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Public Release: 8-Oct-2012
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Gladstone scientists discover gene 'bursting' plays key role in protein production Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have mapped the precise frequency by which genes get turned on across the human genome, providing new insight into the most fundamental of cellular processes--and revealing new clues as to what happens when this process goes awry. 
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, US Deptartment of Energy, Pew Scholars Program, Alfred P. Sloane Foundation
Contact: Anne Holden
Public Release: 7-Oct-2012
Nature Neuroscience{DISSERTATION} UCLA researchers discover that the sleeping brain behaves as if it's remembering something CLA researchers have for the first time measured the activity of a brain region known to be involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer's disease during sleep. They discovered that this part of the brain behaves as if it's remembering something, even under anesthesia.
Whitehall Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Kim Irwin
Public Release: 5-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} University of Houston engineering professor wins NSF CAREER grant A sixth junior faculty member in the University of Houston's engineering school has received a prestigious NSF CAREER grant.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Laura Tolley
Public Release: 5-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Wayne State receives NSF funding to improve patient-centered medical home models Kai Yang, Ph.D., professor of industrial and systems engineering in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University, has received a collaborative research grant from the National Science Foundation for the project, "An Allocation Model with Dynamic Updates for Balanced Workload Distribution on Patient-Centered Medical Homes."
National Science Foundation
Contact: Julie O'Connor
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Researchers find ancient carbon resurfacing in lakes A new study reveals that a significant amount of carbon released into the atmosphere from lakes and rivers in Southern Québec, Canada, is very old -- approximately 1,000 to 3,000 years old -- challenging the current models of long-term carbon storage in lakes and rivers.
National Science Foundation, National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Contact: Sathya Achia Abraham
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} TMT will take discoveries of stars orbiting the Milky Way's monster black hole to the next level Researchers have discovered a star that whips around the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy in record time, completing an orbit every 11.5 years. The finding, appearing today in the journal Science, points ahead to groundbreaking experiments involving Einstein's general theory of relativity. Those tests will be fully enabled by the Thirty Meter Telescope, slated to begin observations next decade.
National Science Foundation, Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation
Contact: Gordon Squires
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Duck-bill dinosaurs had plant-pulverizing teeth more advanced than horses A team of paleontologists and engineers has found that duck-billed dinosaurs had an amazing capacity to chew tough and abrasive plants with grinding teeth more complex than those of cows, horses, and other well-known modern grazers. Their study, which is published today in the journal Science, is the first to recover material properties from fossilized teeth.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kendra Snyder
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Fox squirrels show long-term investment savvy when hoarding nuts Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are gathering evidence this fall that the feisty fox squirrels scampering around campus are not just mindlessly foraging for food, but engaging in a long-term savings strategy. Humans could learn something about padding their nest eggs from squirrels' diversification efforts. Of course, with squirrels, it's not about money, but about nuts.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Yasmin Anwar
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
Journal of Parasitology{DISSERTATION} VIMS researchers unravel life cycle of blue-crab parasite Professor Jeff Shields and colleagues at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have succeeded in their 15-year effort to unravel the life history of Hematodinium, a single-celled parasite that afflicts blue crabs and is of growing concern to aquaculture operations and wild fisheries around the world.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Malmquist
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Insects shape the genetic landscape through plant defenses In a new study involving aphids and the broccoli-like research plant Arabidopsis thaliana, scientists offer the first measurable evidence that plant-eating insects influence the genetic variation of their host plants through the plant's natural defense mechanisms.
University of Zurich, Swiss National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Patricia Bailey
Public Release: 4-Oct-2012
PLOS Genetics{DISSERTATION} Dating encounters between modern humans and Neandertals To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, Harvard and Max Planck Institute scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, provides a historical context for the interbreeding. It suggests that it occurred when modern humans carrying Upper Paleolithic technologies encountered Neandertals as they expanded out of Africa.
Presidential Innovation Fund of the Max Planck Society, Krekeler Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Dr. Sriram Sankararaman
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF awards $11.9 million for Sustainable Climate Risk Management An interdisciplinary team of scholars has received an $11.9 million award from the National Science Foundation to support the establishment of a institution research network on Sustainable Climate Risk Management strategies. Part of the NSF's Sustainability Research Networks initiative, the network is centered at Penn State and spans nine additional US universities and research institutes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kelly Henry
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Virginia Tech to tackle the 'Big Data' challenges of next-generation sequencing with HokieSpeed The National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health today announced nearly $15 million in new big data fundamental research projects. Among the awards is a $2 million grant to Iowa State, Virginia Tech, and Stanford University to develop high-performance computing techniques on massively parallel heterogeneous computing resources for large-scale data analytics.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Lynn Nystrom
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Brown University awarded $1.5 million for new Big Data tools Computer scientists from Brown University have been awarded $1.5 million to develop new computer algorithms and statistical methods to analyze large, complex datasets. Funding for the project comes from a joint initiative of the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health aimed at supporting fundamental research on Big Data.
National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health
Contact: Kevin Stacey
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} National Science Foundation awards Rutgers $1.4 million to help create ways to analyze 'big data' The National Science Foundation has awarded two Rutgers researchers nearly $1.4 million as part of an initiative to extract useful information from so-called "big data" -- massive collections of data from sources such as scientific instruments, digital images, social media streams and business transactions. The grants are part of NSF's $15 million worth of funding announced today. Both are for collaborative research with other universities.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Carl Blesch
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Iowa State researchers developing 'BIGDATA' toolbox to help genome researchers The latest DNA sequencing technology is burying researchers in trillions of bytes of data. Iowa State's Srinivas Aluru is leading an effort to develop high performance computing tools that will help researchers analyze all that data. The work is supported by a $2 million grant from the BIGDATA program of the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Srinivas Aluru
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments{DISSERTATION} Home-based assessment tool for dementia screening Georgia Tech researchers have created a tool that allows adults to screen themselves for early signs of dementia. The home-based computer software is patterned after the paper-and-pencil Clock Drawing Test, one of health care's most commonly used screening exams for cognitive impairment.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jason Maderer
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
Geology{DISSERTATION} The brief but violent life of monogenetic volcanoes A new study in the journal Geology is shedding light on the brief but violent lives of maar-diatreme volcanoes, which erupt when magma and water meet in an explosive marriage below the surface of the earth.
US National Science Foundation, New Zealand's Ministry for Research and Innovation
Contact: Charlotte Hsu
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Surprising black-hole discovery changes picture of globular star clusters Astronomers using the Very Large Array didn't find what they were looking for, but got a surprise that is changing their understanding of globular star clusters.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 2-Oct-2012
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} 1 glue, 2 functions University of Akron polymer scientists and biologists have discovered that this house spider -- in order to more efficiently capture different types of prey -- performs an uncommon feat. It tailors one glue to demonstrate two adhesive strengths: firm and weak.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Denise Henry
Public Release: 2-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF awards CU-Boulder led team $12 million to study effects of natural gas development The National Science Foundation has awarded a $12 million grant to a University of Colorado Boulder-led team to explore ways to maximize the benefits of natural gas development while minimizing negative impacts on ecosystems and communities.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Joseph Ryan
Public Release: 2-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} Hydroponic gardening initiative for Boston youths blooms with NSF grant A $250,000 NSF grant will allow Boston College professor of education Mike Barnett, the Salvation Army's Kroc Center and the Boston STEM Garden Initiative to launch Boston's largest youth hydroponic gardening project. Produce will be sold at neighborhood farmers' markets and used to feed the needy.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ed Hayward
Public Release: 2-Oct-2012
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Visionary transparent memory a step closer to reality Researchers at Rice University are building transparent, two-terminal, three-dimensional computer memories on flexible sheets that show promise for making transparent electronics and sophisticated heads-up displays.
David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Texas Instruments Leadership University Fund, National Science Foundation, US Army Research Office
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 2-Oct-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} A mammal lung, in 3-D A University of Iowa-led research team has created the most detailed, three-dimensional rendering of a key region of a mammal lung. The model is important, because it can help scientists understand where and how lung diseases emerge as well as advance how drugs are delivered through the respiratory system. Results appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Lewis
Public Release: 1-Oct-2012
{DISSERTATION} ASU researchers will explore feasibility of large-scale deployment of perennial biomass energy crops Arizona State University (ASU) researchers will embark on a novel renewable energy project with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Water Sustainability and Climate program. NSF is providing $1.5 million to ASU to identify suitable locations across the United States where perennial biomass energy crops (e.g., miscanthus and switchgrass) could be grown sustainably.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Skip Derra
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