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Rock stars of Jamaican geology By News Releases (Geological Society of America) This new memoir from the Geological Society of America presents seven essays detailing the colorful history of geological exploration in Jamaica through the work of notable researchers, or "rock stars," who uncovered the complicated geology of this Antillean island.

Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just 5 minutes By News Releases (University of Warwick) An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr. Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve around each other in a mere 5.4 minutes. This makes HM Cancri the binary star with by far the shortest known orbital period. It is also the smallest known binary.

Finland to get a Center of Water Efficiency Excellence By News Releases (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) Kemira Oyj and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland will establish a Centre of Water Efficiency Excellence to Finland. The present Finnish competence of the water sector is being gathered into one center. The aim is to construct a new and unique competence of the water sector in Finland and to create new business opportunities for companies in the environmental technology sector.

Book examines history of human rights By News Releases (Binghamton University) Average people have helped to shape the human rights movement, Jean Quataert says in a new book about the development and impact of rights after World War II. "Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics," the latest book by the Binghamton University history professor, was released by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

NSF grant boosts Carnegie Mellon initiative to commercialize quality of life technologies By News Releases (Carnegie Mellon University) An already promising initiative to assist start-up firms that commercialize technologies associated with the Quality of Life Technology Center is now expanding thanks to a three-year, $1.5 million Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers.

Deep sedimentation of acantharian cysts -- a reproductive strategy? By News Releases (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Spore-like reproductive cysts of enigmatic organisms called acantharians rapidly sink from surface waters to the deep ocean in certain regions, according to new research. Scientists suspect that this is part of an extraordinary reproductive strategy, which allows juveniles to exploit a seasonal food bonanza.

Violent crime 'race gap' narrows, but persists in US By News Releases (University of Maryland) The 'race gap' in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially yet persists , with murder arrest rates for African Americans out-distancing those for whites -- concludes a new 80-city study by the University of Maryland, Florida State University and the University of Oregon. While the gap was cut more than half in the 1970s, it re-grew in the '80s. The researchers find it most pronounced in communities with higher divorce, unemployment and drugs rates.

AGU Journal highlights -- March 8, 2010 By News Releases (American Geophysical Union) Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: Lack of arches doubled Arctic strait's sea-ice loss; Solar wind pulses help blow away Martian atmosphere; Patterns of colored organic matter reveal ocean features; Accurately estimating climate feedbacks; Ocean acidification: Simply predicting key depths; and Deep-ocean billows observed.

MIT scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material By News Releases (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Most polymers -- materials made of long, chain-like molecules -- are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.