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Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
 Nature{DISSERTATION} Bread wheat's large and complex genome is revealed An international team of scientists, including CSHL Professor W. Richard McCombie's group and others from the USA, UK, and Germany, has completed the first comprehensive analysis of the bread wheat genome. The study, published this month in Nature, opens up a valuable data resource to learn more about this important crop and improve wheat agriculture through gene discovery. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Edward Brydon Ph.D.
Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
European Southern Observatory{DISSERTATION} Virginia Tech scientists discover record-breaking black hole energy blast Virginia Tech physics researchers have discovered a quasar with the most energetic outflow ever seen, a finding that may answer questions about how the mass of a galaxy is linked to its central black hole mass and why there are so few large galaxies in the universe.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation
Contact: Rosaire Bushey
Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
2012 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference{DISSERTATION} Researchers identify ways to exploit 'cloud browsers' for large-scale, anonymous computing Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Oregon have found a way to exploit cloud-based Web browsers, using them to perform large-scale computing tasks anonymously. The finding has potential ramifications for the security of 'cloud browser' services.
National Science Foundation, US Army Research Office
Contact: Matt Shipman
Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} New studies show moral judgments quicker, more extreme than practical ones -- but also flexible Judgments we make with a moral underpinning are made more quickly and are more extreme than those same judgments based on practical considerations, a new set of studies finds. However, the findings also show that judgments based on morality can be readily shifted and made with other considerations in mind.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, John Templeton Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: James Devitt
Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
{DISSERTATION} University of Tennessee supercomputer sets world record for energy efficiency An Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer named Beacon, deployed by the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) of the University of Tennessee, tops the current Green500 list, which ranks the world's fastest supercomputers based on their power efficiency.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Glenn Brook
Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
{DISSERTATION} Upgrade to visualization and analysis system eases path for beginning supercomputer users Nautilus, the supercomputer at the heart of the University of Tennessee's Remote Data Analysis and Visualization Center, has recently been upgraded. Housed on the campus of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nautilus is used by researchers all over the United States for visualizing and analyzing data in ways not possible on smaller systems. The upgrade, which shortens the learning curve for supercomputing, will open the door for a wider array of researchers to use high-performance computing.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sean Ahern
Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Princeton research: Embracing data 'noise' brings Greenland's complex ice melt into focus Princeton University researchers developed an enhanced approach to capturing changes on the Earth's surface via satellite could provide a more accurate account of how geographic areas are changing as a result of natural and human factors. In a first application, the technique revealed sharper-than-ever details about Greenland's massive ice sheet, including that the rate at which it is melting might be accelerating more slowly than predicted.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Morgan Kelly
Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Flu outbreaks predicted with weather forecast techniques Scientists have developed a new system that adapts techniques used in weather prediction to generate local forecasts of seasonal influenza outbreaks. By predicting the timing and severity of the outbreaks as far as seven weeks in advance, the system can eventually help society better prepare for them.
National Institutes of Health, Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation
Contact: David Hosansky
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} IU-led team uncovers process for chameleon-like changes in world's most abundant phytoplankton An international team of biologists led by Indiana University's David M. Kehoe has identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a chameleon-like process that allows one of the world's most abundant ocean phytoplankton, once known as blue-green algae, to maximize light harvesting for photosynthesis.
National Science Foundation, Lilly Foundation, Agence Nationale Recherches, MicroB3, Indiana University
Contact: Steve Chaplin
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Penn researchers make flexible, low-voltage circuits using nanocrystals Electronic circuits are typically integrated in rigid silicon wafers, but flexibility opens up a wide range of applications in a world where electronics are becoming more pervasive. Finding materials with the right mix of performance and manufacturing cost, however, remains a challenge. Now researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that nanoscale particles, or nanocrystals, of the semiconductor cadmium selenide can be "printed" or "coated" on flexible plastics to form high-performance electronics.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Evan Lerner
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Applied Physics Letters{DISSERTATION} New device hides, on cue, from infrared cameras Now you see it, now you don't. A new device invented at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences can absorb 99.75 percent of infrared light that shines on it. When activated, it appears black to infrared cameras.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and more
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Ancient microbes found living beneath the icy surface of Antarctic lake This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada's Desert Research Institute reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one of Antarctica's most isolated lakes.
National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Justin Broglio
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Deciphering bacterial doomsday decisions Like a homeowner prepping for a hurricane, the bacterium Bacillus subtilis uses a long checklist to prepare for survival in hard times. Scientists from Rice University and the University of Houston have discovered that B. subtilis begins survival preparations well in advance of making the ultimate decision of whether to "hunker down" and form a spore. The research is available online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Nature Photonics{DISSERTATION} Funneling the sun's energy MIT engineers propose a new way of harnessing photons for electricity, with the potential for capturing a wider spectrum of solar energy.
National Science Foundation, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Contact: Caroline McCall
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Psychological Science{DISSERTATION} Bothered by negative, unwanted thoughts? Just throw them away If you want to get rid of unwanted, negative thoughts, try just ripping them up and tossing them in the trash.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Richard Petty
Public Release: 22-Nov-2012
Journal of Experimental Biology{DISSERTATION} Muscle powers spearing mantis shrimp attacks Mantis shrimps pack a powerful punch, whether they smash or spear their victims. According to Maya deVries and Sheila Patek from University of California, Berkeley, smasher mantis shrimps power their claws' ballistic blows using a catapult mechanism, but how do spearers deploy their weapons? Analyzing the movements of large Lysiosquillina maculata, the duo found that they unexpectedly use muscle power to launch their claw spears although smaller Alachosquilla vicina use a catapult mechanism like smashers.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, National Science Foundation Integrative Organismal Systems
Contact: Kathryn Knight
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