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Public Release: 3-Jul-2012
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Penn engineers convert a natural plant protein into drug-delivery vehicles Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have now shown a new approach for making vesicles and fine-tuning their shapes. By starting with a protein that is found in sunflower seeds, they used genetic engineering to make a variety of protein molecules that assemble into vesicles and other useful structures. 
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Evan Lerner
Public Release: 3-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} SDSC's CIPRES Science Gateway clarifies branches in evolution's 'tree of life' A new Web resource developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego is helping thousands of researchers worldwide unravel the enigmas of phylogenetics, the study of evolutionary relationships among virtually every species on the planet.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Jan Zverina
Public Release: 3-Jul-2012
Ecology Letters{DISSERTATION} Social bats pay a price with new fungal disease The impact on bat populations of a deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome may depend on how gregarious the bats are during hibernation. Species that hibernate in dense clusters even as their populations get smaller will continue to transmit the disease at a high rate, dooming them to continued decline, according to a new study led by researchers at UC Santa Cruz.
National Science Foundation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bat Conservation International
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 2-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} Iowa State Engineering's Wind Energy Initiative builds research, education programs The Wind Energy Initiative of Iowa State University's College of Engineering is building research and education programs across disciplines. The initiative's ultimate goal is to help the country produce 20 percent of its electrical energy from wind by 2030.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sri Sritharan
Public Release: 2-Jul-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Researchers able to better pinpoint history of droughts through exploration of tree rings Through an exploration of tree rings and oxygen isotopes, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are now able to better pinpoint the history of droughts in the arid and semiarid areas of the American West.
National Science Foundation
Contact: B. Rose Huber
Public Release: 2-Jul-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Multiple proxy datasets can clarify ancient climate regimes Tree ring and oxygen isotope data from the US Pacific Northwest do not provide the same information on past precipitation, but rather than causing a problem, the differing results are a good thing, according to a team of geologists.
National Science Foundation
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 2-Jul-2012
Annals of the Entomological Society of America{DISSERTATION} Do the world's smallest flies decapitate tiny ants? The smallest fly ever discovered is just 0.40 millimeters in length, and is a member of a fly family that is known for "decapitating" ants.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dr. Brian Brown
Public Release: 1-Jul-2012
Nature Nanotechnology{DISSERTATION} Pitt researchers propose new spin on old method to develop more efficient electronics With the advent of semiconductor transistors -- invented in 1947 as a replacement for bulky and inefficient vacuum tubes -- has come the consistent demand for faster, more energy-efficient technologies. To fill this need, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are proposing a new spin on an old method: a switch from the use of silicon electronics back to vacuums as a medium for electron transport -- exhibiting a significant paradigm shift in electronics.
National Science Foundation
Contact: B. Rose Huber
Public Release: 1-Jul-2012
Nature Biotechnology{DISSERTATION} An error-eliminating fix overcomes big problem in '3rd-gen' genome sequencing A team has developed a software package that fixes a serious problem inherent in "3rd-gen" single-molecule genome sequencing: the fact that every fifth or sixth DNA "letter" it generates is incorrect. The high error rate is the flip side of the new method's chief virtue: it generates much longer genome "reads," providing a much more complete picture of genomes.
US Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Contact: Peter Tarr
Public Release: 30-Jun-2012
Geology{DISSERTATION} Mass extinctions reset the long-term pace of evolution A new study indicates that mass extinctions affect the pace of evolution, not just in the immediate aftermath of catastrophe, but for millions of years to follow. The study's authors, University of Chicago's Andrew Z. Krug and David Jablonski, will publish their findings in the August issue of the journal Geology.
NASA, National Science Foundation
Contact: Steve Koppes
Public Release: 29-Jun-2012
Nano Letters{DISSERTATION} New fuel cell keeps going after the hydrogen runs out Materials scientists at Harvard have demonstrated a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that converts hydrogen into electricity but can also store electrochemical energy like a battery. This fuel cell can continue to produce power for a short time after its fuel has run out.
National Science Foundation, Le Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS, US Department of Defense
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 29-Jun-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Acoustic tweezers capture tiny creatures with ultrasound A device about the size of a dime can manipulate living materials such as blood cells and entire small organisms, using sound waves, according to a team of bioengineers and biochemists from Penn State.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Walt Mills
Public Release: 29-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF funds University of Miami, Navy Postgraduate School research in ocean dynamics Funded by a grant from the NSF, a study led by University of Miami's Dr. Igor Kamenkovich and Naval Postgraduate School's Dr. Timour Radko will investigate critical oceanic processes involved in Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Patterns (LEDPs). This will offer offer a more complete and realistic description of LEDPs, directly applicable to observations and comprehensive climate models. The project will also help describe the eddy transport of important tracers like heat and carbon caused by the LEDPs.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 29-Jun-2012
Society for Experimental Biology 2012{DISSERTATION} Falling lizards use tail for mid-air twist, inspiring lizard-like 'RightingBot' Lizards, just like cats, have a knack for turning right side up and landing on their feet when they fall. But how do they do it? Unlike cats, which twist and bend their torsos to turn upright, lizards swing their large tails one way to rotate their body the other, according to work that will be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on June 29. A lizard-inspired robot, called "RightingBot," replicates the feat.
Swiss National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Catie Lichten
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Adoption of advanced techniques could propel crop improvement Scientists could take greater strides toward crop improvement if there were wider adoption of advanced techniques used to understand the mechanisms that allow plants to adapt to their environments, current and former Purdue University researchers say.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, US Department of Agriculture
Contact: Brian Wallheimer
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} U of M discovery to improve efficiencies in fuel, chemical and pharmaceutical industries University of Minnesota engineering researchers are leading an international team that has made a major breakthrough in developing a catalyst used during chemical reactions in the production of gasoline, plastics, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals. The discovery could lead to major efficiencies and cost-savings in these multibillion-dollar industries.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Rhonda Zurn
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Study provides first evidence of coevolution between invasive, native species Invasive species such as kudzu, privet and garlic mustard can devastate ecosystems, and, until now, scientists had little reason to believe that native plants could mount a successful defense. A new University of Georgia study shows that some native clearweed plants have evolved resistance to invasive garlic mustard plants -- and that the invasive plants appear to be waging a counterattack.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Lankau
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Nano Letters{DISSERTATION} Not-so-precious: Stripping gold from AFM probes allows better measurement of picoscale forces JILA researchers found that removing an AFM probe's gold coating -- until now considered helpful -- greatly improved force measurements performed in a liquid, the medium favored for biophysical studies such as stretching DNA or unfolding proteins.
National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Contact: Laura Ost
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} Understanding what's up with the Higgs boson On July 4, CERN will release the latest results of the search for the Higgs boson with the Large Hadron Collider. Members of the ATLAS and CMS experiments who are leading the search are still deciding what they will announce. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has a large contingent of physicists in the ATLAS collaboration, some in key posts. They explain what's involved in the Higgs search and what happens after the news breaks.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Angewandte Chemie{DISSERTATION} Photosynthesis re-wired Boston College chemists Kian L. Tan and Dunwei Wang have developed a process that closely resembles photosynthesis and proved capable of synthesizing compounds found in the pain-killers ibuprofen and naproxen.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ed Hayward
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} How sweet it is: Tomato researchers discover link between ripening, color and taste For many grocery shoppers, those perfect, red tomatoes from the store just can't match the flavor from the home garden. Now, researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell University, USDA and the University of California at Davis have decoded a gene that contributes to the level of sugar, carbohydrates and carotenoids in tomatoes.
US Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation
Contact: Blaine Friedlander
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Discovery may lead to new tomato varieties with vintage flavor and quality A new genetic discovery may help plant breeders recapture heirloom flavor, processing quality and a health-promoting compound in modern tomato varieties, reports an international research team, which will publish its findings in the June 29 issue of Science.
University of California, US Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, National Science Foundation, Viet Nam Education Foundation, Fundación Genoma España, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología and Instituto Tecnólogico de Costa
Contact: Patricia Bailey
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Scientific Reports{DISSERTATION} Rice researchers develop paintable battery Rice University researchers have developed a paint-on lithium-ion battery that can be applied to virtually any surface.
Advanced Energy Consortium, National Science Foundation, US Army Research Laboratories
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 27-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} UC Berkeley chemists installing first carbon dioxide sensor network in Oakland Using inexpensive detectors that fit inside a shoebox, UC Berkeley chemists are installing a network of sensors -- the nation's first -- in Oakland, Calif., to allow neighborhood-by-neighborhood, real-time monitoring of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. The information will help communities monitor greenhouse gases and help verify local caps on emissions. Most sensors will be on schools so that kids can learn about pollution and climate change using a curriculum developed at Chabot Space and Science Center.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Robert Sanders
Public Release: 27-Jun-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} They were what they ate You are what you eat, and that seems to have been true even 2 million years ago, when a group of pre-human relatives was swinging through the trees and racing across the savannas of South Africa.
National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, the Malapa Project at the Institute for Human Evolution at the University of Witwatersrand, the Max Planck Society, the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Scholarship Program, the Leakey Foundation
Contact: Lisa DeNike
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