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Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
 PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} Naked mole-rats may hold clues to pain relief Naked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report new findings as to how these rodents adapted, which may offer clues to relieving pain in other animals and humans. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jeanne Galatzer-Levy
Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF funds commercialization effort for new system to help consumers monitor, save energy costs A UT Arlington Computer Science & Engineering team is developing a sensor and monitoring system to put consumers in charge of monitoring energy, gas and water use with a goal of saving them money.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Traci Peterson
Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
Review of Scientific Instruments{DISSERTATION} Professor publishes on first-ever imaging of cells growing on spherical surfaces The potential biomedical applications of the researchers' technique include new strategies and devices for the early detection and isolation of cancer cells, facilitating new methods of treating cancer tissues.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Karen Rhine
Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} 'Forest killer' plant study explores rapid environmental change factors Researchers at Arizona State University are spearheading a four-year research project that will explore what factors cause people and the environment to be vulnerable to rapid environmental change, such as an invasion by Mikania. Study findings likely will serve as a harbinger of the future as humans increasingly experience abrupt, extreme conditions associated with climate change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Julie Newberg
Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
Psychological Science{DISSERTATION} How do we make moral judgments? Insights from Psychological Science New research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, provides intriguing insights into some of the factors that influence how we make moral judgments.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Anna Mikulak
Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
Plant Physiology{DISSERTATION} Horticultural hijacking It's a battleground down there -- in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell. Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being attacked by pathogens, there's a dark side to the relationship between the plant and its white knight, according to University of Delaware research reported in the journal Plant Physiology.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andrea Boyle Tippett
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} Emory receives $20 million NSF grant for chemistry center The National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to Emory University's Center for Selective C-H Functionalization, which brings together scientists from leading research universities across the country working to revolutionize the field of organic synthesis.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Beverly Clark
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} Pitt biologist receives $2 million to study genetic diversity of plants worldwide Although polyploids, which are plants with more than two sets of chromosomes, are common, how they contribute to the biodiversity has remained a mystery -- until now.
National Science Foundation
Contact: B. Rose Huber
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} Treating disease by the numbers Advances in mathematical modeling are allowing medical professionals to better understand the risk factors that lead to disease.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Hosick
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Move to less impoverished neighborhoods boosts physical and mental health Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, according to a new study published in the Sept. 20 issue of Science by researchers at the University of Chicago and partners at other institutions.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development, National Science Foundation
Contact: William Harms
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
Journal of Phycology{DISSERTATION} DNA analysis aids in classifying single-celled algae For nearly 260 years -- since Carl Linnaeus developed his system of naming plants and animals -- researchers classified species based on visual attributes like color, shape and size. In the past few decades, researchers found that sequencing DNA can more accurately identify species. A group of single-celled algae -- Symbiodinum -- that live inside corals and are critical to their survival -- are only now being separated into species using DNA analysis, according to biologists.
National Science Foundation
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF awards $1.2 million grant to Clemson professor for energy storage research Clemson University physics professor Apparao Rao has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the use of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Apparao M. Rao
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} Gamers confront copyright law, says Rutgers law scholar User-generated content has the potential to infringe upon copyright law, which is casting a shadow on the legality of gamer authorship. Rutgers–Camden law professor Greg Lastowka is mapping the intersection of copyright law and user-generated content in video games through research backed by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ed Moorhouse
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy{DISSERTATION} Astrochemistry enters a bold new era with ALMA New technology for both laboratory and telescope improves and speeds the process of identifying the "fingerprints" of chemicals in the cosmos, enabling previously-impracticable research.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Computer simulations for multiscale systems can be faster, better, more reliable University of Oregon scientists have found a way to correctly reproduce not only the structure but also important thermodynamic quantities such as pressure and compressibility of a large, multiscale system at variable levels of molecular coarse-graining.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jim Barlow
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres{DISSERTATION} Climate scientists put predictions to the test A study has found that climate-prediction models are good at forecasting long-term climate patterns on a global scale but lose their edge when applied to time frames shorter than three decades and on smaller geographic scales. The goal of the research was to bridge the communities of climate scientists and weather forecasters, who sometimes disagree with respect to climate change.
NASA, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Daniel Stolte
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} UNH labs receive 2 NSF grants totalling $1.35m for research instruments University of New Hampshire researchers will have two new instruments – a DNA sequencer and a computer cluster capable of modeling space weather – to advance their work, thanks to two National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grants to the university. The grants, totaling $1.35 million, will facilitate research in UNH's Hubbard Center for Genome Studies and the Space Science Center in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Beth Potier
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} The 'slippery slope to slime': Overgrown algae causing coral reef declines Researchers for the first time have confirmed some of the mechanisms by which overfishing and nitrate pollution can help destroy coral reefs -- it appears they allow an overgrowth of algae that can bring with it unwanted pathogens, choke off oxygen and disrupt helpful bacteria.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Rebecca Vega-Thurber
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Evolution is as complicated as 1-2-3 A team of researchers at Michigan State University has documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions. The results, published in the current issue of Nature, are revealed through an in-depth, genomics-based analysis that decodes how E. coli bacteria figured out how to supplement a traditional diet of glucose with an extra course of citrate.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics{DISSERTATION} Odorant shape and vibration likely lead to olfaction satisfaction A new study lends support to a controversial theory of olfaction: Our noses can distinguish both the shape and the vibrational characteristics of odorant molecules. The study, in the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, demonstrates the feasibility of the theory – first proposed decades ago – that the vibration of an odorant molecule's chemical bonds – the wagging, stretching and rocking of the links between atoms – contributes to our ability to distinguish one smelly thing from another.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Diana Yates
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Journal of Neuroscience{DISSERTATION} Your memory is like the telephone game Your memory is a lot like the telephone game, according to a new study. Every time you remember an event from the past, your brain networks change in ways that can alter the later recall of the event. The next time you remember it, you might recall not the original event but what you remembered the previous time. The Northwestern study is the first to show this and has implications for witnesses in criminal cases.
National Science Foundation, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Contact: Marla Paul
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
GIScience 2012{DISSERTATION} New, content-based geographic map search tool unveiled How can you find similar sections of a very large map? A University of Cincinnati researcher will soon share an elegant solution with colleagues from around the world.
National Science Foundation, National Air and Space Administration
Contact: Greg Hand
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Using a laser to 'see' the smallest world A multi-university team has employed a high-powered laser to dramatically improve one of the tools scientists use to study the world at the atomic level.
National Science Foundation, W. M. Keck Foundation
Contact: Robert Perkins
Public Release: 18-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} The George Washington University Researcher received $1.7 million to study solar cement Stuart Licht, professor of chemistry at the George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus, has been awarded $1.7 million to continue studying methods of producing cement and other fuels that reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions into the environment.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Latarsha Gatlin
Public Release: 18-Sep-2012
{DISSERTATION} Scholarship program to train students in cybersecurity $2.3 million awarded to project for developing next-generation of cybersecurity and information assurance professionals.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Xinming "Simon" Ou
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