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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:40:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Edible Nanostructures
Edible Nanostructures
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0500
Sugar, salt, alcohol and a little serendipity led Northwestern University researchers to
discover a new class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical technologies. And the compounds are edible. The porous crystals are the first known all-natural metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that are simple to make. Most other MOFs are made from petroleum-based ingredients, but the Northwestern MOFs you can pop into your mouth and eat, and the researchers have.
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Northwestern University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:40:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Death of the 'Doughnut'
Death of the 'Doughnut'
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:29:00 -0500
In 1998, Charlie Kerfoot discovered a "doughnut" of
phytoplankton circulating in Lake Michigan, helping to feed the lake's famous fishery. Just 12 years later, the doughnut is disappearing, and Kerfoot fears that the lake's ecosystem will crash, taking with it much of the fish biomass.
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Michigan Technological University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:40:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Fears of a Decline in Bee Pollination Confirmed
Fears of a Decline in Bee Pollination Confirmed
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0500
Widespread reports of a decline in the population of bees and other
flower-visiting animals have aroused fear and speculation that pollination is also likely on the decline. A recent University of Toronto study provides the first long-term evidence of a downward trend in pollination, while also pointing to climate change as a possible contributor.
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University of Toronto
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Melding Wi-Fi With Digital TV 'White Space'
Melding Wi-Fi With Digital TV 'White Space'
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:11:00 -0500
Rice University researchers have won a $1.8 million federal grant for
one of the nation's first, real-world tests of technology that uses dynamic spectrum access--including dormant broadcast television channels--to deliver free, high-speed broadband Internet service. The five-year project calls for Rice and Houston nonprofit Technology For All to add "white space" technology to the wide-spectrum Wi-Fi network they jointly operate in Houston's working-class East End neighborhood.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: UCLA Chemists, Engineers Achieve World Record With High-speed Graphene Transistors
UCLA Chemists, Engineers Achieve World Record With High-speed Graphene Transistors
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:11:00 -0500
A UCLA team led by Xiangfeng Duan
has developed a new fabrication process for high-speed graphene transistors using a nanowire as the self-aligned gate. This new technique does not produce any appreciable defects in the graphene during fabrication, so the carrier mobility is retained. Also, by using a self-aligned approach with a nanowire as the gate, the group was able to overcome alignment difficulties previously encountered and fabricate short channel devices with unprecedented performance.
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University of California, Los Angeles
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Magnetism's Subatomic Roots
Magnetism's Subatomic Roots
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:12:00 -0500
Theoretical physicists from Rice University have created a new model that helps define
the subatomic origins of ferromagnetism--the everyday "magnetism" of compass needles and refrigerator magnets. The model, which is detailed in a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was created to explore the inner workings of ferromagnetic compounds that are related to high-temperature superconductors.
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Rice University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Research Shows Continued Decline of Oregon's Largest Glacier
Research Shows Continued Decline of Oregon's Largest Glacier
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:13:00 -0500
An Oregon State University research program has
returned to Collier Glacier for the first time in almost 20 years and found that the glacier has decreased more than 20 percent from its size in the late 1980s. The findings are consistent with glacial retreat all over the world and provide some of the critical data needed to help quantify the effects of global change on glacier retreat and associated sea level rise.
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Oregon State University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The Brain Speaks
The Brain Speaks
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:13:00 -0500
In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with
their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain. "We have been able to decode spoken words using only signals from the brain with a device that has promise for long-term use in paralyzed patients who cannot now speak," says bioengineer Bradley Greger.
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University of Utah
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:13:58 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12)
Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12)
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:45:52 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF, NBC News and the NFL Kick Off "Science of NFL Football"
NSF, NBC News and the NFL Kick Off "Science of NFL Football"
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:32:00 -0500
In America, the autumn season means two things -- back to school and back to football. To celebrate both events, NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, is teaming up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Football League (NFL) to release the "Science of NFL Football"- an informative 10-part video series that explores the science behind America's most beloved sport. Narrated by NBC News' Lester Holt and made especially for students and teachers as they ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:18:30 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Science of NFL Football
Science of NFL Football
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:47:00 -0500
NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, has teamed up with NSF and the National Football League to release the "Science of NFL Football"--an informative 10-part video series that explores the science behind America's most beloved sport.
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