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Public Release: 5-Feb-2013
ASME 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering{DISSERTATION} Cargo container research to improve buildings' ability to withstand tsunamis A multi-university team lead by Ronald Riggs, a structural engineer at the University of Hawaii, has determined just what the impact of cargo containers could be and will present findings at an international conference in June. The goal is to supply structural engineers with information to design buildings in areas vulnerable to tsunamis. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jeanne Norberg
Public Release: 5-Feb-2013
 Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Using single quantum dots to probe nanowires Plasmonic antennas will help image and detect bio-particles. This new research helps establish this approach.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation, PFS, Naval Research Applied Electromagnetics Center
Contact: Phillip F. Schewe
Public Release: 5-Feb-2013
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Evidence that at least 1 mammal can smell in stereo Neuroscientist Kenneth Catania has resolved a long-standing scientific debate by showing that the common mole can smell in stereo.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Salisbury
Public Release: 4-Feb-2013
{DISSERTATION} New effort to find why replacement hips and knees go bad A Case Western Reserve University researcher has been awarded a five-year $600,000 National Science Foundation-CAREER grant to create new materials and equipment to test ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene used to make artificial joints. She and her team of researchers will also develop magnetic particle imaging techniques to monitor degradation and wear.
US National Science Foundation
Contact: Kevin Mayhood
Public Release: 4-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Grooming helps insects keep their senses sharpened North Carolina State University researchers show that insect grooming -- specifically, antennal cleaning -- removes both environmental pollutants and chemicals produced by the insects themselves. The findings show that grooming helps insects maintain acute olfactory senses that are responsible for a host of functions, including finding food, sensing danger and even locating a suitable mate.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture
Contact: Coby Schal
Public Release: 4-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} New study shows that gases work with particles to promote cloud formation Columbia Engineering and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that certain volatile organic gases can promote cloud formation in a way never considered before by atmospheric scientists. They say this is the first time gases have been shown to affect cloud formation in this way and will "improve our ability to model cloud formation, an important component of climate."
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, National Science Foundation, Georgia Institute of Technology
Contact: Holly Evarts
Public Release: 3-Feb-2013
Nature Genetics{DISSERTATION} Plant scientists at CSHL demonstrate new means of boosting maize yields A team of plant geneticists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has successfully demonstrated what it describes as a "simple hypothesis" for making significant increases in yields for the maize plant.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture
Contact: Peter Tarr
Public Release: 3-Feb-2013
Nature Methods{DISSERTATION} Recreating natural complex gene regulation By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes to turn on inside cells, Duke University bioengineers have created a system they believe can benefit gene therapy research and the burgeoning field of synthetic biology.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Hartwell Foundation, March of Dimes
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} The effective collective: Grouping could ensure animals find their way in a changing environment Princeton University researchers report in the journal Science that collective intelligence is vital to certain animals' ability to evaluate and respond to their environment. The results should prompt a close examination of how endangered group or herd animals are preserved and managed because wild animals that depend on collective intelligence for migration, breeding and locating essential resources could be imperiled by any activity that diminishes or divides the group, such as overhunting and habitat loss.
National Science Foundation, US Office of Naval Research, US Army Research Office
Contact: Morgan Kelly
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Geology{DISSERTATION} New Geology study raises questions about long-held theories of human evolution A new analysis of the past 12 million years' of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity is challenging long-held beliefs about the world in which our ancestors took shape -- and, by extension, the impact it had on them.
National Science Foundation, University of Southern California
Contact: Robert Perkins
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Angewandte Chemie International Edition{DISSERTATION} Flat boron by the numbers Rice theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson and his colleagues detail several possible routes to the creation of two-dimensional sheets of boron. They say such sheets would be more conductive than graphene and thus useful in electronic applications.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
PLOS Computational Biology{DISSERTATION} Protein origami: Quick folders are the best The evolutionary history of proteins shows that folding is an important factor. Especially the speed of protein folding plays a key role. This was the result of a computer analysis carried out by researchers at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. For almost four billions of years, there has been a trend towards faster folding.
Klaus Tschira Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Peter Saueressig
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Advanced Materials{DISSERTATION} Novel materials shake ship scum Just as horses shake off pesky flies by twitching their skin, ships may soon be able to shed the unwanted accumulation of bacteria and other marine growth with the flick of a switch.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Geophysical Research Letters{DISSERTATION} Cyclone did not cause 2012 record low for Arctic sea ice A huge Arctic cyclone in August was not responsible for the historic minimum seen soon after in Arctic sea-ice extent.
National Science Foundation, NASA, Office of Naval Research
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} Ozone depletion trumps greenhouse gas increase in jet-stream shift Depletion of Antarctic ozone is a more important factor than increasing greenhouse gases in shifting the Southern Hemisphere jet stream in a southward direction, according to researchers at Penn State.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sara LaJeunesse
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
{DISSERTATION} Social networking: Gen Xers connect online as often as they socialize in person Young adults in Generation X are as likely to socialize with friends, family and co-workers online as they are in person, according to a University of Michigan study.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diane Swanbrow
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} Understanding 'master regulator' genes could lead to better cancer treatments A pair of genes work together as "master regulators" in cell division to keep the correct number of chromosomes in each daughter cell. Ipl1 and Mps1 work to hook and unhook chromosomes for proper DNA separation. The discovery could lead to better anti-cancer therapies.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Contact: Greg Elwell
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} Scientist: Ozone thinning has changed ocean circulation A hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has changed the way that waters in the southern oceans mix, a situation that has the potential to alter the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and eventually could have an impact on global climate change.
National Science Foundation, Australian Research Council
Contact: Phil Sneiderman
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} NYU physicists shine a light on particle assembly NYU physicists have developed a method for moving microscopic particles with the flick of a light switch. Their work relies on a blue light to prompt colloids to move and then assemble -- much like birds flock and move together in flight.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Defense, NASA
Contact: James Devitt
Public Release: 31-Jan-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} Mutant gene gives pigeons fancy hairdos University of Utah researchers decoded the genetic blueprint of the rock pigeon, unlocking secrets about pigeons' Middle East origins, feral pigeons' kinship with escaped racing birds, and how mutations give pigeons traits like a fancy feather hairdo known as a head crest.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, National Science Foundation, University of Utah, National Institutes of Health, Danish National Research Foundation
Contact: Lee J. Siegel
Public Release: 30-Jan-2013
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Research unlocks mystery surrounding the harnessing of fusion energy The research of a multi-institutional team from the US, Japan, and France, led by Predrag S. Krstic of the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences and Jean Paul Allain of Purdue University has answered the question of how the behavior of plasma -- the extremely hot gases of nuclear fusion -- can be controlled with ultra-thin lithium films on graphite walls lining thermonuclear magnetic fusion devices.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Predrag Krstic
Public Release: 30-Jan-2013
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} UCI team finds new target for treating wide spectrum of cancers UC Irvine biologists, chemists and computer scientists have identified an elusive pocket on the surface of the p53 protein that can be targeted by cancer-fighting drugs. The finding heralds a new treatment approach, as mutant forms of this protein are implicated in nearly 40 percent of diagnosed cases of cancer, which kills more than half a million Americans each year.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, UC Irvine
Contact: Tom Vasich
Public Release: 30-Jan-2013
Nature{DISSERTATION} Rutgers physics professors find new order in quantum electronic material A new type of order, or symmetry, discovered in an exotic material made with uranium may one day lead to enhanced computer displays and data storage systems and more powerful superconducting magnets for medical imaging and levitating high-speed trains.
National Science Foundation, Simons Foundation
Contact: Carl Blesch
Public Release: 30-Jan-2013
Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences{DISSERTATION} Empathy and age Looking for someone to feel your pain? Talk to a woman in her 50s. According to a new study of more than 75,000 adults, women in that age group are more empathic than men of the same age and than younger or older people.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diane Swanbrow
Public Release: 30-Jan-2013
{DISSERTATION} NSF selects OSU to lead project rejuvenating US research fleet The National Science Foundation has notified Oregon State University that it will be the lead institution on a project to finalize the design and coordinate the construction of as many as three new coastal research vessels to bolster the marine science research capabilities of the United States.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Mark Abbott
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