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Public Release: 23-Apr-2013
 Applied Animal Behaviour ScienceRescue me: New study finds animals do recover from neglect Animal sanctuaries can play an important role in rehabilitating goats and other animals that have suffered from neglect, according to scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. 
Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Neha Okhandiar
Public Release: 23-Apr-2013
Bioinspiration & BiomimeticsBaby sea turtles and flipper-driven robot reveal principles of moving on sand Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as sand.
National Science Foundation, Army Research Laboratory, Army Research Office, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
International Journal of CancerScreening detects ovarian cancer using neighboring cells Pioneering biophotonics technology developed at Northwestern University is the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus, not the ovaries themselves. The results have the potential to translate into a minimally invasive early detection method using cells collected by a swab, exactly like a pap smear.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Megan Fellman
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
WPI professor wins CAREER Award for work that aims to solve a mystery about how cells grow Though biologists have long known which structures within the cell appear to participate in polarized growth, how they work together remains a mystery. With a $977,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, Luis Vidali, assistant professor of biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, hopes to begin to answer that fundamental question.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michael Dorsey
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
SciencePhysicists find right (and left) solution for on-chip optics Physicists have found a new way to precisely manipulate light at the subwavelength scale without damaging a signal that could carry data. This opens the door to a new generation of on-chip optical interconnects that can efficiently funnel information from optical to electronic devices.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, National Science Foundation
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
Environmental Research LettersRivers act as 'horizontal cooling towers,' study finds Running two computer models in tandem, scientists from the University of New Hampshire have detailed for the first time how thermoelectric power plants interact with climate, hydrology, and aquatic ecosystems throughout the northeastern US and show how rivers serve as "horizontal cooling towers" that provide an important ecosystem service to the regional electricity sector -- but at a cost to the environment.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Sims
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
Scientific ReportsGenetic circuit allows both individual freedom, collective good An investigation of the ways bacteria engage in collective decision-making has led researchers at Rice University, Tel Aviv University and Harvard Medical School to suggest new principles for collective decisions that allow both random behavior by individuals and nonrandom outcomes for the population as a whole. The research suggests that the principles governing bacterial decisions could be relevant for the study of cancer tumorigenesis and collective decision-making by humans.
National Science Foundation, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, Tauber Foundation
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
Applied Physics LettersU. of Illinois researchers measure near-field behavior of semiconductor plasmonic microparticles For the first time, researchers have measured nanometer-scale infrared absorption in semiconductor plasmonic microparticles using a technique that combines atomic force microscopy with infrared spectroscopy.
National Science Foundation
Contact: William P. King
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
PLOS ONEStudy shows reproductive effects of pesticide exposure span generations North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations -- causing the so-called "water fleas" to produce more male offspring, and causing reproductive problems in female offspring.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
Nature PhotonicsGermanium made laser compatible Good news for the computer industry: a team of researchers has managed to make germanium suitable for lasers. This could enable microprocessor components to communicate using light in future, which will make the computers of the future faster and more efficient.
Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Martin Sueess
Public Release: 22-Apr-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesBiological activity alters the ability of sea spray to seed clouds Ocean biology alters the chemical composition of sea spray in ways that influence their ability to form clouds over the ocean. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists using a new approach to study tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols that can influence climate by absorbing or reflecting sunlight and seeding clouds.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Susan Brown
Public Release: 21-Apr-2013
Nature GeoscienceEarth's current warmth not seen in the last 1,400 years or more, says study Fueled by industrial greenhouse gas emissions, Earth's climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 years, according to new regional temperature reconstructions covering all seven continents.
US and Swiss National Science Foundations, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Kim Martineau
Public Release: 19-Apr-2013
Journal of the American Chemical SocietyFreedom of assembly Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have, for the first time, captured movies of nanoparticle self-assembly, giving researchers a new glimpse of an unusual material property.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Jared Sagoff
Public Release: 19-Apr-2013
ScienceUltrafast technique unlocks design principles of quantum biology University of Chicago researchers have created a synthetic compound that mimics the complex quantum dynamics observed in photosynthesis and may enable fundamentally new routes to creating solar-energy technologies. Engineering quantum effects into synthetic light-harvesting devices is not only possible, but also easier than anyone expected, the researchers report in the April 19 edition of Science.
National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contact: Steve Koppes
Public Release: 19-Apr-2013
PLOS Currents Tree of LifeSomething's fishy in the tree of life A team of scientists led by Richard Broughton, associate professor of biology at the University of Oklahoma, published two studies that dramatically increase understanding of fish evolution and their relationships. They integrated extensive genetic and physical information about specimens to create a new "tree of life" for fishes. The vast amount of data generated through large-scale DNA sequencing required supercomputing resources for analysis. The result is the largest and most comprehensive studies of fish phylogeny to date.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Broughton
Public Release: 19-Apr-2013
ScienceStress is good thing for parents, babies in squirrel world Stressed-out mothers raise stronger, heartier offspring -- at least among squirrels. In a new study, international researchers -- including University of Guelph biologists -- say squirrels tailor their parenting to meet the varied conditions facing their young.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Amy Newman
Public Release: 19-Apr-2013
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyQuest for edible malarial vaccine leads to other potential medical uses for algae Can scientists rid malaria from the Third World by simply feeding algae genetically engineered with a vaccine? That's the question biologists at UC San Diego sought to answer after they demonstrated last May that algae can be engineered to produce a vaccine that blocks malaria transmission. In a follow up study, they got their answer: Not yet, although the same method may work as a vaccine against a wide variety of viral and bacterial infections.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kim McDonald
Public Release: 18-Apr-2013
Astrophysical Journal LettersDistant blazar is a high-energy astrophysics puzzle Blazars are the brightest of active galactic nuclei, and many emit very high-energy gamma rays. New observations of the blazar known as PKS 1424+240 show that it is the most distant known source of very high-energy gamma rays, but its emission spectrum now appears highly unusual in light of the new data.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 18-Apr-2013
ScienceWhen it comes to survival of the fittest, stress is a good thing In a study led by Michigan State University and the University of Guelph, researchers showed for the first time how females' use social cues to correctly prepare their offspring for life outside the nest. The results, published in the current issue of Science, confirm that red squirrel mothers boosted stress hormone production during pregnancy, which increased the size and the chances of survival of their pups.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 18-Apr-2013
PLOS ONENew carnivorous dinosaur from Madagascar raises more questions than it answers The first new dinosaur named from Madagascar in nearly a decade, Dahalokely tokana was a carnivore measuring 9-14 feet long. Its fossils were found in 90-million-year-old rocks of northernmost Madagascar, from the time when Madagascar and India were a single isolated land mass. Dahalokely is potentially ancestral to later dinosaurs of both regions, and shortens a 95-million-year gap in Madagascar's dinosaur fossil record by 20 million years.
Jurassic Foundation, Sigma Xi, National Science Foundation, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Contact: Andrew Farke
Public Release: 18-Apr-2013
Seismological Society of America 2013 Annual MeetingSuperstorm Sandy shook the US When Superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and much of the United States -- shaking detected by seismometers across the country, University of Utah researchers found.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Lee J. Siegel
Public Release: 17-Apr-2013
PLOS ONEUC Santa Cruz study of pumas in Santa Cruz Mountains documents impact of predator/human interaction In the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators' habits.
National Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Nature Conservancy
Contact: Guy Lasnier
Public Release: 17-Apr-2013
Biophysical JournalHop, skip or jump? Study says no to all of the above MIT engineers find that in the earliest stages of arthritis, high-impact exercise may worsen cartilage damage.
Whitaker Foundation Fellowship, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 17-Apr-2013
PLOS ONEBear baiting may put hunting dogs at risk from wolves Bear baiting and reparations for wolf attacks on hunting dogs appear to be factors causing an increased incidence of wolf attacks.
National Science Foundation, Actions for Transatlantic Links and Academic Networks for Training and Integrated Studies
Contact: Jennifer Donovan
Public Release: 17-Apr-2013
NatureGenome sequencing of the living coelacanth sheds light on the evolution of land vertebrate International researchers led by Chris Amemiya, Ph.D., Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, has published "The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution" as the cover article in the April 18 issue of Nature.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kay Branz
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