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Public Release: 9-Dec-2012
Materials Research Society Fall Meeting{DISSERTATION} Self-assembled monolayers create p-n junctions in graphene films Researchers are creating graphene p-n junctions by transferring films of the electronic material to substrates that have been patterned by compounds that are either strong electron donors or electron acceptors. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 7-Dec-2012
2012 AGU Fall Meeting{DISSERTATION} Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, CU research team finds Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, CU-Boulder research team finds.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dan McGrath
Public Release: 7-Dec-2012
{DISSERTATION} UT Arlington research team wins $1.35 million NSF robotics grant to develop smart skin applications Imagine a human-like robot with skin and clothes embedded with sensors that could help machines better assist human owners. Such "smart" robots are part of a new $1.35 million National Science Foundation project led by Dan Popa, a UT Arlington associate professor of electrical engineering. Popa is leading a collaborative effort to advance robots and robotic devices, improve prosthetics and enable those devices to perform tasks that people can no longer do themselves.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Herb Booth
Public Release: 7-Dec-2012
2012 AGU Fall Meeting{DISSERTATION} Greenland ice sheet carries evidence of increased atmospheric acidity Studies have shown decreasing levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 in core samples from Greenland ice starting around the time of the Industrial Revolution. New research suggests the decline corresponds to increased acidity in the atmosphere.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Vince Stricherz
Public Release: 7-Dec-2012
 American Journal of Physical Anthropology{DISSERTATION} Monkey business: What howler monkeys can tell us about the role of interbreeding in human evolution Did different species of early humans interbreed and produce offspring of mixed ancestry?
National Science Foundation, PROMEP-UVER Mexico, Universidad Veracruzana, University of Michigan/Office of the Vice President for Research, Museum of Zoology, Department of Anthropology, Rackham Graduate School
Contact: Jim Erickson
Public Release: 7-Dec-2012
{DISSERTATION} Crowdsourcing site compiles new sign language for math and science The ASL-STEM Forum is a crowdsourcing project, similar to Wikipedia or the Urban Dictionary, that creates a new sign language for the latest scientific and technical terms.
National Science Foundation, Google Corp.
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 6-Dec-2012
Optics Express{DISSERTATION} Tiny structure gives big boost to solar power Princeton researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of solar power.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation
Contact: John Sullivan
Public Release: 6-Dec-2012
PLOS Genetics{DISSERTATION} Different genes behind same adaptation to thin air Highlanders in Tibet and Ethiopia share a biological adaptation that enables them to thrive in the low oxygen of high altitudes, but the ability to pass on the trait appears to be linked to different genes in the two groups, research from a Case Western Reserve University scientist and colleagues shows.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kevin Mayhood
Public Release: 6-Dec-2012
American Naturalist{DISSERTATION} Insect-eating bat outperforms nectar specialist as pollinator of cactus flowers In a surprising result, scientists at UC Santa Cruz have found that the insect-eating pallid bat is a more effective pollinator of cardon cactus flowers than a nectar-feeding specialist, the lesser long-nosed bat.
UC MEXUS, National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 6-Dec-2012
{DISSERTATION} Research takes next generation augmented reality apps 'anywhere' Augmented reality applications for mobile devices could become smarter and more sophisticated, thanks to two recent grants awarded to University of California, Santa Barbara computer science professors Matthew Turk and Tobias Höllerer.
National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research
Contact: Melissa Van De Werfhorst
Public Release: 6-Dec-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Moths wired two ways to take advantage of floral potluck Moths are able to enjoy a pollinator's buffet of flowers -- in spite of being among the insect world's picky eaters -- because of two distinct "channels" in their brains, scientists have discovered. One olfactory channel governs innate preferences of the palm-sized moths -- insects capable of traveling miles in a single night in search of favored blossoms. The other allows them to learn about alternate sources of nectar.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Sandra Hines
Public Release: 6-Dec-2012
Advanced Materials{DISSERTATION} Flexible silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become possible For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that is capable of being scaled up to many meters in length. The research, led by a Penn State University chemist, opens the door to the possibility of weaving together solar-cell silicon wires to create flexible, curved, or twisted solar fabrics.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, National Science Foundation, Penn State Material
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) Dec. 8-12 in San Francisco{DISSERTATION} New '4-D' transistor is preview of future computers A new type of transistor shaped like a Christmas tree has arrived just in time for the holidays, but the prototype won't be nestled under the tree along with the other gifts. "It's a preview of things to come in the semiconductor industry," said Peide "Peter" Ye, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
{DISSERTATION} Akron researchers devise Rx for ailing wellness programs The NSF was so impressed with this Akron research team's novel, holistic, software-based approach to wellness programs, it funded testing of the project to the tune of $1.3 million.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Laura Massie
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
American Journal of Human Genetics{DISSERTATION} Reading history through genetics A Columbia Engineering study published in the November 2012 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics demonstrates a new approach used to analyze genetic data to learn more about the history of populations. The authors, the first to develop a method that can describe in detail events in recent history, focused on two populations, the Ashkenazi Jews and the Masai people of Kenya.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Holly Evarts
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Astronomers discover and 'weigh' infant solar system A young star no more than 300,000 years old is surrounded by a disk of dust and gas rotating in the same manner as planets in our Solar System, making it the youngest such infant system yet found.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
Global Change Biology{DISSERTATION} Tracking invasive cheatgrass role in larger, more frequent Western fires Bradley, Balch and colleagues say that over the past 10 years, cheatgrass fueled most of the largest fires, influencing 39 of the largest 50. Also, fires in grass-covered lands were on average significantly larger than the average fire size on lands dominated by other types of vegetation such as pinyon-juniper, montane shrubland and cultivated areas.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Contact: Janet Lathrop
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
Neuron{DISSERTATION} Where 'where it's at' is at in the brain A new study in the journal Neuron suggests that the brain uses a different region than neuroscientists had thought to associate objects and locations in the space around an individual. Knowing where this fundamental process occurs could help treat disease and brain injury as well as inform basic understanding of how the brain supports memory and guides behavior.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: David Orenstein
Public Release: 5-Dec-2012
{DISSERTATION} Invasive grass fuels increased fire activity in the West An invasive grass species may be one reason fires are bigger and more frequent in certain regions of the western United States, according to a team of researchers.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Contact: Matthew Swayne
Public Release: 4-Dec-2012
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Quantum thermodynamics The best yet calculations of the effect of blackbody radiation on the wavefunction of ytterbium atoms, should help produce a better atomic clock.
US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation Physics Frontiers Centers
Contact: Phillip F. Schewe
Public Release: 4-Dec-2012
Scientific Reports{DISSERTATION} UI researchers help find way to protect historic limestone buildings Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from pollution by applying a thin, single layer of a water-resistant coating, according to a University of Iowa researcher and her colleagues from Cardiff University, UK. In a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers report a new way to minimize chemical reactions that cause limestone buildings to deteriorate.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Gary Galluzzo
Public Release: 4-Dec-2012
Environmental Science & Technology{DISSERTATION} Numerical study suggests subsea injection of chemicals didn't prevent oil from rising to sea surface A new study in Environmental Science & Technology, led by University of Miami Scientist Claire Paris, is the first to examine the effects of the use of unprecedented quantities of synthetic dispersants on the distribution of an oil mass in the water column. The team developed and tested models to show that the application of oil-dispersing chemicals had little effect on the oil surfacing in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Science Foundation, GoMRI
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez, UM Rosenstiel School
Public Release: 4-Dec-2012
Journal of Physiology{DISSERTATION} Targeting neurotransmitter may help treat gastrointestinal conditions Selective targeting of the neurotransmitter that differentially affects brain cells that control the two distinct functions of the pancreas may allow for new medication therapies for conditions like diabetes, dyspepsia and gastro-esophageal reflux, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Matthew Solovey
Public Release: 4-Dec-2012
Nature Materials{DISSERTATION} Nature Materials study: Boosting heat transfer with nanoglue A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Results of the team's study, published in the journal Nature Materials, could enable new advances in cooling computer chips and lighting-emitting diode devices, collecting solar power, harvesting waste heat, and other applications.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michael Mullaney
Public Release: 4-Dec-2012
{DISSERTATION} Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gives a big boost to BigBOSS Through UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has made a $2.1 million grant to the BigBOSS project based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The grant funds the development of key technologies for modifying the 4-meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, constructing a precision instrument to study dark energy by mapping tens of millions of galaxies and quasars over the entire Northern Hemisphere sky.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, US Department of Energy/Office of Science, National Science Foundation, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Contact: Paul Preuss
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