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Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} University of Oklahoma leads effort to advance ecological forecasting With a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Oklahoma researchers will lead the effort to develop cyberCommons -- an information "commons" or cafeteria where others can obtain electronic real-time data or forecasts similar to those produced for weather. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jana Smith
Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} $3 million NSF grant teams CCNY, U. of Chicago to define new field It is not often that a group of scientists get to define a field of study. But, that is what Dr. Jeffrey Morris, professor of chemical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York, and colleagues at CCNY and the University of Chicago are attempting to do.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ellis Simon
Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
 Nature Nanotechnology{DISSERTATION} University of Cincinnati researchers create all-electric spintronics Scientists have always attempted to develop spin transistors by incorporating local ferromagnets into device architectures. A far better and practical way to manipulate the orientation of an electron's spin would be by using purely electrical means. A team of researchers led by the University of Cincinnati's Philippe Debray and Marc Cahay is the first to find an innovative and novel way to control an electron's spin orientation using purely electrical means.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Wendy Beckman
Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
PLoS Biology{DISSERTATION} Scientists are first to observe the global motions of an enzyme copying DNA Scientists here have identified how the motions of an enzyme are related to correctly copying genetic instructions, setting the stage for studies that can uncover what happens when DNA copying mistakes are made. Perpetuation of DNA mistakes can cause mutations that lead to cancer and other diseases.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association
Contact: Zucai Suo
Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
BMC Biology{DISSERTATION} When ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression in Argentine ants Researchers have identified and synthesized the chemical cues by which Argentine ants distinguish colony-mates from rivals. By exploiting these chemicals, researchers have demonstrated that normally friendly Argentine ants can turn against each other and fight.
US Department of Agriculture,California Structural Pest Control Board, University of Chicago, National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah Yang
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
International Symposium on Terminus Lakes: Preserving Endangered Lakes through Research{DISSERTATION} National hydrological measurement facility funded by NSF As part of an $890,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Nevada -- Reno researcher and faculty member Scott Tyler will be developing a national community-user facility for environmental sensing to make state-of-the-art fiber-optic distributed temperature instrumentation and equipment available to researchers throughout the country.
National Science foundation
Contact: Mike Wolterbeek
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} UC Davis researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmits West Nile virus and other life-threatening diseases. The groundbreaking research, published this week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, explains why mosquitoes shifted hosts from birds to humans and paves the way for key developments in mosquito and disease control.
National Institutes of Health, Bedoukian Research, National Science Foundation
Contact: Patricia Bailey
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} Professors receive $4.6 million to study impact of climate change on potential biofuel source Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have received a $4.6 million grant to explore how switchgrass, a native prairie grass and promising source of biofuel, will fare under future climate change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
Geology{DISSERTATION} Volcanoes played pivotal role in ancient ice age, mass extinction Researchers here have discovered the pivotal role that volcanoes played in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago. Perhaps ironically, these volcanoes first caused global warming -- by releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. When they stopped erupting, Earth's climate was thrown off balance, and the ice age began.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Matthew Saltzman
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} Iowa State researchers study materials, combustion, cancer with new 'T-ray' instrument Iowa State University researchers are beginning to work with a new $500,000 terahertz ray instrument that provides a new way to measure and characterize materials. The instrument should produce useful data for the automotive, aviation, food, energy, materials, pharmaceuticals, medical, forensics, defense and homeland security fields.
National Science Foundation
Contact: R. Bruce Thompson
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF grant supports Rutgers-Camden program for science majors Contrary to a national trend, more and more students at Rutgers University-Camden are signing up to major in math and science. Thanks to a $307,277 grant from the National Science Foundation, these (and future) students in the sciences at Rutgers-Camden will receive unprecedented support throughout their undergraduate years to the successful completion of their degrees.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cathy Donovan
Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Mushrooms, water-repellants more similar than you might think The same phenomenon that occurs when it's time for certain mushrooms to eject spores also occurs when dew droplets skitter across a surface that is highly water repellant.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 25-Oct-2009
Nature Photonics{DISSERTATION} Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Asia Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Australian Research Council, National Science Foundation
Contact: Hannah Johnson
Public Release: 23-Oct-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} Caltech scientists first to trap light and sound vibrations together in nanocrystal Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the same tiny space. "This is a whole new concept," notes Oskar Painter, associate professor of applied physics at Caltech. Painter is the principal investigator on the paper describing the work, which was published in the online edition of the journal Nature.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation
Contact: Lori Oliwenstein
Public Release: 23-Oct-2009
Nano Letters{DISSERTATION} Penn study: Transforming nanowires into nano-tools using cation exchange reactions A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale structures that are not possible to grow or obtain otherwise.
National Science Foundation, Penn Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Contact: Jordan Reese
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
World Journal of Gastroenterology{DISSERTATION} How does emodin protect rat liver from fibrogenesis? A research team from China investigated the role of emodin in protecting the liver against fibrogenesis caused by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in rats and further explored the underlying mechanisms. They found that emodin protects the rat liver from CCl4-induced fibrogenesis by inhibiting hepatic stellate cell activation.
National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China, Qiqihar Foundation for Development of Science and Technology
Contact: Ye-Ru Wang
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Caltech scientists solve decade-long mystery of nanopillar formations Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale pillars can be grown on polymer films with very high precision, in potentially limitless patterns. This nanofluidic process could someday replace conventional lithographic patterning techniques now used to build three-dimensional nano- and microscale structures for use in optical, photonic and biofluidic devices.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kathy Svitil
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
Geological Society of America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition{DISSERTATION} Ethiopia's climate 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil Thirty million years ago, Ethiopia had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than it does today, according to new research of fossil soils found in that central African nation. Neil J. Tabor, associate professor of earth sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and an expert in sedimentology and isotope geochemistry, calculated past climate using oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in minerals from fossil soils discovered in the highlands of northwest Ethiopia.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kim Cobb
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF awards 'Life in Transition' grants to University of Oklahoma professors The connection among living systems and Earth's history is the focus of National Science Foundation grants awarded to University of Oklahoma zoology professor Lawrence Weider and botany and microbiology research assistant professor Amy V. Callaghan.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jana Smith
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
Science Express{DISSERTATION} Team led by Scripps Research and UC San Diego scientists reveals secrets of drought resistance A team of biologists in California led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, has solved the structure of a critical molecule that helps plants survive during droughts. Understanding the inner workings of this molecule may help scientists design new ways to protect crops against prolonged dry periods, potentially improving crop yields worldwide, aiding biofuels production on marginal lands and mitigating drought's human and economic costs.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
Contact: Keith McKeown
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} RIT scientist shines laser light on methane in pursuit of clean fuel Rochester Institute of Technology professor Roger Dube is exploring a novel technique using laser light that could someday convert methane to liquid fuel and prevent the potent greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Susan Gawlowicz
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF awards Wetzel and Lechler $144,000 for 2-year information security management study The Division of Information & Intelligent Systems of the National Science Foundation has awarded a two-year grant totaling $144,038 to two Stevens Institute of Technology researchers from different disciplines to study advanced problems of managing information security in an age of massive concentrations of sensitive private information and sophisticated mining and cross-referencing of personal data.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Patrick A. Berzinski
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} Carnegie Mellon's Rohit Negi receives government stimulus funds Carnegie Mellon University's Rohit Negi has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop monitoring tools for predicting problems with power grid.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Chriss Swaney
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
Environmental Science & Technology{DISSERTATION} The white stuff: Marine lab team seeks to understand coral bleaching With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging scans, researchers from six institutions -- including the National Institute of Standards and Technology -- working at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, S.C., are studying the metabolic activity of a pathogen shown to cause coral bleaching, a serious threat to undersea reef ecosystems worldwide.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, South Carolina Sea Grant
Contact: Michael E. Newman
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
Science{DISSERTATION} Color differences within and between species have common genetic origin Spend a little time people-watching at the beach and you're bound to notice differences in the amount, thickness and color of people's body hair. Then head to the zoo and compare people to chimps, our closest living relatives.
National Science Foundation, Margaret and Herman Sokol Endowment for Faculty and Graduate Student Research
Contact: Nancy Ross-Flanigan
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