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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
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Cell{DISSERTATION} Estrogen link in male aggression sheds new light on sex-specific behaviors Territorial behavior in male mice might be linked to more "girl power" than ever suspected, according to new findings at UCSF. For the first time, researchers have identified networks of nerve cells in the brain that are associated with how male mice defend their territory and have shown that these cells are controlled by the female hormone estrogen.
Genentech Graduate Fellowships, National Science Foundation, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship, National Institutes of Health, others
Contact: Kristen Bole
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Geology{DISSERTATION} Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. She and colleagues from around the world now have proof of a sudden, remarkably warm period in Antarctica that occurred about 15.7 million years ago and lasted for a few thousand years.
National Science Foundation, others
Contact: Ashley Berthelot
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Geology{DISSERTATION} Coal-mining hazard resembles explosive volcanic eruption, study shows Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers. But although scientists have been investigating coal outbursts for more than 150 years, the precise mechanism is still unknown.
Peking University, Chinese National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Nancy Ross-Flanigan
Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Science{DISSERTATION} Before 'Lucy,' there was 'Ardi': First major analysis of early hominid published in Science In a special issue of Science, an international team of scientists has for the first time thoroughly described Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. This collection of articles, which will appear in the journal's Oct. 2, 2009, issue, offers the first comprehensive, peer-reviewed description of the Ardipithecus fossils, which include a partial skeleton of a female, nicknamed "Ardi."
National Science Foundation, University of California at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Contact: Natasha Pinol
Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} San Andreas affected by 2004 Sumatran quake US seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas Fault. Researchers from Rice University, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley, published the findings this week in Nature. The study suggests the Earth's largest earthquakes can weaken the strength of fault zones worldwide and trigger periods of increased global seismic activity.
National Science Foundation, Carnegie Institution of Washington, University of California - Berkeley, US Geological Survey
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF CAREER award recipient to study work practices of global engineering professionals It is Aditya Johri's hope that his research will advance understanding of how engineers work on teams spread across the world using information technology, and lead to insights that can help educators better prepare future engineers. Such international collaboration in the classroom can transform how engineering students are educated, Johri said.
National Science Foundation, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Contact: Steven Mackay
Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} K-State physicist works to understand atomic collisions important to ultracold quantum gasses A K-State physics professor is studying what happens when atoms collide in groups of three and four. These few-body collisions play an important role in experiments on ultracold quantum gasses.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Brett Esry
Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} National Science Foundation funds systems biology study of crop drought responses Water scarcity, caused by factors such as climate change and rapid population growth, can limit crop production, especially when it occurs during essential periods of plant growth. Cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice and barley can be drastically affected by even slight water deficits at critical reproductive stages. Developing a more comprehensive understanding of drought and plants' complex responses to this environmental stress requires a global view of the multiple interactive components involved.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Susan Bland
Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} Planet's nitrogen cycle overturned by 'tiny ammonia eater of the seas' Tiny organisms known as archaea play a central role in the planet's nitrogen cycle, according to new research. Experiments show that archaea appear play a key ecological role in both upper and deep ocean ecosystems. This could affect calculations made by global climate models.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} New way to monitor faults may help predict earthquakes Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found a way to monitor the strength of geologic faults deep in the Earth. This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely to fail and produce earthquakes. Until now, scientists had no method for detecting changes in fault strength, which is not measurable at the Earth's surface.
National Science Foundation, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Contact: Taka’aki Taira
Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
Science{DISSERTATION} Novel chemistry for ethylene and tin New work by chemists at UC Davis shows that ethylene, a gas that is important both as a hormone that controls fruit ripening and as a raw material in industrial chemistry, can bind reversibly to tin atoms.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
Nature Geoscience{DISSERTATION} Mystery solved: Marine microbe is source of rare nutrient A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of South Carolina has solved a 10-year-old mystery about the source of an essential nutrient in the ocean.
National Science Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contact: WHOI Media Relations
Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} SDSC part of $15 million project to create 'FutureGrid' computer network The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego is part of a team chosen by the National Science Foundation to build and run an experimental high-performance grid test-bed, allowing researchers to collaboratively develop and test new approaches to parallel, grid and cloud computing.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jan Zverina
Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
INVEST - IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets{DISSERTATION} Unlocking the secrets of the seafloor: The future of scientific ocean drilling Close to 600 scientists from 21 countries met Sept. 23-25, 2009, in Bremen, Germany, to outline major scientific targets for a new and ambitious ocean drilling research program. The scientific community envisions that this program will succeed the current Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, which ends in 2013. The outcome of the Bremen meeting will result in a new science plan, enabling scientific ocean drilling to take on a central role in environmental understanding and stewardship of our planet in the 21st century.
National Science Foundation, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Contact: Raesah Et'Tawil
Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
Nature Nanotechnology{DISSERTATION} U-M physicists create first atomic-scale map of quantum dots University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jim Erickson
Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} ASU has earned more than $32 million in Federal stimulus research grants Arizona State University researchers to date have received more than $32 million in stimulus package research grants. For ASU, which has played a very active role in attracting this additional funding, much of these research funds have gone for projects that meet challenges currently confronting society.
National Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Skip Derra
Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
American Journal of Human Biology{DISSERTATION} Studies examine how living conditions impact reproductive health Life is all about tradeoffs. Recently published research by Virginia J. Vitzthum, senior scientist at Indiana University's Kinsey Institute and professor in the department of anthropology, has shown that during periods of intense labor and low food intake, rates of early pregnancy loss can more than double. In a second study involving men, she reports a similar relationship between reproductive fitness and external influences.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute for Mental Health
Contact: Steve Chaplin
Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} Critical Zone Observatory seeks to answer climate change questions The University of Delaware, in collaboration with Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale, Pa., has won a $4.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Christina River Basin as a "Critical Zone Observatory" for researching questions relating to climate change. The scientists will be working to determine how, and how rapidly, soil erosion and sediment transport through rivers impact the exchange of carbon between the land and the atmosphere and affect climate.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Tracey Bryant
Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} Louisiana Tech University receives grant to advance women in engineering, science The College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University has received a grant from the National Science Foundation's ADVANCE program in the amount of $736,500 to support a four-year project titled "Creating a Culture of Success for Women in Engineering and Science."
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Guerin
Public Release: 25-Sep-2009
Science{DISSERTATION} How would Einstein use e-mail? You're not as different from Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin after all, at least when it comes to patterns of correspondence. A new Northwestern University study of human behavior has determined that those who wrote letters using pen and paper -- long before electronic mail existed -- did so in a pattern similar to the way people use e-mail today. The probability model provides some insight into how people make choices.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Megan Fellman
Public Release: 25-Sep-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF funds state's first imaging system for UAB microscale research lab The National Science Foundation has awarded $431,200 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physics to facilitate the purchase of a new highly-specialized imaging system -- the first of its kind in Alabama -- that will be a centerpiece of a new interdisciplinary research laboratory on campus.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andrew Hayenga
Public Release: 24-Sep-2009
PLoS ONE{DISSERTATION} Getting a leg up on whale and dolphin evolution A comprehensive study that builds on previous phylogenetic research on cetaceans and that combines morphology, genetics and behavior confirms that the closest living relative is the hippo and demonstrates that the closest fossil relative is Indohyus. These evolutionary relationships imply that stem whales adapted to water first, and then to carnivory.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kristin Elise Phillips
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