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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Study Sheds Light on How Marine Animals Survive Stress
Study Sheds Light on How Marine Animals Survive Stress
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:42:00 -0500
Research of how Galapagos marine iguanas respond to El Niño
could provide insight into how wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico will respond to the current oil spill. In emergencies, animals secrete corticosterone to help them cope. However, prolonged hormone production can also be lethal.
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Tufts University
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: A Dicty Mystery Solved
A Dicty Mystery Solved
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:43:00 -0500
Rice University evolutionary biologists reported in a paper published this week, that the first
cells to starve in a slime mold seem to have an advantage that not only helps them survive to reproduce, but also pushes those that keep on eating into sacrificing themselves for the common good.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The Great Pond Experiment
The Great Pond Experiment
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:43:00 -0500
A seven-year experiment shows that pond communities bear the imprint
of random events in their past, such as the order in which species were introduced into the ponds. This finding locates one of the wellsprings of biodiversity but also suggests that it may not be possible to restore ecosystems whose history we cannot recreate.
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Washington University in St. Louis
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Optical Legos: Building Nanoshell Structures
Optical Legos: Building Nanoshell Structures
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:44:00 -0500
Scientists from four US universities have created a way to use Rice
University's light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures that could be useful for making chemical sensors, nanolasers and bizarre light-absorbing metamaterials. Much as a child might use Lego blocks to build 3-D models of complex buildings or vehicles, the scientists are using the new chemical self-assembly method to build complex structures that can trap, store and bend light.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Zeroing In On Quantum Effects
Zeroing In On Quantum Effects
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:44:00 -0500
U.S. and Chinese physicists are zeroing in on critical effects at the heart of the
newest high-temperature superconductors, the family of iron-based compounds called "pnictides." Research in this week's Physical Review Letters describes a Rice University-led study that used similarly structured materials called "oxychalcogenides" to investigate the effect of expanding the distance between iron atoms in the crystal lattice.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: UCLA Biologists Report How Whales Have Changed Over 35 Million Years
UCLA Biologists Report How Whales Have Changed Over 35 Million Years
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:39:00 -0500
New study reveals why there are so many whale species, with so much diversity in body size.
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University of California, Los Angeles
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Powerful Genome Barcoding System Reveals Large-scale Variation in Human DNA
Powerful Genome Barcoding System Reveals Large-scale Variation in Human DNA
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:39:00 -0500
Genetic abnormalities are most often
discussed in terms of differences so miniscule they are actually called "snips"--changes in a single unit along the 3 billion that make up the entire string of human DNA.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Message: 8
From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: <em>Nature</em> Cover Study Provides New Standards for Reliable Fisheries
<em>Nature</em> Cover Study Provides New Standards for Reliable Fisheries
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:41:00 -0500
Preserving population diversity stabilizes fisheries, ecosystems, and the economies that depend upon them.
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University of Washington
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:38:43 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Data Show Increase in First-Time Science and Engineering Graduate Students
Data Show Increase in First-Time Science and Engineering Graduate Students
Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:22:00 -0500
In 2008, there were more students enrolled in U.S. science and engineering (S&E) graduate programs than in the previous year. New National Science Foundation (NSF) data show graduate enrollment in S&E programs grew 2.5 percent over comparable data for 2007. Noteworthy was the 7.8 percent increase in first-time, full-time enrollments of S&E graduate students, and the increase occurred across all S&E fields.
NSF's Division of Science Resources Statistics released the data ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:57:59 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Impact of Oil and Methane on Microbes
Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Impact of Oil and Methane on Microbes
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:52:00 -0500
To examine the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on microbes in the waters and sediments near the spill site, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a rapid response grant to marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia (UGA) and colleagues.
The team is aboard the research vessel F.G. Walton Smith in the Gulf of Mexico on an oceanographic research cruise that will return to port this coming weekend.
The grant is one of ...
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