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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Gene Studies Lead to Kissing Cousins
Gene Studies Lead to Kissing Cousins
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:19:00 -0500
North Carolina State researchers figure out the complicated mechanism behind sexual
communication in moths, and learn something about evolutionary processes at the same time.
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North Carolina State University
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: OU Geophysics Group Teams with China on Seismic Projects
OU Geophysics Group Teams with China on Seismic Projects
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:34:00 -0500
University of Oklahoma
(OU) researchers are working with Chinese colleagues to better understand intraplate earthquakes--those occurring far from a tectonic plate boundary--in an effort to minimize the loss of life and property in both China and Oklahoma.
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University of Oklahoma
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Ultrasensitive Imaging Method Uses Gold-silver 'Nanocages'
Ultrasensitive Imaging Method Uses Gold-silver 'Nanocages'
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:17:00 -0500
New research findings suggest that an experimental
ultrasensitive medical imaging technique that uses a pulsed laser and tiny metallic "nanocages" might enable both the early detection and treatment of disease. The system works by shining near-infrared laser pulses through the skin to detect hollow nanocages and solid nanoparticles--made of an alloy of gold and silver--that are injected into the bloodstream.
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Purdue University
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Plant Pathogen Genetically Tailors Attacks to Each Part of Host, Say Stanford Researchers
Plant Pathogen Genetically Tailors Attacks to Each Part of Host, Say Stanford Researchers
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:17:00 -0500
Corn smut, a fungus that infects maize, can target its attack by choosing which of its genes to activate in order to maximize the effectiveness of its onslaught. This is the first time such tissue-specific targeting has been found in a pathogen.
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Stanford University
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Classic Maya History is Embedded in Commoners' Homes
Classic Maya History is Embedded in Commoners' Homes
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:18:00 -0500
They were illiterate farmers, builders and
servants, but Maya commoners found a way to record their own history--by burying it within their homes. A new study of the objects embedded in the floors of homes occupied more than 1,000 years ago in central Belize begins to decode their story.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 'Missing' Heat May Affect Future Climate Change
'Missing' Heat May Affect Future Climate Change
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:33:00 -0500
Current observational tools
cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a "Perspectives" article in this week's issue of Science. In the new study, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research warn that satellite sensors, ocean floats and other instruments are inadequate to track this "missing" heat, which may be building up in the deep oceans or elsewhere in the climate system.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: USF Biologists Link El Niño, Temperature Variability to Amphibian Declines
USF Biologists Link El Niño, Temperature Variability to Amphibian Declines
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:17:00 -0500
Two University of South Florida biologists investigating worldwide amphibian declines found evidence that increased temperature variability during El Niño climatic events might drive amphibian extinctions by reducing their defenses against pathogens.
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University of South Florida
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:29:35 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re-Examining Eyewitness Identifications
Re-Examining Eyewitness Identifications
Scientists are trying to determine why errors in eyewitness identifications occur, and how to prevent these errors
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116811&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:51:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: On 'Earth Week,' World Is No Longer Our Oyster
On 'Earth Week,' World Is No Longer Our Oyster
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:58:00 -0500
The world is no longer our oyster.
As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, we can add another species, one of widespread ecological and economic importance, to the list of the beleaguered.
From East Coast to West and around the world, global warming and its effects have descended upon shellfish reefs, particularly those formed by the Olympia oyster.
More than one-third of the world's human-caused carbon dioxide emissions have entered the oceans, ...
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:55:06 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Climate Change Education Program FAQs
Climate Change Education Program FAQs
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