Science 360 News Update from NSF

E-Blast Friday 08.17.12 Breaking Story Tibetan Plateau May Be Older Than Previously Thought Today's Video Saturn's Weirdest Ring Picture of the Day Bob's Robber Frog New Today on Science360 Radio "Excavation At Mayan City Of El Zotz," With NSF-funded Archaeologist Stephen Houston At Brown University Latest News Scientists Create Form Of Matter That Can Dent Diamonds Scientists soaked buckyballs in a solvent to create a new form of matter that they termed an "ordered amorphous carbon cluster." Good Vibrations Researchers record first direct observations of quantum effects in an optomechanical system. Digitizing The Past To Protect And Preserve History Using supercomputers to help protect and preserve ancient sites and artifacts. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: Software Helps Cars Go Quietly Over Bumpy Roads SCIENCE: Birdsong Not Music, After All NATURE: Scientists Do The Wet Dog Shake SCIENCE NEWS: Odor Deprivation And The Brain PHYSICS: A Fuller Picture Of The Higgs Boson What the Blogs Are Saying Today DEEP-SEA NEWS - Sharks And Lasers, Not Just For Entertainment! THE CRUX - Older Dads Give Good Telomeres, But Longevity? Not So Much THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Network Theory Breakthrough Reveals The Origin Of Outbreaks TALKINGSCIENCE - Elusive Snails NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - The Enemy Of My Prey's Enemy Is My Friend, Or Why Parasitic Wasps Need Each Other Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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