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Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
 ScienceResearchers propose new way to probe Earth's deep interior Researchers propose a new technique that might one day reveal in higher detail than ever before the composition and characteristics of the deep Earth. There's just one catch: it relies on a fifth force of nature that has not yet been detected, but which some particle physicists think might exist. If it does, this new force would connect matter at Earth's surface with matter hundreds to thousands of kilometers below, deep in Earth's mantle. 
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, Carnegie/DOE Alliance Center
Contact: Marc Airhart
Public Release: 21-Feb-2013
SciencePenn researchers develop protein 'passport' that help nanoparticles get past immune system The immune system exists to destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or splinters. Unfortunately, drug-delivering nanoparticles and implanted devices like pacemakers are just as foreign and subject to the same response. Now, researchers at Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science and its Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics have figured out a way to provide a "passport" for such therapeutic devices, enabling them to bypass the body's security system.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: elerner@upenn.edu
Public Release: 20-Feb-2013
Engineer's research employs semiconductors to better store, use solar energy The National Science Foundation has awarded a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to Fuqiang Liu, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, to improve the way solar energy is captured, stored and transmitted for use.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Herb Booth
Public Release: 20-Feb-2013
Molecular PsychiatryGenome-wide imaging study identifies new gene associated with Alzheimer's plaques A study combining genetic data with brain imaging, designed to identify genes associated with the amyloid plaque deposits found in Alzheimer's disease patients, has not only identified the APOE gene -- long associated with development of Alzheimer's -- but has uncovered an association with a second gene, called BCHE.
National Institutes of Health, US Food and Drug Administration, National Science Foundation, and others
Contact: Eric Schoch
Public Release: 20-Feb-2013
Journal of the Americal Chemical SocietyMolecules assemble in water, hint at origins of life Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are exploring an alternate theory for the origin of RNA: They think the RNA bases may have evolved from a pair of molecules distinct from the bases we have today. This theory looks increasingly attractive, as the Georgia Tech group was able to achieve efficient, highly ordered self-assembly in water with small molecules that are similar to the bases of RNA.
National Science Foundation, NASA
Contact: Jason Maderer
Public Release: 20-Feb-2013
Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social ComputingTool boosts success of online collaborations by redistributing the burdens of leadership The Web makes it possible for lots of people to collaborate on projects, but it doesn't make it easy to lead them. A Carnegie Mellon University researcher has developed a new tool that helps leaders see complex, collaborative projects through to completion by redistributing leadership responsibilities. The tool, called Pipeline, makes it easier to assign, critique and track the progress of individual tasks within a project and makes it easy for leaders to delegate responsibility to others.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Byron Spice
Public Release: 20-Feb-2013
Science Translational MedicineNew injectable hydrogel encourages regeneration and improves functionality after a heart attack University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks, help the heart grow new tissue and blood vessels, and get the heart moving closer to how a healthy heart should. The results of the study were published Feb. 20 in Science Translational Medicine.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesComputer modeling reveals how surprisingly potent hepatitis C drug works A study by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and a multinational team reveals how daclatasvir, a direct-acting antiviral agent in development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), targets one of its proteins and causes the fastest viral decline ever seen with anti-HCV drugs -- within 12 hours of treatment.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, University of Illinois Walter Payton Liver Center Guild
Contact: Nancy Ambrosiano
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
NatureMutant champions save imperiled species from almost-certain extinction Species facing widespread and rapid environmental changes can sometimes evolve quickly enough to dodge the extinction bullet. University of Washington scientists consider the genetic underpinnings of such "evolutionary rescue."
National Science Foundation, University of Washington Royalty Research Funds
Contact: Sandra Hines
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
Nature CommunicationsThat's the way the droplets adhere A new technique developed by MIT researchers provides the first direct views of how drops and bubbles adhere to surfaces -- and how they let go.
National Science Foundation, DuPont-MIT Alliance
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
NYU project to examine social media's impact on political attitudes and behavior NYU faculty have established a project to examine the impact of social media use on political attitudes and participation by applying methods from a range of academic disciplines. The project, Social Media and Political Participation, is funded by a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation
Contact: James Devitt
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
Tufts civil engineer wins national award for research on monitoring public structures Promising research into monitoring structural soundness of buildings and bridges has earned Babak Moaveni, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in the Tufts School of Engineering, an early career award from the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Alex Reid
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society BClimate change effect on plant communities is buffered by large herbivores, new research suggests Can existing ecological communities persist intact as temperatures rise? A news study suggests that the answer to this question may have as much to do with the biological interactions that shape communities as with the effects of climate change itself.
National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbara Kennedy
Public Release: 19-Feb-2013
Nature's phenomena might teach Virginia Tech engineers new tricks The National Science Foundation has a Physics of Living program that funds research projects at the interface of biology, mathematical modeling, physics, and engineering. NSF has awarded Sunghwan Jung, principal investigator, along with Jake Socha, both assistant professors of engineering science and mechanics, and Pavlos Vlachos, professor of mechanical engineering, a little over a half a million dollars to investigate the water entry and exit problems that are apparent in engineering mechanics based on a better understanding of biology.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Lynn Nystrom
Public Release: 18-Feb-2013
GeologyAncient fossilized sea creatures yield oldest biomolecules isolated directly from a fossil Though scientists have long believed that complex organic molecules couldn't survive fossilization, some 350-million-year-old remains of aquatic sea creatures uncovered in Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa have challenged that assumption.
National Science Foundation, Geological Society of America
Contact: Pam Frost Gorder
Public Release: 18-Feb-2013
Journal of Biomedical Materials ResearchResearchers coat spinal polymer implants with bioactive film to improve bonding with bone Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants -- which are often used in spinal surgeries.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 18-Feb-2013
New supercomputer to aid genomics research The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has gifted the Institute for Genomic Biology a highly parallel shared memory supercomputer named Ember. The Ember computing system has become part of the IGB biocluster, adding 1536 cores and eight terabytes of memory spread across four nodes.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicholas Vasi
Public Release: 18-Feb-2013
Monthly Weather ReviewLake-effect snow sometimes needs mountains University of Utah researchers ran computer simulations to show that the snow-producing "lake effect" isn't always enough to cause heavy snowfall, but that mountains or other surrounding topography sometimes are necessary too.
National Science Foundation, NOAA/National Weather Service
Contact: Lee J. Siegel
Public Release: 18-Feb-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesThe role of goop: Research shows pollution doesn't change the rate of droplet formation When it comes to forming the droplets that make up clouds, a little oily and viscous organic material apparently doesn't matter that much. And that's good news for reducing the uncertainty of climate model predictions.
National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, US Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 17-Feb-2013
Nature MaterialsNew material interface improves functioning of non-silicon-based electronic devices For the first time, researchers have designed a special material interface that has been shown to add to and to improve the functioning of non-silicon-based electronic devices, such as those used in certain kinds of random access memory. The new method could be used to design improved, more-efficient, multilevel and multifunctional devices, as well as enhanced nanoelectronic components -- such as non-volatile information storage and processing; and spintronic components
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Barbara Kennedy
Public Release: 17-Feb-2013
Nature PhysicsDopants dramatically alter electronic structure of superconductor Study demonstrates that doping dramatically alters the atomic-scale electronic structure of the parent of a high-temperature superconductor, with important consequences for the behavior of the current-carrying electrons. The findings could potentially point to new ways to design superconductors with improved properties.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, UK Research Council, Scottish Funding Council, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh
Public Release: 17-Feb-2013
Nature'Snooze button' on biological clocks improves cell adaptability The circadian clocks that control and influence dozens of basic biological processes have an unexpected 'snooze button' that helps cells adapt to changes in their environment.
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Science Foundation, Welch Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, David & Lucille Packard Foundation
Contact: David Salisbury
Public Release: 17-Feb-2013
2013 AAAS Annual MeetingBrown University scientists to discuss resilience of coastal communities at AAAS Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen are members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions. They will participate in a symposium titled, "Building Resilience of Coastal Communities to Environmental and Institutional Shocks," at the AAAS meeting in Boston.
National Science Foundation, Brown University/Environmental Change Initiative, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Contact: Kevin Stacey
Public Release: 16-Feb-2013
2013 AAAS Annual MeetingMalawi's bountiful harvests and healthier children In Malawi, the fields are full -- and so are the children. Through research led by Michigan State University, crop yields have increased dramatically. The children of Ekwendi, Malawi, also have gained weight and are taller. These improvements bring smiles to Sieglinde Snapp, MSU ecologist, and other researchers who have worked in Malawi for many years.
National Science Foundation, McKnight Foundation, US Agency for International Development
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 16-Feb-2013
2013 AAAS Annual MeetingMentoring models to move minorities to majorities in STEM Evidence of a shift in US demographics and importance of minorities took center stage during the Presidential election, but how do those growing toward majority acquire representation in our educational and technological communities?
National Science Foundation
Contact: Margaret Coulombe
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