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Public Release: 28-Feb-2013
Modified bacteria turn waste into fat for fuel Genetically engineered E. coli bacteria developed at Rice University turn biomass from plant waste into fatty acids in a project sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture. The acids can then be turned into synthetic fuel or lubricants. 
Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 28-Feb-2013
 Astrophysical Journal LettersDiscoveries suggest icy cosmic start for amino acids and DNA ingredients Using new technology at the telescope and in laboratories, researchers have discovered an important pair of prebiotic molecules in interstellar space. The discoveries indicate that some basic chemicals that are key steps on the way to life may have formed on dusty ice grains floating between the stars.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 28-Feb-2013
2013 International Workshop on Clinical BMI Systems Journal of Neural EngineeringBrown unveils novel wireless brain sensor In a significant advance for brain-computer interfaces, engineers at Brown University have developed a novel wireless, broadband, rechargeable, fully implantable brain sensor that has performed well in animal models for more than a year. They described the result in the Journal of Neural Engineering and at a conference this week.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contact: David Orenstein
Public Release: 28-Feb-2013
ScienceWalking in the footsteps of 19th and 20th century naturalists Two biologists at Washington University in St. Louis were delighted to discover a meticulous dataset on a plant-pollinator network recorded by Illinois naturalist Charles Robertson between 1884 and 1916. Re-collecting part of Robertson's network, they learned that although the network has compensated for some losses, battered by climate change and habitat loss it is now weaker and less resilient than in Robertson's time.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diana Lutz
Public Release: 27-Feb-2013
Biologists explore link between amphibian behavior and deadly disease In a new study, biologists will investigate the connection between amphibians' social habits and a disease that has killed a record number of frogs, toads and salamanders worldwide. This week, San Francisco State University biologists received a $595,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the relationship between amphibian social behavior and a fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. This harmful fungus attacks an amphibian's skin and causes the disease Chytridiomycosis.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Elaine Bible
Public Release: 27-Feb-2013
PLOS ONESilver nanoparticles may adversely affect environment In experiments mimicking a natural environment, Duke University researchers have demonstrated that the silver nanoparticles used in many consumer products can have an adverse effect on plants and microorganisms.
National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: Richard Merritt
Public Release: 27-Feb-2013
American Economic ReviewNew insight into how people choose insurance plans Study: Consumers avoid high-deductible plans if they expect to reduce their use of medical care.
Alcoa, NIA, National Science Foundation, Sloan Foundation, MacArthur Foundation Network, US Social Security Administration grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 27-Feb-2013
Scientific ReportsRice builds nanotube photodetector A nanotube-based photodetector that gathers light in and beyond visible wavelengths shows promise for unique optoelectronic devices and specialized cameras.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, LANCER, Welch Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 27-Feb-2013
New fabrication technique could provide breakthrough for solar energy systems A University of Connecticut scientist is using a novel fabrication process to create ultra-efficient solar energy rectennas capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun's electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously converting it into usable electric power.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Colin Poitras
Public Release: 27-Feb-2013
Journal of Experimental BiologyNemo helps anemone partner breath by fanning with his fins Nestled amongst the tentacles of their anemone sanctuary, clownfish have reached an amicable arrangement with their deadly hosts. But what does the anemone get in return? Joe Szczebak and colleagues from Auburn University, USA, have discovered that the helpful fish increase the flow of water through their anemone-haven at night improving the anemone's oxygen supply when it is scarce.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicola Stead
Public Release: 26-Feb-2013
Insect research heads down path to start-up company with NSF I-Corps program A team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno have strayed from the lab to the boardroom in an effort to build a business based on discoveries from years of research studying insect enzymes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Mike Wolterbeek
Public Release: 25-Feb-2013
Experiments in Fluids 2 vortex trails with 1 stroke As of today, the Wikipedia entry for the hummingbird explains that the bird's flight generates in its wake a single trail of vortices that helps the bird hover. But after conducting experiments with hummingbirds in the lab, researchers at the University of California, Riverside propose that the hummingbird produces two trails of vortices -- one under each wing per stroke -- that help generate the aerodynamic forces required for the bird to power and control its flight.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
Public Release: 25-Feb-2013
Nature MaterialsA new look at high-temperature superconductors A new method allows direct detection of rapid fluctuations that may help to explain how high-temperature superconducting materials work.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 25-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesClues to climate cycles dug from south pole snow pit Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events, a team from the University of California, San Diego and a colleague from France have found. Anomalies in oxygen found in sulfate particles coincide with several episodes of the world-wide disruption of weather known as El Nino and can be distinguished from similar signals left by the eruption of huge volcanoes, the team reports.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Susan Brown
Public Release: 25-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesStudy finds maize in diets of people in coastal Peru dates to 5,000 years ago A team of scientists led by Dr. Jonathan Haas of Chicago's Field Museum has concluded that during the Late Archaic, maize (corn) was a primary component in the diet of people living in the Norte Chico region of Peru, an area of remarkable cultural florescence in 3rd millennium B.C. Up until now, the prevailing theory was that marine resources, not agriculture and corn, provided the economic engine behind the development of civilization in the Andean region of Peru.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nancy O'Shea
Public Release: 24-Feb-2013
Nature MaterialsLaser mastery narrows down sources of superconductivity Uncovering the mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity -- a phenomenon with tremendous value to advances in energy efficiency and sustainability -- remains one of the greatest and most pressing puzzles in physics. Now, using precise laser pulses and atomically perfect 2D materials, collaborating scientists have ruled out one possible source of HTS: Fleeting fluctuations called charge-density waves.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Justin Eure
Public Release: 24-Feb-2013
Nature Climate ChangeUN sustainable energy initiative could put world on a path to climate targets The UN's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, if successful, could make a significant contribution to the efforts to limit climate change to target levels, according to a new analysis from IIASA and ETH Zurich.
Swiss National Science Foundation, IIASA Peccei Award Grant
Contact: Katherine Leitzell
Public Release: 22-Feb-2013
Biological CyberneticsLessons from cockroaches could inform robotics Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. These new insights on how biological systems stabilize could one day help engineers design steadier robots and improve doctors' understanding of human gait abnormalities.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
Public Release: 22-Feb-2013
NatureGenomic detectives crack the case of the missing heritability Despite years of research, the genetic factors behind many human diseases and characteristics remain unknown, and has been called the "missing heritability" problem. A new study by Princeton University researchers, however, suggests that heritability in humans may be hidden due only to the limitations of modern research tools, but could be discovered if scientists know where (and how) to look.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellowship
Contact: Morgan Kelly
Public Release: 22-Feb-2013
UC Berkeley, UCSF and Stanford join forces to help commercialize university innovations The University of California, Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University are collaborating on an educational program aimed at commercializing university research and fostering innovation locally and nationally, thanks to a three-year, $3.75 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ute Frey
Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
Gender & SocietyStudent loans help women more than men in reaching graduation Student loans provide more help to women than they do for men in encouraging graduation from college, a new nationwide study reveals.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Contact: Rachel Dwyer
Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
Particle & Particle Systems CharacterizationResearchers 'nanoweld' by applying light to aligned nanorods in solid materials Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a way to melt or "weld" specific portions of polymers by embedding aligned nanoparticles within the materials. Their technique, which melts fibers along a chosen direction within a material, may lead to stronger, more resilient nanofibers and materials.
National Science Foundation, Sigma Xi
Contact: Tracey Peake
Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
ScienceJourney to the limits of spacetime Black holes shape the growth and death of the stars around them through their powerful gravitational pull and explosive ejections of energy. In a recent Science paper, researchers predicted the formation of accretion disks and relativistic jets that warp and bend more than previously thought, shaped by the extreme gravity of the black hole and by powerful magnetic forces generated by its spin.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Faith Singer-Villalobos
Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
Wayne State University researcher's techniques enable more, faster testing of biological liquids Two National Science Foundation grants to a Wayne State University researcher could amount to far more than a drop in the bucket when it cassistant professor of electrical and computer eomes to handling liquids for biological screening. WSU's Amar Basu, Ph.D., recently received the grants, which total $636,000, to support his work on microfluidic technologies in an effort to help scientists rapidly conduct thousands of chemical, genetic and pharmacological tests through a process called high-throughput screening.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Julie O'Connor
Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
Biologists lead international team to track Arctic response to climate change Last summer was the highest ice retreat in the Arctic on record. An international team of scientists is setting up observatories in the Alaskan Arctic to track how everything from clams to polar bears respond to sea ice retreat and the resulting environmental changes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Amy Pelsinsky
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