The Oct. 20, 2009, issue of Discoveries, featured IU Bloomington anthropologist Richard Wilk and his work on indigenous peoples' rights in Belize, his directorship of IU's new Food Studies Program and his plans for teaching about sustainability on the IU Bloomington campus with the help of a new grant. Also featured were stories on new diabetes-related grants to the School of Optometry, new investigations into early human settlements in Europe and a look at the immune system's response to dental plaque.
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The Sept. 15, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article about Indiana University sedimentary geologist Juergen Schieber and his work examining the historical context of sedimentary rocks in the Grand Canyon through new mud ripple analysis. This issue also included announcement that IU astronomer Katherine Rhode has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, a story about the work IU anthropologists are doing to save the nearly-extinct American Indiana language of Nakota and a look at new research being conducted by IU bioinformaticists on disordered proteins and their sensitivity to environmental conditions.
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The Aug. 19, 2009, issue of Discoveries featured IU Bloomington Anthropology Department evolutionary anthropologist Virginia Vitzthum's work on early pregnancy loss and its relationship to prospective investment based on risks and rewards. Also featured are stories about additional genomes playing a key role in the origin of new species, research related to the virtually identical neurochemicals found in the brain in mammals and birds, and chromosomal evidence that mammals have seen their gemones shrink after the dinosaurs became extinct.
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The July 21, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries profiled the work of IU East Assistant Professor of Biology Kimberly Greer, with grant assistance from the American Kennel Club Health Foundation, related to the inheritability and transmission analysis of three specific genes suspected to play a role in the development of a deadly canine disease. This issue also included a story about recently published work led by IU Bloomington cell biologist Clair Walczak on the role k-fibers play in cell division, announcement that zoologist and registered patent agent Marie Kerbeshian would become vice president for technology commercialization at the IU Research and Technology Corportation, and details of a collaboration between IU scientists and supercomputing resources to generate complex microscopic images.
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The June 16, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Beth Plale, an associate professor of computer science and informatics who is also director of both the Center for Data and Search Informatics and the Data to Insight Center at IU's Pervasive Technology Center. This issue also included a story on IU hosting the Capra Conference on radiation reaction and black holes, announcement of a $5.8 million grant to further study the breast cancer drug bevacizumab, a story on biologist Mike Wade receiving the 2009 Sewall Wright Award, and an announcement that IU would create two schools of public health.
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The May 19, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article about IU neurobiologist James Goodson and his work suggesting amorousness in finches may be a product of neurochemistry hard-coding resulting from different dopamine neuron levels. This issue also includes a story about NIH-funded research exploring how children perceive foreign-accented English speech, details about a $1.2 million grant to study Huntington's disease, a story about modeling of neutron star crust strengths, and the work of IU scientists on a $278 million international neutrino project.
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The April 21, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Richard Sutter, an Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne bioarchaeologist who studies genetically influenced tooth traits and pathologies like cavities and tooth wear. This issue also included a story about an $8 million National Science Foundation grant to study economically important plants, details of a partnership between IU and Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center to upgrade a linear accelerator, a story on advances in IU's GlueX physics experiment with the Department of Energy, and a profile of IU Bloomington atmospheric scientist Rebecca Barthelmie.
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The March 24, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Michael Edwards, an IU clinical assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs whose interests include the fabrication of metal alloys for the storage of hydrogen gas. This issue also included a story about IU physicists working to find the Higgs boson, details about an IU Bloomington technology that promises to improve medical and forensic work, a story about a team of researchers in the School of Optometry working to prevent blindness in diabetes patients, and details of a $2 million grant to study a grain pest called the red flour beetle.
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The Feb. 24, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured IU Northwest bioarchaeologist Kathleen Forgey's work using ancient DNA to understand the history behind the millennia-old Nasca human trophy heads of southern Peru. This issue also included a story about IU Bloomington geologist David Polly's role in understanding fossils from a 60-million-year-old snake believed to have weighed 2,500 pounds, a look at work IU is doing with the FBI to prevent cyber attacks in the U.S., development of a new spectrometer by IU scientists, and more.
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The Jan. 20, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Melanie Everett, who is on track to complete Ph.D.s this year in both geology and anthropology. This issue also included a story about distinguished theoretical physicist Alan Kostelecky's research suggesting challenges to parts of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, announcement of the opening of the new IU School of Optometry's Atwater Eye Care Center, a story about how Informatics students are experimenting with automated transportation systems, and more.
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The Dec. 18, 2008, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Sara Pryor -- an IU Department of Geography professor who successfully teeter-totters research and teaching. The issue also included a story about bacterial biofilms aiding in fossil preservation, the announcement of a $15 million grant to create the Pervasive Technology Institute, details of an anthropologist's rain forest research, and more.
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The Nov. 18, 2008, issue of IU Discoveries featured Mark Kelley, who is studying DNA repair mechanisms to get a handle on certain types of cancer. The issue also includes an exciting find in early humanoid evolution, the establishment of a new energy research center, the groundbreaking for a new ecology field laboratory, and the results of a challenge to Einstein's relativity theory.
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The June 17, 2008, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Geoffrey Fox -- an IU professor in the School of Informatics who is working to bring predictability to the natural world. This issue also included a story about the $25 million clinical research grant awarded to IU, details on the IU coal geologist who received a national honor , details on the 2008 Gill Award recipients, an in-depth look at the IU Cyclotron, and a feature on a donut made of a math maze.
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The May 20, 2008, issue of IU
Discoveries featured a story on IU bioanthropologist Frederika Kaestle. Also in this issue were stories about the 65-million-year-old asteroid impact that triggered a global hail of carbon beads, details on IU biologists who received top American honors, a look at the IU scientist who was named Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, details on the historical development plot an IU professor created to improve roadways globally, and information on gluon - the strongest glue in the universe.
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The April 22, 2008 issue of IU Discoveries featured a profile on Manjari Mazumdar, a researcher in the IU School of Medicine's Medical Sciences Program in Bloomington. Also in this issue were stories about the $1.2 million NIH project to track and predict epidemics, details on the final chapter of the IU Asteroid Program's "records," information on the first 3-D view of an anti-cancer agent by IU scientists, and a profile on the inaugural Adam W. Herbert graduate fellow.
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The March 25, 2008, issue of Discoveries, highlighted Dale Sengelaub, a professor in Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Also featured in this issue were stories about the climate change threatening Amazonian small farmers, a story on the downside of a good idea, details on new information regarding the "Bible of Particle Physics," and a look at what IU chemists have recently discovered in the laboratory.
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The Feb. 19, 2008, edition of Discoveries featured Sarah Trimpin, an IU research associate in the Chemistry Department. Also highlighted in this issue were stories about honors bestowed on an IU biologist, details on the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz., an overview of the School of Optometry's future Eye Care Center, and information that breaks down Huntington's disease one protein at a time.
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The Jan. 22, 2008, issue of Discoveries highlighted Jim Musser -- pianist, astrophysicist and IU professor. Also highlighted in this issue were stories about the new Department of Energy funding to aid climate change research and technology development, details on the increased reforestation in southern Indiana, a look at IU's digital microscopes, and a video highlight of The Stone Age Institute.
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The Dec. 18, 2007, issue of Discoveries featured a story on Indiana University Professor Roger Temam. Also highlighted were stories about new mud research, details on NSF funding for a digital data tool, surprising news about tree bark, and information on a new informatics laboratory.
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The Nov. 20, 2007, issue of Discoveries featured Joel Stager and Jim Brown -- IU researchers who will use cutting-edge technology and a $1 million federal grant to examine the toll firefighting takes on firefighters' health. Also featured in this issue were stories about the business of life science, details on five IU faculty who were elected AAAS fellows, information on a study that reveals the shortcomings of modern genome analysis, highlights of a study that found that high-impact activities during college boosts students' performance, and details of a study that shows a clearer link between prenatal exposure to alcohol and conduct problems.
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The Oct. 16, 2007, issue of Discoveries featured a study by Indiana University Bloomington and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency researchers that found high levels of chemical flame retardants in house cats and raised the possibility that exposure to the chemicals could be linked to feline hyperthyroidism, a serious disease in cats. Also featured in this issue were stories about a genetically engineered corn study, a feature on why conservation efforts often fail, details on the $1.69 million IU research labs received, and information on the $1 million grant that will broaden the scope of sexual health research at IU.
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The Sept. 18, 2007, issue of Discoveries featured a profile on Hans-Otto Meyer, professor of physics at Indiana University Bloomington. Also highlighted in this issue, was a new IUPUI study that reveals that rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels will drive dandelions to grow taller, details on IU's new food PhD., details on what people really want when choosing a mate, and information on the $1.9 million that IU research labs recently received.
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The July 17, 2007 issue of Discoveries featured a profile on scientists working at the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics at Indiana University Bloomington. Also highlighted in this issue were stories on divorce and children, modeling the restless brain, a new technique for predicting patient success for hepatitis C treatment, and details on the "Indiana Energy Report 2007."
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The May 15, 2007, issue of Discoveries features the thoughts of two Indiana University genetics faculty who shed light on the science and issues raised by author Michael Crichton in his latest book, Next. Also featured in this issue are stories about a new approach to treating human cancers, modern forests in the United States and gene induced eyes. Plus, learn more about what lead researcher Scott Bellini had to say about the findings in two new studies at Indiana University that demonstrate that videos depicting exemplary behaviors can be effective in helping children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders develop social skills and daily living skills.
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The second issue of Discoveries profiles Richard DiMarchi, chair of the Chemistry Department at IU Bloomington. Also in this issue are articles about the WIYN telescope's major improvements, details about a new hand-held testing device that could revolutionize health care, how to deal with malware targets and a new discovery from IU scientists that could provide an important clue in flowering plants.
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This debut issue of Discoveries features Indiana University School of Library and Information Science Associate Professor Katy Börner. Also included are stories about how trees manage water in arid environments, plummeting kisspeptin levels, vanishing beetle horns and violent video games.
