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Public Release: 13-Nov-2012
 Molecular Systems Biology{DISSERTATION} It pays to cooperate Yeast cells that share food have a survival edge over their freeloading neighbors -- particularly when there is bacterial competition. 
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Pew Fellowship, Foundational Questions in Evolutionary Biology, Sloan Foundation Fellowship, Siebel Scholarship
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 13-Nov-2012
Astronomy & Astrophysics{DISSERTATION} BOSS quasars unveil a new era in the expansion history of the universe Using the "Lyman-alpha forests" of tens of thousands of quasar spectra, the third Sloan Digital Sky Survey's Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has measured the large-scale structure of the early universe for the first time. No other technique can reach back over 10 billion years to probe baryon oscillations at a time when the expansion of the universe was still decelerating and dark energy was yet to turn on.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, SDSS-III Participating Institutions, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy Office of Science
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 12-Nov-2012
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics{DISSERTATION} Persistence or extinction: Through a mathematical lens A paper published last month in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics uses mathematical modeling to study Allee effects, the phenomenon by which a population's growth declines at low densities.
Department of Homeland Security, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science and Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis of Rutgers University, National Science Foundation
Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
Public Release: 12-Nov-2012
Soil Science Society of America Journal{DISSERTATION} Researchers unlock ancient Maya secrets with modern soil science Soil scientists and archeologists have uncovered evidence that the Maya grew corn sustainably in the lowlands of Tikal, Guatemala, but that they may also have farmed erosion-prone slopes over time.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Madeline Fisher
Public Release: 12-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Erosion has a point -- and an edge, NYU researchers find Erosion caused by flowing water does not only smooth out objects, but can also form distinct shapes with sharp points and edges, a team of New York University researchers has found. Their findings reveal the unexpected ways that erosion can affect landscapes and artificial materials.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: James Devitt
Public Release: 12-Nov-2012
Cancer Cell{DISSERTATION} Study shows how chronic inflammation can cause cancer A new study has found that interleukin-15 (IL-15) alone can cause large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia, a rare and usually fatal form of cancer. The researchers developed a treatment for the leukemia that showed no discernible side effects in an animal model. The study shows that IL-15 is also overexpressed in patients with LGL leukemia and that it causes similar cellular changes, suggesting that the treatment should also benefit people with the malignancy.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Science Foundation
Contact: Darrell E. Ward
Public Release: 11-Nov-2012
Nature Climate Change{DISSERTATION} Climate change threatens giant pandas' bamboo buffet -- and survival China's endangered wild pandas may need new dinner reservations – and quickly – based on models that indicate climate change may kill off swaths of bamboo that pandas need to survive.
National Science Foundation, NASA
Contact: Sue Nichols
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Regeneration International Symposium{DISSERTATION} SDSU opens new regenerative research institute IRRI to be the hub of regeneration research in the San Diego region.
National Institues of Health, National Science Foundation, AHA, CIRR
Contact: Greg Block
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Astronomy & Astrophysics{DISSERTATION} New habitable zone super-Earth found in exosolar system Astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth in the habitable zone, where liquid water and a stable atmosphere could reside, around the nearby star HD 40307. It is one of three new super-Earths found around the star that has three other low-mass planets orbiting it.
RoPACS, European Commission, German Ministies of Education, DGF, National Science Foundation
Contact: Paul Butler
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Extreme weather preceded collapse of Maya civilization Decades of extreme weather crippled, and ultimately decimated, first the political culture and later the human population of the ancient Maya, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers that includes two University of California, Davis, scientists.
National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Alphawood Foundation
Contact: Kat Kerlin
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Current Biology{DISSERTATION} Fighting bacteria with mucus Results from a recent MIT study suggest a possible new source of protection against biofilm formation: polymers found in mucus.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, European Research Council, National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Journal of Experimental Biology{DISSERTATION} Despite their thick skins, alligators and crocodiles are surprisingly touchy Researchers have discovered that alligators and crocodiles possess one of the most acute senses of touch in the animal kingdom.
National Science Foundation
Contact: David F Salisbury
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} The collapse of Classic Maya civilization linked to drought The Classic Maya culture thrived in rainy times and then collapsed in turmoil as the weather turned to drought, according to new research.
National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Carl Stiansen
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Corals attacked by toxic seaweed use chemical 911 signals to summon help Corals under attack by toxic seaweed do what anyone might do when threatened -- they call for help. A study to be reported Nov. 9 in the journal Science shows that threatened corals send signals to fish "bodyguards" that quickly respond to trim back the noxious alga -- which can kill the coral if not promptly removed.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Contact: John Toon
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research{DISSERTATION} Pre-drinking is a risky way to begin an evening out Prior research has shown that "pre-drinking" by young people leads to heavier drinking and greater harm. A study using Internet cell-phone questionnaires examined pre-drinking by young adults in Switzerland. Results showed that pre-drinking, when combined with subsequent on-premise drinking, is associated with almost twice-as-heavy consumption and adverse outcomes.
Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Florian Labhart, M.A.
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Journal of Experimental Biology{DISSERTATION} Tactile croc jaws more sensitive than human fingertips Crocodile bodies are peppered in thousands of minute pigmented bumps, which are restricted to the head of alligators. Although some of the bumps were proposed to respond to ripples in water, no one knew what the rest were for or how sensitive they are until Duncan Leitch and Ken Catania from Vanderbilt University, USA took a closer look. The duo discovered that the bumps are exquisitely touch sensitive: even more sensitive than human fingertips.
National Science Foundation
Contact: kathryn Knight
Public Release: 8-Nov-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Researchers find linkages between climate change and political, human impacts among ancient Maya An international team of archaeologists and earth science researchers has compiled a precisely dated, high-resolution climate record of 2,000 years that shows how Maya political systems developed and disintegrated in response to climate change. The researchers reconstructed rainfall records from stalagmite samples collected from Yok Balum Cave, located nearly three miles from ancient city of Uxbenka, in the tropical Maya Lowlands in southern Belize. They compared their findings to the rich political histories carved on stone monuments at Maya cities throughout the region.
National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, and others
Contact: Vicki Fong
Public Release: 7-Nov-2012
Soft Matter{DISSERTATION} How butterfly wings can inspire new high-tech surfaces Researchers here have taken a new look at butterfly wings and rice leaves, and learned things about their microscopic texture that could improve a variety of products.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Pam Frost Gorder
Public Release: 7-Nov-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Small lethal tools have big implications for early modern human complexity On the south coast of South Africa, scientists have found evidence for an advanced stone age technology dated to 71,000 years ago at Pinnacle Point near Mossel Bay. When combined with other findings of advanced technologies and evidence for early symbolic behavior from this region, the research documents a persistent pattern of behavioral complexity that might signal modern humans evolved in this coastal location.
National Science Foundation, Hyde Family Foundation
Contact: Julie Russ
Public Release: 6-Nov-2012
{DISSERTATION} National Academies' Keck Conference picks NYU-Poly citizen science researcher Polytechnic Institute of New York University Assistant Professor Oded Nov, whose research focuses on technology-mediated social participation, has been selected for the prestigious 2012 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative conference. Attendees will work to find solutions in neuroscience, including how a digitally connected world will impact learning processes, social behavior, memory, attention and decision-making. NAKFI is a program of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine.
Keck Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Kathleen Hamilton
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
Genome Research{DISSERTATION} Computers 'taught' to ID regulating gene sequences Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use those commonalities to predict other regulatory regions throughout the genome. The tool is expected to help scientists better understand disease risk and cell development.
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH/National Library of Medicine, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Science Foundation, Searle Scholars
Contact: Catherine Kolf
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
Ecology{DISSERTATION} 2001-2002 drought helped propel mountain pine beetle epidemic, says CU study A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-02 drought, greatly accelerated development of the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Teresa Chapman
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
{DISSERTATION} High-strength material advancements at Wayne State University may lead to new, life-saving steel A group of researchers in Wayne State University's College of Engineering have been working to create advanced materials with high-yield strength, fracture toughness and ductility. Their efforts have led to the development of a new material consisting of bainitic steels and austempered ductile iron that has all these characteristics, ultimately resisting fatigue that can cause fractures in materials often with catastrophic consequences.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Julie O'Connor
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
Geophysical Research Letters{DISSERTATION} Taking the 'pulse' of volcanoes using satellite images A new study by scientists at the University of Miami in GRL uses satellite data to investigate deformation prior to the eruption of active volcanoes in Indonesia's west Sunda arc.
NASA, National Science Foundation, Japanese Space Agency
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 2-Nov-2012
2012 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition{DISSERTATION} After long-ago mass extinction, global warming hindered species' recovery Researchers have discovered why plants and animals had a hard time recovering from the largest mass extinction in Earth's history 250 million years ago. The reason: global warming.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Pam Frost Gorder
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