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Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Preventing the 'Freshman 15' via the Web
A new study published in the July/August 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior evaluated the motivational effects of Project WebHealth, a web-based health promotion intervention developed to prevent excessive weight gain in college students. Researchers found that specific procedures and components of Project WebHealth successfully motivated students to improve their weight-related health behaviors and that the level of motivation differed by gender.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
A NASA infrared baby picture of Tropical Depression 7E
Tropical Depression 7E formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean during the morning of July 30, and a NASA satellite was overhead to get an infrared baby picture. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the depression and saw strong, but fragmented thunderstorms around the center.

NASA

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Satellite shows ex-Tropical Storm Dorian's remnants elongated
Former Tropical Storm Dorian has been hanging around the Caribbean Sea for a couple of days, and appears stretched out on satellite imagery.

NASA

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
NASA sees little rainfall in Tropical Depression Flossie
Tropical Storm Flossie weakened as it interacted with the Hawaiian Islands and became a depression. NASA's TRMM satellite saw mostly light rain and one isolated area of heavy rainfall within the storm after it weakened. All watches and warnings were dropped for the Hawaiian Islands on July 30.

NASA

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Learning from a virus: Keeping genes under wraps
By studying how the human cytomegalovirus, or CMV, packages its genetic material during infection, an international collaboration of researchers has identified potential inroads for new therapies that could one day prevent birth defects and save transplant patients from virus-caused complications. UA researcher Felicia Goodrum is among the team investigating CMV, which infects most people at some point in their lives.

Human Frontier Science Program, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Nature Geoscience
Planetary 'runaway greenhouse' more easily triggered, research shows
It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable "runaway greenhouse" stage, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington and the University of Victoria published July 28 in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

NEES Quake Summit 2013
Simulations aiding study of earthquake dampers for structures
Researchers have demonstrated the reliability and efficiency of "real-time hybrid simulation" for testing a type of powerful damping system that might be installed in buildings and bridges to reduce structural damage and injuries during earthquakes.

National Science Foundation

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Santa's workshop not flooded -- but lots of melting in the Arctic
Widespread media reports of a lake at the North Pole don't hold water -- but scientists who deployed the monitoring buoys are watching closely as Arctic sea ice approaches its yearly minimum.

National Science Foundation

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology
Sequestration and fuel reserves
A technique for trapping the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep underground could at the same be used to release the last fraction of natural gas liquids from ailing reservoirs, thus offsetting some of the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels. So says a paper to be published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Pain
Study finds evidence of nerve damage in around half of fibromyalgia patients
About half of a small group of patients with fibromyalgia -- a common syndrome that causes chronic pain and other symptoms -- was found to have damage to nerve fibers in their skin and other evidence of a disease called small-fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN). Unlike fibromyalgia, SFPN has a clear pathology and is known to be caused by specific medical conditions, some of which can be treated and sometimes cured.

US Public Health Service, US Department of Defense

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Cracking how life arose on earth may help clarify where else it might exist
A novel and potentially testable theory of how life arose on earth advanced over 25 years ago by Michael Russell, research scientist in planetary chemistry and astrobiology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was further developed in a recent paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B by Russell, Wolfgang Nitschke, team leader at National Center for Scientific Research in Marseille, France; and Elbert Branscomb, an affiliate faculty member at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

NASA Astrobiology Institute

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
American Chemical Society podcast: Cotton is an eco-friendly way to clean up oil spills
The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a report demonstrating that unprocessed, raw cotton has an amazing ability to sop up oil while also being eco-friendly.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Blood
Reprogramming patients' cells offers powerful new tool for studying, treating blood diseases
First produced only in the past decade, human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are capable of developing into many or even all human cell types. In new research, scientists reprogrammed skin cells from patients with rare blood disorders into iPSCs, highlighting the great promise of these cells in advancing understanding of those challenging diseases -- and eventually in treating them.

National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Applied Physics Letters
Rensselaer researchers identify cause of LED 'efficiency droop'
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have identified the mechanism behind a plague of LED light bulbs: a flaw called "efficiency droop" that causes LEDs to lose up to 20 percent of their efficiency as they are subjected to greater electrical currents.

National Science Foundation

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
Myanmar at the crossroads: Conservationists see opportunities and challenges in biodiversity hotspot
Long isolated by economic and political sanctions, Myanmar returns to the international community amid high expectations and challenges associated with protecting the country's great natural wealth from the impacts of economic growth and climate change.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Applied Physics Letters
Lawrence Livermore engineering team makes breakthrough in solar energy research
The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics -- the use of solar panels containing photovoltaic solar cells -- to improve solar energy harvesting, according to researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Journal of Animal Science
Fat digestibility in pigs study looks at oils in soybeans, corn co-products
Pork producers need accurate information on the energy value of fat in feed ingredients to ensure that diets are formulated economically and in a way that maximizes pork fat quality. Researchers at the University of Illinois have determined the true ileal and total tract digestibility of fat in four corn co-products, as well as in full fat soybeans and corn oil.

National Pork Board, Nutritional Efficiency Consortium, Illinois Corn Marketing Board

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Journal of Geophysical Research
Radio waves carry news of climate change
Prof. Colin Price of Tel Aviv University has discovered that radio waves reflecting back to earth from the ionosphere can offer valuable news about the extent of climate change. His simple, cost-effective measurement can be a valuable contribution to the ongoing effort to track climate change, adding to current measurements for a more holistic picture.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Review of Scientific Instruments
Hardness, in depth
Scientists have now built a machine that sets a new standard of accuracy for testing a material's hardness, which is a measure of its resistance to bumps and scratches. The new machine is called the Precision Nanoindentation Platform, or PNP.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Breast reduction surgery found to improve physical, mental well-being
Breast reduction surgery produces measurable improvements in several important areas of health and quality of life, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

European Physical Journal E
Protein surfaces defects act as drug targets
New research shows a physical characterisation of the interface of the body's proteins with water. Identifying the locations where it is easiest to remove water from the interface of target proteins could constitute a novel drug design strategy. The candidate drugs would need to be engineered to bind at the site of the protein where interfacial water is most easily dislodged. These findings were recently published in EPJ E.

Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Canadian Family Physician
Doctors urged to talk to patients about parking cellphones
Physicians are encouraged to counsel patients about the dangers of driving while using a cellphone, urge UAlberta team.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
Study shows combination stroke therapy safe and effective
The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA alone, a study led by University of Cincinnati researchers has found. Results from the phase-2 clinical trial, known as the CLEAR-ER Stroke Trial, are published online in the journal Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

Nature Communications
Researchers overcome technical hurdles in quest for inexpensive, durable electronics and solar cells
Electronic touch pads that cost just a few dollars and solar cells that cost the same as roof shingles are one step closer to reality today.

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013

ACS Nano
Water clears path for nanoribbon development
A tiny meniscus of water makes it practical to form long graphene nanoribbons less than 10 nanometers wide.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative


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