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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:40:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: A Planet-like Companion Growing up in the Fast Lane
A Planet-like Companion Growing up in the Fast Lane
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:19:00 -0500
The cliché that youth grow up so fast is about to take on a new twist. This is due to the discovery of a very young planet-like object (with a mass somewhere between 5-10 times that of Jupiter,) paired with a low-mass brown dwarf. What is unique about this system is that the planet-like body appears to have formed in about a million years-more rapidly than some theories of planet formation predict.
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Gemini Observatory
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:03:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Releases Open Government Plan
NSF Releases Open Government Plan
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:30:00 -0500
In response to President Obama's Open Government Directive, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is finding ways to make its work more accessible to the general public. Through an Open Government Directive Plan being released today, not only will NSF continue to inform the public about innovative research it is funding at institutions around the country and make research results more available, it will also improve transparency and better integrate public participation and
collaboration ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:40:31 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: For Dual-income Husbands and Wives, It's Still a Man's World
For Dual-income Husbands and Wives, It's Still a Man's World
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:49:00 -0500
New research demonstrates that hard-working women
in dual-earner couples are at a distinct disadvantage to their male peers. These women are expected to do more housework and caregiving, making them much more likely to quit their jobs. The study will appear in the April 2010 edition of American Sociological Review, a peer-reviewed journal.
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Cornell University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:40:31 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: To Be Sustainable, China Must Implement Bold Innovations
To Be Sustainable, China Must Implement Bold Innovations
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:49:00 -0500
Complex issues have hampered China's environmental
protection efforts, but bold innovations can help it become a global sustainability leader, says a noted Michigan State University environmental scientist.
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Michigan State University
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:40:31 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Nanoscale 'Stealth' Probe Slides Into Cell Walls Seamlessly, Say Stanford Engineers
Nanoscale 'Stealth' Probe Slides Into Cell Walls Seamlessly, Say Stanford Engineers
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:50:00 -0500
Stanford
University engineers have created a nanoscale probe they can implant in a cell wall without damaging it. The probe could allow researchers to listen in on electrical signals within the cell, which could lead to a better understanding of how cells communicate or how a cell responds to medication. The probe could also provide a better way of attaching neural prosthetics and with modification, might be an avenue for inserting medication inside a cell.
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Stanford University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:40:31 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: MIT Makes Significant Step Toward Lightweight Batteries
MIT Makes Significant Step Toward Lightweight Batteries
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:51:00 -0500
A team of researchers at MIT has made significant progress
on a technology that could lead to batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:40:32 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Traces of Early Native Americans--in Sunflower Genes
Traces of Early Native Americans--in Sunflower Genes
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:50:00 -0500
New information about early Native Americans' horticultural practices
comes not from hieroglyphs or other artifacts, but from a suite of four gene duplicates found in wild and domesticated sunflowers. Indiana University-Bloomington scientists learned duplications of the gene flowering locus T, or FT, could have evolved and interacted to prolong a flower's time to grow. A longer flower growth period means a bigger sunflower--presumably an attribute of value to the plant's first breeders.
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Indiana University
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:23:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: National Science Foundation Open Government Directive Plan
National Science Foundation Open Government Directive Plan
Available Formats:
PDF: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10049/nsf10049.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179
Document Number: nsf10049
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:07:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Astronomers Capture a Rare Stellar Eclipse in Opening Scene of Year-long Show
Astronomers Capture a Rare Stellar Eclipse in Opening Scene of Year-long Show
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:59:00 -0500
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the eclipse of the star Epsilon Aurigae by its mysterious, less luminous companion star. Very high-resolution images, never before possible, have been published online today in the journal Nature Letters. Epsilon Aurigae has been known since 1821 as an eclipsing double star system, but astronomers have struggled for many decades trying to decipher the clues to what was causing these eclipses, which happen every 27
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