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Public Release: 18-Mar-2013
 Animal BehaviourMale lions use ambush hunting strategy It has long been believed that male lions are dependent on females when it comes to hunting. But new evidence suggests that male lions are, in fact, very successful hunters in their own right. A new report from a team including Carnegie's Scott Loarie and Greg Asner shows that male lions use dense savanna vegetation for ambush-style hunting in Africa. 
James S. McDonnell Foundation, United States National Science Foundation Ecology of Infectious Disease grant, and others
Contact: Greg Asner
Public Release: 18-Mar-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesComputer models show how deep carbon could return to Earth's surface Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are helping geochemists understand how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth's surface.
Department of Energy, Sloan Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 17-Mar-2013
Nature GeoscienceOcean plankton sponge up nearly twice the carbon currently assumed Models of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. Trillions of plankton near the surface of warm waters are far more carbon-rich than has long been thought, they found.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, UCI Environment Institute
Contact: Janet Wilson
Public Release: 14-Mar-2013
Perspectives on Psychological ScienceKnow thyself: How mindfulness can improve self-knowledge Mindfulness -- paying attention to one's current experience in a non-judgmental way -- might help us to learn more about our own personalities, according to a new article published in the March 2013 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Anna Mikulak
Public Release: 14-Mar-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesResearchers divide enzyme to conquer genetic puzzle Rice University researchers have found a way to divide and modify enzymes to create what amounts to a genetic logic gate. Biochemist Matthew Bennett and graduate student David Shis created a library of AND gates by mutating a protein from a bacterial virus. The well-understood protein known as T7 RNA polymerase is a strong driver of transcription in cells
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Welch Foundation
Contact: Jeff Falk
Public Release: 14-Mar-2013
Capitol Graduate Research Summit Journal of Materials in Civil EngineeringResearchers building stronger, greener concrete with biofuel byproducts A group of Kansas State University civil engineers are adding bioethanol byproducts to cement to reduce concrete's carbon footprint and make it stronger.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kyle Riding
Public Release: 14-Mar-2013
PLOS GeneticsPolar bears' family secrets revealed with DNA sequencing Brown bears on an Alaskan archipelago are the descendants of an ancient polar bear population rather than being the ancestors of modern polar bears, new research published in PLOS Genetics shows.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Beth Shapiro:
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
Nature MethodsPredictability: The brass ring for synthetic biology DNA sequences and statistical models have been unveiled that greatly increase the reliability and precision by which microbes can be engineered.
Department of Energy Office of Science, National Science Foundation
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
NatureBursts of star formation in the early universe Galaxies have been experiencing vigorous bursts of star formation from much earlier in cosmic history than previously thought, according to new observations by a Caltech-led team.
National Science Foundation, Kavli Foundation, Moore Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Research Chairs, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Contact: Deborah Williams-Hedges
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
Biological ConservationCarnivores, livestock and people manage to share same space study finds In the southern Rift Valley of Kenya, the Maasai people, their livestock and a range of carnivores, including striped hyenas, spotted hyenas, lions and bat-eared foxes, are coexisting fairly happily according to a team of coupled human and natural systems researchers.
National Science Foundation, Cincinnati Zoo, Panthera Corporation
Contact: Jamie DePolo
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
International collaboration to investigate disappearing reptiles and amphibians The National Science Foundation has awarded $2 million in grants to fund a collaborative research project to investigate how climate change is affecting plant communities and animal populations around the world. Led by UC Santa Cruz biologist Barry Sinervo, an international team of scientists will study the effects of climate change at research sites on five continents.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
Nature'Nuisance' data lead to surprising star-birth discovery South Pole Telescope observations show the dust-filled galaxies were bursting with stars much earlier in cosmic history than previously thought.
National Science Foundation, Kavli Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Contact: Steve Koppes
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
Psychological ScienceEvents in the future seem closer than those in the past Time flies, marches on, and flows like a river -- our descriptions of time are closely linked to our experiences of moving through space. Now, new research suggests that the illusions that influence how we perceive movement through space also influence our perception of time. The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, provide evidence that our experiences of space and time have even more in common than previously thought.
National Science Foundation, Neubauer Family Faculty Fellows
Contact: Anna Mikulak
Public Release: 13-Mar-2013
NatureNIST mechanical micro-drum used as quantum memory JILA researchers demonstrated that information encoded as a specific point in a traveling microwave signal -- the vertical and horizontal positions of a wave pattern at a certain ime -- can be transferred to the mechanical beat of NIST's micro-drum and later retrieved with 65 percent efficiency.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Contact: Laura Ost
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Americans and religion increasingly parting ways Religious affiliation in the United States is at its lowest point since it began to be tracked in the 1930s, according to analysis of newly released survey data by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Duke University. Last year, one in five Americans claimed they had no religious preference, more than double the number reported in 1990.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Yasmin Anwar
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Astrophysical JournalAstronomers observe planets around another star like never before Thanks to a new high-tech gadget, astronomers have observed four planets orbiting a star relatively close to the sun in unprecedented detail, revealing the roughly ten-Jupiter-mass planets to be among the most exotic ones known.
National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Deborah Williams-Hedges
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Child Development'I don't want to pick!' Preschoolers know when they aren't sure Children as young as three years old know when they are not sure about a decision, and can use that uncertainty to guide decision making, according to new research from the Center for Mind and Brain at UC Davis.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Scientific ReportsDevice may lead to quicker, more efficient diagnostics A twist on thin-film technology may provide a way to optically detect and analyze multiple substances simultaneously, leading to quicker diagnostics in such industries as health care and homeland security, according to Penn State researchers.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Matt Swayne
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Journal of NeurotraumaComputer model may help athletes and soldiers avoid brain damage and concussions Concussions can occur in sports and in combat, but health experts do not know precisely which jolts, collisions and awkward head movements during these activities pose the greatest risks to the brain. To find out, Johns Hopkins engineers have developed a powerful computer-based process that helps identify the dangerous conditions that lead to concussion-related brain injuries. This approach could lead to new medical treatment options and sports rule changes to reduce brain trauma among players.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins/Center for Advanced Metallic and Ceramic Systems
Contact: Phil Sneiderman
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
The Anatomical RecordThe nose's unheralded neighbor The maxillary sinuses, those pouches on either side of the human nose, have a purpose after all: They act as cushions to allow noses to assume different shapes. The study by a University of Iowa-led research team explains the relationship for the first time. Results appear in the journal The Anatomical Record.
National Science Foundation, The Leakey Foundation
Contact: Richard Lewis
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Nature NeuroscienceNeural 'synchrony' may be key to understanding how the human brain perceives In a perspective article published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, biomedical engineering professor Garrett Stanley detailed research progress toward "reading and writing the neural code." The neural code details how the brain's roughly 100 billion neurons turn raw sensory inputs into information we can use to see, hear and feel things in our environment.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Psychological ScienceInfants prefer individuals who punish those not like themselves, Yale researchers find Infants as young as nine months old prefer individuals who punish those who are not like them, and this seemingly innate mean streak grows stronger in the next five months of life, a study by researchers at Yale University has found.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Bill Hathaway
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Psychological ScienceBabies prefer individuals who harm those that aren't like them Infants as young as nine months old prefer individuals who are nice to people like them and mean to people who aren't like them, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Anna Mikulak
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
Scientific ReportsFluorescent light revealed as gauge of coral health Coral reef decline in recent years due to a variety of threats -- from pollution to climate warming -- has lent urgency to the search for new ways to evaluate their health. A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientists has revealed that fluorescence, the dazzling but poorly understood light produced by corals, can be an effective tool for gauging their health.
National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research's Natural Materials, Systems and Extremophiles
Contact: Mario Aguilera or Robert Monroe
Public Release: 12-Mar-2013
JAMAWeight gain after quitting smoking does not negate health benefits A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers finds that the health effects of weight gained after quitting smoking do not counteract the known cardiovascular benefits of smoking cessation.
Swiss National Science Foundation, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, SICPA Foundation
Contact: Ryan Donovan
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