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Public Release: 5-Jun-2012
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks{DISSERTATION} Nuclear weapon simulations show performance in molecular detail US researchers are perfecting simulations that show a nuclear weapon's performance in precise molecular detail, tools that are becoming critical for national defense because international treaties forbid the detonation of nuclear test weapons. 
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Science Foundation
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 5-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} Survey: Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming The cities that are most active in preparing for climate change are not necessarily the biggest or wealthiest. Instead, they are often places buffeted by natural disasters and increasing changes in temperature or rainfall.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kimberly Allen
Public Release: 5-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} Rice research IDs vulnerable bridges More than a dozen Gulf Coast bridges in or near Galveston, Texas, would likely suffer severe damage if subjected to a hurricane with a similar landfall as Hurricane Ike but with 30 percent stronger winds, according to researchers at Rice University.
Houston Endowment, National Science Foundation
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} New technology improves malaria control and vaccine development A new technique that accurately determines the risk of infants in endemic countries developing clinical malaria could provide a valuable tool for evaluating new malaria prevention strategies and vaccines. The technique could even help to understand how anti-malarial vaccine and treatment strategies act to reduce malaria, say researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel and the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research.
Swiss National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Victorian Government
Contact: Liz Williams
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} How religion promotes confidence about paternity Religious practices that strongly control female sexuality are more successful at promoting certainty about paternity, according to a study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Diane Swanbrow
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Physicists close in on a rare particle-decay process In the biggest result of its kind in more than ten years, physicists have made the most sensitive measurements yet in a decades-long hunt for a hypothetical and rare process involving the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. If discovered, the researchers say, this process could have profound implications for how scientists understand the fundamental laws of physics and help solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Swiss National Science Foundation, Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Contact: Deborah Williams-Hedges
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Family Relations{DISSERTATION} Many new mothers spend more time on Facebook after giving birth A small, exploratory study suggests that many first-time parents - particularly mothers - actually increase the amount of time they spend on Facebook after the birth of their child.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Contact: Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
ACM SIGCHI 2012 Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems {DISSERTATION} Teaching tree-thinking through touch A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists at Harvard, Northwestern, Wellesley, and Tufts suggest that collaborative touch-screen games have value beyond just play. Two games, developed with the goal of teaching important evolutionary concepts, were tested on families in a busy museum environment and on pairs of college students. In both cases, the educational games succeeded at making the process of learning difficult material engaging and collaborative.
National Science Foundation, Encyclopedia of Life Learning and Education Group, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Annals of Applied Statistics{DISSERTATION} New statistical model lets patient's past forecast future ailments Analyzing medical records from thousands of patients, statisticians have devised a statistical model for predicting what other medical problems a patient might encounter.
Google, National Science Foundation
Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Reign of the giant insects ended with the evolution of birds Giant insects ruled the prehistoric skies during periods when Earth's atmosphere was rich in oxygen. Then came the birds. After the evolution of birds about 150 million years ago, insects got smaller despite rising oxygen levels, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
National Science Foundation, University of California -- Santa Cruz
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 3-Jun-2012
Nature Genetics{DISSERTATION} 'Most comprehensive' genetic analysis of maize plant will help raise yields, expand its range The most comprehensive analysis to date of the maize genome has just been published. It's an achievement that substantially increases scientists' understanding of differences across related but different species of the plant, which most North Americans call corn, as well as the nature of differences found within individual maize species.
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Science Foundation
Contact: Peter Tarr
Public Release: 3-Jun-2012
Nature Genetics{DISSERTATION} Maize diversity discoveries may help ease world's hunger pangs Researchers at the University of California, Davis, report that ancient farmers had a stronger impact on the evolution of maize, or corn, than modern plant breeders have had on the grain -- now one of the world's top production crops. The findings, together with a companion study on maize diversity, will help plant breeders increase corn yield as they prepare for the challenges of global population growth and climate change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Patricia Bailey
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