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Public Release: 6-Oct-2009
 Geology{DISSERTATION} Sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia. 
National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China National S&T Basic Work Program, Nanjing University
Contact: Joseph Mason
Public Release: 6-Oct-2009
American Astronomical Society Meeting Astrophysical Journal Letters{DISSERTATION} Dirty stars make good solar system hosts New research based on 3-D simulations explains why dirty stars -- those with a high abundance of heavy elements, or high metallicity -- tend to have accompanying solar systems.
NASA, National Science Foundation, others
Contact: Kristin Elise Phillips
Public Release: 6-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} MSU program aims to boost interest in technical careers A Michigan State University scholar will use a $1 million federal grant to create a program designed to better prepare high-schoolers for technical careers by spurring interest in science, technology, engineering and math courses, or STEM.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbara Schneider
Public Release: 6-Oct-2009
Medical Decision Making{DISSERTATION} Study shows how to lower costs, waiting times for colonoscopies Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, leading to over 50,000 fatalities every year. But it can be prevented with early screening using a procedure called a colonoscopy. Now researchers from North Carolina State University, Mayo Clinic and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have created a tool to help colonoscopy facilities operate more efficiently, ultimately lowering costs and leading to shorter waiting times for patients.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 6-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} Georgia Tech broadens, diversifies computing education Georgia Computes!, a statewide program aimed at expanding the pipeline of computer science students and teachers at all education levels in Georgia, received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to extend the program for two more years.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Stefany Wilson
Public Release: 5-Oct-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Alfalfa sprouts key to discovering how meandering rivers form and maintain Restoring rivers to their natural state is now hit-and-miss, primarily because scientists don't really know what makes a river meander. A scale model using alfalfa sprouts to represent vegetation now shows that strong banks and fine sediment are key. With the help of this large flume model, UC Berkeley researchers hope to explore effects of climate change and land use on Earth's meandering streams and rivers.
National Science Foundation, CALFED
Contact: Robert Sanders
Public Release: 5-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} NYU anthropologist to examine how human rights rankings are created under NSF grant New York University Anthropology Professor Sally Engle Merry will examine how rankings of human rights are created under a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The resulting research is designed to help the public as well as international decision-makers develop a fuller understanding of the kinds of knowledge these rankings provide.
National Science Foundation
Contact: James Devitt
Public Release: 5-Oct-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} First direct information about the prion's molecular structure reported A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco, has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the closest synthetic analogs that scientists have created in the lab.
National Institutes of Health, Fairchild Foundation, G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: David F. Salisbury
Public Release: 5-Oct-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Bizarre new horned tyrannosaur from Asia described A paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a new, exceptionally well-preserved fossil, Alioramus altai: a horned, gracile tyrannosaur. The new dinosuar species lived during the same time but seemed to occupy a slightly different ecological niche from its larger cousins, carnivorous bipeds Tyrannosaurus rex and Tarbosaurus.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kristin Elise Phillips
Public Release: 5-Oct-2009
Mycologia{DISSERTATION} 7 new luminescent mushroom species discovered Seven new glow-in-the-dark mushroom species have been discovered, increasing the number of known luminescent fungi species from 64 to 71. Reported today in the journal Mycologia, the new finds include two new species named after movements in Mozart's Requiem. The discoveries also shed light on the evolution of luminescence, adding to the number of known lineages in the fungi "family tree" where luminescence has been reported.
National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society
Contact: Elaine Bible
Public Release: 4-Oct-2009
Nature Methods{DISSERTATION} Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim Researchers have developed a new method for studying bacterial swimming, one that allows them to trap Escherichia coli bacteria and modify the microbes' environment without hindering the way they move. The new approach, described this month in Nature Methods, uses optical traps, microfluidic chambers and fluorescence to get an improved picture of how E. coli get around.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diana Yates
Public Release: 2-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} University of Oklahoma organization awarded 3 grants worth $3 million The University of Oklahoma Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms recently was awarded three separate grants from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research that together total nearly $3 million, with $2 million designated for OU researchers.
National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research
Contact: Amy Buchanan
Public Release: 2-Oct-2009
Science{DISSERTATION} Physicists observe magnetism in gas for the first time An international team of physicists has for the first time observed magnetic behavior in an atomic gas, addressing a decades-old debate as to whether it is possible for a gas or liquid to become ferromagnetic and exhibit magnetic properties.
National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Army Research Office
Contact: Sean Bettam
Public Release: 2-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} UMCES researchers launch freshwater marsh study A team of researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory is launching a three-year research study to forecast the effects of environmental change on the formation of freshwater marsh ecosystems. The research, supported by a $620,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, will focus on the Potomac River's Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve near Alexandria, Va.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Christopher Conner
Public Release: 2-Oct-2009
Nature Geoscience{DISSERTATION} Princeton paleomagnetists put controversy to rest Princeton University scientists have shown that, in ancient times, the Earth's magnetic field was structured like the two-pole model of today, suggesting that the methods geoscientists use to reconstruct the geography of early land masses on the globe are accurate. The findings may lead to a better understanding of historical continental movement, which relates to changes in climate.
National Science Foundation, Sigma Xi, Agouron Institute, Princeton University
Contact: Kitta MacPherson
Public Release: 2-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} There's still time to cut the risk of climate catastrophe, MIT study shows A new analysis of climate risk, published by researchers at MIT and elsewhere, shows that even moderate carbon-reduction policies now can substantially lower the risk of future climate change. It also shows that quick, global emissions reductions would be required in order to provide a good chance of avoiding a temperature increase of more than 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level -- a widely discussed target.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Contact: Patti Richards
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} Iowa State researchers looking for catalyst that allows plants to produce hydrocarbons Iowa State University researchers are working to understand how a catalyst allows certain plants and algae to create simple hydrocarbons that could be a new source of liquid fuels. The project is supported by a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jackie Shanks
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Science{DISSERTATION} Ardi displaces Lucy as oldest hominid skeleton At simultaneous press conferences in Washington, D.C., and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Oct. 1, UC Berkeley's Tim White and members of an international research team showed off their reconstruction of a fossil skeleton of our oldest ancestor yet. The skeleton, dubbed Ardi and dating from 4.4 million years ago, is a million years older than Lucy and revolutionizes our understanding of how humans evolved from the last common ancestor of apes and humans.
National Science Foundation, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Contact: Robert Sanders
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} The eScience revolution Web scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. Their goal is to hasten scientific discovery and innovation by enabling rapid and easy collaboration between scientists, educators, students, policy makers and even "citizen scientists" around the world via the Web.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Gabrielle DeMarco
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Science Express{DISSERTATION} Genetic conflict in fish led to evolution of new sex chromosomes University of Maryland biologists have genetically mapped the sex chromosomes of several species of cichlid fish from Lake Malawi, East Africa, and identified a mechanism by which new sex chromosomes may evolve.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kelly Blake
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
BioScience{DISSERTATION} Loss of top predators causing surge in smaller predators, ecosystem collapse The catastrophic decline around the world of "apex" predators such as wolves, cougars, lions or sharks has led to a huge increase in smaller "mesopredators" that are causing major economic and ecological disruptions, a new study concludes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: William Ripple
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} Carnegie Mellon researcher wins NSF grant Carnegie Mellon University's Ole Mengshoel was awarded a two-year, $498,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create new computer tools for improving the way information is displayed and analyzed.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Chriss Swaney
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} National Science Foundation gives K-State a grant to study travel sites like Priceline.com Business researchers are focusing on the travel industry and its distribution channels, including opaque outlets, such as Hotwire.com and Priceline.com.
National Science Foundation
Contact: George Cai
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} In amoeba world, cheating doesn't pay Researchers from Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine are peeling back the layers of strategy that determine how colonies of social amoebas resist the efforts of cheaters to alter the balance of power.
National Science Foundation, Cullen Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
{DISSERTATION} First light for BOSS -- a new kind of search for dark energy BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is the most ambitious attempt yet to map the expansion history of the Universe using the technique known as baryon acoustic oscillation. Part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III, BOSS achieved "first light" on the night of Sept. 14-15, when it acquired data with its upgraded spectrographic system across the entire focal plane of the Sloan Foundation telescope at Apache Point Observatory.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, SDSS-III Participating Institutions, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
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