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Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} Rutgers-Camden genetics researcher receives NSF CAREER Award A Rutgers-Camden genetics researcher has earned an NSF CAREER Award. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Mike Sepanic
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} Lab in the Wild asks: What's your Internet like? One size fits all? Not on the Web. Users from different countries and cultures actually interact with information in different ways. To explore how people click and tap through the vast network of online offerings, a team of computer scientists from Harvard have launched the "Lab in the Wild." The project will administer an ongoing series of voluntary tests designed to elicit information about various users' "online culture."
Swiss National Science Foundation, Harvard University
Contact: Michael Patrick Rutter
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} UMass Amherst, national team define limits of microbial life in an undersea volcano "Just as biologists studied the different habitats and life requirements for giraffes and penguins when they were new to science, for the first time we're studying these subsurface microorganisms, defining their habitat requirements and determining how those differ among species. It's very exciting, and will advance our understanding of biogeochemical cycles in the deep ocean."
National Science Foundation, NASA/Astrobiology Institute, NOAA
Contact: Janet Lathrop
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Researchers peek at the early evolution of sex chromosomes Two new studies offer insight into sex chromosome evolution by focusing on papaya, a multimillion dollar crop plant with a sexual problem (as far as growers are concerned) and a complicated past. The findings are described in two papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor
Public Release: 3-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} New accelerator is helping Notre Dame scientists understand the working of the universe A new NSF-funded accelerator at the University of Notre Dame is helping to recreate stellar nuclear processes in the laboratory to complement the observational studies of new earth- and space-based telescopes that trace past and present nucleosynthesis processes in the Cosmos.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michael Wiescher
Public Release: 3-Aug-2012
Ecology and Evolution{DISSERTATION} Predatory beetles eavesdrop on ants' chemical conversations to find best egg-laying sites Predatory beetles can detect the unique alarm signal released by ants that are under attack by parasitic flies, and the beetles use those overheard conversations to guide their search for safe egg-laying sites on coffee bushes.
National Science Foundation, University of Michigan/Rackham Graduate School
Contact: Jim Erickson
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
Journal of Tropical Ecology{DISSERTATION} Invasive insects cause staggering impact on native tree Tiny insect may be the demise of an important forest tree in Guam.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Olympia Terral
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
ESA 97th Annual Meeting{DISSERTATION} Bears, scavengers count on all-you-can-eat salmon buffet lasting for months Watersheds need a mix of steep, cold-running streams and meandering streams of warmer water to keep options open for salmon. Preserving that sort of varied landscape serves not just salmon, it provides an all-summer buffet that brown bears and other animals need to sustain themselves the rest of the year.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, National Science Foundation, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation
Contact: Sandra Hines
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
SIGGRAPH 2012{DISSERTATION} No bones about it Computer-generated characters have become so lifelike in appearance and movement that the line separating reality is almost imperceptible at times. But while bipeds and quadrupeds have reigned supreme in CG animation, attempts to create and control their skeleton-free cousins using similar techniques has proved time-consuming and laborious. Georgia Tech researchers have found a possible solution to this challenge by developing a way to simulate and control movement of computer-generated characters without a skeletal structure.
National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Contact: Joshua Preston
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} Notre Dame research into oaks helps us understand climate change Jeanne Romero-Severson, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, and her collaborators, are tracking the evolution of the live oaks of eastern North America, seeking to understand how the trees adapted to climate change during glacial periods.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jeanne Romero-Severson
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
Astrophysical Journal{DISSERTATION} Vaporizing the Earth A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have vaporized the Earth -- if only by simulation, that is mathematically and inside a computer. They weren't just practicing their evil overlord skills. By baking model Earths, they are trying to figure out what astronomers should see when they look at the atmospheres of super-Earths in a bid to learn the planets' compositions.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diana Lutz
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} Within reach: Drexel engineers to add arms and hands to unmanned aerial vehicles Unmanned aerial vehicles, such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand –and an arm– from engineers at Drexel University as part of a National Science Foundation grant to investigate adding dexterous limbs to the aircrafts. The project, whose subject harkens to the hovering android iconography of sci-fi movies, could be a step toward the use of UAVs for emergency response and search and rescue scenarios.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Britt Faulstick
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} Researcher's fish-eye view could offer insights for human vision A research team uncovered an enzyme's role in the regulation of eye size in zebrafish. If the enzyme's role is similar in human eyes, it could be relevant to human vision problems, such as nearsightedness and farsightedness. The findings also warn of the potential changes phenylthiourea, a chemical used to block pigment, may have on zebrafish and the results of research using this common animal model.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, Sigma Xi
Contact: Elizabeth K. Gardner
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
Advanced Functional Materials{DISSERTATION} New chemical sensor makes finding landmines and buried IEDs easier A chemical sensing system developed by engineers at the University of Connecticut is believed to be the first of its kind capable of detecting vapors from buried landmines and other explosive devices with the naked eye rather than advanced scientific instrumentation.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Homeland Security
Contact: Colin Poitras
Public Release: 1-Aug-2012
Nature Physics{DISSERTATION} A direct look at graphene Berkeley Lab researchers have recorded the first direct observations at microscopic lengths of how electrons and holes respond to a charged impurity in graphene. The results point to interactions between electrons as being critical to graphene's extraordinary properties.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 1-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} Test flight over Peru ruins could revolutionize archaeological mapping Archaeological sites that currently take years to map could be completed in minutes with a new system that uses an unmanned aerial vehicle developed at Vanderbilt University that is currently being tested in Peru.
Vanderbilt University, National Science Foundation
Contact: James Patterson
Public Release: 1-Aug-2012
Current Biology{DISSERTATION} New study by Syracuse University scientists uncovers a reproduction conundrum When it comes to sperm meeting eggs in sexual reproduction, conventional wisdom holds that the fastest swimming sperm are most likely to succeed in their quest to fertilize eggs. That wisdom was turned upside down in a new study of sperm competition in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which found that slower and/or longer sperm outcompete their faster rivals.
National Science Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Judy Holmes
Public Release: 1-Aug-2012
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management {DISSERTATION} Interdisciplinary research leads to reduced construction costs and multiple awards Mani Golparvar-Fard, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, has developed an augmented reality modeling system that automatically analyzes physical progress on large-scale construction projects. The system allows a contractor to determine whether a project is on, ahead, or behind schedule, leading to cost savings and reduction in project delivery time.
National Science Foundation, Turner Construction
Contact: Lynn Nystrom
Public Release: 1-Aug-2012
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Dartmouth theoretical physicists probe the Majorana mystery Dartmouth physicists close in on a subatomic particle that could enable the next generation of supercomputers and illuminate the inscrutability of cosmic dark matter.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Amy Olson
Public Release: 1-Aug-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Earth absorbing more carbon, even as CO2 emissions rise, says CU-Boulder-led study Despite sharp increases in carbon dioxide emissions by humans in recent decades that are warming the planet, Earth's vegetation and oceans continue to soak up about half of them, according to a surprising new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
National Research Council, National Science Foundation, NOAA
Contact: Ashley Ballantyne
Public Release: 31-Jul-2012
Vision Research{DISSERTATION} Hey, I’m over here: Men and women see things differently In a new study published in the journal Vision Research, researchers at the University of Southern California show that the eyes and attention of men and women meander in distinctly different ways.
National Science Foundation, US Army Research Office
Contact: Robert Perkins
Public Release: 31-Jul-2012
SIGGRAPH 2012 ACM Transactions on Graphics{DISSERTATION} Adding a '3D print' button to animation software Pixels to plastic! A group of graphics experts led by computer scientists at Harvard have created an add-on software tool that translates video game characters -- or any other three-dimensional animations -- into fully articulated action figures, with the help of a 3D printer.
National Science Foundation, Pixar, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 31-Jul-2012
Oryx{DISSERTATION} To know a tiger is at least to start tolerating them, study shows To protect a dangerous and endangered animal -- be it a tiger in Nepal or a wolf in Michigan - you have to ask people, "How do you FEEL about your predatory neighbor?" Effective conservation calls for not only figuring out what protected species need. It also requires understanding what it takes for humans to tolerate them. A Michigan State University study of tigers in Nepal finds those feelings provide critical information to protect species.
National Science Foundation, US Fisheries and Wildlife/Rhinoceros and Tigers Conservation Fund
Contact: Neil Carter
Public Release: 30-Jul-2012
Endangered Species Research{DISSERTATION} Humpback whales staying in Antarctic bays later into autumn Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on krill late into the austral autumn, long after scientists thought their annual migrations to distant breeding grounds would begin, according to a new Duke University study.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Lucas
Public Release: 30-Jul-2012
AMBIO{DISSERTATION} Pollution can make citizens – both rich and poor – go green Nothing inspires environmentalism quite like a smog-filled sky or a contaminated river, according to a new study that also indicates that environmentalism isn't just for the prosperous.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sue Nichols
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