSF grant for drinking water treatment The project, which will explore ways to remove cyanotoxins, or water-soluble toxic compounds produced by blue-green algae, provides $402,800 over three years to test the use of ferrates in the laboratory and the field.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Virender Sharma
Public Release: 24-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} TGen and NAU awarded $2 million NSF grant to study biodiversity link to carbon cycle Potential connections between the biodiversity of soil microorganisms and the carbon cycle will be studied by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) under a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The TGen-NAU project was one of 14 recently awarded a grant by NSF under the Dimensions of Biodiversity program.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Steve Yozwiak
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology{DISSERTATION} Parents look on the bright side of kids' worries Parents consistently overestimate their children's optimism and downplay their worries, according to new research by psychologists at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} High-pressure science gets super-sized The study of materials at extreme conditions took a giant leap forward with the discovery of a way to generate super high pressures without using shock waves whose accompanying heat turns solids to liquid. This discovery will allow scientists for the first time to reach static pressure levels exceeding four million atmospheres, a high-pressure environment where new unique compounds could be formed, materials change their chemical and physical properties, and metals become insulators.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Tona Kunz
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 72nd Annual Meeting Bone{DISSERTATION} Analysis of dinosaur bone cells confirms ancient protein preservation A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the Palo Alto Research Center has found more evidence for the preservation of ancient dinosaur proteins, including reactivity to antibodies that target specific proteins normally found in bone cells of vertebrates. These results further rule out sample contamination, and help solidify the case for preservation of cells -- and possibly DNA -- in ancient remains.
National Science Foundation, Packard Foundation
Contact: Tracey Peake
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Droplet response to electric voltage in solids exposed For the first time, scientists have observed how droplets within solids deform and burst under high electric voltages.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Oxygen's ups and downs in the early atmosphere and ocean A team led by geochemists at the University of California, Riverside challenges the simple notion of an up-only trend for early oxygen on Earth, and provides the first compelling direct evidence for a major drop in oxygen after the gas's first rise. This drop, they say, may have ushered in more than a billion years that were marked by a return to low-oxygen concentrations at Earth's surface, including the likelihood of an oxygen-free deep ocean.
NASA/Exobiology Program, National Science Foundation
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Nature Geoscience{DISSERTATION} Study explains connection between Hawaii's dueling volcanoes A new study by scientists at Rice University, the University of Hawaii, the US Geological Survey and the Carnegie Institution of Washington finds that a deep connection about 50 miles underground can explain the enigmatic behavior of two of Earth's most notable volcanoes, Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Kilauea. The study appears in the November issue of Nature Geoscience.
US Geological Survey, National Science Foundation
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the Royal Society B{DISSERTATION} Twitter principles of social networking increase family success in nesting birds New research carried out by scientists at Universities in Exeter, France and Switzerland reveals for the first time the importance of social networking in producing a successful family. The study found that, regardless of how big and healthy individual chicks are, what really matters to their chances of surviving and breeding is how siblings in the nest interact with each other, with cooperative families faring best.
Natural Environment Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Louise Vennells
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} With new mass spectrometer, researchers can grow knowledge of plants and environmental stress A Kansas State University professor's research analyzing lipids is helping scientists around the world understand plant responses and develop better crops that can withstand environmental stress.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ruth Welti
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Systematic Botany{DISSERTATION} 19 species of ferns named for Lady Gaga Pop music megastar Lady Gaga is being honored with the name of a new genus of ferns found in Central and South America, Mexico, Arizona and Texas. A genus is a group of closely related species; in this case, 19 species of ferns will carry the name Gaga.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Karl Leif Bates
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the Royal Society B{DISSERTATION} Grandmas made humans live longer Computer simulations provide new mathematical support for the "grandmother hypothesis" -- a University of Utah anthropologist's famous theory that humans evolved longer adult lifespans than apes because grandmothers helped feed their grandchildren.
National Science Foundation, Australian Research Council
Contact: Lee J. Siegel
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the Royal Society B{DISSERTATION} Fossil study helps pinpoint extinction risks for ocean animals What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction? An analysis of roughly 500 million years of fossil data for marine invertebrates reveals that ocean animals with small ranges have been consistently hard hit, whereas population size has little effect. This means that reductions in range size -- such as when a species' habitat is destroyed or degraded -- could mean a big increase in long-term extinction risk, even when remaining populations are large, the authors say.
US National Science Foundation
Contact: Robin Ann Smith
Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} The Generation X report Less than half of Generation X adults can identify our home in the universe, a spiral galaxy, according to a University of Michigan report.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diane Swanbrow
Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
Gender & Society{DISSERTATION} Gender discrimination a reason why females choose careers outside the hard sciences Both male and female scientists view gender discrimination as a major reason women choose to pursue careers in biology rather than physics, according to new research from Rice University.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jeff Falk
Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Climate variability and conflict risk in East Africa measured by Boulder team While a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows the risk of human conflict in East Africa increases somewhat with hotter temperatures and drops a bit with higher precipitation, it concludes that socioeconomic, political and geographic factors play a much more substantial role than climate change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: John O'Loughlin
Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Using big data to save lives Computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside are working with a doctor at Children's Hospital Los Angeles to mine data collected from pediatric intensive care units in hopes of helping doctors treat children and cutting health care costs.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sean Nealon
Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
ACS Nano{DISSERTATION} New design could improve condenser performance MIT researchers find that lubricated, nanotextured surfaces improved performance of condensers in power and desalination plants.
National Science Foundation, Masdar-MITEI, MIT Deshpande Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Dupont-MIT Alliance
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
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