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Public Release: 9-Apr-2013
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSurf's up: Turbulence tells sea urchins to settle down Tumbling in the waves as they hit a rocky shore tells purple sea urchin larvae it's time to settle down and look for a spot to grow into an adult, researchers at UC Davis's Bodega Marine Laboratory have found. 
National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 9-Apr-2013
Nature CommunicationsAdvancing secure communications: A better single-photon emitter for quantum cryptography In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a simpler, more efficient single-photon emitter that can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
Public Release: 9-Apr-2013
Association of American Geographers Annual MeetingSatellite sandwich technique improves analysis of geographical data University of Cincinnati student researcher develops method to combine thermal data from separate satellite systems to create large, detailed maps of regional temperature fluctuation.
National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Tom Robinette
Public Release: 9-Apr-2013
Journal of Royal Society InterfaceBean leaves can trap bedbugs, researchers find Inspired by a traditional Balkan bedbug remedy, researchers have documented how microscopic hairs on kidney bean leaves effectively stab and trap the biting insects, according to findings published online today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Scientists at UC Irvine and the University of Kentucky are now developing materials that mimic the geometry of the leaves.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Janet Wilson
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesStanford seeks sea urchin's secret to surviving ocean acidification Ocean research reveals rapid evolutionary adaptations to a changing climate. Genetic variation is the key to this ability to deal with higher acidity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Stephen Palumbi
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
Without birds, will Guam's forests look like Swiss cheese? Ecologists from Rice University and the University of Guam will begin an ambitious four-year study this summer to examine how the loss of birds on Guam may be thinning the island's forests. The invasive brown tree snake has wiped out virtually all birds on Guam. The National Science Foundation will fund an examination of how the loss of fruit-eating birds is affecting the distribution of 16 tree species in Guam's forests.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCarbon's role in planetary atmosphere formation A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the way carbon moves from within a planet to the surface plays a big role in the evolution of a planet's atmosphere. If Mars released much of its carbon as methane, for example, it might have been warm enough to support liquid water.
NASA, National Science Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Deep Carbon Observatory
Contact: Kevin Stacey
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
Ocean explorers want to get to the bottom of Galicia Rice University will lead an NSF-funded expedition to the Atlantic Ocean offshore Galicia, Spain, this summer to study how continents break apart to form new oceans.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
Hybrid Systems: Computation and ControlTechnique finds software bugs in surgical robots and helps developers fix flaws, ensure safety Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problematic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated that methods for reliably detecting software bugs and ultimately verifying software safety can be applied successfully to this breed of robot.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Byron Spice
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
American Chemical Society's 245th National Meeting & ExpositionResearch demonstrates why going green is good chemistry NSF-funded research on mechanochemistry will be presented at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting in New Orleans.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dawn Fuller
Public Release: 8-Apr-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSurface diffusion plays a key role in defining the shapes of catalytic nanoparticles Controlling the shapes of nanometer-sized catalytic and electrocatalytic particles made from noble metals such as platinum and palladium may be more complicated than previously thought.
National Science Foundation
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 7-Apr-2013
Nature MethodsAdhesive force differences enable separation of stem cells to advance therapies A new separation process that depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells could help expand production of stem cells generated through cell reprogramming. The separation process could also lead to improvements in the reprogramming technique itself and expand disease modeling.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 5-Apr-2013
Environmental Science & TechnologyNew emissions standards would fuel shift from coal to natural gas Tougher EPA air-quality standards could spur an increased shift away from coal and toward natural gas for electricity generation, according to a new Duke University study. Complying with stricter regulations on sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, nitrogen oxide and mercury may make nearly two-thirds of the nation's coal-fired power plants as expensive to run as plants powered by natural gas. The regulations would make 65 percent of U.S. coal plants as expensive as natural gas, even if gas prices rise significantly.
National Science Foundation, Bank of America Foundation
Contact: Timothy Lucas
Public Release: 5-Apr-2013
Physical Review LettersElectron conflict leads to 'bad traffic' on way to superconductivity Rice University physicists on the hunt for the origins of high-temperature superconductivity have published new findings this week about a seemingly contradictory state in which a material simultaneously exhibits the conflicting characteristics of both a metallic conductor and an insulator. In a theoretical analysis this week in Physical Review Letters, Rice physicists Qimiao Si and Rong Yu offer an explanation for observations by researchers at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Menlo Park, Calif.
National Science Foundation, Robert A. Welch Foundation
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 5-Apr-2013
10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems and Design Implementation (NSDI '13)New tool promises private photo-sharing -- even using Facebook and Flickr USC team develops a tool that allows Facebook and Flickr users to share photos while completely controlling who has access to them.
US National Science Foundation, University of Southern California
Contact: Robert Perkins
Public Release: 4-Apr-2013
NSF award recognizes IUPUI professor for work to enhance machine learning applications A computer science professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has earned the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to research ways to help computers actively adjust models and classify new data by enhancing machine learning technology.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Hosick
Public Release: 4-Apr-2013
ScienceScientists illuminate elusive mechanism of widely used click reaction Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have illuminated the mechanism at the heart of one of the most useful processes in modern chemistry. A reaction that is robust and easy to perform, it is widely employed to synthesize new pharmaceuticals, biological probes, new materials and other products.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Contact: Mika Ono
Public Release: 4-Apr-2013
ScienceDiscovery of 1,800-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' for tropical ice cores In the Apr. 4, 2013 edition of Science Express, researchers at The Ohio State University describe the first annually resolved ice core "Rosetta Stone" with which to compare other climate histories from Earth's tropical and subtropical regions over the last two millennia.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Pam Frost Gorder
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
Volunteers use historic US ship logbooks to uncover Arctic climate data Citizen scientists are transcribing millions of atmospheric and sea-ice observations collected from U.S. ships that spent time in the Arctic. The data can help modern computers to reconstruct historic Arctic weather patterns.
North Pacific Research Board, National Science Foundation
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
PLOS ONEClimate change winners: Adélie penguin population expands as ice fields recede Adelie penguins may actually benefit from warmer global temperatures, the opposite of other polar species, according to a breakthrough study by an international team led by University of Minnesota Polar Geospatial Center researchers. The study provides key information affirming hypothetical projections about the continuing impact of environmental change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Rhonda Zurn
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
NatureQuantum tricks drive magnetic switching into the fast lane Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and the University of Crete in Greece have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies. Magnetic switching is used to encode information in hard drives, RAM and other computing devices.
US Department of Energy Office of Science, National Science Foundation
Contact: Breehan Gerleman Lucchesi
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
Astrophysical JournalGreen Pea galaxies could help astronomers understand early universe The rare Green Pea galaxies discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm astronomers' understanding of reionization, a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early universe, say University of Michigan researchers.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
EcologyInvasive crabs help Cape Cod marshes Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of predatory green crabs has helped turn back the tide in favor of the grass. The counter-intuitive conclusions appear in a new paper in the journal Ecology.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Orenstein
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyDiversity programs give illusion of corporate fairness, study shows Diversity training programs lead people to believe that work environments are fair even when given evidence of hiring, promotion or salary inequities, according to new findings by psychologists at the University of Washington and other universities.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 3-Apr-2013
Journal of Structural GeologyEarth is 'lazy' when forming faults like those near San Andreas In particular, they study irregularities along strike-slip faults, the active zones where plates slip past each other such as at the San Andreas Fault of Southern California. Until now, there has been a great deal of uncertainty among geologists about the factors that govern how new faults grow in regions where one plate slides past or over another around a bend.
National Science Foundation, Southern California Earthquake Center
Contact: Janet Lathrop
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