Science 360 News Update from NSF

E-Blast Tuesday 11.06.12 Breaking Story Cool Cat In A Hot Zone Today's Video Boosting STEM Education In Elementary Schools Picture of the Day Haiti's Tapion Ridge New Today on Science360 Radio "Preserving Drugs In Silk," With NSF-Funded Tufts Biomedical Engineer David Kaplan Latest News High-Strength Material Advancements May Lead To New, Life-Saving Steel Researchers have developed a new material consisting of bainitic steels and austempered ductile iron that has high-yield strength, fracture toughness and ductility. Computers "Taught" To ID Regulating Gene Sequences Scientists have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use those commonalities to predict other regulatory regions throughout the genome. After Long-Ago Mass Extinction, Global Warming Hindered Species' Recovery Researchers have discovered why plants and animals had a hard time recovering from the largest mass extinction in Earth's history 250 million years ago. New in the Journals & Magazines NATURE: Blind Mole Rats May Hold Key To Cancer NEW SCIENTIST: Yosemite's Long-Lost Twin Could Be Resurrected PNAS: Marine Archaea Take A Short Cut In The Nitrogen Cycle PHYSICS: Carbon Rings Allow Brief Electron Hook Ups SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Rocket Man: Land-Speed Racer Pushes 1,000 Mph Barrier What the Blogs Are Saying Today WIRED SCIENCE - Should Students Use Cameras In Class? NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - For 150 Years, No One Had Ever Seen A Full Spade-Toothed Whale. Then Two Wash Up On A Beach. THE ABSTRACT - Choosy Mothers Choose Skin? One Way To Make Peanut Products Healthier SCIENTIST AT WORK - Laying Down Stakes To Measure Glacier Melt QUEST - New Clues To Our Ancestors' Mobility Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

Forward email This email was sent to jmabs1@gmail.com by news@science360.gov |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. National Science Foundation | 4201 Wilson Boulevard | Arlington | VA | 22230