 The December 2011 issue of Discoveries profiles Peter Finn, an IU psychologist who investigates processes related to self-regulation and self-control. The issue also features the selection of 10 IU faculty members as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the latest on the search for the elusive Higgs boson, the impact of climate change on rattlesnakes, the evolution of a "just-in-time" strategy by bacteria, the evolution of genitalia in beetles and the discovery of a new generation of flame retardant chemicals in the environment.
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 The November 2011 issue of Discoveries features a profile of Samir Salim, an IU astronomer who is using novel galaxy modeling techniques to produce a database of the properties of millions of galaxies. Also included are stories about the economic impact of research at the IU School of Medicine, an NIH grant to the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, research on how we perceive mismatches between human and robotic faces and voices, a computational model for the formation of embryonic somites, the influence of "rich clubs" in the human brain and new understanding of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria.
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 The October 2011 issue of IU Discoveries featured a story on Bryan Schneider, IU associate professor of medicine and medical and molecular genetics who is also a physician/scientist at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the Shawn Hanson Investigator in Breast Cancer Research. Also in this issue were stories about IU's recent $700,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to study Lake Erie wind resources; a story about IU scientists' research on constructing the cDNA libraries for the first-ever genome sequence of a non-bird reptile; details on an IU physicist who is in the spotlight for possibly discovering a unified theory tying together quantum physics and gravity that could lead to tiny but observable deviations from Einstein's Theory of Relativity; and many other stories.
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 The September 2011 edition of Discoveries highlighted the work of IU Northwest Assistant Professor of Mathematics Axel Schulze-Halberg , who has published more than 70 research papers dealing with mathematical physics and dynamical systems in some of the highest ranking journals in the world. Also in the issue, IU Department of Anthropology research associate Kristian Carlson described in Science the internal surface of the braincase of Australopithecus sediba, a nearly 2-million-year-old hominin Carlson and six other scientists discovered 18 months ago in South Africa; an announcement that the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Physics have begun recruiting students for a new professional master's degree program in medical physics; and a report that IU Bloomington anthropologist Michael Muehlenbein had been awarded $304,000 from the National Science Foundation to conduct the first-ever study into the interrelationship between functional immunity, endocrine status and sexual signaling in primates.
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 The August 2011 issue of IU Discoveries focused on Mark Goebl, an IU School of Medicine professor who hopes to have found the secret to making a yeast product that more efficiently breaks down corn and other plants into the biofuel ethanol. Also in this issue were stories about the actual domestication site of modern sunflowers; a new compound that may accelerate bone healing; soil samples that reveal urban mercury footprints; an IU chemist who was named an American Chemical Society Fellow; and the IU biologist who was selected to benefit from a $75 million plant science initiative.
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 The May 2011 issue of IU Discoveries features biogeochemist Lisa Pratt, whose research starts on Earth but points toward Mars. Also included are stories about a new Capt. Kidd museum, algae living inside the cells of young salamanders, the impact of global warming on wind energy, a special event for Integrated Science and Accelerator Technology Hall, the selection of atmospheric scientist Sara Pryor to help advise the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, and a new idea for combating Staph infections.
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 The April issue of IU Discoveries features astrophysicst Nikodem Poplawski, an expert on everything from the Big Bang to wormholes. Also included are stories about an honor for Renato Dulbecco -- an IU nobelist, the 30th Joan Wood lecture, the earliest and best fossil of a large group of flowering plants, a 12-year-old mathematics genius, Bloomington's first high-altitude balloon launch, and a new project to study climate change and forest loss in southeast Asia.
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 The March 15, 2011, issue of IU Discoveries features geologist Seth Young, soon to be a research associate at the IU Bloomington Department of Geological Sciences. Also included are stories about the effects of rising carbon dioxide on plants, the evolutionary fitness of 19th century Mormon women, the Women in Science Program annual conference, an honor for biologist Roger Innes, DNA replication errors, and an IU mathematician's solution to a vexing problem in geometry.
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 The Feb. 15, 2011, issue of IU Discoveries features evolutionary biologist John Colbourne, genomics director for the Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics. Also included are stories about the completion of the water flea genome by IU scientists, developing new drugs for diabetes and cancer, a project that rewards innovations in sustainability, pinpointing the processes in bacteria that antibiotics affect, and increasing racial diversity among American life scientists.
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 The Jan. 25, 2011, issue of IU Discoveries features IU Bloomington chemist Liang-shi Li and his chemical inventions, including a sheet of carbon that catches light. Also included are stories about IU's newest class of AAAS fellows, a convenient test to screen people for diabetes, ongoing efforts to improve scientific communications using computing technologies, a new collaboration between IU and Australian National University, an IU Northwest professor's use of Lake Michigan sand dunes as a teaching lab for his students, and an IUPUI project that uses undergraduate research to search for new medicines.
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 The Dec. 21, 2010, issue of IU Discoveries features Professor of Biology Patricia Foster and her work on the ever-changing mutation rates in bacteria. Also included are stories about gene therapy for metastatic melanoma in mice, the IU Open Systems Lab, early training in theoretical physics, IU's nationally recognized cancer doctors, an honor for an IUPUI mathematician, and the use of a distant mountain range as a laboratory for students.
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 The Nov. 16, 2010, issue of IU Discoveries features Chemistry Senior Lecturer Jill Robinson and the evolution of modern science education. Also included are stories about the preparation of a new ovarian cancer drug for clinical trials, two new NSF grants for environmental science projects, a visit to Bloomington by Sossina Haile, the use of Argentina's mountains as a research and teaching tool, risk-taking behavior in sex addicts, and a newly developed technology that helps identify the presence of Salmonella in food products.
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 The October 19, 2010, issue of IU Discoveries features chemist Dennis Peters and the development of his scientific career. Also included are stories about the use of an antibiotic to combat Huntington's disease, new risks associated with chemotherapy, a device that could help thwart a deadly birth defect, the detoxification of Hungary's red sludge, a new IUPUI initiative to expand science and technology talent, and a study that has found genetically modified corn products have seeped -- albeit at low concentrations -- into the Indiana environment.
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 The September 21, 2010, issue of IU Discoveries features biophysicist James Glazier and his recent work on the properties of bubbles. Also included are stories about sequencing the cacao genome, a chemical tool that turns off when exposed to UV light, an IU researcher's scholarship on Isaac Newton, the formation of a new scientific field called environmental genomics, and new grants to the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center and the Low Energy Neutron Source project.
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 The August 17, 2010, issue of IU Discoveries features transportation geographer William Black, who has written a new book about how every mode of transportation can be made sustainable in a modern world. Also included are stories about an expansion of the TransPAC network, the energy costs of immune reactions, microbial mutation rates, a new tool to gauge the influence of scholarly publications, science education, and some promising uses for purple coneflower.
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 The July 20, 2010 issue of IU Discoveries features the CTSI-SEED program, which pairs high school students interested in science and medicine with local research scientists, including many from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Also included are stories about an IU-Cook Medical partnership, theoretical physics, mine-adapted fungi, a new experimental therapy for late-stage ovarian cancer, bacterial exodus triggers, and an honor for chemist Erin Carlson.
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 The June 15 issue of Discoveries features science writer and journalism professor S. Holly Stocking and her new book for junior science writers and scientific communicators. Also included are stories about the adaptive power of sRNA, a particle physics first, lake ecology, the success of several IU-spawned businesses, and Royal Society honors for chemist Gary Hieftje and biologist Loren Rieseberg.
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 The May 18, 2010, issue of Discoveries features a profile of IU anthropologist Michael Muehlenbein and his work examining infectious disease transmission ramifications related to interactions between tourists and wild animals in remote areas. The issue also includes new information about the relationship between testosterone and natural selection resulting from a field study of the dark-eyed junco; announcement that IU Bloomington anthropologist Emilio Moran has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences; a look at an IU geographer's work toward recommending policy shifts in Mexico related to farmers and tropical forests; the findings of an IU physicist on the mysteries of the cryogenic emission of neutrons; and announcement that a first-year physics graduate student will receive $151,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to further his research.
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 The April 20, 2010, issue of Discoveries, features the Hoosier Oncology Group, a network of clinical researchers that was originally conceived as a way of bringing the newest cancer drugs and treatments to all Indiana residents. Also featured are stories about a new human ancestor, antimony mines in China, carbon-based solar cells, measuring forest productivity from space, relativistic wormholes, and ancient sunflowers.
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 The March 16, 2010, issue of Discoveries, features the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, an elite research center on the Bloomington campus. Also featured are stories on women physicists at CERN, the breast cancer drug fulvestrant, a new IUPUI science building, tuberculosis, an honor for biologist Yves Brun, and the relationship between alcohol retailers and violence.
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 The Feb. 16, 2010, issue of Discoveries, features IU School of Medicine geneticist Howard Edenberg and his interdisciplinary research on alcohol, alcohol metabolism, and alcoholism. Also featured are stories about wasp parasites, new teaching labs at IU Bloomington, a new agreement for the IU Research & Technology Corporation, enzymes and heart attacks, field opportunities for IPFW anthropology students, and the coming of Captain Kidd's "Great" cannon.
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 The Jan. 19, 2010, issue of Discoveries, features IU Bloomington informaticist Alessandro Vespignani and his analysis of complex systems, such as the transmission of disease pathogens via airplanes and boats. Also featured are stories on the IU Cyclotron Facility, social bacteria, IU Bloomington's newest AAAS fellow, a new ancient climate tool, a grant for cell cycle research, and the use of games to rehabilitate injured hands.
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 The Dec. 15, 2009, issue of Discoveries, features IU Bloomington statistician Karen Kafadar and her work to make complex, real-world phenomena -- from pathogen epidemics to high-energy particle physics -- easier to understand. Also featured are stories on the IU Vice President for Research finalists, introns, renewable energy, blood tests for hallucinaters, a new mathematical theory, and IU research at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.
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 The Nov. 17, 2009, issue of Discoveries, featured IU Bloomington geologist Enrique Merino and the banded rock formations he has devoted much of his career to studying. Also featured were stories on IU's new data center, social networking for scientists, IU's new Innovation Center, a Great Lakes environmental science project, futuristic batteries and a special IU Physics-Astronomy open house event in Bloomington.
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 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.
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