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The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.http://www.eurekalert.org en-usCopyright 2013 by the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceWed, 20 Mar 2013 17:03:03 EDTEurekAlert!http://www.eurekalert.org/images/logo.gifhttp://www.eurekalert.org The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.60webmaster@eurekalert.org (EurekAlert!)(<i>University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences</i>) Although the 2012 drought in the Midwest may have dimmed the memories for some of the 2011 Ohio and Mississippi River flood, engineers, landowners, conservationists, crop scientists and soil scientists haven't forgotten. They are working hard to repair levees and restore the flood damaged Birds Point-New Madrid floodway in preparation for the next big flood which will eventually happen.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoic-rar032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoic-rar032013.php(<i>American Institute of Biological Sciences</i>) The American Institute of Biological Sciences has selected two graduate students to receive the 2013 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. Jennifer Rood is a Ph.D. candidate in biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Paul Tanger is a Ph.D. candidate in bioagricultural sciences and pest management at Colorado State University.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/aiob-ane032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/aiob-ane032013.php(<i>National Academy of Sciences</i>) In administering the National Flood Insurance Program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs a more modern approach to analyzing and managing flood risk behind levees -- one that would give public officials and individual property owners a clearer idea of the risks they face and how they should address them, says a new report from the National Research Council.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/naos-fnf032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/naos-fnf032013.php(<i>American Meteorological Society</i>) The economic costs of damaging weather events have an immense and increasing impact on the US economy, and these costs could be anticipated and mitigated by improved weather and climate predictions, say a range of experts in the public and private sectors. These experts will convene in Washington, D.C. from Apr. 2-4 and discuss the best strategies to minimize the weather and climate's hit on people and the economy.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ams-wac032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ams-wac032013.php(<i>Wiley</i>) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS); a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society's leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, an international thought leader in the field of plant physiology.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/w-tsp032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/w-tsp032013.php(<i>Elsevier</i>) First study to report that proteins found in soybeans, could inhibit growth of colon, liver and lung cancers, published in Food Research International.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/e-nsh032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/e-nsh032013.php(<i>American Chemical Society</i>) The "chemical garden," a school classroom chemistry experiment, in which beautiful plant-like structures sprout in a test tube, has become the linchpin for real-world scientific experiments that aim to shed light on the origins of life on Earth. Those Gardens of Eden and a "battery" that could have kick-started life are the topic of a story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/acs-gc032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/acs-gc032013.php(<i>Lund University</i>) Hunting for meat in the African rainforests has halved the number of primates. However, the hunting also has other negative consequences. The decline in the number of primates causes a reduction in the dispersal of seed by the primates, and this leads to a reduction in the numbers of important fruit trees and changes to the rainforest. This has been shown in new research from Lund University in Sweden.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/lu-hfm032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/lu-hfm032013.php(<i>University of Adelaide</i>) An international team of scientists led by Dr Kate Sanders from the University of Adelaide, and including Dr Mike Lee from the South Australian Museum, has uncovered how some sea snakes have developed 'shrunken heads' -- or smaller physical features than their related species.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoa-sdr032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoa-sdr032013.php(<i>Pew Environment Group</i>) Five distinguished scientists and conservationists based in Canada, India, Indonesia, Palau, and Rwanda, are this year's recipients of the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. The fellowship program provides fellowships to outstanding scientists and other individuals across the globe to support innovative projects aimed at developing and implementing solutions to critical challenges facing the world's oceans.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/peg-pa2032013.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/peg-pa2032013.php(<i>University of Washington</i>) The stomach and intestines of certain Dolly Varden trout double to quadruple in size during month-long, salmon-egg-eating binges in Alaska each August. Because there is so little to eat the rest of the year where they reside, the fish live off the reserves they've built up and their digestive tracks shrink. It's the first time researchers have documented this fish gut flexibility in the wild.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uow-sat031513.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uow-sat031513.php(<i>Public Library of Science</i>) Natural warm water springs may offer the best protection to Florida manatees trying to survive cold winter periods, according to research published Mar. 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by David Laiast of the Marine Mammal Commission in Maryland, and colleagues from the Marine Mammal Commission in Maryland, US.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/plos-wsm031413.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/plos-wsm031413.php(<i>American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev</i>) "BGU has been at the forefront of advanced basic and applied water-related research for more than four decades and has developed a number of innovative technologies in the field," Prof. Carmi said. "The collaboration with the University of Chicago will result in the development of new technologies for the benefit of people all over the world."http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/aabu-bua031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/aabu-bua031913.php(<i>USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station</i>) For the first time, a study has compared water quality trends in forested streams across the country that are largely undisturbed by land use or land cover changes.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ufs--sel031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ufs--sel031913.php(<i>University of Copenhagen</i>) The enigmatic giant squid is the same species in all oceans of the planet, shows new DNA-studies carried out at University of Copenhagen, Denmark.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc-mft031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc-mft031913.php(<i>American Society for Microbiology</i>) The American Society for Microbiology will hold its 113th General Meeting, May 18-21, 2013, in Denver, Colo. The meeting will feature approximately 3,000 individual scientific presentations spanning the breadth of microbiology and has an expected attendance of 8,000.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/asfm-asf031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/asfm-asf031913.php(<i>University of Maryland Medical Center</i>) Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit prostate cancer and possibly other cancers from spreading, according to preclinical research published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uomm-uom031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uomm-uom031913.php(<i>Pensoft Publishers</i>) Daphnia lumholtzi is a small crustacean that lives in the tropics. This plankton-like creature is also an invasive species in North America -- and so far, it has never been detected in Europe's lakes and ponds. A possible invasion in Europe is examined in a recent paper, published in the open access, peer-reviewed journal NeoBiota.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/pp-cat031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/pp-cat031913.php(<i>University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna</i>) Adoption is fairly widespread in the animal kingdom, even though this fact would seem to counteract Darwin's theory of evolution, which suggests that animals should raise as many of their own offspring as possible. Franziska Schaedelin and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna now present findings that suggest parents of fish exchange young with other parents to reduce the risk of predation. The results are published in the current issue of "Behavioral Ecology".http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uovm-rmi031913.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uovm-rmi031913.php(<i>The Translational Genomics Research Institute</i>) The Maumee Valley Growers, who helped initiate the "Plant Purple-Grow Hope" campaign in 2011, are joined this year by The Anderson's Markets and Sautter's Markets in raising funds for pancreatic cancer research at the Phoenix-based non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).Proceeds will fund TGen and its Pancreatic Cancer Research Team, which includes leading pancreatic cancer scientists, physicians and researchers, armed with the most technologically advanced tools and resources, at 45 top-flight medical research institutions worldwide.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ttgr-ph031813.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ttgr-ph031813.php(<i>Wiley</i>) One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world -- and the best studied -- is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on over 10 years' data the study, published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology, sheds new light on how sea ice conditions drive polar bears' annual migration on and off the ice.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/w-fpb031813.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/w-fpb031813.php(<i>Entomological Society of America</i>) The highly anticipated second edition of this best-selling Handbook of Turfgrass Insects contains the most current, thorough, and practical information covering all aspects of turfgrass insect management in a streamlined format.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/esoa-nho031513.php Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/esoa-nho031513.php(<i>Nova Southeastern University</i>) Researchers from Nova Southeastern University's Guy Harvey Research Institute and the University of Rhode Island studied the southern stingray population of Stingray City -- a sandbar in the Cayman Islands that draws nearly a million visitors each year to feed, pet and swim with its stingrays -- to assess how the intensive eco-tourism has affected the animals' behavior.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/nsu-tsc031813.php Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/nsu-tsc031813.php(<i>University of California - Santa Barbara</i>) After almost four decades of absence from local waters, a special sea slug appears to be making a comeback, and marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara are eagerly anticipating its return.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc--uo031813.php Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc--uo031813.php(<i>United States Department of Agriculture - Research, Education and Economics</i>) If left unchecked, the pale cyst nematode burrows into potato roots to feed, obstructing nutrients and causing stunted growth, wilted leaves and other symptoms that can eventually kill the plant. Now USDA and cooperating scientists are evaluating new ways to control the pest using naturally occurring chemicals called egg-hatching factors.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/usdo-cte031813.php Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/usdo-cte031813.php

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