The project, ultimately reduced to a single film called Prometheus, which Scott described as sharing " strands of Alien's DNA " while not being a direct prequel, was released in June 2012.

The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements ( ENCODE ) project reported in September 2012 that over 80 % of DNA in the human genome " serves some purpose, biochemically speaking ".

In 2012, the ENCODE project, a research program supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute, reported that 76 % of the human genome's noncoding DNA sequences were transcribed and that nearly half of the genome was in some way accessible to genetic regulatory proteins such as transcription factors.

In September, 2012, NASA scientists reported that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ), subjected to interstellar medium ( ISM ) conditions, are transformed, through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation, to more complex organics-" a step along the path toward amino acids and nucleotides, the raw materials of proteins and DNA, respectively ".

Finally, in 2012, a DNA test conducted on Monmouth's descendant, the duke of Buccleuch, showed that he shared the same Y-chromosome ( inherited from father-to-son ) as a distant Stewart cousin, providing strong evidence that Charles II was Monmouth's biological father after all.

An April 2012 article on the Melungeons in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy summarized additional DNA testing of the last several years, together with historic evidence.

In September 2012, NASA scientists reported that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ), subjected to interstellar medium ( ISM ) conditions, are transformed, through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation, to more complex organics-" a step along the path toward amino acids and nucleotides, the raw materials of proteins and DNA, respectively ".

As of June 2012, 292 people previously convicted of serious crimes in the United States had been exonerated by DNA testing since 1989, seventeen of whom had been sentenced to death.

In 2011, Christensen published two books: The Innovative University and The Innovator ’ s DNA ( Harvard Business Press ), with another scheduled to be published in early 2012.

In July 2012, Dr Alice Storey et al announced a study using mitochondrial DNA recovered from ancient bones from Europe, Thailand, the Pacific and Chile, and from Spanish colonial sites in Florida and the Dominican Republic, in directly dated samples originating in Europe at 1000 B. P.

In March 2012, it was announced that DNA testing had confirmed a new species of leopard frog had been found whose habitat was centered near New York's Yankee Stadium and included northern New Jersey, southeastern mainland New York, and Staten Island ; the new still unnamed species is part of a cryptic species complex that was first distinguished by its short, repetitive croak, distinct from the " long snore " or " rapid chuckle " of other area leopard frog species.

In 2012, Jenatsch's body was exhumed from Chur cathedral by a team seeking DNA to confirm that the body was, in fact, Jenatsch.

The court ordered that DNA mapping of Tiwari be done, which the court successfully compelled compliance with on May 29, 2012.

In September 2012, NASA scientists reported that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ), subjected to interstellar medium ( ISM ) conditions, are transformed, through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation, to more complex organics-" a step along the path toward amino acids and nucleotides, the raw materials of proteins and DNA, respectively ".

Big Brother Watch in a report of June 2012 concludes that despite the Protection of Freedoms Act, the retention of DNA in England and Wales remains an uncertain and illiberal regime.

In 2012, " ASU students ranked fifth among all public universities in National Science Foundation grants for graduate study and 11th among all universities, including the Ivy institutions.

A study published in 2012 also found that conspiracy theorists frequently believe in multiple conspiracies, even when one conspiracy contradicts the other.

However, given the rapid progress in the industry they are working on a more in depth study to be concluded in May 2012.

In a 2012 study, each star of the 100 billion or so in our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to host " on average ... at least 1. 6 planets.

A 2012 study of gravitational microlensing data collected between 2002 and 2007 concludes the proportion of stars with planets is much higher and estimates an average of 1. 6 planets orbiting between 0. 5 – 10 AU per star in the Milky Way Galaxy, the authors of this study conclude " that stars are orbited by planets as a rule, rather than the exception.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York begin to recruit 10 participants for the study in July 2012.

NOAA conducted a new populations study in 2010-2011 ; those data will be available by 2012.

" A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment " a study commissioned by the U. S. State Department and conducted by Intermedia and released May 10, 2012 shows that despite extremely strict regulations and draconian penalties North Koreans, particularly elite elements, have increasing access to news and other media outside the state-controlled media authorized by the government.

On July 27, 2012 engineering services provider Royal HaskoningDHV announced that the Nicaraguan government has commissioned a feasibility study to be completed early 2013 at a cost of $ 720, 000.

A 2012 study, analyzing gravitational microlensing data, estimates an average of at least 1. 6 bound planets for every star in the Milky Way.

A recent study ( 2012, draft ) attempted to recreate a real-life controlled plea bargain situation, rather than merely asking theoretical responses to a theoretical situation-a common approach in previous research.

A 2012 literature study comparing homosexuality with paraphilias confirmed that homosexuality was sufficiently dissimilar from the paraphilias as to be considered an unrelated construct.

Spitzer recanted his study in 2012, and apologized to the gay community for making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy, calling it his only professional regret.

Spitzer renounced his own study in 2012, stating " I was quite wrong in the conclusions that I made from this study.

However, this prompted the The Department for Transport to undertake a desk study in to semi-trailer trucks, which has resulted in the longer semi-trailer trial which commenced in 2012.

The U. S. National Institutes of Health currently has registered 71 clinical trials completed or underway to study use of dietary curcumin for a variety of clinical disorders ( dated September 2012 ).

In the 2012 study, lead by scientists from the University of Vermont and the USDA, a " conservative spatially adjusted model indicated that a 10 % increase in tree canopy was associated with a roughly 12 % decrease in crime .... we found that the inverse relationship continued in both contexts, but the magnitude was 40 % greater for public than for private lands.

The study was replicated in 2010, but two studies published in 2012 failed to reproduce the effect.

A 2012 Chinese study concluded that Bt cotton halved the use of pesticides and doubled the level of ladybirds, lacewings and spiders.

A long-term study on the economic impacts of Bt cotton in India, published in the Journal PNAS in 2012, showed that Bt cotton has increased yields, profits, and living standards of smallholder farmers.

According to a February 2012 study conducted by the Los Angeles Times ( sampling over 5, 000 of its 5, 765 members ), the Academy is 94 % white, 77 % male, 14 % under the age of 50, and has a median age of 62.

In 2012, a study found that 47 out of 53 medical research papers on the subject of cancer were irreproducible.

In a 2012 study, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, it was discovered that a cellular mechanism known as sodium channels was playing a direct role in the changing of activity of neurons, leading to a cognitive decline of the human brain.

Upon breaking up in July 2012, famous anarchist pop band Chumbawamba issued a statement which compared their own legacy with that of the Dada art movement.

Some public opinion has started to turn against Hezbollah for their support of Syrian President Assad's attacks on the opposition movement in Syria Crowds in Cairo shouted out against Iran and Hezbollah, at a public speech by Hamas President Ismail Haniya in February 2012, when Hamas changed its support to the Syrian opposition.

The exhibition Postmodernism-Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at the Victoria and Albert Museum ( London, 24 September 2011 – 15 January 2012 ) was billed as the first show ever to document postmodernism as a historical movement.

At the opening of Yeosu Expo 2012, Kook Jin Moon, a son of Moon responsible for economic development of the movement, sat in front of the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak among the VIP group.

Stuckism has since grown into an international art movement of 233 groups in 52 countries, as of July 2012.

In September of 2012, Ventura announced on several shows, including The Alex Jones Show, that if a grass roots movement gets him ballot access in all fifty states, and Puerto Rico, to run for president in 2016, and access to participate in the candidate debates, he will run for president in 2016, as an Independent.

On 25 March 2010, he announced that he would form a new center-right political movement in order to offer an alternative to Sarkozy in the 2012 election.

In May 2012 Negri self-published ( with Michael Hardt ) an electronic pamphlet on the occupation and encampment movements of 2011 – 2012 called Declaration that argues the movement explores new forms of democracy.

The Big Squeeze: A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram ( ILR Press / Cornell University Press ; 2012 ) 128 pages ; History of controversies over mammography since 1970s ; focus on the women's movement and breast-cancer activism.

In an interview ( published in Zeek in 2012 ), scholar and folklorist Chava Weissler -- who has been a " participant-observer " in both the Havurah movement and in Jewish Renewal -- articulated her sense of the differences between Jewish Renewal and the Havurah movement as it evolved:

While Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are generally acknowledged as the founders of the twentieth-century movement that became known as Cubism, it was Jean Metzinger, together with Albert Gleizes, that created the first major treatise on the new art-form, Du " Cubisme ", in preparation for the Salon de la Section d ' Or held in October 2012.

In January 2012, Ariel admitted to giving IDF troop movement information to such militants in order to facilitate disruption of army activities.

In 2012 Karen Reilly ( Lyon Neuroscience Research Center ) and her colleagues, Pascal Giraux and Estelle Raffin, conducted an experiment in which they demonstrated that the movement of phantom limbs are " real " movements that involve the execution of a motor command.

Lakshmi Sahgal ( or Sehgal ) (;; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012 ) was a revolutionist of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government.

" ( Examiner ) In 2012, according to the Toronto Sun, " The legendary twins, who once graced the pages of Playboy, spearheaded the movement to track down a person posting on line videos of killing kittens believed to be alleged killer Luka Magnotta ".

After the election of President of Albania in June 2012, Nano formed a movement called " Nano Movement for the victory of socialist " with the goal of retaking the leadership of the Socialist Party, crippling the autocrasy established by Rama, which exists in the form of the Party of the Leader, etc.

In January 2012, this movement gained momentum with an online petition ( The Cost of Knowledge ) initiated by mathematician and Fields medalist Timothy Gowers.

In 2012, during the Occupy movement, tax avoidance was proposed as a tool of US government protest by the organization TaxKilla.

• Surrealism in 2012: Toward the World of the Fifth Sun ( An exhibition of the international surrealist movement

Fang Lizhi ( February 12, 1936 – April 6, 2012 ) was a Chinese astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement of 1986-87 and, finally, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

He rejects all forms of violence, arguing that the animal rights movement is the logical progression of the peace movement, seeking to take it one step further by ending conflict between human and non-human animals, and by treating animals as ends in themselves .< ref >" Mission statement ", abolitionistapproach. com, accessed 9 June 2012.