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Public Release: 7-May-2013
 PLOS Medicine{DISSERTATION} Older people in Africa have limited functional ability The number of adults living into older age in sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly growing yet many older men and women will have an illness or disability that limits their ability to function, according to a study by researchers from the US and Malawi published in this week's PLOS Medicine. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Fiona Godwin
Public Release: 6-May-2013
Nano Letters{DISSERTATION} Researchers develop unique method for creating uniform nanoparticles University of Illinois researchers have developed unique approach for the synthesis of highly uniform icosahedral nanoparticles made of platinum. Results showed that the key factors for the shape control include fast nucleation, kinetically controlled growth, and protection from oxidation by air.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Hong Yang
Public Release: 6-May-2013
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation{DISSERTATION} More than a good eye: Carnegie Mellon robot uses arms, location and more to discover objects A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information available to it -- an object's location, size, shape and even whether it can be lifted -- a robot can continually discover and refine its understanding of objects, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Byron Spice
Public Release: 6-May-2013
Physical Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Columbia engineers manipulate a buckyball by inserting a single water molecule Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball and drive motion of the "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O molecule, a controlling transport mechanism in a nanochannel under an external electric field. This method could lead to new applications including effective ways to control drug delivery and to assemble C60-based functional 3D structures at the nanoscale level.
National Science Foundationl, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contact: Holly Evarts
Public Release: 6-May-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} The Black Sea is a goldmine of ancient genetic data When Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution marine paleoecologist Marco Coolen was mining through vast amounts of genetic data from the Black Sea sediment record, he was amazed about the variety of past plankton species that left behind their genetic makeup (i.e., the plankton paleome).
National Science Foundation
Contact: Media Relations Office
Public Release: 6-May-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Breast milk ingredient could prevent deadly intestinal problem in preemies An ingredient that naturally occurs in breast milk might be used to prevent premature babies from developing a deadly intestinal condition that currently is largely incurable, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in this week's online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Institutes of Health, Hartwell Foundation, Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hemophilia Center of Western PA
Contact: Anita Srikameswaran
Public Release: 6-May-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Bats use blood to reshape tongue for feeding Brown University scientists have found that a species of bat uses blood flow to reshape its tongue while feeding. The quick dynamic action makes the tongue an effective "mop" for nectar and could even inspire new industrial designs. Findings are reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Sigma Xi, Bushnell Graduate Fund, American Microscopical Society
Contact: David Orenstein
Public Release: 3-May-2013
Astrophysical Journal Letters{DISSERTATION} Birth of a black hole According to a new study by an astrophysicist at Caltech, a new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black hole.
National Science Foundation, NASA, Sherman Fairchild Foundation
Contact: Brian Bell
Public Release: 3-May-2013
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology{DISSERTATION} George Washington University biologist discovers new dinosaur in China Fossil remains found by a George Washington University biologist in northwestern China have been identified as a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating, dinosaur.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Latarsha Gatlin
Public Release: 3-May-2013
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems{DISSERTATION} Fleeing Facebook: Study examines why people quit -- and come back -- to the 'global aquarium' With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don't use Facebook. A study by Cornell University researchers suggests that "non-use" of the social networking site is fairly common -- a third of Facebook users take breaks from the site by deactivating their account, and one in 10 completely quit.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Contact: Syl Kacapyr
Public Release: 3-May-2013
PLOS ONE{DISSERTATION} Carnegie Mellon Research shows self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress New research from Carnegie Mellon University provides the first evidence that self-affirmation can protect against the damaging effects of stress on problem-solving performance. Understanding that self-affirmation -- the process of identifying and focusing on one's most important values -- boosts stressed individuals' problem-solving abilities will help guide future research and the development of educational interventions.
National Science Foundation, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Opportunity Fund
Contact: Shilo Rea
Public Release: 2-May-2013
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine{DISSERTATION} Heart cells change stem cell behavior Stem cells drawn from the amniotic fluid of pregnant women change their behavior when near heart cells, but do not become heart cells.
National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, Simmons Family Foundation
Contact: Mike Williams
Public Release: 2-May-2013
American Educational Research Journal{DISSERTATION} Understanding student weaknesses As part of a unique study that surveyed 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 students, researchers showed the science teachers were most successful when they could predict their students' wrong answers on standardized tests.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Peter Reuell
Public Release: 2-May-2013
Science{DISSERTATION} Robotic insects make first controlled flight In the very early hours of the morning, in a Harvard robotics laboratory last summer, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, it leaped a few inches, hovered for a moment on fragile, flapping wings, and then sped along a preset route through the air. This demonstration of the first controlled flight of an insect-sized robot is the culmination of more than a decade's work, led by researchers at Harvard.
National Science Foundation, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard
Contact: Caroline Perry
Public Release: 1-May-2013
Environmental Science & Technology{DISSERTATION} Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.
National Science Foundation, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Andrew Whitehead
Public Release: 1-May-2013
Nature{DISSERTATION} Bug's view inspires new digital camera's unique imaging capabilities An insect-inspired device uses hemispherical, compound optics to capture wide, undistorted fields of view.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation
Contact: John A. Rogers
Public Release: 1-May-2013
Nature{DISSERTATION} Bug's eye inspires hemispherical digital camera Inspired by the complex fly eye, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University research team has developed a hemispherical digital camera with nearly 200 tiny lenses, delivering exceptionally wide-angle field of view and sharp images. The new camera -- a rounded half bubble, similar to a bulging fly eye -- has 180 microlenses mounted on it, allowing it to take pictures across nearly 180 degrees. Only a camera shaped like a bug's eye can do this.
National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contact: Megan Fellman
Public Release: 1-May-2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society B{DISSERTATION} Bird fossil sheds light on how swift and hummingbird flight came to be A tiny bird fossil discovered in Wyoming offers clues to the precursors of swift and hummingbird wings. The fossil is unusual in having exceptionally well-preserved feathers, which allowed the researchers to reconstruct the size and shape of the bird's wings in ways not possible with bones alone.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Robin Ann Smith
Public Release: 30-Apr-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Economics influence fertility rates more than other factors Based on a recent study by a University of Missouri anthropologist, economic changes have the greatest impact on reducing family size, and thus slowing population growth, compared to other factors. Understanding the causes of declining birth rates may lead to improved policies designed to influence fertility and result in reduced competition for food, water, land and wealth.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Wall
Public Release: 30-Apr-2013
Psychological Science{DISSERTATION} Encountering connections may make life feel more meaningful Experiencing connections, regularities, and coherence in their environment may lead people to feel a greater sense of meaning in life, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Anna Mikulak
Public Release: 30-Apr-2013
Physics Review Letters{DISSERTATION} Penn research helps to show how turbulence can occur without inertia For more than a century, the field of fluid mechanics has posited that turbulence scales with inertia, and so massive things, like planes, have an easier time causing it. Now, research led by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that this transition to turbulence can occur without inertia at all.
National Science Foundation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Contact: Evan Lerner
Public Release: 30-Apr-2013
Astrophysical Journal{DISSERTATION} VLA gives deep, detailed image of distant universe Upgraded technology for a premier radio telescope allows astronomers to do the best job yet of identifying discrete galaxies as sources of distant radio emission.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 30-Apr-2013
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Is antimatter anti-gravity? UC Berkeley scientists and colleagues with the ALPHA collaboration at CERN are working on an experiment to directly measure gravity's effect on antihydrogen in freefall, and have some very rough initial results.
CERN, US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Robert Sanders
Public Release: 29-Apr-2013
Nature Communications{DISSERTATION} Silicone liquid crystal stiffens with repeated compression Rice University scientists find liquid crystalline silicone stiffens significantly when compressed repeatedly for hours on end. The discovery may lead to new strategies for self-healing materials or biocompatible materials that mimic human tissues.
National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Welch Foundation
Contact: Mike Williams
Public Release: 29-Apr-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} How we decode 'noisy' language in daily life People use an array of strategies to make sense of confusing statements.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
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