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The theme of the spring 2010 issue of Research & Creative Activity magazine is money. Who has it? Who doesn't? Why do we horde it? Why do we give it away? And what is money, anyway? Does virtual money count? And of course, what about taxes?
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The formation of the Alp mountains in southern Europe began with the collision of the African and European tectonic plates. The convergence of these two masses caused a crumpling. One plate was driven down, pushing the other plate up. The Himalayas, Urals, and Andes mountain ranges were formed in similar fashion.
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Revisit Indiana University's Old Crescent in this series of podcasts that explores the buildings of the Old Crescent on the IU Bloomington campus.
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Kirkwood Observatory Public Open House
Wednesdays
9:30-11:30 p.m.
Kirkwood Observatory, IU Bloomington
IU Bloomington's historic Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public for viewing each Wednesday evening when the sky is clear until November. For updated weather conditions and closings, please call the Kirkwood Observatory Hotline at 812-855-7736. The observatory is located at the wooded edge of campus near the corner of Fourth Street and Indiana Avenue. For more information, please visit http://www.astro.indiana.edu/kirkwood.shtml.
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Science Writer at Work: S. Holly Stocking
When a textbook publisher approached S. Holly Stocking to produce a collection of New York Times science writing stories some years ago, the IU Bloomington professor emeritus of journalism and American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow was intrigued. An avid reader of New York Times stories about science, Stocking had made use of many of the newspaper's stories in more than two decades of teaching science writing at IU. The project called for interviewing writers who cover science for the Times, some of them among her favorite writers in the field.
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For the first time, biologists have directly shown how spontaneous mutation of a small RNA (sRNA) regulatory molecule can provide an evolutionary advantage. Reporting in the May 2010 issue of Science, Indiana University Bloomington scientists also identify the sRNA as a key regulator of social behavior in Myxococcus xanthus, a soil bacterium widely studied for its ability to cooperatively construct fruiting bodies that house stress-resistant spores when food runs out.
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Physicists at Indiana University Bloomington joined fellow DZero Collaboration researchers from around the world to announce evidence of a one-percent deviation between the amounts of elementary matter and antimatter particles being produced from high-energy collisions at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. IU Bloomington Department of Physics chair and DZero collaborator Rick Van Kooten called new evidence of a deviation of the Standard Model of particle physics "unexpected" and "a surprise."
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Of all the things that might control the onset of disease epidemics in Michigan lakes, the shape of the lakes' bottoms might seem unlikely. But that is precisely the case, and a new BioScience report by scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and four other institutions explains why.
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A new report demonstrating the link between federally-funded basic research and economic growth highlights six Indiana University startup companies. Four companies were included among the report's 100 "success stories" that were fueled by federally-funded research, while two other companies with IU ties were cited for originating from academic research. A number of the Indiana University-related companies received business support through the Indiana University Research & Technology Corp. (IURTC).
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IU Bloomington analytical chemist Gary Hieftje has been awarded the 2010 Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. According to the society, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Hieftje was chosen "for his contribution in the conception, design, development and innovation of analytical instrumentation." The honor is a top chemistry prize in Britain and, arguably, the world.
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Indiana University Bloomington evolutionary biologist Loren Rieseberg has been elected a 2010 fellow of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom's largest and most important academy of sciences. Membership in the Royal Society is considered a major honor in the natural sciences. Native to Canada, Rieseberg is part of a class of 44 new fellows from the British Commonwealth and Ireland, as well as eight "foreign members" from other countries.
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The May 18, 2010, issue of Discoveries featured IU Bloomington anthropologist Michael Muehlenbein, who studies disease transmission between humans and other animals, including non-human primates. Also included were stories about an experimental social-ecological system, the evolution of testosterone-fed behaviors, the conservation of Mexican forests, the physics of low temperatures, IU Bloomington anthropologist Emilio Moran's election to the National Academy of Sciences, and a new U.S. Department of Energy grant that will support the physics research of IU Bloomington graduate student Daniel Salvat.
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Some recent titles by IU researchers
"Identification of a FOXA-dependent enhancer of human alcohol dehydrogenase 4 (ADH4)," Gene, July 15, 2010, by S. Pochareddy and H.J. Edenberg
"Toward quantifying the usage costs of human immunity: Altered metabolic rates and hormone levels during acute immune activation in men," American Journal of Human Biology, July-Aug. 2010, by M.P. Muehlenbein, J.L. Hirschtick, J.Z. Bonner, and A.M. Swartz
"Trends in pediatric appendectomy outcomes," Journal of Surgical Research, June 2010, by A.M. Abarbarnell
"Phenomenological Dimensions of Sensory Gating," Schizophrenia Bulletin, June 4, 2010, by W.P. Hetrick, M.A. Erickson, and D.A. Smith
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Join the 2010 IU Athletics Tailgate Tour
Join IU alumni, fans and friends on the road for the 2010 IU Athletics Tailgate Tour. Don't miss out on this opportunity to mingle with and hear from IU's head coaches as they provide insights on what to expect from the Hoosiers during the 2010-11 season. The tour will feature five IU head coaches and will make nine stops ending in Indianapolis on Aug. 25.
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