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Public Release: 6-Jun-2013
Science
How young genes gain a toehold on becoming indispensable
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists have, for the first time, mapped a young gene's short, dramatic evolutionary journey to becoming essential, or indispensable. In a study published online June 6 in Science, the researchers detail one gene's rapid switch to a new and essential function in the fruit fly, challenging the long-held belief that only ancient genes are important.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, European Union Network, Mathers Foundation

Contact: Kristen Woodward
kwoodwar@fhcrc.org
206-667-5095
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Public Release: 6-Jun-2013
Nature Communications
Living fossils? Actually, sturgeon are evolutionary speedsters
Efforts to restore sturgeon in the Great Lakes region have received a lot of attention in recent years, and many of the news stories note that the prehistoric-looking fish are "living fossils" virtually unchanged for millions of years.
National Science Foundation, Miller Institute for Basic Research

Contact: Jim Erickson
ericksn@umich.edu
734-647-1842
University of Michigan

Public Release: 6-Jun-2013
Current Biology
Rutgers findings may predict the future of coral reefs in a changing world
Rutgers scientists have described for the first time the biological process of how corals create their skeletons, which form massive and ecologically vital coral reefs in the world's oceans. They identified specific proteins secreted by corals that precipitate carbonate to form the corals' characteristic skeleton.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Carl Blesch
cblesch@ur.rutgers.edu
732-932-7084 x616
Rutgers University

Public Release: 6-Jun-2013
Science
Borneo stalagmites provide new view of abrupt climate events over 100,000 years
A new set of long-term climate records based on cave stalagmites collected from tropical Borneo shows that the western tropical Pacific responded very differently than other regions of the globe to abrupt climate change events. The 100,000-year climate record adds to data on past climate events, and may help scientists assess models designed to predict how the Earth's climate will respond in the future.
National Science Foundation

Contact: John Toon
jtoon@gatech.edu
404-894-6986
Georgia Institute of Technology

Public Release: 6-Jun-2013
Science
Metabolic model of E. coli reveals how bacterial growth responds to temperature change
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a computational model of 1,366 genes in E. coli that includes 3D protein structures and has enabled them to compute the temperature sensitivity of the bacterium's proteins. The study, published June 7 in the journal Science, opens the door for engineers to create heat-tolerant microbial strains for production of commodity chemicals, therapeutic proteins and other industrial applications.
National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health

Contact: Catherine Hockmuth
chockmuth@ucsd.edu
858-822-1359
University of California - San Diego

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Journal of Neuroscience
Over-produced autism gene alters synapses, affects learning and behavior in mice
A gene linked to autism spectrum disorders that was manipulated in two lines of transgenic mice produced mature adults with irreversible deficits affecting either learning or social interaction.
National Institutes of Health, Autism Speaks, American Psychological Association, National Science Foundation, Becas Chile

Contact: Jim Barlow
jebarlow@uoregon.edu
541-346-3481
University of Oregon

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Physical Review Letters
Tiny bubbles in your metallic glass may not be a cause for celebration
Bubbles in a champagne glass may add a festive fizz, but microscopic bubbles that form in metallic glass can signal serious trouble. That's why researchers used computer simulations to study how these bubbles form and expand.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Phil Sneiderman
prs@jhu.edu
443-287-9960
Johns Hopkins University

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Journal of Neural Engineering
University of Minnesota researchers control flying robot with only the mind
Researchers in the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering have developed a new noninvasive system that allows people to control a flying robot using only their mind.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Rhonda Zurn
rzurn@umn.edu
612-626-7959
University of Minnesota

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Experimental Biology and Medicine
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B toxin kills Anopheles gambiae, a principal vector of malaria
Bacillus thuringiensis reported in this study contains the Cry4B mosquitocidal toxin which is toxic to Anopheles gambiae, the principal vector of malaria. Its characterization makes it possible to determine binding of the toxin to its cognate receptor in An. gambiae, the subject of a second paper entitled "Cytotoxicity of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B toxin is Mediated by the Cadherin Receptor BT-R3 of Anopheles gambiae" to be published soon in Experimental Biology and Medicine.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Lee A. Bulla, Jr.
bulla@utdallas.edu
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Entrepreneurs pray more, see God as personal, Baylor researchers find
American entrepreneurs pray more frequently, are more likely to see God as personal and are more likely to attend services in congregations that encourage business and profit-making, according to a study by Baylor University scholars of business and sociology.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Terry Goodrich
terry_goodrich@baylor.edu
254-710-3321
Baylor University

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Interface
Discovering 1 reason why swarming evolved offers tantalizing clues on how intelligence developed
Many animals -- from locusts to fish -- live in groups and swarm, but scientists aren't sure why or how this behavior evolved. Now a multidisciplinary team of Michigan State University scientists has used a model system to show for the first time that predator confusion can make prey evolve swarming behavior.
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, National Science Foundation BEACON Center

Contact: Val Osowski
osowskiv@cns.msu.edu
517-432-4561
Michigan State University

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Nature
First observation of spin Hall effect in a quantum gas is step toward 'atomtronics'
Researchers at NIST report the first observation of the spin Hall effect in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology ARRA funding

Contact: Chad Boutin
boutin@nist.gov
301-975-4261
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Nature
Scientists discover oldest primate skeleton
An international team of paleontologists is announcing the discovery of a nearly complete, articulated skeleton of a new tiny, tree-dwelling primate dating back 55 million years. It is is the oldest primate skeleton of this quality and completeness ever discovered.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Basic Research Program of China, US National Science Foundation

Contact: Tom Parisi
tparisi@niu.edu
815-753-3635
Northern Illinois University

Public Release: 5-Jun-2013
Nature
Discovery of oldest primate skeleton, ancestor of humans and apes
The discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a primate provides insight into the phase of evolution when the lineage of modern monkeys, apes and humans split away. The fossil represents a new species, Archicebus achilles, and was unearthed in China. The skeleton was digitally reconstructed with synchrotron X-rays at the ESRF, allowing to study in detail this fossil radically different from any other primate, living or fossil. The results are published in Nature.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Natural Science Foundation China, National Science Foundation, Environmental Studies Research Funds, American Museum Natural History

Contact: Claus Habfast
claus.habfast@esrf.fr
33-666-662-384
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
New model finds common muscle control patterns governing the motion of swimming animals
What do swimmers like trout, eels and sandfish lizards have in common? According to a new study, the similar timing patterns that these animals use to contract their muscles and produce undulatory swimming motions can be explained using a simple model.
National Science Foundation, US Army Research Office, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Contact: John Toon
jtoon@gatech.edu
404-894-6986
Georgia Institute of Technology

Public Release: 4-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USF researchers: Life-producing phosphorus carried to Earth by meteorites
USF Assistant Professor of Geology Matthew Pasek and researchers from the University of Washington and the Edinburg Centre for Carbon Innovation reveal new findings that explain how the reactive phosphorus that was an essential component for creating the earliest life forms came to Earth.
NASA, National Science Foundation

Contact: Vickie Chachere
vchachere@usf.edu
813-974-6251
University of South Florida (USF Health)

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
Physical Review Letters
Dense hydrogen in a new light
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter and the nature of hydrogen-rich planets. New work from Carnegie scientists using intense infrared radiation shines new light on this fundamental material at extreme pressures and reveals the details of a surprising new form of solid hydrogen.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy

Contact: Russell Hemley
rhemley@carnegiescience.edu
202-478-8951
Carnegie Institution

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
WUSTL engineer to develop new biosensors with NSF Career Award
Srikanth Singamaneni, Ph.D., assistant professor of materials science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, plans to develop a low-cost biosensor that is more stable, sensitive and specific with funds from a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award he has received from the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Neil Schoenherr
nschoenherr@wustl.edu
314-935-5235
Washington University in St. Louis

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
PLOS ONE
Tiger moths: Mother Nature's fortune tellers
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University shows Bertholdia trigona, a species of tiger moth found in the Arizona desert, can tell if an echo-locating bat is going to attack it well before the predator swoops in for the kill – making the intuitive, tiny-winged insect a master of self-preservation.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Will Ferguson
ferguswg@wfu.edu
509-954-2912
Wake Forest University

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
Using science to address farm pollution
Half of the nitrogen-based fertilizer used on US crops seeps into the environment, prompting an interdisciplinary team of Michigan State University scientists to investigate ways to curb pollution.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Andy Henion
henion@msu.edu
517-355-3294
Michigan State University

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
222nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Astrophysical Journal
Earth's Milky Way neighborhood gets more respect
New, accurate distance measurements indicate that our Solar System resides in a prominent feature of the Milky Way Galaxy, not a mere "spur," as previously thought.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Dave Finley
dfinley@nrao.edu
575-835-7302
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-Boulder study
A new look at the diets of ancient African hominids shows a "game changer" occurred about 3.5 million years ago when some members added grasses or sedges to their menus, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
National Science Foundation, National Research Foundation of South Africa, Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation

Contact: Matt Sponheimer
Matt.Sponheimer@gmail.com
720-319-7301
University of Colorado at Boulder

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
New biomolecular archaeological evidence points to the beginnings of viniculture in France
France is renowned the world over as a leader in the crafts of viticulture and winemaking -- but the beginnings of French viniculture have been largely unknown, until now. Imported ancient Etruscan amphoras and a limestone press platform, discovered at the ancient port site of Lattara in southern France, have provided the earliest known biomolecular archaeological evidence of winemaking -- and point to the beginnings of a Celtic or Gallic vinicultural industry in France circa 500-400 BCE.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Evan Lerner
elerner@upenn.edu
215-573-6604
University of Pennsylvania

Public Release: 3-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A grassy trend in human ancestors' diets
Most apes eat leaves and fruits from trees and shrubs. New studies spearheaded by the University of Utah show that human ancestors expanded their menu 3.5 million years ago, adding tropical grasses and sedges to an ape-like diet and setting the stage for our modern diet of grains, grasses, and meat and dairy from grazing animals.
National Science Foundation, others

Contact: Lee J. Siegel
lee.siegel@utah.edu
801-581-8993
University of Utah

Public Release: 2-Jun-2013
SLEEP 2013
Sleep
Narcolepsy study finds surprising increase in neurons that produce histamine
A new study provides surprising evidence that people with narcolepsy have an increased number of neurons that produce histamine, suggesting that histamine signaling may be a novel therapeutic target for this potentially disabling sleep disorder.
Swiss National Science Foundation

Contact: Lynn Celmer
lcelmer@aasmnet.org
American Academy of Sleep Medicine

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