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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:21:45 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dying Lobsters
Dying Lobsters
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:25:00 -0500
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:22:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Creeping, Crawling Caterpillars
Creeping, Crawling Caterpillars
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:25:00 -0500
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Study Documents Use of Hormone Progesterone in Simple Microscopic Aquatic Animals
New Study Documents Use of Hormone Progesterone in Simple Microscopic Aquatic Animals
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0500
A new study shows that
humans and tiny aquatic animals known as rotifers have something important in common when it comes to sex.
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Georgia Institute of Technology Research News
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Study Shows Adding UV Light Helps Form 'Missing G' of RNA Building Blocks
Study Shows Adding UV Light Helps Form 'Missing G' of RNA Building Blocks
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0500
For scientists
attempting to understand how the building blocks of RNA originated on Earth, guanine has proven to be a particular challenge. By adding UV light to a model prebiotic reaction, researchers have discovered a route by which guanine could have been formed.
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Georgia Institute of Technology Research News
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: MIT Astronomer Leads the First Team to Study a Kuiper Belt Object During a Stellar Occultation
MIT Astronomer Leads the First Team to Study a Kuiper Belt Object During a Stellar Occultation
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:01:00 -0500
The trick is to know enough about the orbit of a Kuiper belt object (KBO) to be able to predict its path and observe it as it passes in front of a star. This was done successfully for the first time last October when a team of 18 astronomy groups led by James Elliot, a professor of planetary astronomy in MIT's department of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, observed an occultation by an object named "KBO 55636."
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:40:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Researchers Develop Ultra-simple Method for Creating Nanoscale Gold Coatings
Researchers Develop Ultra-simple Method for Creating Nanoscale Gold Coatings
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:02:00 -0500
Researchers at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new, ultra-simple method for making layers of gold that measure only billionths of a meter thick. The process, which requires no sophisticated equipment and works on nearly any surface including silicon wafers, could have important implications for nanoelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:40:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Flower Power Makes Tropics Cooler, Wetter
Flower Power Makes Tropics Cooler, Wetter
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:03:00 -0500
The world is a cooler, wetter place because of flowering plants,
according to new climate simulation results published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The effect is especially pronounced in the Amazon basin, where replacing flowering plants with non-flowering varieties would result in an 80 percent decrease in the area covered by ever-wet rainforest.
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University of Chicago
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:21:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Research Mission Studies Oil Spill Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Mass Spectrometry
Research Mission Studies Oil Spill Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Mass Spectrometry
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:01:00 -0500
To characterize subsurface oil plumes in the Gulf using novel technology and the latest in biogeochemical techniques, a team of scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) embarked on June 17 for a 12-day research effort in the Gulf of Mexico.
Aboard the research vessel (R/V) Endeavor, they are conducting projects funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s rapid response program.
The research should help answer questions about the fate of ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:54:34 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: As Corals Die Off, Scientists Watch for Signs of Evolution
As Corals Die Off, Scientists Watch for Signs of Evolution
Biologist Mikhail Matz uses next-generation sequencers and a massive, NSF-supported supercomputer to study corals at the genomic level and look for evolutionary changes
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117130&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:56:39 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Colleague Letter for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Related to the Gulf Oil Spill and Other Disasters
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:57:44 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Colleague Letter for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Related to the Gulf Oil Spill and Other Disasters
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