 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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