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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Scientists Announce Discovery of 3.6 Million-year-old Relative of 'Lucy'
Scientists Announce Discovery of 3.6 Million-year-old Relative of 'Lucy'
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:26:00 -0500
An
international team of scientists discovered and analyzed a 3.6 million-year-old partial skeleton found in Ethiopia. Research indicates that advanced, human-like, upright walking occurred much earlier than previously thought.
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Timely Technology Sees Tiny Transitions
Timely Technology Sees Tiny Transitions
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:24:00 -0500
Scientists can detect the movements of single molecules by
using fluorescent tags or by pulling them in delicate force measurements, but only for a few minutes. A new technique by Rice University researchers will allow them to track single molecules without modifying them--and it works over longer timescales.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Researchers Discover Source of Essential Nutrients for Mid-ocean Algae
Researchers Discover Source of Essential Nutrients for Mid-ocean Algae
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:25:00 -0500
For almost three
decades, oceanographers have been puzzled by the ability of microscopic algae to grow in mid-ocean areas where there is very little nitrate, an essential algal nutrient. In this week's issue of Nature, MBARI chemical oceanographer Ken Johnson and his coauthors show that mid-ocean algae obtain nitrate from deep water, as much as 250 meters below the surface. This finding will help scientists predict how open-ocean ecosystems could respond to global warming.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Do Bosons Ever Masquerade as Fermions?
Do Bosons Ever Masquerade as Fermions?
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:26:00 -0500
The world of elementary particles is divided between bosons, such as photons, and
fermions, including electrons and neutrinos. Fermions and bosons play by separate rules, which makes chemistry possible as well as superconductivity. But do bosons sometimes play by fermion rules? Two University of California, Berkeley, physicists asked this question, and found--so far--that the answer is no.
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University of California, Berkeley
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Biodiversity's Holy Grail is in the Soil
Biodiversity's Holy Grail is in the Soil
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:27:00 -0500
The answer to one of life's great unsolved mysteries lies underground,
according to a study published in the journal Nature and based on work at the Smithsonian's Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Study Challenges Long-Held Assumption about Competition in Disturbed Ecosystems
New Study Challenges Long-Held Assumption about Competition in Disturbed Ecosystems
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:24:00 -0500
A new laboratory study of microscopic organisms could lead ecologists to reconsider how organisms compete during challenging times.
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Georgia Tech
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:40:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Arctic Climate May be More Sensitive to Warming Than Thought, Says New Study
Arctic Climate May be More Sensitive to Warming Than Thought, Says New Study
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:41:00 -0500
A new study shows the Arctic climate system may be more sensitive to greenhouse warming than previously thought, and that current levels of Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide may be high enough to bring about significant, irreversible shifts in Arctic ecosystems.
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University of Colorado at Boulder
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:06:43 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Emotion Affects Memory's Reliability
Emotion Affects Memory's Reliability
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:50:00 -0500
This is your memory. This is your memory on emotion.
Does emotion distort children's memories? Cornell University researchers Chuck Brainerd and Valerie Reyna say yes, and they say emotion-driven distortions or falsifications could directly impact court cases, affecting decisions made by prosecutors, judges and juries about the reliability of child witnesses.
"Emotion is so central to memory in the law," said Brainerd, professor of human development and an adjunct law ...
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:03:09 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
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