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Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
 Journal of Geophysical ResearchStudy predicts lag in summer rains over parts of US and Mexico A delay in the summer monsoon rains that fall over the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico is expected in the coming decades according to a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research. The North American monsoon delivers as much as 70 percent of the region's annual rainfall, watering crops and rangelands for an estimated 20 million people. 
National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Kim Martineau
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesStudy shows how one insect got its wings Scientists have delved deeper into the evolutionary history of the fruit fly than ever before to reveal the genetic activity that led to the development of wings -- a key to the insect's ability to survive.
National Science Foundation, Pelotonia Fellowship Program
Contact: Amanda Simcox
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Astrophysical JournalAstronomers conduct first remote reconnaissance of another solar system Researchers have conducted a remote reconnaissance of a distant solar system with a new telescope imaging system that sifts through the blinding light of stars. Using a suite of high-tech instrumentation and software called Project 1640, the scientists collected the first chemical fingerprints, or spectra, of this system's four red exoplanets, which orbit a star 128 light years away from Earth.
National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Plymouth Hill foundation
Contact: Kendra Snyder
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRemote clouds responsible for climate models' glitch in tropical rainfall New research shows that cloud biases over the Southern Ocean are the primary contributor to the double-rain band problem that exists in most modern climate models.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Developmental CellTiny piece of RNA keeps 'clock' running in earliest stages of life New research shows that a tiny piece of RNA has an essential role in ensuring that embryonic tissue segments form properly.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Susan Cole
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Nature GeoscienceGlaciers contribute significant iron to North Atlantic Ocean A new study by biogeochemists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution identifies a large, unexpected source of iron to the North Atlantic – meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets, which may stimulate plankton growth during spring and summer. This source is likely to increase as melting of the Greenland ice sheet escalates under a warming climate.
WHOI Clark Arctic Research Initiative, National Science Foundation, WHOI Ocean and Climate Change Institute
Contact: WHOI Media Relations
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Atmospheric EnvironmentGround-level ozone falling faster than model predicted While dangerous ozone levels have fallen with reductions in emissions from vehicles and industry, a new study suggests a model widely used to predict the impact of remediation efforts has been too conservative.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
PLOS Computational BiologyUntangling life's origins Researchers in the Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory at the University of Illinois in collaboration with German scientists have been using bioinformatics techniques to probe the world of proteins for answers to questions about the origins of life.
National Science Foundation, Klaus Tschira Foundation
Contact: Susan Jongeneel
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
University of Miami geologists to address the mystery of an evolution gap in reef corals National Science Foundation funds UM project to study the evolution of corals along the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. It is one of the few areas that contain a record of coral reefs from a period of climatic change that occurred between one and two million years ago.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Annette Gallagher
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Geophysical Research LettersMonsoon failure key to long droughts in Southwest Long-term droughts in the Southwestern North America often mean failure of both summer and winter rains, according to new tree-ring research from a University of Arizona-led team. For the severe, multi-decadal droughts that occurred from 1539 to 2008, both winter and summer rains were sparse year after year. The finding contradicts the commonly held belief that a dry winter rainy season is generally followed by a wet monsoon season, and vice versa.
National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US EPA
Contact: Mari N. Jensen
Public Release: 11-Mar-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesProtected areas successfully prevent deforestation in Amazon rainforest Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction, two University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues have found.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Rights and Resources Initiative, U-M Graham Sustainability Institute, National Science Foundation, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
Contact: Jim Erickson
Public Release: 8-Mar-2013
ScienceHome toxic home Most organisms would die in the volcanic sulfur pools of Yellowstone and Mount Etna. Robust simple algae call it home, and their secrets to survival could advance human medicine and bioremediation.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 8-Mar-2013
Systematic BiologyGenetic study of house dust mites demonstrates reversible evolution In evolutionary biology, there is a deeply rooted supposition that you can't go home again: Once an organism has evolved specialized traits, it can't return to the lifestyle of its ancestors.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jim Erickson
Public Release: 8-Mar-2013
Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education conferenceSing a new song: Computer scientists use music to lure students to STEM majors To students in Jennifer Burg's computer science classes, making music is the main objective. But her goal is to get them to understand how the underlying technology works -- and to love it so much they decide on a science-based career path. And that, Burg's study has shown, has helped Wake Forest University fulfill the national imperative to increase the number of majors in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Stephanie Skordas
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
CellDisease knowledge may advance faster with CRISPR gene probing tool Scientists at UC San Francisco have found a more precise way to turn off genes, a finding that will speed research discoveries and biotech advances and may eventually prove useful in reprogramming cells to regenerate organs and tissues.
National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Science Foundation
Contact: Jeffrey Norris
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
ScienceThe future of ion traps Recently Science magazine invited JQI fellow Chris Monroe and Duke professor Jungsang Kim to speculate on ion trap technology as a scalable option for quantum information processing. The article is highlighted on the cover of this week's issue, which is dedicated to quantum information. The cover portrays a photograph of a surface trap that was fabricated by Sandia National Labs and used to trap ions at JQI and Duke, among other laboratories.
Intelligence Advance Research Projects Activity, US Army Research Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation
Contact: Emily Edwards
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
Current BiologyNew form of animal communication discovered Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate -- a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications cues and what brain malfunctions may cause some complex social disorders.
National Science Foundation, Mount Sinai Health Care Foundation, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Spitz Brain Health Fund
Contact: Jessica Studeny
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
Tracking sediments' fate in largest-ever dam removal Any day now, the world's largest dam-removal project will release a century's worth of sediment. For marine geologists, it's a unique opportunity to study natural and engineered river systems.
National Science Foundation, Washington Sea Grant
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
Cell ReportsDual systems key to keeping chromosomes intact USC scientists have discovered how two different structural apparatuses collaborate to protect repetitive DNA when it is at its most vulnerable -- while it is being unzipped for replication.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Robert Perkins
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
ScienceReconstruction of Earth climate history shows significance of recent temperature rise Using data from 73 sites around the world, scientists have been able to reconstruct Earth's temperature history back to the end of the last Ice Age, revealing that the planet today is warmer than it has been during 70 to 80 percent of the time over the last 11,300 years.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Shaun Marcott
Public Release: 7-Mar-2013
ScienceLong predicted atomic collapse state observed in graphene Seventy years ago theorists predicted superlarge nuclei would exhibit a quantum-mechanical phenomenon known as "atomic collapse." Recently materials scientists calculated that highly-charged impurities in graphene should exhibit a corresponding buildup of electrons partially localized in space and energy -- a unique electronic resonance. By constructing artificial superlarge nuclei on graphene, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have achieved the first experimental observation of long-sought atomic collapse, with important implications for the future of graphene-based electronic devices.
Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 6-Mar-2013
NatureResearchers discover workings of brain's 'GPS system' A new study from researchers at Princeton University provides evidence for how the brain determines the body's location as it moves through its surroundings.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Brain Research Foundation
Contact: Catherine Zandonella
Public Release: 6-Mar-2013
Genes & DevelopmentResearchers explain a key developmental mechanism for the first time in plants In simple animals like the fruit fly and more recently in plants and mammals, scientists have been able to identify some of the principal players in the developmental symphony. Today, a team of researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory explains for the first time the operation of a mechanism in plants that controls a class of key developmental regulatory genes, called homeobox genes.
New York State Department of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: Peter Tarr
Public Release: 6-Mar-2013
Journal of the American Chemical SocietyKilling cancer cells with acid reflux A University of Central Florida chemist has come up with a unique way to kill certain cancer cells -- give them acid reflux.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala
Public Release: 6-Mar-2013
Neuron1 region, 2 functions: Brain cells' multitasking key to understanding overall brain function A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories. A new study shows that very different types of information can be simultaneously encoded within the posterior parietal cortex, bringing scientists a step closer to understanding how the brain interprets visual stimuli and solves complex tasks.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Brain Research Foundation
Contact: John Easton
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