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Public Release: 13-Aug-2009
 PLoS Genetics{DISSERTATION} Carnegie Mellon develops innovative method to detect genetic causes of complex diseases Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an analytical technique to detect the multiple genetic variations that contribute to complex disease syndromes such as diabetes, asthma and cancer, which are characterized by multiple clinical and molecular traits. 
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Contact: Byron Spice
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
Journal of American Chemical Society{DISSERTATION} Camera flash turns an insulating material into a conductor An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash. A team of Northwestern University researchers has found a new way of turning graphite oxide -- a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder -- into graphene, a hotly studied material that conducts electricity. Scientists believe graphene could be used to produce low-cost carbon-based transparent and flexible electronics.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Megan Fellman
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Genome duplication responsible for more plant species than previously thought Extra genomes appear, on average, to offer no benefit or disadvantage to plants, but still play a key role in the origin of new species, say scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Contact: David Bricker
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} Princeton pair sets world record in packing puzzle Two Princeton University researchers have made a major advance in addressing a twist in the packing problem, jamming more tetrahedra -- solid figures with four triangular faces -- and other polyhedral solid objects than ever before into a space. The work could result in better ways to store data on compact discs as well as a better understanding of matter itself.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kitta MacPherson
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} LSU professor develops integrated storm surge and hurricane wave modeling capabilities Q. Jim Chen, LSU associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and recipient of one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards, the NSF Career Grant, leads a research group tasked with helping our coastal communities better prepare for hurricanes and other inevitable events that come with living near the coast.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ashley Berthelot
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} Hiking, horses and helicopter: Scientists deploy seismic network for study of Sierra Negra, Galapagos An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami, University of Rochester, University of Idaho-Moscow and the Instituto Geofisico, Escuela Politecnica Nacional (Quito, Ecuador) have joined to study one the world's most active volcanoes, Sierra Negra in the Galapagos. Using an NSF grant they deployed a seismic network of 16 stations around Isla Isabela, which will record data for the next three years.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez, UM Rosenstiel School
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} Harvard research team receives $10M NSF grant to develop small-scale mobile robotic devices A multidisciplinary team of computer scientists, engineers, and biologists at Harvard received a $10M NSF Expeditions in Computing grant to fund the development of small-scale mobile robotic devices. Inspired by the biology of a bee and the insect's hive behavior, the researchers aim to push advances in miniature robotics and the design of compact high-energy power sources; spur innovations in ultra-low-power computing and electronic "smart" sensors; and refine coordination algorithms to manage multiple, independent machines.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michael Patrick Rutter
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} Caltech scientists discover storms in the tropics of Titan Saturn's moon Titan is dull, weatherwise. Nothing happens for years, making it hard to understand the carved channels that seem to line the surface. Now Titan has finally been caught in the act. Caltech planetary astronomer Mike Brown and his colleagues set a trap for Titan, waited years for it to be tripped, and, finally, caught their prey: bright but transient clouds over Titan's tropics, a region where clouds were thought unlikely to form.
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, NASA Planetary Astronomy Program, National Science Foundation
Contact: Kathy Svitil
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
Nature{DISSERTATION} Harbingers of increased Atlantic hurricane activity identified Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a "perfect storm" of La Nina-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters.
National Science Foundation, Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 12-Aug-2009
Neuron{DISSERTATION} The mind's eye scans like a spotlight Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory say you are more likely to scan the room, jumping from face to face as you search for your friend. In addition, the timing of these jumps appears to be determined by waves of activity in the brain that act as a clock.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Contact: Jen Hirsch
Public Release: 11-Aug-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Discovery to aid study of biological structures, molecules Researchers in the United States and Spain have discovered that a tool widely used in nanoscale imaging works differently in watery environments, a step toward better using the instrument to study biological molecules and structures.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 11-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF awards UCLA Engineering $10M to create customized computing technology The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been awarded a $10 million grant by the National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program to develop customizable computing that could revolutionize the role of medical imaging and blood-flow simulation in health care. The new technology, known as domain-specific computing, would provide more cost-efficient and convenient solutions for preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and could dramatically improve health-care quality, efficiency and patient outcomes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Matthew Chin
Public Release: 11-Aug-2009
Advanced Materials{DISSERTATION} Capping a two-faced particle gives duke engineers complete control Duke University engineers say they can for the first time control all the degrees of a nanoparticle's motion, opening up broad possibilities for nanotechnology and device applications.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 11-Aug-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} SLAC researchers reveal the dance of water Water is familiar to everyone -- it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood. Recent work at the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and several universities in Sweden and Japan, however, is shedding new light on water's molecular idiosyncrasies, offering insight into its strange bulk properties.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Melinda Lee
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Biologists ID molecular basis of high-altitude adaptation in mice A group of scientists have discovered the specific mutations involved in evolutionary adaptation to different environments.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Jay Storz, professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Physicists make crystal/liquid interface visible for first time An Emory University lab has captured the first images of what's actually happening in the fuzzy area of the crystal/liquid interface. The lab's data, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, make the waves between the two states of matter, solid and liquid, visible for the first time.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Beverly Clark
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} NSF CAREER Award funds research on plastics that conduct electricity Clemson chemistry assistant professor Rhett Smith will receive $598,000 in a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study a new class of materials that conduct electrical currents and can be used in thin, lightweight and flexible plastic electronic devices.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Susan Polowczuk
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
ASME 3rd International Conference on Micro and Nano Systems{DISSERTATION} Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic applications.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
Nature Materials{DISSERTATION} New light-emitting biomaterial could improve tumor imaging, study shows A new material developed at the University of Virginia -- an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer -- simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors. Such tumors are associated with increased cancer aggressiveness and are particularly difficult to treat.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Fariss Samarrai
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} Boston high school students focus on urban ecology through $1.5 million NSF grant An NSF grant supports Boston College's College Bound work to increase the interests and skills of inner-city students in STEM fields and build strong pathways from high school to successful university study.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ed Hayward
Public Release: 10-Aug-2009
Astrophysical Journal Letters{DISSERTATION} First black holes born starving The first black holes in the universe had dramatic effects on their surroundings, according to recent simulations carried out at the SLAC/Stanford Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. Several popular theories posit that the first black holes gorged themselves on gas clouds and dust, growing into the supersized black holes that lurk in the centers of galaxies today. However, the new results point to a much more complex role for the first black holes.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, NASA
Contact: Melinda Lee
Public Release: 7-Aug-2009
Environmental Science & Technology{DISSERTATION} Carbon nanoparticles toxic to adult fruit flies but benign to young Researchers at Brown University have discovered that certain types of carbon nanoparticles can be environmentally toxic to adult fruit flies, although they were found to be benign when added to food for larvae. The findings, published online in Environmental Science & Technology, may further reveal the environmental and health dangers of carbon nanoparticles.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Superfund, Brown University
Contact: Richard Lewis
Public Release: 6-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} Dark energy from the ground up: Make way for BigBOSS To measure the expansion history of the universe, the design chosen for the Joint Dark Energy mission will use three techniques -- supernovae, weak lensing, and baryon acoustic oscillation -- but it will emphasize baryon acoustic oscillation. Good science, but many scientists think it can be done better, cheaper, and more dependably from the ground -- by BigBOSS.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 6-Aug-2009
Journal of Physical Chemistry{DISSERTATION} Protein folding: Diverse methods yield clues Rice University physicists have written the next chapter in an innovative approach for studying the forces that shape proteins. Featured on the cover of today's issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, the new research illustrates the value of studying proteins with a new method that uses the tools of nanotechnology.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Welch Foundation
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 6-Aug-2009
{DISSERTATION} Carnegie donates landmark clones to biology Surprisingly little is known about the interactions that proteins have with each other and the protective membrane that surrounds a cell. These membrane proteins regulate nutrients, sense environmental threats, and are the communications interface between and within cells. Now researchers at the Carnegie Institution have cloned genes to produce membrane proteins that may initiate instructions for genes to turn on in the nucleus. They just donated 2,010 of them to the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center.
Carnegie Institution, National Science Foundation
Contact: Wolf Frommer
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