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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:48:16 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Climate Change Education Partnership Program Is Launched
Climate Change Education Partnership Program Is Launched
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:32:00 -0500
Introducing cutting-edge science topics can be a challenge, due to the constantly evolving nature of scientific research. But an innovative new science education program aims to meet that challenge when educating students, teachers, and the public about global climate change and its impacts.
Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced 15 awardees who will take the lead in planning collaborations across the United States as part of the Climate Change Education Partnership ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Caltech Scientists Create New Process to 'Program' Cancer Cell Death
Caltech Scientists Create New Process to 'Program' Cancer Cell Death
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:07:00 -0500
Researchers at
Caltech have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells. The process--developed by Niles Pierce, associate professor of applied and computational mathematics and bioengineering at Caltech, and his colleagues--uses small RNA molecules that can be programmed to attack only specific cancer cells; then, by changing shape, those molecules cause the cancer cells to self-destruct.
Source
California Institute of Technology
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Brown-led Research Divines Structure for Class of Proteins
Brown-led Research Divines Structure for Class of Proteins
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:07:00 -0500
A research team led by Brown University has
determined the structure for three proteins in a class known as intrinsically disordered proteins. The findings, reported in Structure, are important because they show how these proteins fold with the regulator protein phosphatase-1, which must happen for biological instructions to be passed along.
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Brown University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Study Adds New Clue to How Last Ice Age Ended
Study Adds New Clue to How Last Ice Age Ended
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:08:00 -0500
A new study in the
journal Nature finds that in addition to Antarctica, New Zealand was warming at the end of the last ice age, indicating that the deep freeze up north, called the Younger Dryas for the white flower that grows near glaciers, bypassed much of the Southern Hemisphere.
Source
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Education More Important Than Knowledge in Stopping Spread of HIV in Africa
Education More Important Than Knowledge in Stopping Spread of HIV in Africa
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:06:00 -0500
Simply teaching people the facts about
how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a new study suggests. Researchers found that villagers in Ghana who had higher levels of cognitive and decision-making abilities--not just the most knowledge--were the ones who were most likely to take steps to protect themselves from HIV infection.
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Ohio State University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Forcing Mismatched Elements Together Could Yield Better Solar Cells
Forcing Mismatched Elements Together Could Yield Better Solar Cells
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:06:00 -0500
In what could be a step toward higher-efficiency
solar cells, an international research team including University of Michigan professors, has invalidated the most commonly used model to explain the behavior of a unique class of materials called highly mismatched alloys.
Source
University of Michigan
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: OU Study on Genetics in Fruit Flies Leads to New Method for Understanding Brain Function
OU Study on Genetics in Fruit Flies Leads to New Method for Understanding Brain Function
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:05:00 -0500
A team of University of Oklahoma
researchers studying neurobiology in fruit flies has developed a new method for understanding brain function with potential applications in studies of human neurological diseases.
Source
University of Oklahoma
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:42:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:01:00 -0500
The development of the nation's human capital through our education system is an essential building block for future innovation. Currently, the abilities of far too many of America's young men and women go unrecognized and underdeveloped, and, thus, these individuals may fail to reach their full potential. This represents a loss for both the individual and society. There are talented students with enormous potential from every demographic and from every part of our country who,
with ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:44:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME)
Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME)
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