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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Climate Change Complicates Plant Diseases of the Future
Climate Change Complicates Plant Diseases of the Future
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:37:00 -0500
Human-driven changes in the Earth's atmospheric
composition are likely to alter plant diseases of the future. University of Illinois researchers are studying the impact of elevated carbon dioxide, elevated ozone and higher atmospheric temperatures on plant diseases that could challenge crops in these changing conditions.
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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Tiny Clays Curb Big Earthquakes
Tiny Clays Curb Big Earthquakes
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:37:00 -0500
California's San Andreas fault is notorious for
repeatedly generating major earthquakes and for being on the brink of producing the next "big one" in a heavily populated area. But the famously violent fault also has quieter sections, where rocks easily slide against each other without giving rise to damaging quakes.
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University of Michigan
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Industry Fishing for Profits, Not Predators
Industry Fishing for Profits, Not Predators
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:37:00 -0500
People who fish for a living pursue top profits, not necessarily top
predators, according to global catch and economic data from the last 55 years.
Source
University of Washington
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Testing the Best-yet Theory of Nature
Testing the Best-yet Theory of Nature
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:38:00 -0500
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University
of California at Berkeley have tested one of the major theoretical pillars of quantum field theory, the spin-statistics theorem. With a confidence level of 100 billion to one, they found that photons really are perfect bosons.
Source
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Tropical Biodiversity is About the Neighbors
Tropical Biodiversity is About the Neighbors
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:38:00 -0500
Rare plant species are much more negatively affected
by the presence of their own species as neighbors than are common species. This may explain how biodiversity arises and is maintained.
Source
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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Field item.
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Enterprise PCs Work While They Sleep--Saving Energy and Money--With New Software
Enterprise PCs Work While They Sleep--Saving Energy and Money--With New Software
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:40:00 -0500
Personal
computers (PCs) in enterprise environments save energy and money by "sleep-working," thanks to new software called SleepServer created by computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego. Sleep-working enterprise PCs are accessible via remote connections and maintain their presence on voice over IP, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer networks even though the PCs are in low-power sleep mode.
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University of California, San Diego
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