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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dogs' Physical Traits Controlled by Small Number of Genetic Regions, Stanford Researcher Finds
Dogs' Physical Traits Controlled by Small Number of Genetic Regions, Stanford Researcher Finds
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:09:00 -0500
Next time
you gaze soulfully into a dog's eyes or scratch behind its ears, take note of the length of it's nose or the size of it's body. Although such attributes can vary widely among different breeds, a team of investigators co-led by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, Cornell University and the National Human Genome Research Institute has found that they are determined by only a few genetic regions.
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Stanford University Medical Center
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:40:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Ho-hum to High Performance: Researchers 'Stretch' a Lackluster Material Into a Possible Electronics Revolution
Ho-hum to High Performance: Researchers 'Stretch' a Lackluster Material Into a Possible Electronics Revolution
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:04:00 -0500
Researchers at Cornell University recently transformed an exotic material that normally has no electric or magnetic properties into one that has both at the same time. By doing so, they may have found a basis to form low-power, highly sensitive magnetic memory, magnetic sensors or highly tunable microwave devices.
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Cornell University
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:28:28 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Transforming STEM Learning (TSL)
Transforming STEM Learning (TSL)
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:32:40 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Deadly Tonga Earthquake Revealed as Three Big Quakes
Deadly Tonga Earthquake Revealed as Three Big Quakes
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:56:00 -0500
A magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people last year in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-whammy.
The 8.1 "great earthquake" concealed and triggered two major quakes of magnitude 7.8, seismologists report in a paper in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Geological Survey funded the research, which was led by seismologist Thorne Lay of the University of ...
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:52:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Computer Model Advances Climate Change Research
New Computer Model Advances Climate Change Research
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:15:00 -0500
Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.
The Community Earth System Model will be one of the primary climate models used for the next assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The CESM is the latest in a series of NCAR-based global models developed over the last 30 years. The models are jointly supported by the U.S. ...
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:52:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Ancient "Terror Bird" Used Powerful Beak to Jab Like Boxer
Ancient "Terror Bird" Used Powerful Beak to Jab Like Boxer
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:03:00 -0500
The ancient "terror bird" Andalgalornis couldn't fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull--coupled with a hawk-like hooked beak--in a fighting strategy reminiscent of boxer Muhammad Ali.
The agile creature repeatedly attacked and retreated, landing well-targeted, hatchet-like jabs to take down its prey, according to results of a new study published this week in the journal PLoS ONE.
The study is the first detailed look at the predatory style ...
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:56:45 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:23:00 -0500
The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced three new Expeditions in Computing awards today. The awards will provide up to $10 million in funding over five years to each of the selected projects, representing the single largest investments made by the directorate in basic computer science research.
"There is a great deal of creativity in the computer science research community today," said ...
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