NSF Discoveries http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/ Discoveries posted on the NSF website, http://www.nsf.gov. en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:25 EST Why Human Blood Drives Mosquitoes Wild http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116286&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito. UC Davis chemical ecologist Walter Leal identifies the chemical source of an annoying attraction
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116286&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Angry Flies May Help Explain Human Aggression http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116242&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image of lunge and wing-threat behavior between a pair of male fruit flies. Caltech biologist David Anderson and his colleagues identify a brain chemical involved in promoting aggression in flies
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116242&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 The Invisible AIDS Victims: How Women Cope http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116128&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), taken with a scanning electron microscope. Northwestern University associate professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes studies women with HIV/AIDS and the economic resources that help them effectively manage their health
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116128&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 The First Women in Antarctica http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116134&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of women geoscientists using a hand augur to drill Lake Vanda, Antarctica, in 1969-1970. Forty years ago, a pioneering research team from Ohio State made history as the first U.S. women in Antarctica
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116134&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Titan: A Climate Out of This World http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116085&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image shows a composite visible/infrared view of Titan. Researchers using ground-based telescopes and space probes make amazing discoveries about the atmospheric cycle of Saturn’s largest moon, and find similarities to Earth
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116085&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Getting a Better Grip on Gaming http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116057&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of the OrbiTouch keyboard. System originally developed for people with carpal tunnel syndrome is now used by thousands of gamers
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116057&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Finding the First Horse Whisperers http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116033&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Reconstruction of the tarpan, or wild European horse, Equus ferus. Sandra Olsen of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History describes how she and her colleagues, with support from NSF, discovered evidence of the early beginnings of horse domestication in Kazakhstan
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116033&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Wiring the Wilderness http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115996&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of an image of a fire captured by an HPWREN automated digital camera on Lyons Peak. Working with a wide range of partners, NSF-supported HPWREN demonstrates the value of connecting remote science sites to a high-speed network
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115996&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Some Trees and Insects Are Made for Each Other http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115956&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a Joshua tree dusted with snow following a spring snowstorm in Tikaboo Valley, Nevada. Christopher Irwin Smith describes research on Joshua trees, yucca moths and the question of whether coevolution between plants and their insect pollinators produced the spectacular diversity of plants and insects
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115956&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Following the Adventurous Ant Trail http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115915&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a litter sifting crew preparing for work at a Project LLAMA study site in Chiapas, Mexico. Student field crews study the ecological power of ants in Central America under the guidance of biologist John Longino
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115915&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Anthropology Abroad: Studying Women's Roles in the Military http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115867&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of cultural anthropologist Maggie Serrato learning how to properly drink tea in South Korea. Graduate student Maggie Serrato on her experiences leaving the familiar to explore the unfamiliar: summer research in South Korea
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115867&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 With Help from a Bacterium, Cockroaches Develop Way to Store Excess Uric Acid http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115886&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo showing cockroaches. Finding could lead to new understanding of substance harmful in kidney disease and other human diseases
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115886&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 How Bacteria Get Past Our Defenses http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115827&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Illustration showing H. pylori liquefying stomach mucin to cross over to the epithelium cells. Research team uncovers how the bacterium that causes ulcers travels through the sticky gels of stomach mucus
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115827&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Benefits of Sexual Reproduction Lie in Defense Against Parasites http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115784&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of dabbling ducks foraging in the shallow region of Lake Alexandrina, New Zealand. Indiana University graduate student describes research studying populations of New Zealand freshwater snails that reproduce either sexually or asexually to determine if sexual reproduction offers advantages in parasite-rich environments
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115784&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Building Tsunami-resistant Cities http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115749&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of the Seawall experiment in the Large Wave Flume at Oregon State University. Mary Beth Oshnack describes her undergraduate and graduate research to understand tsunami wave forces and improve building construction in hazard-prone coastal communities
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