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Public Release: 14-May-2012
 Nature{DISSERTATION} Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid production understood A curious twist in a family of plant proteins called chalcone-isomerase recently was discovered by Salk Institute for Biological Studies scientist Joseph Noel and colleagues at Iowa State University led by Eve Wurtele. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Bobbie Mixon
Public Release: 7-May-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Analysis of speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland's contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century could be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists thought possible.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 4-May-2012
PLoS ONE{DISSERTATION} First-of-its-kind study reveals surprising ecological effects of 2010 Chile earthquake The reappearance of long-forgotten habitats and the resurgence of species unseen for years may not be among the expected effects of a natural disaster.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 4-May-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Plant diversity is key to maintaining productive vegetation Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when more plant species are present, results of a new study show.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 2-May-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss rival climate change and pollution Loss of biodiversity appears to affect ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to results of a new study by an international research team.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 2-May-2012
{DISSERTATION} Scientists across US launch study of thunderstorm effects on upper atmosphere Scientists are targeting thunderstorms in Alabama, Colorado and Oklahoma this spring to discover what happens when clouds suck air many miles into the atmosphere from Earth's surface. The Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Experiment, which begins in mid-May, will explore the influence of thunderstorms on air just beneath the stratosphere, a region that influences Earth's climate and weather patterns.
National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 2-May-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Study is first to show transgenerational effect of antibiotics In a paper published in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest a similar effect could occur in humans and other species.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Bobbie Mixon
Public Release: 30-Apr-2012
Nature Climate Change{DISSERTATION} Scientists find night-warming effect over large wind farms in Texas Large wind farms in certain areas in the United States appear to affect local land surface temperatures, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 30-Apr-2012
Nature Climate Change{DISSERTATION} Global warming refuge discovered near at-risk Pacific island nation of Kiribati Scientists predict ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a way that mitigates warming near a handful of islands right on the equator.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 27-Apr-2012
PLoS ONE{DISSERTATION} Can nature's beauty lift citizens from poverty? Using nature's beauty as a tourist draw can boost conservation in China's valued panda preserves, but it isn't an automatic ticket out of poverty for the humans who live there, a unique long-term study shows.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Bobbie Mixon
Public Release: 27-Apr-2012
PLoS ONE{DISSERTATION} Blood samples show deadly frog fungus at work in the wild he fungal infection that killed a record number of amphibians worldwide leads to deadly dehydration in frogs in the wild, according to results of a new study.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 20-Apr-2012
PLoS ONE{DISSERTATION} History is key factor in plant disease virulence The virulence of plant-borne diseases depends on not just the particular strain of a pathogen, but on where the pathogen has been before landing in its host, according to new research results.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 20-Apr-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} IceCube Neutrino Observatory provides new insights into origin of cosmic rays Analysis of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive detector deployed in deep ice at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica at the geographic South Pole, recently provided new insight into one of the most enduring mysteries in physics, the production of cosmic rays.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 18-Apr-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Scientists trace evolutionary history of what mammals eat The feeding habits of mammals haven't always been what they are today, particularly for omnivores. Some groups of mammals almost exclusively eat meat -- take lions and tigers and other big cats as examples. Other mammals such as deer, cows and antelope are predominantly plant-eaters, living on a diet of leaves, shoots, fruits and bark.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 13-Apr-2012
PLoS ONE{DISSERTATION} Scientists determined first-ever census for emperor penguins A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact of environmental change on the population of this iconic bird, which breeds in remote areas that are very difficult to study because they often are inaccessible with temperatures as low as -58 degrees Fahrenheit.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 13-Apr-2012
Limnology & Oceanography{DISSERTATION} Ocean acidification linked with larval oyster failure in hatcheries A study by the scientists found that increased seawater carbon dioxide levels, resulting in more corrosive ocean water, inhibited the larval oysters from developing their shells and growing at a pace that would make commercial production cost-effective.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 11-Apr-2012
Nature Climate Change{DISSERTATION} Climate change boosts then quickly stunts plants, decade-long study shows Global warming may initially make the grass greener, but not for long, according to new research results. The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that plants may thrive in the early stages of a warming environment but then begin to deteriorate quickly.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 6-Apr-2012
PLoS Biology{DISSERTATION} Researchers use game to change how scientists study disease outbreaks An international team of scientists--including researchers who teach an annual clinic at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Muizenberg, South Africa -- is helping epidemiologists improve the mathematical models they use to study outbreaks of diseases like cholera, AIDS and malaria.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 2-Apr-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Burtele foot indicates Lucy not alone A new fossil discovery from Eastern Africa called the Burtele foot indicates Australopithecus afarensis, an early relative of modern humans, may not have been the only hominin to walk the plains and woodlands of what is now the Afar region of Ethiopia some 3.4 million years ago. Contact: Bobbie Mixon
Public Release: 2-Apr-2012
{DISSERTATION} South Pole Telescope provides new insights into dark energy and neutrinos Analysis of data from the National Science Foundation- funded ten-meter South Pole Telescope in Antarctica provides new support for the most widely accepted explanation of dark energy, the source of the mysterious force that is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 2-Apr-2012
Earth and Planetary Science Letters{DISSERTATION} Scientists find slow subsidence of Earth's crust beneath the Mississippi delta The Earth's crust beneath the Mississippi Delta sinks at a much slower rate than what had been assumed. That's one of the results geoscientists report today in a paper published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The researchers arrived at their conclusions by comparing detailed sea-level reconstructions from different portions of coastal Louisiana.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 2-Apr-2012
{DISSERTATION} Science means innovation On March 29, 2012, the National Science Foundation conducted a bipartisan congressional briefing sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Funding and hosted by the Congressional Research and Development Caucus and its Co-Chairs Rush Holt (NJ-12) and Judy Biggert (IL-13) and special guests Representatives Daniel Lipinski (IL-3) and Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18). Contact: Joshua A. Chamot
Public Release: 30-Mar-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Evolving to fight epidemics: Weakness can be an advantage When battling a deadly parasite epidemic, less resistance can sometimes be better than more, a new study suggests. A freshwater zooplankton species known as Daphnia dentifera endures periodic epidemics of a virulent yeast parasite that can infect more than 60 percent of the Daphnia population.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 26-Mar-2012
Proceedings of the Royal Society B{DISSERTATION} Human noise has ripple effects on plants A growing body of research shows that birds and other animals change their behavior in response to human noise, such as the din of traffic or the hum of machinery. But human clamor doesn't just affect animals. Because many animals also pollinate plants or eat or disperse their seeds, human noise can have ripple effects on plants, too, finds a new study reported in the March 21, 2012, issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 26-Mar-2012
{DISSERTATION} Expedition to undersea mountain yields new information about sub-seafloor structure Scientists recently concluded an expedition aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution to learn more about Atlantis Massif, an undersea mountain, or seamount, that formed in a very different way than the majority of the seafloor in the oceans. Contact: Cheryl Dybas
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