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  Solving Puzzles Without a Picture: New Algorithm Assembles Chromosomes from Next Generation Sequencing Data

  January 10, 2013 — One of the most difficult problems in the field of genomics is assembling short "reads" of DNA into complete chromosomes. Now an interdisciplinary group of genome and computer scientists has solved ... > full story
• Child Development
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  Smartphone App Helps Children With Autism Communicate Better

  January 10, 2013 — The MySocius app uses naturalistic teaching methods to help children with autism communicate more effectively. One in 88 children is now on autism ... > full story
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  Information Required for Short-Term Water Management Decisions Outlined

  January 9, 2013 — Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support contemporary water management ... > full story
• Climate
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  NASA Chases Climate Change Clues Into the Stratosphere

  January 9, 2013 — Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how ... > full story
• Earthquakes
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  Faulty Behavior: New Earthquake Fault Models Show That 'Stable' Zones May Contribute to the Generation of Massive Earthquakes

  January 9, 2013 — In an earthquake, ground motion is the result of waves emitted when the two sides of a fault move rapidly past each other. Not all fault segments move so quickly, however -- some slip slowly and are ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  First 'Bone' of the Milky Way Identified

  January 8, 2013 — Our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy -- a pinwheel-shaped collection of stars, gas and dust. It has a central bar and two major spiral arms that wrap around its disk. Since we view the Milky Way from the ... > full story
• Computer Modeling
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  New Approach for Simulating Supernovas

  January 8, 2013 — Researchers are trying to bridge the gap between studies of supernova blasts and the remnants they leave behind. They hope to use a relatively new computer code to show more of the evolution from ... > full story
• Fossils
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  Dinosaurs
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  Jurassic Ecosystems Were Similar to Modern: Animals Flourish Among Lush Plants

  January 8, 2013 — In modern ecosystems, animals flourish amid lush vegetation. That was true 150 million years ago too, says a new study by paleontologists. They applied ecological principles to geochemical data from ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
  Global Warming
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  Global Warming Beneficial to Ratsnakes

  January 8, 2013 — Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led researchers to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes -- Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His ... > full story
• Information Technology
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  Computer, Electrical Engineers Working to Help Biologists Cope With Big Data

  January 8, 2013 — Computer and electrical engineers are developing computing tools to help biologists analyze all the data produced by today's research ... > full story

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