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Public Release: 23-May-2013
 Physical Review LettersMilwaukee-York researchers forward quest for quantum computing Research teams from UW-Milwaukee and the University of York investigating the properties of ultra-thin films of new materials are helping bring quantum computing one step closer to reality. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Caron Lett
Public Release: 23-May-2013
ScienceAccurate distance measurement resolves major astronomical mystery It was the famous double-star system with regular, bright outbursts that the theorists said shouldn't be happening. Getting its distance right, however, meant that its outbursts finally fit the standard model for how such systems work.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 23-May-2013
ScienceBittersweet: Bait-averse cockroaches shudder at sugar Sugar isn't always sweet to German cockroaches, especially to the ones that avoid roach baits. In a study published May 24 in the journal Science, North Carolina State University entomologists show the neural mechanism behind the aversion to glucose, the simple sugar that is a popular ingredient in roach-bait poison. Glucose sets off bitter receptors in roach taste buds, causing roaches to avoid foods that bring on this taste-bud reaction.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Contact: Dr. Coby Schal
Public Release: 23-May-2013
ScienceAntibiotics: A new understanding of sulfonamide nervous system side effects Sulfonamide antibiotics are used against a wide spectrum of bacterial infections. However, their side effects can include serious neurological problems like nausea, headache, dizziness, hallucinations and even psychosis. Now, scientists at EPFL have uncovered the molecular basis behind some of the neurological side effects of sulfonamide antibiotics and have shown that they interfere with the production of dopamine in the brain by direct binding of the sepiapterin enzyme.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Swiss National Science Foundation, National Centre of Competence in Research Chemical Biology
Contact: Nik Papageorgiou
Public Release: 22-May-2013
NatureResearchers explain magnetic field misbehavior in solar flares When a solar flare erupts from the sun, its magnetic fields sometime break a widely accepted rule of physics. Why? Now we know.
National Science Foundation, Microsoft Research, Engineering Research Council of Canada, Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Phil Sneiderman
Public Release: 22-May-2013
Journal of Controlled ReleaseResearch offers promising new approach to treatment of lung cancer Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it appears to reduce the systemic damage done to other organs while significantly improving the treatment of lung tumors -- the tumors virtually disappeared.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense
Contact: Oleh Taratula
Public Release: 22-May-2013
PLOS ONEPinpointing how nature's benefits link to human well-being What people take from nature -- water, food, timber, inspiration, relaxation -- are so abundant, it seems self-evident. Until you try to quantitatively understand how and to what extent they contribute to humans.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sue Nichols
Public Release: 22-May-2013
NatureResearchers reveal model of Sun's magnetic field Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun.
Science and Technology Facilities Council, National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Mellor
Public Release: 21-May-2013
Journal of Animal EcologyUCLA life scientists present new insights on climate change and species interactions UCLA scientists provide important new details of how climate change will affect species interactions.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Stuart Wolpert
Public Release: 21-May-2013
Nano LettersSingle-cell transfection tool enables added control for biological studies Northwestern researchers have developed a novel tool for single-cell transfection, in which they deliver molecules into targeted cells through temporary nanopores in the cell membrane created by a localized electric field.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Megan Fellman
Public Release: 21-May-2013
Palaeontologia ElectronicaAllosaurus fed more like a falcon than a crocodile, new study finds The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-day falcon.
National Science Foundation, Ohio University
Contact: Andrea Gibson
Public Release: 21-May-2013
Journal of NeuroscienceReducing caloric intake delays nerve cell loss Activating an enzyme known to play a role in the anti-aging benefits of calorie restriction delays the loss of brain cells and preserves cognitive function in mice, according to a study published in the May 22 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings could one day guide researchers to discover drug alternatives that slow the progress of age-associated impairments in the brain.
NIH/National Institute on Aging, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Kat Snodgrass
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSoft matter offers new ways to study how ordered materials arrange themselves A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped droplets that may provide scientists with a new approach for studying fundamental issues in physics, mathematics and materials.
National Science Foundation
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Marine Ecology Progress SeriesAbundance and distribution of Hawaiian coral species predicted by model Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands, including two species currently under consideration as threatened or endangered.
National Marine Sanctuary Program, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation
Contact: Marcie Grabowski
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Lab on a ChipUC Davis engineers create on-wetting fabric drains sweat Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at UC Davis.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Applied Physics LettersIron-platinum alloys could be new-generation hard drives UC Davis researchers have found a convenient way to make layered iron-platinum alloys and tailor their properties, a promising material for a potential new generation of data storage media.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Unraveling the Napo's mystery In the United States, rivers and their floodplains are well-documented and monitored. Ecuador's largest river, however, remains largely mysterious.
National Science Foundation, NASA, World Wildlife Fund, National Geographic Society
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Nature GeoscienceAmazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rain forest A study published this week in Nature Geoscience shows that woody plant matter is almost completely digested by bacteria living in the Amazon River, and that this tough stuff plays a major part in fueling the river's breath.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, National Science Foundation, Research Council for the State of Sao Paolo
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Nano LettersResearchers perform fastest measurements ever made of ion channel proteins A team of researchers at Columbia Engineering has used miniaturized electronics to measure the activity of individual ion-channel proteins with temporal resolution as fine as one microsecond, producing the fastest recordings of single ion channels ever performed. They designed a custom integrated circuit to perform these measurements, in which an artificial cell membrane and ion channel are attached directly to the surface of the amplifier chip.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Holly Evarts
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Optics LettersComing into existence A new experiment establishes a heralding efficiency that might allow loopholes to be eliminated in the validation of spooky action-at-a-distance in quantum reality.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation
Contact: Phillip F. Schewe
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Nano LettersPenn engineers' nanoantennas improve infrared sensing A team of University of Pennsylvania engineers has used a pattern of nanoantennas to develop a new way of turning infrared light into mechanical action, opening the door to more sensitive infrared cameras and more compact chemical-analysis techniques.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Evan Lerner
Public Release: 20-May-2013
NSF approves planning grant for Center for Advanced Research in Drying A National Science Foundation planning grant will help establish the Center for Advanced Research in Drying, a joint program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer
Public Release: 20-May-2013
ACS NanoPenn research makes advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole. Now, a team led by University of Pennsylvania physicists has used solid-state nanopores to differentiate single-stranded DNA molecules containing sequences of a single repeating base.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Evan Lerner
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Nature GeoscienceSlow earthquakes: It's all in the rock mechanics Earthquakes that last minutes rather than seconds are a relatively recent discovery, according to an international team of seismologists. Researchers have been aware of these slow earthquakes, only for the past five to 10 years because of new tools and new observations, but these tools may explain the triggering of some normal earthquakes and could help in earthquake prediction.
National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPrinciples of locomotion in confined spaces could help robot teams work underground Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States.
National Science Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Contact: John Toon
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