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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Why Surprises Temporarily Blind Us
Why Surprises Temporarily Blind Us
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:00 -0500
New research from Vanderbilt University reveals for the first time, how
our brains coordinate two different types of attention and why we may be temporarily blinded by surprises.
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Vanderbilt University
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into Focus
New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into Focus
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:47:00 -0500
Arizona State University scientist N.J. Tao and his
colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. Tao's team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT--each weighing less than a billionth of a gram--on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint.
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Arizona State University
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Look at Mie!
Look at Mie!
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:00 -0500
Rice students put calculations by German physicist Gustav Mie, made in 1908, to the test when they decided
to look at the optical properties of single nanoparticles.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Mathematical Model Can Help Communities Better Evaluate Sex Offender Policies
Mathematical Model Can Help Communities Better Evaluate Sex Offender Policies
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:00 -0500
A new mathematical model developed
by Indiana University-Bloomington and Arizona State University geographers could help communities that are in the midst of passing or reforming sex offender laws. The researchers describe the model and report its first test in an early view edition of Papers in Regional Science.
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Indiana University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Phylogenetic Analysis of Mexican Cave Scorpions Suggests Adaptation to Caves is Reversable
Phylogenetic Analysis of Mexican Cave Scorpions Suggests Adaptation to Caves is Reversable
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:00 -0500
A new study of the
scorpion family Typhlochactidae, a group of nine dark-adapted species endemic to Mexico, shows that specialized traits are not necessarily an evolutionary dead end. At least three reversals, or a return to generalized morphology, were found in a phylogenetic analysis.
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American Museum of Natural History
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Analysis of the Structure of Silks Explains Paradox of Super-strength
New Analysis of the Structure of Silks Explains Paradox of Super-strength
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:00 -0500
Spiders and silkworms are masters of materials
science, but scientists are finally catching up. Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less brittle, pound for pound, than steel. Now scientists at MIT have unraveled some of their deepest secrets in research that could lead the way to the creation of synthetic materials that duplicate, or even exceed, the extraordinary properties of natural silk.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:04:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Computing in the Cloud (CiC)
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:52:47 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2)
Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2)
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