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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2007
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PR 07-189 - December 21, 2007 NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp
PR 07-188 - December 20, 2007 Missing Link Between Whales and Four-Footed Ancestors Discovered
PR 07-187 - December 18, 2007 Metal Foam Has a Good Memory
PR 07-186 - December 12, 2007 NSF Appoints New Director of Office of Integrative Activities
PR 07-185 - December 11, 2007 U.S. Middle School Math Teachers Are Ill-prepared Among International Counterparts
PR 07-184 - December 7, 2007 New Results Presented at Conference: Climate Change, Weather and Ecosystems; Urban Air Quality; Earth Observing Systems; Seafloor Drilling
PR 07-183 - December 10, 2007 Web Surfers Can Follow Researcher as She Seeks to Collar and Study Pandas in Chinese Reserve
PR 07-182 - December 4, 2007 Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich Sitting in Primordial Soup?
PR 07-181 - December 4, 2007 Broken Homes Damage the Environment
PR 07-180 - November 28, 2007 Understanding How Humans Cause, Respond and Adapt to Change
PR 07-179 - November 27, 2007 Newly Unveiled Satellite Map of Antarctica Is a Unique Tool for Scientists, Educators and the Public
PR 07-178 - November 26, 2007 NSF Awards Grants for Three Critical Zone Observatories
PR 07-177 - November 26, 2007 NSF Awards Focus on Policy Implications of Global Change Throughout the Americas
PR 07-176 - November 23, 2007 Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light
PR 07-175 - November 26, 2007 Children's Bad Behavior Gives Insights to Academic Achievement and Later Career Success
PR 07-174 - November 20, 2007 U.S. Awards Record Number of Science and Engineering Doctorates
PR 07-173 - November 20, 2007 National Science Foundation Makes Documenting Endangered Languages Permanent Program
PR 07-172 - November 19, 2007 President Honors Mentors of Scientists and Engineers
PR 07-171 - November 19, 2007 Wildfire Letdowns and Wake-up Calls
PR 07-170 - November 16, 2007 NSF, NASA to Test Lunar Habitat in Antarctica's Extreme Environment
PR 07-169 - November 16, 2007 Mobile Microbes: Viruses Living in Yellowstone's Hot Springs Travel Near and Far
PR 07-168 - November 12, 2007 Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record Rate
PR 07-167 - November 6, 2007 NSF Science and Technology Center Wins United Nations Prize
PR 07-166 - November 6, 2007 New Planet Discovered Around Nearby Star
PR 07-165 - November 2, 2007 Risking Wildfire
PR 07-164 - November 1, 2007 Beginning Scientists Receive Presidential Awards
PR 07-163 - October 31, 2007 U.S. Fires Release Enormous Amounts of Carbon Dioxide
PR 07-162 - October 31, 2007 World's Smallest Radio Fits in the Palm of the Hand . . . of an Ant
PR 07-161 - October 31, 2007 Paleontologists Discover Ancient Jurassic Mammal with New Type of Teeth
PR 07-160 - October 31, 2007 Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels in Northern Forests
PR 07-159 - October 30, 2007 Fossil Record Reveals Jellyfish More than 500 Million Years Old
PR 07-158 - October 30, 2007 Digital Eyes in the Sky Play Key Role in Battling Flames in Southern California
PR 07-157 - October 29, 2007 NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
PR 07-156 - October 29, 2007 New Type of Retinal Cell Discovered in Primates
PR 07-155 - October 26, 2007 Researchers View Swimming Tactics of Tiny Aquatic Predators
PR 07-154 - October 25, 2007 Newly Created Forms of Magnesium and Aluminum
PR 07-153 - October 25, 2007 Seismologists See Earth's Dynamic Interior as Interplay of Temperature, Pressure, Chemistry
PR 07-152 - October 25, 2007 William T. Golden: Appreciation
PR 07-151 - October 24, 2007 Forming Groups Stabilizes Populations of Predators and Prey
PR 07-150 - October 24, 2007 Solar Telescope Reaches 120,000 Feet on Jumbo Jet-Sized Balloon
PR 07-149 - October 19, 2007 California Wolf Center Takes Wolves Into Classrooms During National Awareness Week
PR 07-148 - October 19, 2007 Cultivating Math and Science Teachers for High-need School Districts
PR 07-147 - October 17, 2007 Scientists Estimate Mercury Emissions from U.S. Forest Fires
PR 07-146 - October 17, 2007 National Science Foundation Congratulates 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics Laureates
PR 07-145 - October 16, 2007 Earliest Evolution of Vision Genes Discovered
PR 07-144 - October 16, 2007 NSF Awards 12 Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
PR 07-143 - October 16, 2007 Getting Light to Bend Backwards
PR 07-142 - October 12, 2007 National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities Award New Grants to Document Endangered Languages
PR 07-141 - October 12, 2007 New Technique Reveals Subtle Force-induced Changes in Biomolecule's Conformation
PR 07-140 - October 11, 2007 NSF Awards 26 New Grants to Seed Plant Systems Biology
PR 07-139 - October 11, 2007 Scientists Sequence Genome of Soil-Dwelling Green Alga
PR 07-138 - October 11, 2007 Technology to the RESCUE
PR 07-136 - October 21, 2007 Photonic Gel Films Hold Promise
PR 07-135 - October 5, 2007 Opening New Possibilities for Deaf Students in Computer Science
PR 07-134 - October 5, 2007 Scientists to Sick Plants: Take Two Doses of an Aspirin-Like Hormone and Call Me in the Morning
PR 07-133 - October 9, 2007 Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist for Climate-Science Breakthroughs
PR 07-132 - October 4, 2007 Geologists Recover Rocks From San Andreas Fault
PR 07-131 - October 4, 2007 NSF Provides Funding to Transform Computing Education
PR 07-130 - October 4, 2007 National Science Foundation and ResearchChannel Form Programming Partnership
PR 07-129 - October 1, 2007 Research and Development Bolsters U.S. Economic Growth
PR 07-128 - October 1, 2007 NSF Announces $26 Million Solicitation for Projects That Advance Innovative Computational Thinking
PR 07-127 - September 27, 2007 Oxygen on Earth: 50 to 100 Million Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought
PR 07-126 - September 27, 2007 2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
PR 07-125 - September 26, 2007 Program Provides Blueprint for Recruiting Minorities to Science and Engineering
- PR 07-124 - September 24, 2007
NSF and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Drive Frontier Research in Nuclear Detection
PR 07-123 - September 24, 2007 Nutrient Pollution Drives Frog Deformities by Ramping Up Infections
PR 07-122 - September 18, 2007 Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species Creates Hardy Hybrids Likely to Replace Parental Populations
PR 07-121 - September 18, 2007 "Earth & Sky" Launches Spanish-language Radio Series
PR 07-120 - September 11, 2007 Can a Robot Get High School Students Interested in Studying Science and Engineering in College?
PR 07-119 - September 11, 2007 Nanomaterials With a Bright Future
PR 07-118 - September 10, 2007 Scientists Use the "Dark Web" to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online
PR 07-117 - September 7, 2007 Acid Rain Has Disproportionate Impact on Near-Shore Ocean Waters
PR 07-116 - September 7, 2007 Einstein Fellows Begin Year at National Science Foundation
PR 07-115 - September 6, 2007 Dinosaur Fossil Shows Signs of Early Flight Mechanism
PR 07-114 - September 6, 2007 Change from Arid to Wet Climate in Africa Altered Early Human Evolution
PR 07-113 - September 5, 2007 Moray Eels Are Uniquely Equipped to Pack Big Prey Into Their Narrow Bodies
PR 07-112 - August 30, 2007 New Approach Encourages Engineers to Pursue Paradigm Shifts
PR 07-111 - August 30, 2007 One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another Species' Genome
PR 07-110 - August 30, 2007 Scientists Find Elusive Waves in Solar Corona
PR 07-109 - August 29, 2007 Volcanic Activity Key to Oxygen-rich Atmosphere
PR 07-108 - August 27, 2007 Back to School: Five Myths about Girls and Science
PR 07-107 - August 23, 2007 Light Brings Out the Worst in Some Disease-Causing Bacteria
PR 07-106 - August 22, 2007 U.S. Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets
PR 07-105 - August 20, 2007 Catching Some Rays
PR 07-104 - August 20, 2007 Scientists Verify Predictive Model for Winter Weather
PR 07-103 - August 17, 2007 Team USA Takes the Prize at the International Linguistics Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia
PR 07-102 - August 16, 2007 Scientists Retrace Evolution of an Important Human Protein
PR 07-101 - August 14, 2007 Origami Electronics?
PR 07-100 - August 10, 2007 New, More Direct Pathways from Outside of Cells to Cell Nuclei Discovered
PR 07-099 - August 9, 2007 National Science Board Approves National Action Plan for 21st Century STEM Education
PR 07-098 - August 9, 2007 Man-Made Soot Contributed to Warming in Greenland in the Early 20th Century
PR 07-097 - August 9, 2007 National Science Board Approves NSF Plan to Emphasize Transformative Research
PR 07-096 - August 8, 2007 National Science Foundation Releases Survey on the Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms
PR 07-095 - August 8, 2007 National Science Board Approves Funds for Petascale Computing Systems
PR 07-094 - August 7, 2007 Link Between Sunspots, Rain Helps Predict Disease in East Africa
PR 07-093 - August 3, 2007 Ecosystem Stability and Resilience Highlighted at National Conference
PR 07-092 - August 3, 2007 Young Inventors' Research Transforms the Marketplace
PR 07-091 - August 3, 2007 A New Wrinkle in Thin Film Science
- PR 07-090 - August 2, 2007
Mark Abbott to Remain at Oregon State University
PR 07-089 - August 2, 2007 Science and Technology Investments Strengthen Asia's Economic Future
PR 07-088 - August 2, 2007 System Brings Innovative Flood Forecasts to Vulnerable Residents of Bangladesh
PR 07-087 - August 1, 2007 "Brown Cloud" Particulate Pollution Amplifies Global Warming
PR 07-086 - August 1, 2007 Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer
PR 07-085 - July 30, 2007 Frequency of Atlantic Hurricanes Doubled During Last Century
PR 07-084 - July 26, 2007 Innovative Research Technique Reveals Another Natural Wonder in Yellowstone Park: A Unique, Photosynthesizing Life-Form
PR 07-083 - July 19, 2007 Glaciers and Ice Caps to Dominate Sea Level Rise Through 21st Century
PR 07-082 - July 19, 2007 Number of Published Science and Engineering Articles Flattens, But U.S. Influence Remains Strong
PR 07-080 - July 18, 2007 Student Results Show Benefits of Math and Science Partnerships
PR 07-079 - July 17, 2007 President to Award 2005-2006 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology Honoring Nation's Leading Researchers, Inventors and Innovators
PR 07-078 - July 13, 2007 NSF Announces First Annual Computer and Information Science and Engineering Distinguished Education Fellows
PR 07-077 - July 13, 2007 Geologists Witness Unique Volcanic Mudflow in Action in New Zealand
PR 07-076 - July 12, 2007 Erb Honored by French Republic for Contributions to International Scientific Cooperation
PR 07-075 - July 10, 2007 Team Selected for the Proposed Design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
PR 07-074 - July 10, 2007 Mark Abbott of Oregon State University to Become NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences
PR 07-073 - June 28, 2007 Family-Related Issues Top List of Reasons for Migration of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers to the U.S.
PR 07-072 - June 27, 2007 New Imaging Technique Could Promote Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis
PR 07-071 - June 21, 2007 Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming
PR 07-070 - June 21, 2007 Antarctic Icebergs: Unlikely Oases for Ocean Life
PR 07-069 - June 15, 2007 NSF Funding to Advance Research on Interplay Between Biology and Society
PR 07-068 - June 15, 2007 The Kapok Connection: Study Explains Rainforest Similarities
PR 07-067 - June 12, 2007 First Buoy to Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched
PR 07-066 - June 8, 2007 Caribbean Frog Populations Started with Single, Ancient Voyage on South American Raft
PR 07-065 - June 6, 2007 Columbine Flowers Develop Long Nectar Spurs in Response to Pollinators
PR 07-064 - June 4, 2007 Nitrate in Lake Superior: On the Rise
PR 07-063 - May 31, 2007 Report Offers Guidance on How to Safely Explore Vast Aquatic Systems Buried Under Antarctic Ice
PR 07-062 - May 31, 2007 Gazing up at the Man in the Star?
PR 07-061 - May 31, 2007 Ecologist, Limnologist Robert Sterner Appointed NSF Division Director for Environmental Biology
PR 07-060 - May 29, 2007 Magnetic Field Uses Sound Waves to Ignite Sun's Ring of Fire
PR 07-059 - May 29, 2007 "Nurse Cells" Make Life and Death Decisions for Infection-Fighting Cells
PR 07-058 - May 22, 2007 Follow the "Green" Brick Road?
PR 07-057 - May 21, 2007 Three Wishes for a Future Internet? GENI Project Will Soon Be At Your Command
PR 07-056 - May 10, 2007 Real-Time Seismic Monitor Installed on Growing Underwater Volcano
PR 07-055 - May 10, 2007 The Longest Carbon Nanotubes You've Ever Seen
PR 07-054 - May 9, 2007 NSF Wins Blue Pencil, Gold Screen Awards for Science Communications
PR 07-053 - May 15, 2007 Berkeley Nanotechnology Pioneer to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
PR 07-052 - May 7, 2007 Scientists Offer New View of Photosynthesis
PR 07-051 - May 2, 2007 Students Benefit from Undergraduate Research Opportunities
PR 07-050 - May 7, 2007 Healthy Coral Reefs Hit Hard by Warmer Temperatures
PR 07-049 - May 1, 2007 Urban Sediments After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Contained High Levels of Contaminants
PR 07-048 - April 30, 2007 Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type 2 Diabetes Similar at Molecular Level
PR 07-047 - May 3, 2007 Mercury's Soft Center
PR 07-046 - April 26, 2007 Ocean's "Twilight Zone" May Be a Key to Understanding Climate Change
PR 07-045 - April 26, 2007 Biology in the 21st Century
PR 07-044 - April 20, 2007 Palmer Station, Antarctica Celebrates Earth Day With an Underwater Clean Up
PR 07-043 - April 19, 2007 Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to Speak on Global Energy Security
PR 07-042 - April 18, 2007 Scientists Track Impact of Asian Dust and Pollution on Clouds, Climate Change
PR 07-041 - April 18, 2007 New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Life Form Discovered
PR 07-040 - April 16, 2007 The "Numb3rs" Add Up: Popular TV Show and Its Creators Receive Public Service Award
PR 07-039 - April 16, 2007 Chemist, Educator, Communicator Receives 2007 National Science Board Public Service Award
PR 07-038 - April 12, 2007 Ancient T. rex and Mastodon Protein Fragments Discovered, Sequenced
PR 07-037 - April 11, 2007 Misclassified for Centuries, Medicinal Leeches Found to Be Three Distinct Species
PR 07-036 - April 5, 2007 Minuscule Generators Convert Motion Into Nanoscale Electricity Source
PR 07-035 - April 4, 2007 Thirty-Two Mile Cable Installed for First Deep-Sea Observatory
PR 07-034 - March 27, 2007 Getting a Feel for the Nano World
PR 07-033 - March 27, 2007 New Modeling Study Forecasts Disappearance of Existing Climate Zones
PR 07-032 - March 22, 2007 Shirley Ann Jackson, Leader in Higher Education and Government, to Receive the Vannevar Bush Award
PR 07-031 - March 22, 2007 New Study Says Women and Their Managers Differ on Career Advancement in Chemical Companies
PR 07-030 - March 21, 2007 Survey Reveals Family Ties and Traditional Activities Keep Arctic Communities Vital
PR 07-029 - March 19, 2007 A Mathematical Solution for Another Dimension
PR 07-028 - March 15, 2007 Black Carbon Transported from Asia Plays Role in Pacific Ocean Climate
PR 07-027 - March 15, 2007 Scientists Explain Source of Tiny Tremors Emanating from Fault Zones
PR 07-026 - March 14, 2007 Paleontologists Discover New Mammal from Mesozoic Era
PR 07-025 - March 13, 2007 Biologists Develop Large Gene Dataset for Rice Plant
PR 07-024 - March 8, 2007 How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects of Acid Rain
PR 07-023 - March 7, 2007 Scientists Uncover Link Between Ocean's Chemical Processes and Microscopic Floating Plants
PR 07-022 - March 5, 2007 Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes with Enhanced Folate Content
PR 07-021 - March 5, 2007 National Science Foundation Releases Statistics on Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities
PR 07-020 - March 1, 2007 New Coating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
PR 07-019 - February 28, 2007 Scientists Expand Microbe "Gene Language"
PR 07-018 - February 28, 2007 New Information Links Atlantic Ocean Warming to Stronger Hurricanes
PR 07-017 - February 28, 2007 United States Launches New International Polar Year
PR 07-016 - February 26, 2007 Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope to Help Scientists Learn What the Universe Is Made of and How it Got Here
PR 07-015 - February 26, 2007 Students Enter Competition to Produce a Zero-Emissions Snowmobile
PR 07-014 - February 22, 2007 Northwest Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems Experiencing Large Climate-Related Changes
PR 07-013 - February 21, 2007 Lizards Shout Against a Noisy Background to Get Points Across
- PR 07-012 - February 20, 2007
National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Address Nuclear Threats
PR 07-011 - February 16, 2007 From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks
PR 07-010 - February 5, 2007 National Science Foundation Requests $6.43 Billion for Fiscal Year 2008
PR 07-009 - January 31, 2007 Carnegie Mellon Professor Jeannette Wing Chosen to Head Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate at NSF
PR 07-008 - January 30, 2007 Non-Venomous Asian Snakes 'Borrow' Defensive Poison from Toxic Toads
PR 07-007 - January 26, 2007 National Science Foundation Issues Impact Report on Math and Science Partnership Program
PR 07-006 - January 25, 2007 Blood-Cell-Sized Memory Device Beats Industry Estimates for Computing Capacity
PR 07-005 - January 24, 2007 NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Demonstrate Continued Increases in Student Proficiency
PR 07-004 - January 22, 2007 Hydrogen-Powered Lawnmowers?
PR 07-003 - January 9, 2007 You Still Can't Drink the Water, But Now You Can Touch It
PR 07-002 - January 9, 2007 NSF Provides $14 Million to Advance Research in Comparative Genomics of Economically Important Plants
PR 07-001 - January 8, 2007 Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
PR 05-032 - August 29, 2007 Powerful Tool Crunches Commutes
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PRESS RELEASES FOR
2006
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PR 06-178 - December 26, 2006 Latest Statistics Reveal Increase in Federal Agency Support of U.S. Research & Development
PR 06-177 - December 21, 2006 Researchers Observe Rare Light-emitting Decay of Neutrons
PR 06-176 - December 19, 2006 Multinational Scientific Expedition Kicks Off International Polar Year 2007-2008
PR 06-175 - December 18, 2006 Universe's Oldest Objects Emerge from the Background
PR 06-174 - December 11, 2006 Scientists Predict Carbon Dioxide Emissions Will Reduce Density of Earth's Outermost Atmosphere by 2017
PR 06-173 - December 11, 2006 Volcanic Blast Likely Killed and Preserved Juvenile Fossil Plesiosaur Found in Antarctica
PR 06-172 - December 7, 2006 Melts in Your Body, Not in Your Hand
PR 06-171 - December 7, 2006 Mixed Prairie Grasses Better Source of Biofuel Than Corn Ethanol and Soybean Biodiesel
PR 06-170 - December 11, 2006 Online Journal Combines Teaching Math and Studying How Students Learn
- PR 06-169 - December 7, 2006
NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences Accepts Position in Industry
PR 06-168 - December 6, 2006 Graduate Students Study Links Between African and U.S. Weather Systems
PR 06-167 - December 4, 2006 Genetic Archaeology Finds Clues to Pregnancy in Male Pipefish, Seahorses
PR 06-166 - November 27, 2006 Scientists Catch Underwater Volcanic Eruption "In Action" in Pacific Ocean Depths
PR 06-165 - November 21, 2006 Advanced Technological Education Program Brings Two-Year Colleges and Industry Together to Educate New Workforce
PR 06-164 - November 20, 2006 The Smell of Money
PR 06-163 - November 13, 2006 Phosphorus Found to Be Another Culprit in Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone"
PR 06-162 - November 9, 2006 Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship to Humans
PR 06-161 - November 6, 2006 "LouseBuster" Instrument Shown to Kill Head Lice
PR 06-160 - November 2, 2006 Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
PR 06-159 - November 2, 2006 Plant Studies Reveal How, Where Seeds Store Iron
PR 06-158 - October 31, 2006 On the Verge of the International Polar Year, NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole
PR 06-157 - October 30, 2006 Newly Discovered Genes, Brain Chemicals Likely Play a Role in Complex Bee Behavior
PR 06-156 - October 27, 2006 NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
PR 06-155 - October 26, 2006 Bacterial "Switch Gene" Regulates How Oceans Emit Sulfur into Atmosphere
PR 06-154 - October 24, 2006 New Technologies Could Make Airport Screening More Effective and Less Cumbersome
PR 06-153 - October 23, 2006 Vitamin C and Water Not Just Healthy for People -- Healthy for Plastics, too
PR 06-152 - October 23, 2006 Female Pronghorns Choose Mate Based on Substance as Well as Show
PR 06-151 - October 18, 2006 Long-Term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species in "Double Jeopardy"
PR 06-150 - October 17, 2006 More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago
PR 06-149 - October 17, 2006 Novel Laboratory Model Reveals Clues to How Blood Starts Clotting
PR 06-148 - October 17, 2006 NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment
PR 06-147 - October 10, 2006 NSF Report Reveals Century of Doctoral Education Trends in the United States
- PR 06-146 - October 5, 2006
NSF Awards $76 million for 2006 Science and Technology Centers
PR 06-145 - October 6, 2006 NSF Announces New Awards to Tackle Biology's Most Challenging Questions
PR 06-144 - October 4, 2006 Researchers Develop Method to Sort Carbon Nanotubes by Size and Electrical Properties
PR 06-143 - October 4, 2006 Researchers Link Ice-Age Climate-Change Records to Ocean Salinity
PR 06-142 - October 3, 2006 Analysis Shows Research and Development Adds to Economic Growth
PR 06-141 - October 3, 2006 "Killer" B Cells Provide New Link in the Evolution of Immunity
PR 06-140 - October 2, 2006 NSF Announces Goals, Priorities for Next Five Years
PR 06-139 - October 2, 2006 NSF Supports 24 New Projects to Get at the Root of How Genes Control Plant Growth
PR 06-138 - September 29, 2006 National Science Board Proposes Major Initiative in Hurricane Science and Engineering
PR 06-137 - September 29, 2006 National Science Foundation Awards Texas Advanced Computing Center $59 Million for High-Performance Computing
PR 06-136 - September 27, 2006 Taking Science to School
PR 06-135 - September 27, 2006 Massive Star Formation: Inside, Outside and All Around
PR 06-134 - September 25, 2006 Cora Marrett to Become Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources at NSF
PR 06-133 - September 22, 2006 2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
PR 06-132 - September 20, 2006 International Polar Year Funds Research and Exploration by Teachers, Students and the Public
PR 06-131 - September 19, 2006 Tree Rings Provide a 200-Year-Old Hurricane Record
PR 06-130 - September 19, 2006 Bird Moms Manipulate Birth Order to Protect Sons
PR 06-129 - September 12, 2006 Ecological Change, Climate Variation Addressed at International Conference Sept. 20-24
PR 06-128 - September 12, 2006 Hurricane Breeding Grounds Heat Up
PR 06-127 - September 11, 2006 The Art of Engineering
PR 06-126 - August 31, 2006 High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation
PR 06-125 - August 31, 2006 Genome Info from "Plant Destroyers" Could Save Trees, Beans and Chocolate
PR 06-124 - August 30, 2006 Real-Time Traffic Routing from the Comfort of Your Car
PR 06-123 - August 29, 2006 Remembering Katrina
PR 06-122 - August 24, 2006 Wanda E. Ward Named Acting Head of NSF’s Education Directorate
PR 06-121 - August 22, 2006 Chemical Cause of Antarctic Ozone Hole Discovered 20 Years Ago This Month
PR 06-120 - August 21, 2006 Astronomers 'See' the Invisible
PR 06-119 - August 21, 2006 NSF Awards $75.3 Million for Five New Engineering Research Centers
PR 06-118 - August 18, 2006 Stellar Pinwheels at Our Galaxy's Core
PR 06-117 - August 14, 2006 A Science or Engineering Bachelor's Degree Is Good for You
PR 06-116 - August 10, 2006 Overall Antarctic Snowfall Hasn't Changed in 50 Years
PR 06-115 - August 10, 2006 NSF Announces Six New Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials
PR 06-114 - August 10, 2006 Richard O. Buckius to Head NSF Engineering Directorate
PR 06-113 - August 8, 2006 Amphibian Declines, Disease Ecology, Biodiversity Are Highlighted at Conference
PR 06-112 - August 7, 2006 Flatworms at Forefront of Regeneration Research
PR 06-111 - August 1, 2006 New Report Says Human Tampering Threatens Planet's Life-Sustaining Surface
PR 06-110 - August 1, 2006 Forecast: Showers and Thunderstorms
PR 06-109 - July 26, 2006 Communications Team Erects Lifeline for Firefighters Battling California Wildfires
PR 06-108 - July 26, 2006 Top Researcher-Educators Receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
PR 06-107 - July 21, 2006 Rise in Sea Level, Loss of Wetlands May Account for Unstable Ground in Mississippi Delta
PR 06-106 - July 13, 2006 Paleontologists Establish First Age Distribution of Non-Avian Dinosaur Population
PR 06-105 - July 12, 2006 Increased Risk of Hantavirus Forecast for U.S. Southwest
PR 06-104 - July 11, 2006 Self-Cooling Soda Bottles?
PR 06-103 - July 10, 2006 NSF, NEH Boost Efforts to Make Digital Records of Dying Languages
PR 06-102 - July 7, 2006 Researchers Create New Organic Gel Nanomaterials
PR 06-101 - July 5, 2006 NSF Launches Distributed Data Analysis of Neutron Scattering
PR 06-100 - July 5, 2006 Report Warns of Rising Carbon Dioxide Threats to Marine Life
PR 06-099 - July 3, 2006 Protecting the Liberty Bell
PR 06-098 - June 29, 2006 Collaboration Will Preserve Digital Research Data
PR 06-097 - June 29, 2006 A Link Between Rainfall and Magnetism
PR 06-096 - June 28, 2006 The Ones That Get Away
PR 06-095 - June 26, 2006 Scientists Accurately Simulate Appearance of Sun's Corona During Eclipse
PR 06-094 - June 20, 2006 Tropical Rainforest Nutrients Linked to Global Carbon Dioxide Levels
PR 06-093 - June 20, 2006 UCLA's Tony F. Chan to Head Math and Physical Sciences at NSF
PR 06-092 - May 31, 2006 Ecosystems With Many Plant Species Produce More and Survive Threats Better
PR 06-091 - May 24, 2006 U.S. National Science Foundation Celebrates Opening of Beijing Office
PR 06-090 - May 24, 2006 Lobsters Avoid Virus by Detecting Illness in Their Own Kind
PR 06-089 - May 23, 2006 Scientists Uncover New Clues to Limb Formation (and Loss) in Some Sea Mammals
PR 06-088 - May 22, 2006 Researchers Release Draft Final Report on New Orleans Levees
- PR 06-087 - May 19, 2006
National Science Foundation Announces New Director for Legislative and Public Affairs
PR 06-086 - May 18, 2006 Gold Nanoparticles Could Improve Antisense Cancer Drugs
PR 06-085 - May 18, 2006 A Cool Way to Strip Hydrogen
PR 06-084 - May 17, 2006 Ancient Plant Provides Clues to Evolutionary Mystery
PR 06-083 - May 12, 2006 A Better Algorithm for Detecting Cancer Genes
PR 06-082 - May 11, 2006 NSF Web Site Wins People's Voice Award
PR 06-081 - May 11, 2006 National Science Board Elects Physician and Former Astronaut to be New Officers
PR 06-080 - May 11, 2006 Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia
PR 06-079 - May 9, 2006 Cooperation Keeps Lizards' Blue Genes from Fading
PR 06-078 - May 5, 2006 Astronomers Dedicate CARMA Telescope Array
PR 06-077 - May 4, 2006 Industry Funding of Campus Research Declines for Third Straight Year
PR 06-076 - May 2, 2006 NSF Awards $1.8 Million to Study High-School Advanced Placement Work in Math and Science
PR 06-075 - April 28, 2006 President Honors Nation's Leading Math and Science Teachers
PR 06-074 - April 27, 2006 National Science Board Announces 2006 Public Service Awards
PR 06-073 - April 27, 2006 Physicist and Robotics Pioneer Receive 2006 Vannevar Bush Awards for Lifetime Contributions and Statesmanship to Science
PR 06-072 - April 26, 2006 Hyena Mothers Give Their Cubs a Helpful Dose of Hormones
PR 06-071 - April 20, 2006 Geologists Drill Into Fossil Magma Chamber Deep Under the Ocean
- PR 06-070 - April 18, 2006
Crew Member on Antarctic Research Vessel Missing
PR 06-069 - April 17, 2006 Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUAVs) Take to the Skies to Track Pollutants
PR 06-068 - April 17, 2006 Caltech's Emmanuel Candes to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
PR 06-067 - April 17, 2006 Crystal Sieves, Born Anew
PR 06-066 - April 13, 2006 NSF Web Site Nominated for Webby Award
PR 06-065 - April 13, 2006 New Fossils Link "Ape-men" to More Primitive Ancestors
PR 06-064 - April 13, 2006 Nanogenerators May Spark Miniature Machines
PR 06-063 - April 12, 2006 Volcano-like Tremors Detected Deep Within Earth's Crust Near San Andreas
PR 06-062 - April 12, 2006 Higher Carbon Dioxide, Lack of Nitrogen Limit Plant Growth
PR 06-061 - April 12, 2006 U.S.-Taiwan Constellation of Satellites Launched
PR 06-060 - April 11, 2006 Waterproof Superglue May Be Strongest in Nature
PR 06-059 - April 7, 2006 New Key Fits Old Lock
PR 06-058 - April 6, 2006 Ancient Ants Arose 140-168 Million Years Ago
PR 06-057 - April 6, 2006 A Blue Ring Around the Planet Uranus
PR 06-056 - April 7, 2006 Frictionless Motion Observed in Water
PR 06-055 - April 5, 2006 New Fossils Fill the Evolutionary Gap Between Fish and Land Animals
PR 06-054 - April 4, 2006 Collaboration Will Investigate Vulnerabilities of Rapidly Growing Internet Phone and Multimedia Systems
PR 06-053 - April 3, 2006 Device Only Atoms Across May Allow Infinitesimal But Powerful Computers
PR 06-052 - March 30, 2006 First Result from New Experiment Confirms Neutrino Oscillation
PR 06-051 - March 27, 2006 Freshwater Copepod May Be Several Species, Not Just One
PR 06-050 - March 23, 2006 Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected
PR 06-049 - March 23, 2006 Supercomputer Maps One Million Atoms of a Complete Virus in First Simulation of a Life Form
PR 06-048 - March 23, 2006 Scientists Discover Interplay Between Genes and Viruses in Tiny Ocean Plankton
PR 06-047 - March 21, 2006 Large Centrifuge Helps Researchers Mimic Effects of Katrina on Levees
PR 06-046 - March 17, 2006 Project Takes Fish Collection into the Digital Age
PR 06-045 - March 16, 2006 New Process Builds Electronics Into Optical Fiber
PR 06-044 - March 16, 2006 Small, Ultra-fast and Ultra-versatile Scanner Takes Chemical Analysis to the Field
PR 06-043 - March 9, 2006 New "Crystal Sponge" Triples Hydrogen Storage
PR 06-042 - March 9, 2006 Bering Sea Ecosystem Responding to Changes in Arctic Climate
PR 06-041 - March 6, 2006 Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot Cycle
PR 06-040 - March 2, 2006 Easy Up, Not-So-Easy Down
PR 06-039 - March 2, 2006 Mexico City Field Campaign to Study Megacity Pollution
PR 06-038 - March 1, 2006 Study of 2004 Tsunami Forces Rethinking of Giant Earthquake Theory
PR 06-037 - March 2, 2006 New NSF Aircraft to Probe Hazardous Atmospheric Whirlwinds
PR 06-036 - February 23, 2006 Hear, Hear!
PR 06-035 - February 23, 2006 Doodle Search
PR 06-034 - February 23, 2006 Science Leaders Cite a "Changed World" in Call for Bold Efforts to Improve K-12 Science and Mathematics Education
PR 06-033 - February 15, 2006 New Clues in the Plant Mating Mystery
PR 06-032 - February 15, 2006 And Baby Counts Three...
PR 06-031 - February 10, 2006 Cargo, Fuel Safely Unloaded at Antarctic Research Station
PR 06-030 - February 10, 2006 Making Sense of Plant Smells
PR 06-029 - February 9, 2006 NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Make the Grade
PR 06-028 - February 9, 2006 Instruments on Alaska's Augustine Volcano Provide New Insights into Volcanic Processes
PR 06-027 - February 8, 2006 Declining Snowpack in Rockies Cools CO2, Slows Gas Release from Winter Forest Soils
PR 06-026 - February 8, 2006 Scientists Discover Oldest-Known and Most-Primitive Tyrannosaur
PR 06-025 - February 8, 2006 NSF Names Daniel Atkins to Head New Office of Cyberinfrastructure
PR 06-024 - February 7, 2006 Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions
PR 06-023 - February 7, 2006 Sound Waves Rock a Star to Death
PR 06-022 - February 6, 2006 Request for National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2007 Is $6.02 Billion
PR 06-021 - February 2, 2006 High-Tech Sieve Sifts for Hydrogen
PR 06-020 - February 6, 2006 Outbreak: Rapid Appearance of Fungus Devastates Frogs, Salamanders in Panama
PR 06-019 - January 31, 2006 Excavated Teeth Likely Came from First Africans Brought to the New World
PR 06-018 - January 30, 2006 NSF Awards First Partnership for International Research and Education Grants
PR 06-017 - January 26, 2006 For Plants, Size Doesn't Matter When it Comes to Metabolism
PR 06-016 - January 26, 2006 Sequencing Our Seas
PR 06-015 - January 26, 2006 Worldwide Study Reveals Nature Encourages Diversity in Tropical Forests
PR 06-014 - January 25, 2006 Closer to Home
PR 06-013 - January 18, 2006 Increased Competition for Pollen May Lead to Plant Extinctions
PR 06-012 - January 17, 2006 Managing Metal
PR 06-011 - January 17, 2006 Engineering Educators Receive Prestigious Gordon Prize
PR 06-010 - January 17, 2006 NSF Releases "Sensors for Environmental Observatories" Report
PR 06-009 - January 15, 2006 The Most Resilient Nanosprings in Nature
PR 06-008 - January 11, 2006 Climate Change Drives Widespread Amphibian Extinctions
PR 06-007 - January 11, 2006 2005: Year in Review
PR 06-006 - January 9, 2006 Ben Franklin Web Portal Brings the Man to the Masses
PR 06-005 - January 5, 2006 A New Family of Self-Assembling Nanolattices
PR 06-004 - January 5, 2006 Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming
PR 06-003 - January 4, 2006 Global Warming Can Trigger Extreme Ocean, Climate Changes
PR 06-002 - January 3, 2006 All In a Week's Work
PR 06-001 - January 3, 2006 New NSF Centers Encourage Collaboration Between Ocean Scientists, Educators
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PRESS RELEASES FOR
2005
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- PR PR 05-012 - February 1, 2005
NSF Funds Science of Learning Center at Dartmouth
PR 05-216 - December 27, 2005 Modified Microscope Proves Critical to Uncovering Cell-growth Secret
PR 05-215 - December 23, 2005 Clarity at the Core
PR 05-214 - December 22, 2005 Ancient Jawless Vertebrates Used Novel Immune Responses
PR 05-213 - December 22, 2005 Noisy Cells Disturb the Final Piece
PR 05-212 - December 21, 2005 Blasts from the Past
PR 05-211 - December 21, 2005 Revered Scientific Drilling Ship Gets Extreme Makeover
PR 05-210 - December 15, 2005 Physicists Describe a New "Fluid" State of Matter
PR 05-209 - December 15, 2005 Model Predicts Colder Winter Temperatures in the East, Warmer in the West
PR 05-208 - December 15, 2005 A Fish of a Different Color
PR 05-207 - December 7, 2005 Galaxy Collisions Dominate the Universe
PR 05-206 - December 6, 2005 Web Tool May Help Doctors Make Better Decisions
PR 05-205 - December 1, 2005 Science and Engineering Doctorates Are Up for Second Year in a Row
PR 05-204 - November 23, 2005 Astronaut Says to Live Your Dreams in Observance of American-Indian Heritage Month
PR 05-203 - November 22, 2005 Researchers Use Imaging Technique to Visualize Effects of Stress on Human Brain
PR 05-202 - November 22, 2005 Molecular Turn-Ons Could Find Use in Future Computers and Other Electronic Devices
PR 05-201 - November 17, 2005 Scientists Shed Light on Plant Responses
PR 05-200 - November 16, 2005 DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins
PR 05-199 - November 16, 2005 President Honors Excellence in Mentoring
PR 05-198 - November 14, 2005 Microbes in Marine Sediments React to Temperature Changes
PR 05-197 - November 15, 2005 NSF, USDA and DOE Award $32 Million to Sequence Corn Genome
PR 05-196 - November 15, 2005 President Announces 2004 Medal of Science Winners
PR 05-195 - November 10, 2005 From Mississippi to Wyoming, Plants Once Danced to Fast-Changing Climate Tune
PR 05-194 - November 10, 2005 Slippery When Wet
PR 05-193 - November 2, 2005 Scientists See Light That May Be From First Stars in Universe
PR 05-192 - November 1, 2005 When Froggy Goes a Courtin'
PR 05-191 - November 1, 2005 Chemistry Meets Computer, Data and Networking Technologies
PR 05-190 - November 1, 2005 Researchers to Present Findings on New Orleans Levee Breaches
PR 05-189 - October 31, 2005 NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment
PR 05-188 - October 28, 2005 New Method of Dating Oceanic Crust Is Most Accurate So Far
PR 05-187 - October 27, 2005 How Hot Tuna (and Some Sharks) Stay Warm
- PR 05-186 - October 25, 2005
NSF Announces Undergraduate Research Centers
PR 05-185 - October 18, 2005 NSF Makes Cyberinfrastructure-TEAM Awards
PR 05-184 - October 18, 2005 NSF Next-Generation Cyberinfrastructure Tools Awards Go to Cornell and U. of Chicago
PR 05-183 - October 12, 2005 Bird-like Dinosaur Is Oldest Raptor Discovered in South America
PR 05-182 - October 11, 2005 Heat and Drought Kills Trees in Southwest
- PR 05-181 - October 11, 2005
New Collaborations Tackle Biology's Perplexing Questions
PR 05-180 - October 6, 2005 NSF Awards 19 New Projects to Better Understand Genetic Processes in Plants of Economic Importance
PR 05-179 - October 6, 2005 New Grants Are Awarded to Inform the Public and Explore the Implications of Nanotechnology
PR 05-178 - October 6, 2005 Solar Telescope Yields Striking New Sunspot Images
PR 05-177 - October 5, 2005 Team Scores a Success in Protein Folding
PR 05-176 - October 4, 2005 NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
PR 05-175 - October 4, 2005 Korea Joins International Computing Infrastructure
PR 05-174 - October 3, 2005 Gulf Warm-Water Eddies Intensify Hurricane Changes
PR 05-173 - September 29, 2005 Scientists Poke Holes in 'Snowball Earth' Hypothesis
PR 05-172 - September 27, 2005 Autoimmune Overload May Damage HIV-Infected Brain
PR 05-171 - September 28, 2005 For These Bugs, Walking on Water Is Easy
PR 05-170 - September 27, 2005 Foundation Releases 2005 Facility Plan
PR 05-169 - September 27, 2005 NSF Centers Will Use Nano-Interface Control and Bioengineering for Materials by Design
PR 05-168 - September 29, 2005 Mathematics Unites the Heavens and the Atom
PR 05-167 - September 26, 2005 Science Magazine and NSF Announce 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners
PR 05-166 - September 23, 2005 Scientists to Use HDTV for a High-Definition Look at Surreal Sea Floor
PR 05-165 - September 22, 2005 Seeing Into the Eye of Hurricane Rita
PR 05-164 - September 21, 2005 Marine Microorganism Suspected to Play Role in Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
PR 05-163 - September 20, 2005 NSF Is Second-Best Gov't Agency for Workers
PR 05-162 - September 15, 2005 Number of Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes Has Doubled Over the Past 35 Years
PR 05-161 - September 15, 2005 The Mechanics of Foot Travel
PR 05-160 - September 14, 2005 Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
PR 05-159 - September 12, 2005 Kathie L. Olsen Becomes Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation
PR 05-158 - September 12, 2005 Japan and U.S. National Science Foundation to Collaborate on Disaster Prevention Research
PR 05-157 - September 12, 2005 Scientists to Evaluate Social Effectiveness of Tsunami Warning Methods
PR 05-156 - September 12, 2005 Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes a Record
PR 05-155 - September 8, 2005 After Katrina: A Message from NSF
PR 05-154 - September 1, 2005 RNA Research Reveals New Responsibilities
PR 05-153 - August 30, 2005 Hurricane Katrina: Scientists Fly Into Eye of the Storm
- PR 05-152 - August 26, 2005
NSF Announces New Discovery Corps Fellows
PR 05-151 - August 26, 2005 Earth's Core Rotates Faster Than Its Crust, Scientists Say
PR 05-150 - August 25, 2005 A New Technique for High-Precision Nanomanufacturing
PR 05-149 - August 25, 2005 New Images Suggest Oceanic Crust Generated from Several Magma Sources
PR 05-148 - August 25, 2005 Study Reconciles Long-Standing Contradiction of Deep-Earth Dynamics
PR 05-147 - August 24, 2005 Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures to Permian Extinction
PR 05-146 - August 18, 2005 More Women Receive Ph.D.s, But Female Senior Faculty Are Still Rare
PR 05-145 - August 17, 2005 Lion Attacks on Humans Increase in Tanzania
PR 05-144 - August 17, 2005 Researchers Carve with Electricity at the Nanometer Scale
PR 05-143 - August 17, 2005 $150 Million TeraGrid Award Heralds New Era for Scientific Computing
PR 05-142 - August 16, 2005 Four-legged Family Members Must Be Included in Emergency Plans
PR 05-141 - August 15, 2005 NSF Awards $36 Million Toward Securing Cyberspace
PR 05-140 - August 15, 2005 Carbon Nanotubes Made to Stick Like a Gecko's Foot
PR 05-139 - August 15, 2005 Scientists Climb Trees to Study Environmental Change
- PR 05-138 - August 11, 2005
NSF Terminates Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) Project
PR 05-137 - August 11, 2005 Inka Textile Devices Served as Business Ledgers
PR 05-136 - August 11, 2005 NSF Announces Three New Chemical Bonding Centers
PR 05-135 - August 10, 2005 Worm Studies Give Researchers New Perspective on Embryo Formation
PR 05-134 - August 10, 2005 International Team Maps Rice Genome
PR 05-133 - August 9, 2005 A "Smart" Bio-Nanotube
PR 05-132 - August 8, 2005 Rainbands Offer Better Forecasts of Hurricane Intensity
PR 05-131 - August 4, 2005 Your Tap Water: Will That Be Leaded or Unleaded?
PR 05-130 - August 3, 2005 First Drill Hole Into San Andreas Fault Will Aid Earthquake Studies
PR 05-129 - August 1, 2005 Fossil Fuels May Decrease Earth's Natural Capacity to Store Carbon
PR 05-128 - July 31, 2005 Hurricanes Growing More Fierce Over Past 30 Years
PR 05-127 - July 26, 2005 Overcoming Adversity, "Challenged America" Team Finishes Strong
PR 05-126 - July 27, 2005 Amazon River Cycles Carbon Faster than Thought
PR 05-125 - July 21, 2005 New Report Stresses Importance of Science and Engineering Opportunities for All Citizens
PR 05-124 - July 20, 2005 Pittsburgh Center Unveils a Bigger, Faster Supercomputer Called "Big Ben"
PR 05-123 - July 20, 2005 High-Tech Tool Maneuvers Microscopic Particles
PR 05-122 - July 20, 2005 Dustiest Star Could Harbor a Young Earth
PR 05-121 - July 19, 2005 An Open and Shut Case at the Nanoscale
PR 05-120 - July 19, 2005 Field of Beams
PR 05-119 - July 14, 2005 Geologists Use Particles from Galaxy's Far Reaches to Understand Processes at Earth's Surface
PR 05-118 - July 13, 2005 Study Documents Bird-like Breathing Systems in Long-extinct Dinosaurs
PR 05-117 - July 12, 2005 Scanning the Universe, Round Two
PR 05-116 - July 11, 2005 Ability, Not Disability, at Heart of Yacht Trek
PR 05-115 - July 8, 2005 Underwater Sand Avalanches Linked to Sea-Level Changes in Gulf of Mexico
PR 05-114 - July 7, 2005 Wiring the Brain at the Nanoscale
PR 05-113 - July 7, 2005 When Down Under Went Up in Smoke
PR 05-112 - July 7, 2005 Gender Influences Decisions About Trust
PR 05-111 - July 7, 2005 Grasshopper Takes to the Trees on Prairie Research Site
PR 05-110 - June 30, 2005 Landscape Corridors Provide Pathway for Seed Dispersal
PR 05-109 - June 30, 2005 Bacteria Take the Path of Least Resistance
PR 05-108 - June 29, 2005 Genetic On-Off Switches Pinpointed in Human Genome
PR 05-107 - June 28, 2005 Joseph Bordogna Resigns from the National Science Foundation
PR 05-106 - June 23, 2005 Researchers Simulate Long-gone Societies of the American Southwest
PR 05-105 - June 22, 2005 The Shifty Nature of Grains
PR 05-104 - June 22, 2005 MIT Group Creates a High-Temperature Superfluid
PR 05-103 - June 22, 2005 Ultra-Fast Camera Captures How Hummingbirds Hover
PR 05-102 - June 21, 2005 NSF Names Seven Distinguished Teaching Scholars
PR 05-101 - June 21, 2005 Polar Science Leader Peter Wilkniss Passes
PR 05-100 - June 21, 2005 Robot Assistant Reports to Surgery
PR 05-099 - June 14, 2005 Trace Gold Reveals Tree's Past
PR 05-098 - June 13, 2005 Twenty NSF-Supported Young Scientists and Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
PR 05-097 - June 13, 2005 Astronomers Announce the Most Earth-Like Planet Yet Found Outside the Solar System
PR 05-096 - June 9, 2005 Variation in Vole Gene is Bellwether for Behavior
PR 05-095 - June 8, 2005 Zipped Structure May Explain Protein Clumping in Brain Disorders
PR 05-094 - June 3, 2005 Wind, Currents and Dormant Algae Cysts May Have Created "Perfect" Red-Tide Conditions
PR 05-093 - June 3, 2005 Arctic Warming May Be a Factor in Demise of Lakes
PR 05-092 - June 2, 2005 Self-Assembling Nano-Electronics Turn a Corner
PR 05-091 - June 1, 2005 Rapid-Scanning Doppler on Wheels Keeps Pace with Twisters
PR 05-090 - May 27, 2005 Unseen Colorado Mountain Aquifers Throw Water on "Teflon Basin" Myth
PR 05-089 - May 27, 2005 Researchers Discover Underwater Volcano-within-a-Volcano
PR 05-088 - May 27, 2005 Scientists Trace Corn Ancestry from Ancient Grass to Modern Crop
PR 05-087 - May 25, 2005 How Your Garden Grows
PR 05-086 - May 25, 2005 Major Losses Projected for Earthquakes on Puente Hills Fault Beneath Los Angeles
PR 05-085 - June 2, 2005 Geologists Find First Clue to T. rex Gender in Bone Tissue
PR 05-084 - May 26, 2005 Magnetic Structure on Sun Is Responsible for Powerful Solar Storms
PR 05-083 - May 19, 2005 Plant Sacrifices Cells to Fight Invaders
PR 05-082 - May 18, 2005 NSB Announces Recipients of the 2005 Vannevar Bush and Public Service Awards
PR 05-081 - May 19, 2005 New Primate Discovered in Mountain Forests of Tanzania
PR 05-080 - May 16, 2005 New Technique Produces 10-carat Diamond
PR 05-079 - May 19, 2005 Analysis of the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Reveals Longest Fault Rupture Ever
PR 05-078 - May 16, 2005 President Bush Honors Excellence in Mentoring
PR 05-077 - May 13, 2005 Researchers Identify Proteins that Direct Intracellular Transport and Locomotion
PR 05-076 - May 11, 2005 MIT Economist Awarded John Bates Clark Medal
PR 05-075 - May 10, 2005 Silicon Solution Could Lead to a Truly Long-life Battery
PR 05-074 - May 6, 2005 National Science Foundation and Library of Congress Announce Digital Preservation Awards
PR 05-073 - May 9, 2005 Little Microbe Inside Sea Squirt Makes Big Splash
PR 05-072 - May 5, 2005 Federal Agencies Partner to Document Endangered Languages
PR 05-071 - May 4, 2005 A Super Job of Spin Control
PR 05-070 - April 25, 2005 Community Service Engineers Receive 2005 Gordon Prize
PR 05-069 - May 5, 2005 Acoustic 3-D Imaging Unveils Swimming Behavior of Microscopic Ocean Plankton
PR 05-068 - May 5, 2005 New Thermometer Confirms Wet Conditions on Earliest Earth
PR 05-067 - April 27, 2005 NYU's Dalton Conley is the First Sociologist to Win NSF's Waterman Award
PR 05-066 - April 27, 2005 Scientists Develop New Profile for Lake Tahoe Earthquake Risk
PR 05-065 - April 27, 2005 Ireland Joins International Marine Research Program
PR 05-064 - April 25, 2005 Waste Not, Want Not
PR 05-063 - May 2, 2005 Education Magnified 100,000X
PR 05-062 - April 21, 2005 Computational Method Speeds Mapping of Cell Signaling Networks
PR 05-061 - April 21, 2005 Microbial Genome Helps Blast Devastating Rice Disease
PR 05-060 - April 20, 2005 Yellowstone Discovery Bodes Well for Finding Evidence of Life on Mars
PR 05-059 - April 20, 2005 Geologists Find New Active Fault in Nepal
PR 05-058 - April 14, 2005 Reduced Oxygen Contributed To “Great Dying”
PR 05-057 - April 14, 2005 A Planetary Family Feud
PR 05-056 - April 13, 2005 NSF Releases "Pathways to the Future" Environment Report
PR 05-055 - April 12, 2005 Duel of the Winds
PR 05-054 - April 12, 2005 President Honors Nation's Leading Elementary School Math and Science Teachers
PR 05-053 - April 11, 2005 NSF Announces Intent to Establish Two New Science and Technology Centers
PR 05-052 - April 6, 2005 At the Molecular Level, the Predator is the Prey
PR 05-051 - April 5, 2005 Scientists Aboard Drilling Vessel Recover Rocks from Earth’s Crust Far Below Seafloor
PR 05-050 - November 8, 2005 Scientists Unravel Midwest Tornado Formation
PR 05-049 - March 31, 2005 Bullying a Common Problem for Middle-School Students
PR 05-048 - March 25, 2005 T. rex Fossil Yields Soft Tissue
PR 05-047 - March 24, 2005 Octopus Uses Two Arms to "Walk Away" from Trouble
PR 05-046 - March 24, 2005 Sediments in Northern Gulf of Mexico Not Right for Methane Gas Hydrate Formation
PR 05-045 - March 23, 2005 Reappearance of Missing Genetic Information Poses Exception to the Rule
PR 05-044 - March 17, 2005 Building a Better Nanoworld with Microbes
PR 05-043 - March 17, 2005 Climate Change Inevitable in 21st Century
PR 05-042 - March 15, 2005 U.S. Exports Nitrogen Pollution Elsewhere
PR 05-041 - March 16, 2005 Mechanism of RNA Recoding: New Twists in Brain Protein Production
PR 05-040 - March 14, 2005 Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action and Landscape Change
PR 05-038 - March 14, 2005 The First Key Piece of Telomerase
PR 05-037 - March 11, 2005 New Piece Found in the Cell-Shape Puzzle
PR 05-036 - March 14, 2005 Eight Receive President's 2003 National Medal of Science
PR 05-035 - March 10, 2005 New Technique Uses Seismic 'Garbage' to View Earth's Interior
PR 05-034 - March 9, 2005 Roots Engage in Underground Chemical Warfare
PR 05-033 - March 9, 2005 Advanced Research Aircraft to Arrive at Colorado Facility this Week
PR 05-031 - March 4, 2005 The Neutrino Underground
PR 05-030 - March 3, 2005 A Bubble Full of Sunshine
PR 05-029 - March 2, 2005 A “Hearty” Eater
PR 05-028 - March 3, 2005 Hydrogen and Methane Sustain Unusual Life at Sea Floor's 'Lost City'
PR 05-027 - March 3, 2005 Astronomers Follow Distant Galaxy at a Snail's Pace
PR 05-026 - February 25, 2005 A Nanoscale Mechanism for Protein Control
PR 05-025 - February 18, 2005 VLA Probes Secrets of Mysterious Magnetar
PR 05-024 - February 16, 2005 New Clues Add 40,000 Years to Age of Human Species
PR 05-023 - February 15, 2005 President Names Laureates of the 2003 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology
PR 05-022 - February 11, 2005 Scaling the Plant Cell Wall
PR 05-021 - February 17, 2005 Bipedal Bots Star at AAAS Media Briefing
PR 05-020 - February 9, 2005 Hang Gliding, Ant Style
PR 05-019 - February 9, 2005 Presenting the Molecularium
PR 05-018 - February 11, 2005 Children, TV, Computers and More Media: New Research Shows Pluses, Minuses
- PR 05-017 - February 10, 2005
National Science Foundation Names David Lightfoot as New Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
PR 05-016 - February 10, 2005 Scientists Discover First Step that Enables Natural Pesticide to Enter Target Cells
PR 05-015 - February 7, 2005 Arecibo Begins Search for Dark Galaxies
PR 05-014 - February 7, 2005 NSF Submits Its Fiscal 2006 Budget Request of $5.6 Billion
PR 05-013 - February 3, 2005 Icebreakers Clear Channel into McMurdo Station
PR 05-011 - January 31, 2005 Nanoscale Diagnostic Sets Sights on Alzheimer's
PR 05-010 - January 31, 2005 Scientists Propose Sweeping Changes to Naming of Bird Neurosystems to Acknowledge Their True Brainpower
PR 05-009 - January 19, 2005 More Science and Engineering Doctoral Degrees Awarded in 2003
PR 05-008 - January 19, 2005 Really Old Bones of Early Humans Unearthed in Ethiopia
PR 05-007 - January 19, 2005 Portrait of a Star on the Edge
PR 05-006 - January 19, 2005 Chinese Engineer Receives Medical Treatment After Falling Ill During Antarctic Traverse
PR 05-005 - January 12, 2005 New Image Sensor will Show what the Eyes See, and a Camera Cannot
PR 05-004 - January 12, 2005 Carbon Nanotube "Shock Absorbers" Excel at Damping Vibration
PR 05-003 - January 11, 2005 Scientists Find Climate Change is Major Factor in Drought's Growing Reach
PR 05-002 - January 10, 2005 A Stellar Debut for Gemini Observatory's Online Image Gallery
PR 05-001 - January 5, 2005 The Dynamo in the Cornfield
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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2004
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NSF PR 04-161 - December 23, 2004
SEASON'S GREETINGS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
MIT presents an ultrafast holiday offering
NSF PR 04-160 - December 22, 2004
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DEMONSTRATE WIDESPREAD CIVILIZATION FLOURISHED ON PERU'S COAST FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO
- NSF PR 04-159 - December 16, 2004
ICEBERG POSES NO THREAT TO ANTARCTIC PERSONNEL
Annual long-range supply effort, icebreaking operations are on schedule
NSF PR 04-158 - December 15, 2004
MICROBE'S GENOME PROMISES INSIGHT INTO EARTH'S CARBON AND SULFUR CYCLING
NSF PR 04-157 - December 14, 2004
INTERNATIONAL STUDY SHOWS SELECT IMPROVEMENTS IN U.S. MATH AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE – GAINS ALSO SEEN AMONG SOME MINORITY STUDENTS
U.S. blacks, Latinos show modest but significant gains at fourth and eighth grades
NSF PR 04-155 - December 13, 2004
RESEARCHERS IMPROVE PREDICTIONS OF CLOUD FORMATION FOR BETTER GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELING
NSF PR 04-154 - December 13, 2004
CARBON NANOTUBES YIELD A NEW CLASS OF BIOLOGICAL SENSORS
Glucose sensor provides real-time readouts without the need to draw blood samples.
NSF PR 04-153 - December 13, 2004
RESEARCH TEAM DISCOVERS FIRST EVIDENCE OF MICROBES LIVING IN A ROCK GLACIER
NSF PR 04-152 - December 13, 2004
NEW OCEAN DRILLING RESEARCH FINDINGS PRESENTED AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) FALL MEETING
NSF PR 04-151 - December 16, 2004
NEW NSF CENTER WILL FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF LONG-STANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VAST DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH
NSF PR 04-150 - December 02, 2004
SALT-WATER FISH RESEARCH HELPS EXPLAIN HUMAN CARDIOLOGY PUZZLE
- NSF PR 04-149 - November 29, 2004
PRESIDENT BUSH APPOINTS ARDEN BEMENT AS NSF DIRECTOR
NSF PR 04-148 - November 10, 2004
MONITORING LIFE, ONE BREATH AT A TIME
Respiratory sensor may provide new tool for emergency responders
NSF PR 04-147 - November 03, 2004
NSF MENTORS SHOW AREA STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES PATHS TOWARD SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CAREERS
NSF PR 04-146 - October 27, 2004
HUMANS AND DOLPHINS: IF BRAIN SIZE IS A MEASURE, WE'RE NOT THAT DIFFERENT
NSF PR 04-145 - October 21, 2004
LATIN AMERICA SHOWS RAPID RISE IN PUBLISHED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ARTICLES
- NSF PR 04-144 - October 19, 2004
NSF ANNOUNCES $3.25 MILLION AWARD TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAREERS
NSF PR 04-143 - October 19, 2004
THIRD YEAR OF NSF'S MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS TO FOCUS ON TEACHERS
Grants made for new teacher institutes, large targeted partnerships and capacity-building
NSF PR 04-142 - October 14, 2004
NSF AWARDS $37.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
- NSF PR 04-141 - October 07, 2004
NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY CREATES "NEW PATHWAYS"
Projects add user-tailored access to resources for research and education
- NSF PR 04-140 - October 01, 2004
NSF FUNDS FIRST NANOSCALE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING
NSF PR 04-139 - October 04, 2004
HEAD LICE STUDY SUPPORTS DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN MODERN AND ARCHAIC HUMANS
NSF PR 04-138 - September 30, 2004
NSF ANNOUNCES $21.7 MILLION FOR 37 PROJECTS TO STUDY HUMAN AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS
- NSF PR 04-137 - September 30, 2004
LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING: NSF AWARDS $36.5 MILLION FOR THREE CENTERS TO EXPLORE HOW HUMANS, ANIMALS AND MACHINES LEARN
NSF PR 04-135 - September 30, 2004
NSF AWARDS $130 MILLION TO TACKLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOR NATIONAL PRIORITIES
120 new projects will advance science and engineering, economic prosperity, national security
NSF PR 04-134 - September 29, 2004
THE SWEETEST SPOT IN YOUR HOME THEATER
New technology grants every listener the best seat in the house – no matter where you sit
NSF PR 04-133 - September 29, 2004
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS $9.7 MILLION TO PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER FOR CRAY SYSTEM
Red Storm to blow into Pittsburgh at the end of 2004
- NSF PR 04-132 - September 28, 2004
CLIMATE CHANGE A FOCUS OF NEW NSF-SUPPORTED RESEARCH ON HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY
NSF PR 04-131 - September 29, 2004
OUT OF AFRICA: SCIENTISTS FIND EARLIEST EVIDENCE YET OF HUMAN PRESENCE IN NORTHEAST ASIA
NSF PR 04-130 - September 30, 2004
EVIDENCE SHAKY FOR SUN'S MAJOR ROLE IN PAST CLIMATE CHANGES
NSF PR 04-129 - September 30, 2004
MIDWEST THUNDERSTORM STUDY POINTS TOWARD BETTER FORECASTS
- NSF PR 04-128 - September 21, 2004
NSF ANNOUNCES SIX NEW CENTERS FOR NANOSCALE RESEARCH
NSF PR 04-127 - September 21, 2004
NSF AWARDS 22 NEW PROJECTS FOR PLANT GENOME RESEARCH
Projects to expand knowledge about plants of economic importance
NSF PR 04-126 - September 21, 2004
NEON DESIGN CONSORTIUM AND PROJECT OFFICE TO COORDINATE DESIGN OF ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES
- NSF PR 04-125 - September 23, 2004
NSF, AAAS ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF 2004 VISUALIZATION CONTEST
NSF PR 04-124 - September 21, 2004
NSF ANNOUNCES TWO CYBERSECURITY CENTERS TO STUDY INTERNET EPIDEMIOLOGY AND "ECOLOGY"
Centers top list of awards from NSF's $30 million Cyber Trust program
- NSF PR 04-123 - September 16, 2004
NSF AWARDS $6.75 MILLION FOR GEODYNAMICS COMPUTATIONAL FACILITY
NSF PR 04-122 - September 16, 2004
NSF ANNOUNCES SIX 'FIBR' AWARDS TO TACKLE SOME OF BIOLOGY'S MOST CHALLENGING QUESTIONS
Multidisciplinary teams to study animal movement, genetic links to outside world
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-121 - September 16, 2004
PROVING THAT SHAPE-SHIFTING ROBOTS CAN GET A MOVE ON
NSF PR 04-120 - September 15, 2004
ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES GRANTS AWARDED BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NSF PR 04-119 - September 17, 2004
SCIENTISTS SHED LIGHT ON MECHANISM BEHIND BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF RED WINE
NSF PR 04-118 - September 13, 2004
TIBETAN CHILDREN ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE INFANCY IF MOMS HAVE OXYGEN-PROMOTING GENES
NSF PR 04-117 - September 13, 2004
RESEARCH UNCOVERS ADDED VALUE OF STREAMSIDE FORESTS
Studies demonstrate that trees keep pollutants out of streams, help process pollutants in them
NSF PR 04-116 - September 09, 2004
TWELVE WOMEN ARE AMONG NSF-SUPPORTED YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EARLY CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
Marks the first time a majority of NSF-named Presidential Early Career Awards go to women
NSF PR 04-115 - September 08, 2004
NSF FUNDS FIRST U.S-BASED 4PI-CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE
New technology will open doors in biophysical research and education
NSF PR 04-114 - September 08, 2004
COMPLEX CELLS LIKELY AROSE FROM COMBINATION OF BACTERIAL AND EXTREME-MICROBE GENOMES
New “ring of life” points to mergers and acquisitions between cells
NSF PR 04-113 - September 08, 2004
PHYSICISTS CREATE ARTIFICIAL MOLECULE ON A CHIP
NSF PR 04-112 - August 31, 2004
MIT FAB LABS BRING "PERSONAL FABRICATION" TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
NSF PR 04-111 - August 31, 2004
ASTRONOMERS FIND NEW CLASS OF PLANETS OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Two new "Neptunes" are the smallest extra-solar planets yet—but could be the first of many
NSF PR 04-110 - August 31, 2004
NOT-SO-SPOTTY MATERIAL BREAKTHROUGH
Researchers master self-assembly of novel nanodots
- NSF PR 04-109 - August 27, 2004
NSF LAUNCHES CHEMICAL BONDING CENTERS PROGRAM
Initiative targets highly innovative research
NSF PR 04-108 - August 25, 2004
FALLOFF IN FREEZES: STUDY PROJECTS DECREASE IN FROST DAYS
NSF PR 04-107 - August 24, 2004
PERIODIC DIMMING OF BRIGHT STARLIGHT REVEALS DISTANT PLANET
NSF PR 04-106 - August 25, 2004
THE POWER OF ONE: UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS CONTRIBUTE MORE NITROGEN TO OCEAN THAN REPORTED EARLIER, AFFECT GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-105 - August 20, 2004
VIRUSES ON THE ATTACK
Revealing visuals show details of a common mechanism for infection
- NSF PR 04-104 - August 13, 2004
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING JOBS – NOT JUST FOR THOSE WITH FOUR-YEAR DEGREES
- NSF PR 04-103 - August 12, 2004
FUTURE HEAT WAVES: MORE SEVERE, MORE FREQUENT AND LONGER LASTING
NSF PR 04-102 - August 11, 2004
NO LONGER JUST FOR BIOLOGY, RNA CAN NOW BE BUILT INTO 3-D ARRAYS
Biomaterial to be girders for nanoscale construction projects
NSF PR 04-101 - August 11, 2004
THE HOLE STORY
University of Pennsylvania chemists create artificial molecular "pores"
NSF PR 04-100 - August 11, 2004
EVOLUTION OF WHALE HEARING UNFOLDS IN FOSSIL RECORD
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-099 - August 06, 2004
DEEPER-DIVING HUMAN-OCCUPIED SUBMERSIBLE TO REPLACE ALVIN
New 6500-meter vehicle will provide expanded capabilities for U.S. Scientists
- NSF PR 04-098 - August 02, 2004
EARLY HUMANS ADAPTED WELL TO DIFFERENT CLIMATES AND VEGETATION TYPES
- NSF PR 04-097 - July 30, 2004
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) RISES IN FISCAL YEAR 2004
NSF PR 04-096 - July 26, 2004
NSF AWARDS $10 MILLION IN GRANTS TO OCEAN SITES FOR LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
NSF PR 04-095 - July 27, 2004
NSF NAMES 34 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWS
Awards honor promising early career U.S. scientists and engineers
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-094 - July 20, 2004
NEW MARTIAN METEORITE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA
NSF PR 04-093 - July 22, 2004
GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER WATER CUTS THROUGH ROCK AT SURPRISING SPEED
- NSF PR 04-092 - July 15, 2004
IMPACT OF EARTH'S RISING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE FOUND IN WORLD OCEANS
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-091 - July 07, 2004
NEW MAP REVEALS HIDDEN FEATURES OF ICE-BURIED ANTARCTIC LAKE
Measurement shows that two distinct ecosystems may exist
NSF PR 04-090 - July 01, 2004
SEARING HEAT, LITTLE PACKAGE
High-temperature lab-on-a-chip can get hotter than surface of Venus
- NSF PR 04-089 - June 28, 2004
GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND POST-DOCS REACH NEW PEAKS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, BUT FIRST-TIME ENROLLMENT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS DECLINES
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-088 - July 01, 2004
A NEW TWIST ON FIBER OPTICS
Spiraling glass fibers provide new way to control behavior of light
- NSF PR 04-087 - June 29, 2004
INAUGURAL VOYAGE OF THE INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM NOW UNDER WAY
- NSF PR 04-086 - June 22, 2004
NEW VERSION OF PREMIER GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL RELEASED
- NSF PR 04-085 - June 16, 2004
DIGITAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM LAUNCHES RESEARCH GRANTS INITIATIVE
Library of Congress partners with National Science Foundation to fund advanced research into preservation of digital materials
- NSF PR 04-084 - June 16, 2004
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RELEASES "WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2004"
New online report provides easy access, timely updates
NSF PR 04-083 - June 18, 2004
150 U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS EMBARK ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
NSF PR 04-082 - June 08, 2004
PEPPER PRODIGIES PURSUE PLANTS LIKE THOSE PICKED BY PARENTS
Migrant farmworkers' children, grandchildren research at NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute
NSF PR 04-081 - June 03, 2004
SCIENTISTS TO VIEW VENUS' ATMOSPHERE DURING TRANSIT, SEARCH FOR WATER VAPOR ON DISTANT PLANET
- NSF PR 04-080 - June 03, 2004
RETHINKING THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS – MULTIPLE METHODS STRENGTHEN SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE
- NSF PR 04-079 - June 01, 2004
TREE-RING LABORATORY RECEIVES $5.5 MILLION TO STUDY CLIMATE DYNAMICS
- NSF PR 04-078 - May 27, 2004
NSF LAUNCHES DISCOVERY CORPS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Pilot project helps scientists give their research expertise broader impact
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-077 - May 27, 2004
"HEADS-UP" DISPLAY LIVES UP TO ITS NAME
Student-designed device helps the visually impaired avoid hazards, day and night
NSF PR 04-076 - May 27, 2004
STAYING ON THE PATH – ONE ATOM AT A TIME
New percolation model may allow researchers to study biochemistry at the atomic level
NSF PR 04-075 - May 26, 2004
BRAIN DISEASE RESEARCH, PARTICLE PHYSICS MEET IN THE MIDDLE(WARE)
NSF Middleware Initiative proves key for grid-based collaborations in diverse disciplines
NSF PR 04-074 - May 31, 2004
SCIENTIST TO DISCUSS FORECAST OF SUNSPOTS
NSF PR 04-073 - May 31, 2004
INSTRUMENT GETS BREAKTHROUGH IMAGE OF SUN'S MAGNETIC HALO
- NSF PR 04-072 - May 24, 2004
NSF NAMES EIGHT DISTINGUISHED TEACHING SCHOLARS
Agency's top awards for teaching and research cover the "nuts and bolts" to pure theory
NSF PR 04-071 - May 20, 2004
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER UNDERSEA VOLCANO OFF ANTARCTICA
- NSF PR 04-070 - May 19, 2004
NEW FINDINGS ON CLIMATE SHOW GRADUAL SHIFT TO MODERN BUT INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO PERTURBATIONS
- NSF PR 04-069 - May 18, 2004
DISTANT MOUNTAINS INFLUENCE RIVER LEVELS 50 YEARS LATER
- NSF PR 04-068 - May 12, 2004
NEW RESEARCH SUPPORTS THEORY THAT INDIRECT TRANSMISSION OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE POSSIBLE IN MULE DEER
- NSF PR 04-067 - May 09, 2004
RESEARCHERS OPEN NEW LINE OF ATTACK ON TUBERCULOSIS
Findings could show how to breach the bacterium’s tough cell wall
NSF PR 04-066 - May 06, 2004
PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING MENTORING
NSF PR 04-065 - May 05, 2004
RESEARCHERS TO HELP EXTERMINATE BUGS IN SPREADSHEETS, WEB APPLICATIONS
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-064 - May 04, 2004
TELEVISION THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU
Targeted content and celebrity voices draw millions to new season of educational children's television
NSF PR 04-063 - May 04, 2004
PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 20 PROMISING, YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS
NSF PR 04-062 - May 04, 2004
STATES VARY WIDELY ON INDICATORS OF EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, R&D SPENDING AND HIGH-TECH ECONOMIES
S&E Indicators 2004 includes state-by-state breakdown of key statistics
NSF PR 04-061 - May 04, 2004
UNITED STATES STILL LEADS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, BUT UNCERTAINTIES COMPLICATE OUTLOOK
National Science Board highlights workforce issues in its release of S&E Indicators 2004
NSF PR 04-060 - April 28, 2004
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO TISSUE ENGINEER TO RECEIVE NSF'S COVETED WATERMAN AWARD
Kristi Anseth builds onto her fast track career with $500,000 award
- NSF PR 04-059 - April 26, 2004
AIRCRAFT, GROUND INSTRUMENTS TO TRACK CARBON DIOXIDE UPTAKE ALONG COLORADO'S DROUGHT-PLAGUED FRONT RANGE
NSF PR 04-058 - April 22, 2004
ENZYME "INK" SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR NANOMANUFACTURING
Experiment uses biomolecules to write on a gold substrate
- NSF PR 04-057 - April 26, 2004
NSB 2004 VANNEVAR BUSH, PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS, SPAN RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND POLICY
- NSF PR 04-056 - April 20, 2004
ARCTIC CARBON A POTENTIAL WILD CARD IN CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
NSF PR 04-055 - April 20, 2004
OLDEST HEMOGLOBIN ANCESTORS OFFER CLUES TO EARLIEST OXYGEN-BASED LIFE
Close look at structure of transport proteins could aid search for future blood substitutes
NSF PR 04-054 - April 21, 2004
MORNING GLORY COLORS REVEAL WHY EVOLUTION IS STUCK IN 'FORWARD'
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-053 - April 19, 2004
YET ANOTHER BENEFIT OF GREEN TEA
New, biodegradable machining compound is more effective than industry standards
- NSF PR 04-052 - April 15, 2004
COSMIC MAGNIFYING GLASS
Distant star reveals planet
- NSF PR 04-051 - April 22, 2004
FOUR NEW RESEARCH CENTERS TO EXPLORE LINK BETWEEN OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH
- NSF PR 04-050 - April 13, 2004
CONFERENCE TO HIGHLIGHT INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION
- NSF PR 04-049 - April 14, 2004
IN BOWERBIRDS, YOUNG FEMALES GO MORE FOR BLUE, LESS FOR STRUTTING
Findings could yield clearer view of mate selection, ideas for wildlife conservation
NSF PR 04-048 - April 15, 2004
SHELL BEADS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN CAVE SHOW MODERN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 75,000 YEARS AGO
NSF PR 04-047 - April 12, 2004
NEW MOLECULE HERALDS BREAKTHROUGH IN ELECTRONIC PLASTICS
New material could mean easier manufacture of paper-thin TVs and "smart" cloth
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-046 - April 12, 2004
TURNING ROBOTS INTO A WELL-OILED MACHINE
Robot teams to help emergency responders in the trenches
- NSF PR 04-045 - April 08, 2004
MEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHT DISPATCHED TO ANTARCTICA
- NSF PR 04-044 - April 07, 2004
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD TO REVERSE?
Long-Debated, A Firm Answer Is Now On The Horizon
NSF PR 04-043 - April 07, 2004
EBIRD LISTS "MOST WANTED" FOR THE SPRING MIGRATION
NSF PR 04-042 - April 15, 2004
RESEARCHERS RECEIVE FUNDS TO CREATE HIGH-TECH WILDFIRE FIGHTING SOLUTIONS
NSF PR 04-041 - April 06, 2004
HERE THERE BE DATA: MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF SCIENCE
- NSF PR 04-040 - April 05, 2004
NSF AWARDS CONTRACT FOR CENTRAL MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM (IODP)
NSF PR 04-039 - March 31, 2004
A TINY WIND TO COOL THE TINIEST CIRCUITS
Researchers develop miniature cooling system that generates nanoscale breezes
- NSF PR 04-038 - March 30, 2004
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SIGNS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH JOINT OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION TO LEAD U.S. EFFORTS IN INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
NSF PR 04-037 - March 31, 2004
FERNS DIVERSIFIED IN SHADOW OF FLOWERING PLANTS
- NSF PR 04-036 - March 31, 2004
MINERALS ARE KEY TO EARTHQUAKES DEEP IN THE EARTH
NSF PR 04-035 - April 01, 2004
NEW FOSSIL LINKS FOUR-LEGGED LAND ANIMALS TO ANCIENT FISH
- NSF PR 04-034 - March 28, 2004
POLYMER CHEMISTS ASSEMBLE NANOWIRES AND NANOEMITTERS
- NSF PR 04-033 - March 24, 2004
GLACIAL RECORDS DEPICT ICE AGE CLIMATE IN SYNCH WORLDWIDE
NSF PR 04-032 - March 17, 2004
NATION'S BEST MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS VISIT WASHINGTON TO RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
- NSF PR 04-031 - March 18, 2004
INTERNATIONAL ACCESS TO RESEARCH DATA CRITICAL TO ADVANCING SCIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD, REPORT SAYS
- NSF PR 04-030 - March 10, 2004
A MEETING OF MINDS: CAPITAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER AREA'S INTELLECTUAL POWER
NSF to host Washington Academy of Sciences forum March 20-21, 2004
NSF PR 04-029 - March 10, 2004
NEW RADAR SYSTEM MAY HELP AIRPLANES AVOID IN-FLIGHT ICING
- NSF PR 04-028 - March 04, 2004
NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS EARLY OCEANS BEREFT OF OXYGEN FOR EONS; EARLY LIFE MAY HAVE LIVED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN LIFE TODAY
- NSF PR 04-026 - February 27, 2004
ICE SHEETS CAUSED MASSIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGE DURING LATE CRETACEOUS (PERIOD WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE ICE-FREE)
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-025 - February 26, 2004
EVIDENCE OF A "LOST WORLD": ANTARCTICA YIELDS TWO UNKNOWN DINOSAUR SPECIES
NSF PR 04-024 - March 03, 2004
RARE "TUMBLEWEED" SURVIVES ANTARCTIC CONDITIONS: ROVER DESIGNED TO SEEK WATER IN ICE CAPS ON OTHER WORLDS
NSF PR 04-023 - February 25, 2004
LARGE DIAMONDS MADE FROM GAS ARE HARDEST YET
- NSF PR 04-022 - February 25, 2004
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEW FAMILY OF ATLANTIC CORALS, UPSET PRIOR CORAL CLASSIFICATIONS
Provides new look at conservation of threatened coral species
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 04-021 - February 23, 2004
FUEL-CELL MICROBES' DOUBLE DUTY: TREAT WATER, MAKE ENERGY
NSF 'sugar' grant supports single-chamber prototype fed by wastewater
- NSF PR 04-020 - February 11, 2004
RITA COLWELL TO LEAVE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- NSF PR 04-019 - February 12, 2004
NSF ANNOUNCES $24 MILLION PROGRAM IN HUMAN AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS
Priority area to provide new insights into how people both create and respond to change
- NSF PR 04-018 - February 13, 2004
LOOKING AT SCIENCE THROUGH NEW EYES:
NSF and AAAS Launch Second Visualization Challenge
- NSF PR 04-017 - February 14, 2004
AT AAAS: BIOCOMPLEXITY PANEL ON HUMAN-NATURE INTERACTIONS
Updates on NSF projects in Kenya, China, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Amazon
- NSF PR 04-016 - February 16, 2004
NSF PUTS PRIORITY ON ATTRACTING AND EDUCATING A SKILLED, DIVERSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE
- NSF PR 04-015 - February 15, 2004
THE SENSOR REVOLUTION
NSF sensor activities in focus at AAAS annual meeting in Seattle
- NSF PR 04-014 - February 13, 2004
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE POISED TO REVOLUTIONIZE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND OTHER DISCIPLINES
- NSF PR 04-013 - February 02, 2004
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD SAYS NSF NEEDS $19 BILLION ANNUALLY TO ADDRESS U.S. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NEEDS
NSF PR 04-012 - February 02, 2004
NSF FISCAL 2005 BUDGET REQUEST IS $5.745 BILLION
NSF PR 04-011 - February 01, 2004
MICROBIAL BIOFILM YIELDS COMMUNITY GENOMES, METABOLIC CLUES
Research from Iron Mountain mine sheds light on acid drainage
NSF PR 04-010 - January 30, 2004
BEYOND FENG SHUI: DESIGNING FOR INNOVATION
Layouts that Increase the Rate of Chance Encounters Are Critical
NSF PR 04-009 - January 29, 2004
DURING EARTHQUAKES, MINERAL GEL MAY REDUCE ROCK FRICTION TO ZERO
NSF PR 04-008 - January 21, 2004
PROTEIN DATA BANK OPENS NEW ERA WITH BROADER SUPPORT
Nearly 24,000 molecules and growing, accessible collection advances biology
NSF PR 04-007 - January 16, 2004
NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS FORM SPHERES, TUBES AND CURVES
Self-assembling structures could find wide use in nanoelectronics and drug delivery
NSF PR 04-006 - January 15, 2004
STUDY PINPOINTING ORIGINS OF SIBERIAN PEAT BOGS RAISES CONCERNS THAT ARCTIC THAW MAY RELEASE GREENHOUSE GASES
NSF PR 04-005 - January 14, 2004
A POSSIBLE NEW FORM OF "SUPERSOLID" MATTER
Frozen helium-4 behaves like a combination of solid and superfluid
NSF PR 04-004 - January 14, 2004
IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, SOME LAKE FISH ARE MADE OF MAPLE LEAVES
Study Shows Fallen Leaves Play a Role in the Food Web.
- NSF PR 04-003 - January 08, 2004
ASTRONOMERS SEE ERA OF RAPID GALAXY FORMATION
New Findings Pose a Challenge for Cold Dark Matter Theory
NSF PR 04-002 - January 12, 2004
CHEMISTS CRACK SECRETS OF NATURE'S SUPER GLUE
Mussel-powered proteins stick to Teflon, even under water
NSF PR 04-001 - January 08, 2004
RNA LARIAT MAY TIE UP LOOSE ENDS TO DECADES-OLD MYSTERY OF RETROVIRUS LIFE CYCLE
Studies of baker's yeast may lead to new drugs to fight HIV
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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2003
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NSF PR 03-151 - December 22, 2003
UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, CHINA LINK UP FIRST GLOBAL-RING NETWORK FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND EDUCATION COOPERATION
New Network Marks Significant Step for Academic Cooperation Among the Three Countries
- NSF PR 03-150 - December 22, 2003
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD APPROVES AWARD FOR A NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK
NSF PR 03-149 - December 18, 2003 LANDSCAPES ON BURIED GLACIERS IN ANTARCTICA'S DRY VALLEYS HELP DECIPHER RECENT ICE AGES ON MARS
- NSF PR 03-148 - December 18, 2003
'PANNING FOR GOLD' IN THE MAIZE GENOME New approaches yield gene-rich regions, accelerate sequencing
NSF PR 03-147 - December 17, 2003 RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NANOSCALE FIBERS THAT ARE THINNER THAN THE WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT THEY CARRY
- NSF PR 03-146 - December 17, 2003
KEEPING FOUND THINGS FOUND: WEB TOOLS DON'T ALWAYS MESH WITH HOW PEOPLE WORK
- NSF PR 03-145 - December 17, 2003
NEW STUDY REPORTS LARGE-SCALE SALINITY CHANGES IN THE OCEANS Saltier tropical oceans and fresher ocean waters near the poles further signs of global climate change's impacts
- NSF PR 03-144 - December 19, 2003
THIRD SET OF AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED UNDER INTERAGENCY BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM
NSF PR 03-142 - December 10, 2003 RESEARCHERS ENGINEER MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS TO FORM SPERM CELL PRECURSORS
NSF PR 03-141 - December 10, 2003
U.S. AND NEW ZEALAND OFFER AUSTRALIAN PILOT SAFE PASSAGE HOME
FROM ANTARCTICA
NSF PR 03-140 - December 17, 2003 STABLE ISOTOPE DATA PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR HUGE GLOBAL METHANE RELEASE ABOUT 600 MILLION YEARS AGO Led to Rapid Warming of Earth's Climate
NSF PR 03-139 - December 11, 2003 MUSTARD-ROOT MAP BREAKS NEW GROUND TRACKING GENE EXPRESSION New 'global' technique a dividend of NSF's Arabidopsis 2010 effort
- NSF PR 03-138 - December 8, 2003
EXTREME 2003 TAKES STUDENTS WORLDWIDE TO THE OCEAN'S DEPTH
- NSF PR 03-137 - December 5, 2003
TWO AIRCRAFT IN ANTARCTICA SUFFER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS
- NSF PR 03-136 - December 10, 2003
RAINFALL CONTROLS CASCADE MOUNTAINS' EROSION AND BEDROCK UPLIFT PATTERNS
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-135 - December 8, 2003
ABANDONED PENGUIN COLONIES MAY HELP REFINE ANTARCTIC CLIMATE STUDIES
NSF PR 03-134 - December 4, 2003 NATIONAL SURVEY REVEALS CONTINUING DECLINE IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DOCTORAL DEGREES Numbers of most other degrees remain stable
- NSF PR 03-133 - December 3, 2003
NSF ANNOUNCES $30 MILLION PROGRAM IN "CYBER TRUST"
- NSF PR 03-132 - December 3, 2003
FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER: OPEN-SOURCE PRACTICES MAY HELP IMPROVE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
NSF PR 03-131 - December 3, 2003 NEW FOSSILS FROM ETHIOPIA OPEN A WINDOW ON AFRICA'S "MISSING YEARS"
- NSF PR 03-130 - November 25, 2003
TAKING CUES FROM MOTHER NATURE TO FOIL CYBER ATTACKS
- NSF PR 03-129 - December 2, 2003
TOP SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE HUMAN ACTIVITY IS AFFECTING GLOBAL CLIMATE
NSF PR 03-128 - November 26, 2003 GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER NEW CLASS OF SPREADING RIDGE ON SEA BOTTOM Finding Changes Notion of Ocean Crust Formation
- NSF PR 03-127 - November 19, 2003
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, CITING CENSUS STATS ON FOREIGN-BORN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, RELEASES WORKFORCE REPORT WITH NEW SENSE OF URGENCY
- NSF PR 03-126 - November 19, 2003
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS MAY AFFECT EL NIÑO ONSET
- NSF PR 03-125 - October 28, 2003
MEETING TO ADDRESS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF ARCTIC ENVIRONMMENT CHANGE
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-124 - October 29, 2003 NOT ALL AERIAL REPTILES WERE LEVEL-HEADED, CT SCANS SHOW Inside view of pterosaurs' brain yields insights to posture, behavior
- NSF PR 03-123 - October 23, 2003
NSF ANNOUNCES AWARDS TO DEVELOP NETWORK TESTBEDS FOR CYBERSECURITY, NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS AND E-SCIENCE
NSF PR 03-122 - October 22, 2003 NSF AWARDS $6.9M IN GRANTS TO 15 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES IN 1ST FULL YEAR OF ROBERT NOYCE SCHOLARSHIPS
- NSF PR 03-121 - October 22, 2003
PRESIDENT NAMES EIGHT ELITE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL MEDALS OF SCIENCE
NSF PR 03-120 - October 15, 2003 NSF AWARDS $219 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS FOR EARTHSCOPE PROJECT: FAR-REACHING GEOSCIENCES EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT
- NSF PR 03-119 - October 14, 2003
ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES GRANTS AWARDED BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
- NSF PR 03-118 - October 6, 2003
$30M NSF GRANTS ESTABLISH NEW CENTERS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING AT MISSOURI, RUTGERS, BERKELEY
NSF PR 03-117 - October 6, 2003 YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW: SOFTWARE BRINGS CELLULAR CAPACITY TO RURAL COMMUNITIES
- NSF PR 03-116 - October 14, 2003
NSF AWARDS $31.9 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
NSF PR 03-115 - October 3, 2003 NSF AWARDS $68 MILLION FOR NEW ENGINEERING CENTERS Centers tackle storm prediction, extreme ultraviolet light, clean
chemical manufacturing, and implantable electronics for treating incurable diseases
NSF PR 03-114 - October 3, 2003 PLANT GENOME RESEARCH GETS $100 MILLION BOOST FROM NSF 31 new projects on cereals, fruits, legumes, other economically key plants
NSF PR 03-113 - October 7, 2003 NEW GLASS CAN REPLACE EXPENSIVE CRYSTALS IN SOME LASERS AND BRING HIGH POWER TO SMALL PACKAGES
- NSF PR 03-112 - October 2, 2003
NSF DIRECTS $216.3M TOWARD MATH, SCIENCE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT
NSF PR 03-111 - October 1, 2003 MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER: NSF AWARD TO HELP NEW WORLD SYMPHONY CREATE GLOVAL MUSIC EDUCATION NETWORK High-Performance Network Connection program's nine awards in 2003 brings total to 244
- NSF PR 03-110 - September 30, 2003
NSF AWARDS CONTRACT FOR START OF INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
NSF PR 03-109 - October 1, 2003 LA NIÑA TAKES BOLIVIAN ANDES ON A SEDIMENTAL JOURNEY
NSF PR 03-108 - October 1, 2003 NEW SURFACE CAN FIND DIFFERENT TWISTS ON A MOLECULAR THEME
NSF PR 03-107 - September 29, 2003 NSF ANNOUNCES THREE AWARDS TO EXTEND THE REACH OF TERASCALE FACILITY
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-106 - September 24, 2003 NSF'S 'FIBR' TO MIX DISCIPLINES, USE BREAKTHROUGHS ON 5-YEAR EXPLORATIONS INTO BIOLOGY'S MYSTERIES
6 groups, $5 million per, on evolution, species, reproduction, plant growth
NSF PR 03-105 - September 22, 2003 ILL SOUTH POLE WORKER SAFELY EVACUATED
- NSF PR 03-104 - September 23, 2003
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $14M PLANETARY BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY AWARDS
- NSF PR 03-103 - September 17, 2003
DATA PRIVACY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WEATHER PREDICTION TO BENEFIT FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
NSF Information Technology Research program announces awards for 2003
- NSF PR 03-102 - September 16, 2003
"DOPPLER ON WHEELS" TO INTERCEPT EYE OF HURRICANE ISABEL, FUTURE WEATHER MODEL ZOOMS IN FOR FORECAST
NSF PR 03-101 - September 17, 2003 ANCIENT RELATIVES OF ALGAE YIELD NEW INSIGHTS INTO ROLE OF CO2 IN EARTH'S EARLY ATMOSPHERE
- NSF PR 03-100 - September 12, 2003
UPDATE: PLANES GO TO ANTARCTICA
- NSF PR 03-99 - September 15, 2003
NSF AWARDS EXTEND MIDDLEWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN TESTING, PORTALS AND INSTRUMENTATION
NSF PR 03-98 - September 11, 2003 NSF, SCIENCE NAME WINNERS OF INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING VISUALIZATION CHALLENGE
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-97 - September 11, 2003 NSF CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES FOR TREATING ILL SOUTH POLE WORKER
- NSF PR 03-96 - September 10, 2003
EMMY NODS FOR NSF-BACKED PUBLIC TELEVISION SCIENCE PROGRAMS, GRANTEE
NSF PR 03-95 - September 10, 2003 BABOON FATHERS REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS
NSF-funded study suggests paternal care may be ancient trait in primates
NSF PR 03-94 - September 3, 2003 NANOSCALE IRON COULD HELP CLEANSE THE ENVIRONMENT
The ultrafine particles will flow underground and destroy toxic compounds in place
NSF PR 03-93 - September 4, 2003 MICROBES ACTIVE IN COLORADO SNOWS FUEL TUNDRA ECOSYSTEM
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-92 - September 2, 2003 NSF PUBLISHES UNIQUE LEARNING RESOURCE IN TIME FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR
211 Research-based learning experiences at all levels cataloged
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-91 - August 28, 2003 SEARCH-AND-RESCUE ROBOTS PRACTICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO SIMULATED EARTHQUAKE Researchers see how robots respond in real-world rescue operations with FEMA's Indiana Task Force 1
NSF PR 03-90 - August 27, 2003 NANOPARTICLES CHANGE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE WHEN THEY GET WET, RESEARCH SHOWS
- NSF PR 03-88 - August 25, 2003
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (SIO) OCEANS 2003 PRESS RELEASE
- NSF PR 03-89 - August 25, 2003
NSF AWARDS NEW GRANTS TO STUDY SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
- NSF PR 03-87 - August 20, 2003
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE GOES TO GROUND: RESEARCHERS PRESENT NEW FINDINGS ON THE NATURAL HYDROGEN CYCLE New Evidence Suggest Earth's Soil May be as Important as its Atmosphere
NSF PR 03-86 - August 18, 2003 GENOME SEQUENCE FOR TOMATO-INFECTING MICROBE MAY SHOW HOW BACTERIA ADAPT TO PLANT DEFENSES Sequence for model pathogen opens up next level of study for many bacterial diseases
- NSF PR 03-85 - August 13, 2003
OCEAN CARBON CYCLE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-84 - August 14, 2003 MICROBE FROM DEPTHS TAKES LIFE TO HOTTEST KNOWN LIMIT Researchers find iron-reducing archaeon 'Strain 121' respires to greatness
NSF PR 03-83 - August 13, 2003 LAKE ECOSYSTEM CRITICAL TO EAST AFRICAN FOOD SUPPLY IS THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
- NSF PR 03-82 - August 13, 2003
MICROBES' GENOMES PROMISE INSIGHT INTO OCEANS
- NSF PR 03-81 - August 7, 2003
DUAL DISCOVERIES IN GENETIC PROCESSING IMPROVE ACCURACY OF GENOME INFORMATION, MAY HASTEN NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-80 - July 31, 2003 BEHIND THE BLOCKBUSTERS--SPECIAL EFFECTS TOOL LOCKS CHARACTERS ONTO FILM
NSF PR 03-79 - July 31, 2003 NEW "KNOCKOUT" MAP HELPS STUDY GENE FUNCTIONS IN MODEL PLANT
NSF PR 03-78 - July 28, 2003 WIRELESS NETWORK PROVIDES CRITICAL LINK IN BATTLE TO CONTROL CALIFORNIA'S COYOTE WILDFIRE
NSF PR 03-77 - July 23, 2003 SELF-ASSEMBLING DEVICES AT THE NANOSCALE A new hybrid technique could lead to mass-produced chips with molecular-scale structure
![video icon](images/video.gif) NSF PR 03-76 - July 24, 2003 HYDROTHERMAL VENT SYSTEMS COULD HAVE PERSISTED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, INCUBATED EARLY LIFE
NSF PR 03-75 - July 23, 2003 BIODIVERSITY'S RESPONSE TO ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY DEPENDS ON HISTORICAL PLANT AND ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS
- NSF PR 03-74 - July 17, 2003
HAWAII OCEAN MIXING EXPERIMENT SCIENTISTS CLOSE IN ON PUZZLE OF OCEAN ENERGY Wide range of instruments, equipment document giant 1,000-foot undersea waves
NSF PR 03-73 - July 3, 2003
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER PLANETARY SYSTEM SIMILAR TO OUR OWN
- NSF PR 03-72 - June 27, 2003
US-EC BIOTECH TASK FORCE KEYS ON RESEARCH, COLLABORATION 'Transkingdom biology' joins health, food, biosafety, and environment on agenda
- NSF PR 03-71 - June 26, 2003
PLANT DIVERSITY HAS "LUXURY" EFFECT, SAY SCIENTISTS Biodiversity in urban/suburban yards correlates with household income
NSF PR 03-69 - June 26, 2003
NEW CATALYST PAVES WAY FOR CHEAP, RENEWABLE HYDROGEN
- NSF PA 03-03 - June 26, 2003
NOTED ASTROPHYSICIST MICHAEL S. TURNER TO HEAD NSF'S MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
NSF PR 03-70 - June 25, 2003
FOR FERRETS, GPI MEANS 'GET PREGNANCY INITIATED' Embryo-implant protein exploited by tumors may help endangered species
NSF PR 03-68 - June 25, 2003
SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCE FIRST 3-D ASSEMBLY OF MAGNETIC AND SEMICONDUCTING NANOPARTICLES
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NSF PR 03-67 - June 25, 2003
BEHAVIOR OF ARCTIC OCEAN RIDGE CONFOUNDS PREDICTIONS; MAY LEAD TO NEW INSIGHTS INTO CRUST FORMATION
- NSF PA 03-02 - June 19, 2003
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- NSF PR 03-66 - June 9, 2003
WORKSHOP: WILL TODAY'S INNOVATIONS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION MEET
THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE?
NSF PR 03-65 - June 11, 2003
EARLIEST HOMO SAPIENS FOSSILS DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA
NSF PR 03-64 - June 9, 2003
ANTARCTIC RESEARCH VESSEL HEADS NORTH TO MAP ARCTIC WATERS
- NSF PR 03-63 - June 5, 2003
GOING WITH THE GRAIN: A TALE OF RICE'S SMALLEST CHROMOSOME
"Finished" sequence reveals twice as many genes, cereal similarity
- NSF PR 03-62 - June 4, 2003
ANCIENT POLLEN YIELDS INSIGHT INTO FOREST BIODIVERSITY
- NSF PR 03-61 - May 29, 2003
NEW RESULTS FORCE SCIENTISTS TO RETHINK SINGLE-MOLECULE WIRES
NSF PR 03-60 - May 27, 2003
THE SEASHELL'S INNER BEAUTY
- NSF PR 03-59 - May 16, 2003
NSF RESEARCHERS PRESENT DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO GOVERNMENT CHALLENGES
NSF PR 03-58 - May 14, 2003
FROM CELL-CYCLE SECRETS TO NSF'S WATERMAN AWARD AMON EARNS TOP
HONOR FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
- NSF PR 03-57 - May 15, 2003
FOSSIL RECORD ACCURATELY REFLECTS RECENT FLOWERING OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY
- NSF PR 03-56 - May 13, 2003
RESEARCHERS DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR COMPUTING GOOGLE-STYLE WEB
RANKINGS UP TO FIVE TIMES FASTER
Speed-up may make "topic-sensitive" page rankings feasible
- NSF PR 03-55 - May 12, 2003
PATTERN RECOGNITION METHOD ZEROES IN ON GENES THAT REGULATE CELL'S
GENETIC MACHINERY
- NSF PR 03-54 - May 12, 2003
FORMER ASTRONAUT, RADIO SHOW, SCIENCE WRITING GROUP EARN NATIONAL
SCIENCE BOARD'S ANNUAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
- NSF PR 03-53 - May 7, 2003
RICHARD C. ATKINSON CHOSEN FOR THE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
- NSF PR 03-52 - May 6, 2003
NPR's "LIVING ON EARTH"SERIES LAUNCHES NEW SEGMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH
"The Secret Life of Lead" begins series that highlights NSF-funded
research
- NSF PR 03-51 - May 7, 2003
ARTIFICIAL LIFE EXPERIMENTS SHOW HOW COMPLEX FUNCTIONS CAN EVOLVE
- NSF PR 03-50 - May 2, 2003
MAY 31 DEADLINE FOR NSF, SCIENCE JOURNAL VISUALIZATION CONTEST
NSF PR 03-49 - May 5, 2003
SCIENTISTS TO PROBE GIANT STORM CLUSTERS ACROSS MID-WESTERN STATES
- NSF PR 03-48 - May 1, 2003
NSF DIRECTOR NAMES 2003's DISTINGUISHED TEACHING SCHOLARS
$1.8M awarded for connecting research to teaching
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NSF PR 03-47 - April 29, 2003
NSF SUPPORT HELPS START A ROBOT SOCCER DYNASTY
- NSF PR 03-46 - April 28, 2003
NSF MIDDLEWARE INITIATIVE CONTRIBUTES THIRD SOFTWARE RELEASE TO
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Standards-based software and tools are adopted by e-science, universities
and industry
- NSF PR 03-45 - April 28, 2003
GAME THEORIST SANDLER DESCRIBES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF U.S.
COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICIES
Economists are building new theoretical models to enlighten policymakers
NSF PR 03-44 - April 25, 2003
BREAD MOLD YIELDS A GENOME FIRST FOR FILAMENTOUS FUNGI
Neurospora's 10,000 genes include RIPs that limit new genes
NSF PR 03-43 - April 25, 2003
MOSAIC WEB BROWSER CELEBRATES 10TH BIRTHDAY
NSF-supported supercomputer center gave birth to software that
spurred the development of the modern Web
- NSF PR 03-42 - April 18, 2003
NSF RESEARCHERS TO HELP MODERN ORGANIZATIONS ADAPT AND RESPOND
IN THE INFORMATION AGE
- NSF PR 03-41 - April 22, 2003
UNITED STATES AND JAPAN SIGN MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION FOR INTEGRATED
OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
Program will foster continued study of Earth's geologic processes
- NSF PR 03-40 - April 8, 2003
SCIENCE BOARD CALLS FOR GREATER INFRASTRUCTURE FISCAL SUPPORT,
MID-SIZE PROJECT EMPHASIS
NSF PR 03-39 - April 4, 2003
VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE "VIRTUAL MONTICELLO" AT NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM
OF ART EXHIBITION
Computer graphics researchers to provide "virtual reality windows"
into the past
- NSF PR 03-38 - April 4, 2003
GOOD RATINGS GONE BAD: STUDY SHOWS RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS CAN MANIPULATE
USERS' OPINIONS
Study also reports users lose trust in systems that give phony
ratings
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NSF PA 03-01 - April 1, 2003
NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE
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NSF PR 03-37 - April 1, 2003
LIBERTY BELL PASSES STRESS TEST
NSF PR 03-36 - April 2, 2003
DINOSAUR CANNIBAL UNEARTHED IN MADAGASCAR
- NSF PR 03-35 - March 27, 2003
FROM BIOLOGY TO COMPUTING AND BACK AGAIN
NSF workshop links advanced mathematical methods to cells, organs,
organisms
- NSF PR 03-34 - March 27, 2003
FOREST FRAGMENTATION MAY INCREASE LYME DISEASE RISK
- NSF PR 03-33 - March 25, 2003
NEW SOUTH POLE SEISMIC STATION IS ONE OF WORLD'S QUIETEST AND
MOST SENSITIVE
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NSF PR 03-32 - March 26, 2003
RESEARCHERS SPY STELLAR BULL'S EYE --
Dramatic images reveal unique star explosion
Press Release - March 19, 2003
PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS NATION'S TOP MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS
NSF PR 03-31 - March 20, 2003
NEW MEASUREMENTS SHOW SILICON NANOSPHERES RANK AMONG HARDEST KNOWN
MATERIALS
NSF PR 03-30 - March 23, 2003
NEW TECHNIQUE FABRICATES "PLUMBING" FOR MICROFLUID FACTORIES
NSF PR 03-29 - March 14, 2003
WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES NATION'S TOP SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
MENTORS
NSF PR 03-28 - March 13, 2003
CRYSTALS ON A BALL
Researchers attack 100-year-old puzzle, learn how a single layer
of particles can pack on the surface of a sphere
- NSF PR 03-27 - March 13, 2003
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
THE GLOBAL SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF NANOSCIENCE
NSF PR 03-26 - March 6, 2003
WITH TOXIC CRYSTALS, BACTERIUM TARGETS - AND TAKES OUT - NEMATODES
Long-time farmers' friend shows promise against parasitic worms
NSF PR 03-25 - March 3, 2003
NEW PROCEDURE LETS SCIENTISTS PROBE SHORT-LIVED MOLECULES
NSF PR 03-24 - February 26, 2003
NSF CHOOSES ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO REFUEL ITS MAIN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
STATION
Unusual, multi-year ice conditions keep tanker out of McMurdo
Station
- NSF PR 03-23 - February 19, 2003
RESEARCHERS WILL NO LONGER BE "SNOWED" IN PREDICTING FUTURE AVALANCHES
Study of variations in snow stability over geography and time
are key, scientists say
NSF PR 03-22 - February 20, 2003
NEW MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE MAY MIMIC HOW CELLS ASSEMBLE
THEMSELVES
- NSF PR 03-21 - February 14, 2003
NSF ANNOUNCES NEW SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE AWARDS
New students will be trained as information security professionals
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NSF PR 03-20 - February 11, 2003
WORKSHOP PREPARES ROBOTICS RESEARCHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TRAINING
- NSF PR 03-19 - February 10, 2003
NSF, SCIENCE JOURNAL ANNOUNCE SCIENCE VISUALIZATION CONTEST
- NSF PR 03-18 - February 3, 2003
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RELEASES NEW REPORT FROM ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOR CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Report envisions a future cyberinfrastructure that will "radically
empower" the science and engineering community
- NSF PR 03-17 - February 3, 2003
NSF SEEKS 2004 BUDGET OF $5.48 BILLION
Increase will address priorities of "immediate national importance"
- NSF PR 03-16 - January 30, 2003
ULTRA-HIGH-DENSITY DATA STORAGE MAY BECOME PRACTICAL WITH BREAKTHROUGH
IN NANOSCALE MAGNETIC SENSORS
- NSF PR 03-14 - January 31, 2003
SURVEY SHOWS SECURITY AND PRIVACY REMAIN MAJOR CONCERNS FOR ONLINE
SHOPPERS
Third annual Internet Report also reveals that the Internet has
become Internet users' most important source of information
- NSF PR 03-13 - January 31, 2003
A FERROUS WHEEL IN THE FOREST
Scientists develop new hypothesis on the fate of acid rain
- NSF PR 03-12 - January 22, 2003
MULTIPLE FACTORS AFFECT FLIGHT POWER CURVES AMONG SPECIES
NSF PR 03-11 - January 17, 2003
HELICOPTER CRASHES IN ANTARCTICA
Injured pilot, passenger flown to New Zealand for Medical Treatment
- NSF PR 03-10 - January 16, 2003
NSF FUNDS UNIQUE SECURITY PROGRAM AMONG 21 NEW AWARDS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY
GRADUATE TRAINEESHIPS
- NSF PR 03-09 - January 20, 2003
SCIENTISTS FIND GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINT OF WORLD TRADE CENTER
COLLAPSE RECORDED IN NEW YORK HARBOR SEDIMENTS
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NSF PR 03-08 - January 16, 2003
NEW STUDY SUGGESTS MISSING LINK THAT EXPLAINS HOW DINOSAURS LEARNED
TO FLY
- NSF PR 03-07 - January 13, 2003
FACING EXTREME ICE CONDITIONS, COAST GUARD, NSF DEPLOY SECOND
ICEBREAKER TO ANTARCTICA
NSF PR 03-06 - January 12, 2003
RESEARCHERS TIE WORLDWIDE BIODIVERSITY THREATS TO GROWTH IN HOUSEHOLDS
Pandas in China face encroachment, as do other species in global
"hotspots"
- NSF PR 03-05 - January 8, 2003
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION RELEASES NEW REPORT
Ten-Year Outlook for Agency's Environmental Research and Education
Programs
- NSF PR 03-04 - January 6, 2003
NATIONAL SURVEY DOCUMENTS DROP IN DOCTORAL DEGREES IN SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
- NSF PR 03-03 - January 8, 2003
SCIENTISTS FIND FIRST ACTIVE 'JUMPING GENES' IN RICE
NSF PR 03-02 - January 7, 2003
WIRELESS NETWORK BOOSTS SUPERNOVA SEARCH TO STELLAR FIRST YEAR
NSF PR 03-01 - January 2, 2003
BREAKTHROUGH BRINGS LASER LIGHT TO NEW REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM
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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2002
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- NSF PR 02-102 - December
20, 2002
NSF PROGRAM PROVIDES BANDWIDTH TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE TEACH, LEARN AND EXPLORE High-Performance Network Connection program's 14 awards in 2002 brings total to 235
- NSF PR 02-101 - December
19, 2002
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT
NSF PR 02-100 - December
16, 2002 RESEARCHERS UNCOVER EXTREME LAKE -- AND 3000-YEAR-OLD MICROBES -- IN MARS-LIKE ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT
- NSF PR 02-99 - December
13, 2002
SCIENTISTS USE SOUTH POLE TELESCOPE TO PRODUCE THE MOST DETAILED IMAGES OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE
NSF PR 02-98 - December 12, 2002 INCREASES IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY RELATED TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ALTER PRODUCTIVITY AND PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION (Impacts On Ecosystems Are Greater Than Previously Anticipated)
NSF PR 02-97 - December 5, 2002 SCIENTISTS FIND EARLIEST "NEW WORLD" WRITINGS IN MEXICO
- NSF PR 02-96 - December
2, 2002
NEW NSF AWARDS ENCOURAGE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN OCEAN SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS
- NSF PR 02-95 - November
26, 2002
PLANT-FUNGAL SYMBIOSIS FOUND IN HIGH-HEAT EXTREME ENVIRONMENT
- NSF PR 02-94 - November 18, 2002
DISCOVERING THE TREE OF LIFE NSF awards grants to discover the relationships of 1.75 million species
- NSF PR 02-93 - November 18, 2002
NSF-SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DIGITAL
LIBRARY TO LAUNCH NOVEMBER 20 Project targets online collection of 10,000 books from 100 cultures
NSF PR 02-92 - November 14, 2002 USING COMPUTERS, SCIENTISTS SUCCESSFULLY PREDICT EVOLUTION OF E. COLI BACTERIA
NSF PR 02-91 - November
7, 2002
EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONY STRUGGLING WITH ICEBERG
BLOCKADE
- NSF PR 02-90 - November
4, 2002
NSF RECOGNIZED FOR E-GOVERNMENT SUCCESS AT CEREMONY
Report cites NSF achievements in streamlining
grants process
- NSF PR 02-89 - November
1, 2002
NEW NSF "MIDDLEWARE" ADVANCES COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION
- NSF PA 02-03 - October
31, 2002
NSF APPOINTS GEORGE O. STRAWN AS CHIEF INFORMATION
OFFICER
NSF PR 02-88 - October
29, 2002
RESEARCHERS GET FIRST LOOK INTO ANTIMATTER ATOMS
- NSF PR 02-87 - October
23, 2002
NSF ESTABLISHES FIVE NEW CENTERS TO DEVELOP TEACHING
LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
- NSF PR 02-85 - October
16, 2002
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, USDA TO FUND MAPPING
OF PLANT-DEVOURING MOLD GENOME
- NSF PR 02-84 - October
15, 2002
FIVE NSF RESEARCHERS WIN 2002 NOBEL PRIZES
- NSF PR 02-83 - October
15, 2002
NSF AWARDS $37.9 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY
IN THE ENVIRONMENT
- NSF PR 02-82 - October
4, 2002
LASER RESEARCH YIELDS PRECISION BREATH ANALYSIS
TOOL FOR ASTHMA DIAGNOSIS (TREATMENT)
- NSF PR 02-81 - September
30, 2002
MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP AWARDS ANNOUNCED
K-12, higher education institutions unite in effort
to boost learning
- NSF PR 02-80 - September
26, 2002
STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON MESS IN POLLUTED STREAMS
- NSF PR 02-79 - September
26, 2002
NSF AWARDS $75.6M FOR PLANT GENOME RESEARCH
- NSF PR 02-78 - September
25, 2002
AWARDS WILL ADVANCE THE STATE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY'S
ART
Research also expected to spur advances in fields
from biology to physics
NSF PR 02-77 - September
26, 2002
RESEARCHERS FIND TRIGGER FOR DEVASTATING DIGESTIVE
DISEASE, PROPOSE TREATMENT
- NSF PR 02-76 - September
24, 2002
UNDERSEA DATA NETWORK PLANNED FOR MONTEREY BAY
- NSF PR 02-75 - September
20, 2002
NSF FUNDS $10.2M MAIZE GENE SEQUENCING PUSH
- NSF PR 02-74 - September
19, 2002
RESEARCHERS SHOW WHY ACTIVE MOUNTAINS DON'T GET
TALLER
- NSF PR 02-73 - September
10, 2002
SCIENTISTS EXPLORE LARGE GAS HYDRATE FIELD OFF
OREGON COAST
- NSF PR 02-72 - September
6, 2002
SATELLITES TO PROFILE WEATHER, IMPROVE FORECASTS
THROUGH GPS
- NSF PR 02-71 - September
10, 2002
PEOPLE WHO "GAVE UP" AFTER 9/11 MORE LIKELY TO
REMAIN DISTRESSED
- NSF PR 02-70 - September
4, 2002
SONGBIRDS USE MENTAL POINTER WHEN PLAYING TUNES
- NSF PR 02-69 - August
21, 2002
NEW CENTER TO EXPAND ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUCCESSFUL
SCHOOL REFORMS
- NSF PR 02-67 - August
13, 2002
INTERNET LINK MOVES GEMINI CLOSER TO BECOMING
FIRST "CYBER OBSERVATORY"
- NSF PR 02-66 - August
7, 2002
SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE AWARDS EXPANDED AFTER
PRESIDENT SIGNS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BILL
NSF grants add to student base, help to expand
institutional "capacity building"
- NSF PR 02-65 - August
2, 2002
TWENTY-YEARS OF LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH:
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RELEASES REVIEW REPORT
- NSF PR 02-64 - July
30, 2002
NSF, INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO COOPERATE ON "DATA
MINING" RESEARCH
NSF PR 02-63 - July
24, 2002
LIGHT FROM GAS BUBBLES: SONOLUMINESCENCE MEASURED
- NSF PR 02-62 - July
16, 2002
FIRST OF CROP KILLER'S GENOME SEQUENCE AVAILABLE
NSF PR 02-61 - July
17, 2002
TELEMEDICINE LINK WITH SOUTH POLE ALLOWS REMOTE
KNEE SURGERY
NSF PR 02-60 - July
19, 2002
LASER-LIKE BEAM MAY BREAK BARRIERS TO TECHNOLOGICAL
PROGRESS
- NSF PR 02-59 - July
12, 2002
PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 20 NSF-SUPPORTED YOUNG SCIENTISTS
AND ENGINEERS FOR AWARDS
- NSF PR 02-58 - July
8, 2002
DEFORMED FROGS FORM WHEN PARASITES AND PESTICIDES
COMBINE
- NSF PR 02-57 - July
8, 2002
CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAN IMPROVE HUMAN PERFORMANCE,
REPORT SAYS
- NSF PR 02-56 - July
2, 2002
NEW NSF INSTITUTES TO STRENGTHEN MATHEMATICS AS
BASE FOR NATIONAL S&T
- NSF PR 02-55 - June
26, 2002
DATA STORAGE GETS ULTRASMALL WITH REMARKABLE BREAKTHROUGH
IN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
NSF PR 02-54 - June
13, 2002
NEWFOUND PLANETARY SYSTEM HAS "HOMETOWN" LOOK
NSF PR 02-53 - June
12, 2002
TWO BREAKTHROUGHS ACHIEVED IN SINGLE-MOLECULE
TRANSISTOR RESEARCH
Results promise advances in nanoscale electronics
- NSF PR 02-52 - June
10, 2002
IN EVOLUTION GAME, SURVIVAL DOESN'T EQUAL SUCCESS
Finding has implications for future of biodiversity
NSF PR 02-51 - June
4, 2002
BOTANISTS DISCOVER NEW CONIFER SPECIES IN VIETNAM
- NSF PR 02-50 - June
6, 2002
GEOPHYSICISTS FIND SHARP SIDES TO AFRICAN SUPERPLUME
- NSF PR 02-49 - May
30, 2002
SCIENCE GRAD STUDENTS STIMULATE LEARNING BY K-12
STUDENTS
- NSF PR 02-48 - May
30, 2002
NEW CLIMATE STUDY CHALLENGES THINKING ON LARGE-SCALE,
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
- NSF PR 02-47 - May
28, 2002
THREE NATIONS AGREE TO SHARE ICE CORE THAT MAY
YIELD CLUES ABOUT NATURE OF LAKE VOSTOK
Scientists to discuss Lake Vostok research at
webcast press conference
- NSF PR 02-46 - May
23, 2002
HUGE ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS BREAK AWAY NEAR NSF RESEARCH
HUB
- NSF PR 02-45 - May
22, 2002
OMB/NSF WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
MEASURES FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES
- NSF PR 02-43 - May
16, 2002
"RAMPING UP" TO DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
Meeting to showcase how digital technologies could
streamline governance
- NSF PR 02-42 - May
23, 2002
FIRST PRIMATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG UNCOVERS NEW
TOOL DEVELOPMENT LINKS
NSF PR 02-41 - May
23, 2002
MICROWAVE IMAGER PROBES UNIVERSE "FIRST LIGHT"
TO ANSWER COSMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS
Independent evidence of inflation theory
- NSF PA 02-02 May 10,
2002
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ELECTS LEADERS
- NSF PR 02-40 - May
9, 2002
PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 15 TO RECEIVE NATIONAL MEDAL
OF SCIENCE
Six biologists among laureates named for lifetime
honor
- NSF PR 02-39 - May
8, 2002
NSF DIRECTOR'S AWARDS RECOGNIZE CONNECTION BETWEEN
RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Six faculty members receive $300,000 each to expand
their work
- NSF PR 02-38 - May
7, 2002
NEW SOFTWARE, TOOLS EASE INTERNET COLLABORATION
AND GRID COMPUTING
- NSF PR 02-37 - May
9, 2002
RESEARCHERS COMPARE ANTHRAX GENOMES
NSF PR 02-36 - May
7, 2002
SHIPS RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN TO ENHANCE
UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD CHAIN
NSF PR 02-35 - May
8, 2002
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER CLUES TO WHALE EVOLUTION
- NSF PR 02-34 - May
2, 2002
ANCIENT FLOWER FOSSIL POINTS TO UNDERWATER ORIGINS
- NSF PR 02-33 - April
30, 2002
NSF PLANNING SIX NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
AWARDS
NSF PR 02-32 - April
29, 2002
ALZHEIMER'S, OTHER DISEASES, MAY BENEFIT FROM
FIRST LIVE STUDIES OF KEY CELL STRUCTURES
- NSF PR 02-31 - April
29, 2002
FROM ARTS TO NEUROBIOLOGY - VERSATILE DUKE SCIENTIST
CHOSEN FOR NSF WATERMAN AWARD
- NSF PR 02-30 - April
24, 2002
ERICH BLOCH HONORED WITH VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
FOR LONG-RUNNING CONTRIBUTIONS TO S&T
- NSF PR 02-29 - April
25, 2002
SATELLITE DATA TO PREDICT PLANKTON BLOOMS BY ANALYZING
OCEAN COLOR
NSF PR 02-28 (NSB PR
02-74) - April 30, 2002
STRONG R&D SPENDING BUTTRESSES U.S. ECONOMIC
GROWTH, REPORT SHOWS
S&E Indicators 2002 hints that international
impact may increase
- NSF PR 02-27 - April
18, 2002
NEW POST-GENOMIC TECHNIQUE CHRONICLES PROTEIN
LIFE CYCLES
- NSF PR 02-26 - April
16, 2002
POPULAR WEED KILLER DISRUPTS FROGS' SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
- NSF PR 02-25 - April
16, 2002
COMPLEX WEATHER STUDY TO TARGET SUMMER STORM FORECASTING
- NSF PR 02-24 - April
17, 2002
MICROBIOLOGY TEAM PROBES BACTERIUM'S SURPRISING
SURVIVAL TACTICS
- NSF PR 02-23 - April
10, 2002
RESEARCHERS PROJECT FUTURE SHRINKING BIODIVERSITY
OF MEXICAN SPECIES
NSF PR 02-22 - April
3, 2002
SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANTARCTIC
PENINSULA
Recent Collapse of Larsen B ice shelf one likely focus
of discussions
- NSF PR 02-21 - March
28, 2002
WEST COAST EARTHQUAKES ONGOING, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER
NSF PR 02-20 - March
25, 2002
CROSSING ALASKA BY SNOWMOBILE IN SEARCH OF CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLUES
NSF PR 02-19 - March
21, 2002
RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE OVERALL WATER BALANCE IN SUBGLACIAL
LAKE VOSTOK
Study is a "critical step" in possible exploration
of lake
- NSF PR 02-18 - March
21, 2002
PROTEIN PLAYS ESPIONAGE ROLE IN BACTERIAL ATTACK
ON PLANTS
- NSF PR 02-17 - March
6, 2002
HYDROGEN REACTION EXPERIMENT REAPS A SURPRISE
- NSF PR 02-16 - March
4, 2002
MENTORING ORGANIZATION, EVOLUTION ACTIVIST SINGLED
OUT FOR NSB PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
- NSF PR 02-15 - February
27, 2002
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER MECHANISM OF PLANT RESISTANCE
TO PATHOGENS
NSF PR 02-14 - February
20, 2002
RUNWAY PROJECT CLEARS THE WAY FOR IMPROVED ANTARCTIC
AIRLIFT
- NSF PR 02-13 - February
13, 2002
NSF/EPA TEAM UP ON GRANTS TO TREAT POLLUTION WITH
PLANTS
NSF PR 02-12 - February
14, 2002
ENORMOUS ICEBERG MAY BE IN ITS DEATH THROES
Collisions with another large berg may doom B-15A
to a breakup
- NSF PR 02-11 - February
7, 2002
NSF TO SUPPORT STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL WARMING
IN THE ARCTIC
Freshwater changes are initial research focus
- NSF PR 02-10 - February
4, 2002
FOUR UNIVERSITIES RECEIVE NSF GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC
DRILLING OF LAKE MALAWI IN EAST AFRICA
NSF PR 02-09 - January
30, 2002
WATER LILY MAY PROVIDE A "MISSING LINK" IN THE
EVOLUTION OF FLOWERING PLANTS
- NSF PA 02-01 - January
25, 2002
NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF COMPUTER INFORMATION
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
- NSF PR 02-08 - January
24, 2002
MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP CONNECTS SCHOOLS
AND HIGHER EDUCATION TO BOOST LEARNING
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NSF PR 02-07 - January
30, 2002
NEW UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX VIRUS NANO-MACHINE
FOR CELL PUNCTURING AND DNA DELIVERY
News Video Available
- NSF PR 02-06 - February
6, 2002
PREDATORS DRIVE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUAL PREY APPEARANCE
NSF PR 02-05 - January
18, 2002
GEMINI OBSERVATORY CELEBRATES HISTORIC FIRST
- NSF PR 02-04 - January
16, 2002
SCIENTISTS USE SEALS AS "UNDERWATER EYES"
Technology provides rare glimpse of rare fish
species
NSF PR 02-03 - January
13, 2002
PONDERING A CLIMATE CONUNDRUM IN ANTARCTICA
Unique, distinct cooling trend discovered on Earth's
southernmost continent
NSF PR 02-02 - January
10, 2002
ABSTRACT ENGRAVINGS SHOW MODERN BEHAVIOR EMERGED
EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
- NSF PR 02-01 - January
4, 2002
EVOLUTIONARY "SPEED LIMIT" GOVERNS HOW QUICKLY
LIFE BOUNCES BACK AFTER EXTINCTION
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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2001
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NSF PR 01-108 - December 26, 2001
GIANT ICEBERGS, UNPRECEDENTED ICE CONDITIONS THREATEN
ANTARCTIC PENGUIN COLONIES
- NSF PR 01-107 - December
17, 2001
NEW PUBLIC-DOMAIN DATABASE COULD ADVANCE HUMAN
COMPUTER INTERACTION THROUGH SOUND
- NSF PR 01-106 - December
19, 2001
DRUNKEN DRIVING COSTS AND RISK MEASURED MORE ACCURATELY
BY ECONOMISTS
NSF PR 01-105 - December
20, 2001
ENGINEERS DEVELOP NEW CHEMICAL SENSOR BASED ON
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH
- NSF PR 01-104 - December
13, 2001
RESEARCHERS FIND CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE OF FIRST
LAND PLANTS
- NSF PR 01-103 - December
12, 2001
PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND
ENGINEERING MENTORS
- NSF PR 01-102 - December
10, 2001
NEW GENERATION OF OCEAN EXPLORATION PROPELLED
BY HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
NSF PR 01-101 - December
13, 2001
AGROBACTERIUM GENOME SEQUENCE IS COMPLETE Public/private
teamwork yields quick, significant results on
A. tumefaciens
- NSF PR 01-100 - December
6, 2001
TINY PARTICLES OF POLLUTION MAY CARRY LARGE CONSEQUENCES
FOR EARTH'S WATER SUPPLY
- NSF PR 01-99 - December
6, 2001
NSF AWARDS $18 MILLION CONTRACT TO THE NATIONAL
OPINION RESEARCH CENTER
- NSF PR 01-98 - December
5, 2001
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GAINS FROM OPTICAL NETWORKING
Chicago-based StarLight project deploys the latest
fiberoptic technology
- NSF PR 01-97 - December
3, 2001
U.S.-EC NANOTECH COLLABORATION LAUNCHED
NSF PR 01-96 - December
3, 2001
WORLD'S SMALLEST LIZARD DISCOVERED IN THE CARIBBEAN
- NSF PR 01-95 - November
29, 2001
INTERNET USE TAKES A TOLL ON TELEVISION VIEWING
Survey shows a decline in television use among
people with Internet access
NSF PR 01-94 - December
5, 2001
WATER, SEDIMENTS IN ICE-BOUND ANTARCTIC LAKES
MAY HARBOR UNIQUE MICROORGANISMS, ECOSYSTEMS Survey
Scientific exploration will require interagency
and international cooperation
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NSF PR 01-93 - November
28, 2001
HEALY RESEARCHERS MAKE A SERIES OF STRIKING DISCOVERIES
ABOUT ARCTIC OCEAN
NSF PR 01-92 - November
19, 2001
MELTING GLACIERS DIMINISHED GULF STREAM, COOLED
WESTERN EUROPE, DURING LAST ICE AGE
- NSF PR 01-91 - November
9, 2001
NSF-FUNDED TERASCALE COMPUTING SYSTEM RANKS AS
WORLD'S SECOND FASTEST Pittsburgh-based computer
hits peak of six trillion operations per second
NSF PR 01-90 - November
1, 2001
SCIENTISTS SUCCEED AT FIRST-EVER ATTEMPT TO SEQUENCE
DNA AT SEA
- NSF PR 01-89 - November
1, 2001
NSF BOOSTS FUNDING FOR PLANT GENOME RESEARCH
- NSF PR 01-88 - October
31, 2001
NSF INVESTS IN A SECOND YEAR OF GRANTS TO FOSTER
COMMUNITY INNOVATION
NSF PR 01-87 - October
30, 2001
BIOCAPSULE CAN PROVIDE STEADY INSULIN SUPPLY;
POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR DIABETES PATIENTS
NSF PR 01-86 - October
29, 2001
NSF-FUNDED RESEARCHERS TRACK ALASKA SEAL MIGRATION
FOR THE FIRST TIME
NSF PR 01-85 - October
24, 2001
PUBLIC BOUNCES BACK AFTER SEPT. 11 ATTACKS, NATIONAL
STUDY SHOWS Confidence levels at 30-year high
- NSF PR 01-84 - October
17, 2001
NSF AWARDS HIGH PERFORMANCE CONNECTIONS TO 22
INSTITUTIONS
- NSF PR 01-83 - October
18, 2001
U.S. AND EC OFFICIALS SIGN AGREEMENT TO FOSTER
SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
- NSF PR 01-82 - October
15, 2001
MORE PLANETS EMERGE WITH SOLAR SYSTEM-LIKE ORBITS
- NSF PR 01-81 - October
17, 2001
NSF AWARDS $55 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY
IN THE ENVIRONMENT
- NSF PR 01-80 - October
16, 2001
NSF INITIATES MASSIVE EFFORT TO REBUILD TEACHING
LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
- NSF PR 01-79 - October
10, 2001
NSF ANNOUNCES INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AWARDS
UNDER "ADVANCE"
NSF PR 01-78 - October
9, 2001
AT WTC SEARCH, GRADUATE STUDENTS DEPLOY SHOEBOX-SIZED
ROBOTS Robot "babies" go where rescue workers
and dogs cannot
NSF PR 01-77 - October
1, 2001
NSF ANNOUNCES $43.8 MILLION IN AWARDS FOR ARABIDOPSIS
PLANT GENOME RESEARCH The "2010 Project" aims
to define functions of the plant's 25,000 genes
- NSF PR 01-76 - September
26, 2001
RESEARCH SEASON WILL FEATURE USE OF SOPHISTICATED
TECHNOLOGIES TO MAP ANTARCTICA
- NSF PR 01-75 - September
26, 2001
SEARCH OF GALACTIC HALO YIELDS A TREASURE TROVE
OF VARIABLE STARS
NSF PR 01-74 - September
25, 2001
NSF ANNOUNCES $156 MILLION IN AWARDS FOR INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH A broad range of computer
research is slated to ensure U.S. leadership
- NSF PR 01-73 - September
24, 2001
INTERNET "MIDDLEWARE" GETS $12 MILLION BOOST FROM
NSF Three-year awards for R&D into tools for
Internet collaboration
NSF PR 01-72 - September
26, 2001
SCIENTISTS CHART IRON CYCLE IN OCEAN Sunlight
plays role in aquatic food chain
- NSF PR 01-70 - September
19, 2001
NSF SELECTS FIRST "DIRECTOR'S AWARDS FOR DISTINGUISHED
TEACHING SCHOLARS" Awards highlight excellence
and promise in both research and education
- NSF PR 01-69 - September
19, 2001
BIG PLANS ON A SMALL SCALE: NSF FUNDS CENTERS
FOR NANOSCALE RESEARCH Will advance information,
medical, manufacturing and environmental technologies
- NSF PR 01-68 - August
17, 2001
SCIENTISTS DELVE INTO THE ICY HEARTS OF HURRICANES
- NSF PR 01-67 - August
9, 2001
DISTRIBUTED TERASCALE FACILITY TO COMMENCE WITH
$53 MILLION NSF AWARD High-performance computing
system will come on-line in mid-2002
NSF PR 01-66 - August
9, 2001
ON FIRST SCIENCE CRUISE ICEBREAKER HEALY STEAMS
TO ARCTIC TO STUDY CRUST FORMATION
NSF PR 01-65 - August
27, 2001
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING NETWORK: DESIGN GOES TO
ILLINOIS-LED TEAM
NSF PR 01-64 - August
15, 2001
JUPITER-SIZE PLANET FOUND ORBITING STAR IN BIG
DIPPER
- NSF PR 01-63 - August
8, 2001
NEW SOURCE OF NATURAL FERTILIZER DISCOVERED IN
OCEANS
- NSF PR 01-62 - August
1, 2001
VIRTUAL HURRICANES: COMPUTER MODEL PUSHES THE
FRONTIER
NSF PR 01-61 - August
1, 2001
NEW LONG-NECKED DINOSAUR DISCOVERED IN MADAGASCAR
NSF PR 01-60 - August
2, 2001
DINOSAURS' LARGE NOSES MAY HAVE BEEN KEY TO PHYSIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES National Science Foundation-funded research
redefines the extinct creatures' appearance
NSF PR 01-59 - July 24,
2001
RESEARCHERS' MATHEMATICAL MODEL PROVIDES CHAGAS
DISEASE INSIGHTS Removing domestic animals from
the bedroom may significantly reduce transmission
- NSF PR 01-58 - July 19,
2001
GLOBAL 4 TO 7 DEGREE TEMPERATURE RISE LIKELY BY
2100
- NSF PA 01-01 - July 12,
2001
NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN
RESOURCES
- NSF PR 01-57 - July 11,
2001
EARLIEST HUMAN ANCESTORS DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA;
Discovery of bones and teeth date fossils back
more than 5.2 million years
NSF PR 01-56 - July 11,
2001
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER SECRETS OF 'LOST CITY'; New
class of hydrothermal vents formed differently
- NSF PR 01-55 - June 29,
2001
ALL EARTHQUAKE FAULT LINES NOT EQUAL; Temperature
Tied To Movement
NSF PR 01-54 - June 28,
2001
MICROBIOLOGISTS FIND A NEW SOURCE OF NITROGEN
FIXATION
NSF PR 01-53 - June 28,
2001
BIG CITY STUDENTS MAKE GAINS IN MATH AND SCIENCE,
REPORT SAYS
- NSF PR 01-52 - June 20,
2001
IMPORTANT PATHOGENS AND CURES BELONG TO LITTLE-KNOWN
GROUP OF FUNGI; Research points way to discovering
other agents
NSF PR 01-51 - June 14,
2001
LASER "SCALPEL" IMPROVES POPULAR EYE SURGERY;
Ultrafast pulse offers high precision for cutting
corneal flap
News Video Available
- NSF PR 01-50 - June 13,
2001
WIDESPREAD OCEANIC PHOTOPIGMENTS CONVERT LIGHT
INTO ENERGY
- NSF PR 01-49 - June 11,
2001
CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING EVEN REMOTE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT,
STUDY SAYS
- NSF PR 01-48 - May 31,
2001
MARINE SNAIL STUDY SUGGESTS CONSERVATION EFFORTS
SHOULD MOVE BEYOND GENETIC DIVERSITY
- NSF PR 01-47 - May 30,
2001
SECRET CHANNEL HOLDS KEY TO METABOLIC MYSTERIES;
Researchers use cloned gene to reveal how cells
transmit vital elements
NSF PR 01-46 - May 22,
2001
"WALKTHRU PROJECT" RENDERS REAL-TIME 3D MODELS
FOR ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE; Basic computer
science research could lead to better, safer structures
- NSF PR 01-45 - May 22,
2001
NSF SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT
INFORMATION SECURITY COLLOQUIUM ; NSF director
cites need for the most promising minds to focus
on cyberthreats
- NSF PR 01-44 - May 21,
2001
SCIENCE BOARD HONORS THE BRONX ZOO'S EDUCATION
DIVISION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
- NSF PR 01-43 - May 17,
2001
CHANGES IN SUN'S INTENSITY TIED TO RECURRENT DROUGHTS
IN MAYA REGION
- NSF PR 01-42 - May 16,
2001
"SILENT" DNA SPEAKS UP FOR THE FIRST TIME; Until
now, half of all genes in certain cells were thought
to be inexpressible
- NSF PR 01-41 - May 17,
2001
ROBOTIC AIRCRAFT PROVIDE A NEW TOOL TO CONDUCT
ARCTIC CLIMATE STUDIES
- NSF PR 01-40 - May 8,
2001
HAROLD VARMUS, LEWIS BRANSCOMB ARE HONORED WITH
THE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
- NSF PR 01-39 - May 9,
2001
NEW FORM OF NITROGEN: A SEMICONDUCTOR
- NSF PR 01-38 - April 29,
2001
NSF-SUPPORTED TEAMS PROVIDE NEW DATA ON EARLY
MOMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE; Antarctic-based instruments
support each other's results
NSF PR 01-37 - April 25,
2001
EVACUATION FLIGHT LANDS SAFELY AT SOUTH POLE
- NSF PR 01-36 - April 24,
2001
SCIENTISTS RELEASE IMAGES OF HYDROTHERMAL VENTS
FOUND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN; Images reveal array
of animals, black smokers
NSF PR 01-35 - April 23,
2001
NSF AWARD RECOGNIZES WIRELESS PIONEER; MIT engineer
to receive Waterman Award
- NSF PR 01-34 - April 20,
2001
NEW ZEALAND AIRCRAFT TO FLY MISSION TO U.S. MCMURDO
STATION
- NSF PR 01-33 - April 19,
2001
SCIENTISTS SUGGEST NEW INDEX TO CAPTURE "FLAVORS"
OF EL NINO
- NSF PR 01-32 - April 19,
2001
CLIMATE RESEARCHERS WARN OF IMPACT FROM POORLY
DESIGNED AIR POLLUTION EFFORTS
- NSF PR 01-31 - April 19,
2001
RESEARCHERS ACHIEVE BEST GLOBAL PICTURE EVER OF
CLIMATE-MODIFYING AEROSOL PARTICLES
NSF PR 01-30 - April 17,
2001
NSF SHIPS TO PROBE BIOLOGICAL ENIGMAS OF THE FROZEN
SOUTHERN OCEAN
NSF PR 01-29 - April 13,
2001
CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO EVACUATE SOUTH POLE PATIENT
NSF PR 01-28 - April 11,
2001
NSF WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR TREATING SOUTH POLE PATIENT
- NSF PR 01-27 - April 11,
2001
NEW WAVE OF GRADUATE STUDENTS TO ENRICH K-12 CLASSROOMS
- NSF PR 01-26 - April 11,
2001
SYNTHETIC CLAY COULD ASSIST RADIOACTIVE WASTE
CLEANUP
NSF PR 01-25 - April 9,
2001
NSF REQUESTS $4.47 BILLION FOR FISCAL 2002
- NSF PR 01-24 - April 4,
2001
RANK OF U.S. EIGHTH GRADERS INTERNATIONALLY IS
A MIXED BAG, REPORT SHOWS; Study ranks U.S. jurisdictions
for first time
- NSF PR 01-23 - April 5,
2001
POLYMER FULL OF HOLES -- BUT GOOD FOR PHOTONICS?;
Simple process makes good use of bubbles
NSF PR 01-22 - April 5,
2001
SMALL STREAMS CONTRIBUTE FAR MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT TO CLEANING WATERWAYS
- NSF PR 01-21 - March 22,
2001
BRAIN IMAGE DATABASE BENEFITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
WORLDWIDE
NSF PR 01-20 - March 6,
2001
ANIMATED 3-D BOOSTS DEAF EDUCATION; Andy the avatar
interprets by signing
NSF PR 01-19 - March 6,
2001
"BALDI" THE VIRTUAL TUTOR HELPS HEARING-IMPAIRED
CHILDREN TO LEARN SPEECH; Teachers and students
can customize classwork with a free toolkit
- NSF PR 01-18 - March 6,
2001
INTERNET VOTING IS NO "MAGIC BALLOT," DISTINGUISHED
COMMITTEE REPORTS; Panel calls for further study
of security and societal issues
- NSF PR 01-17 - March 7,
2001
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: MAKING IT WORK IN THE REAL
WORLD
- NSF PR 01-16 - February
28, 2001
EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE: SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT GETS
NSF FUNDS
- NSF PR 01-15 - March 1,
2001
PLANT GENOME OFFERS CLUES TO LONGEVITY; Arabidopsis
can survive the loss of an enzyme that prevents
aging
NSF PR 01-14 - February
26, 2001
BIOLOGISTS CREATE A NEW TOOL FOR OBSERVING A "MESSENGER"
MOLECULE IN LIVING CELLS; Understanding a key
molecule that affects fundamental cell processes
NSF PR 01-13 - February
23, 2001
ANTARCTIC REMEDIATION UNDERWAY
- NSF PR 01-12 - February
8, 2001
'MOLECULAR RULERS' MAKE NANO-SCALE GAPS; Precise
spacings between structures allow construction
of nano-wires
NSF PR 01-11 - February
8, 2001
RESEARCH NETWORK BRINGS WIRELESS INTERNET TO NATIVE
AMERICAN RESERVATIONS; Solar-powered net connects
La Jolla and Pala Tribes near San Diego
NSF PR 01-10 - February
5, 2001
EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH SPEEDED BY NETWORKING; National
Network to Change the Shape of Earthquake Engineering
- NSF PR 01-09 - January
31, 2001
RESEARCH NETWORK BRINGS WIRELESS INTERNET TO NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARVATIONS Solar-powered net connects La Jolla and Pala Tribes near San Diego
- NSF PR 01-08 - January
30, 2001
AUTHOR DAVA SOBEL HONORED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
NSF PR 01-07 - January
29, 2001
TERASCALE COMPUTING SYSTEM COMES ON-LINE; Pittsburgh
Supercomputing Center beats start-up and performance
targets
- NSF PR 01-06 - January
30, 2001
SOUTHERN STAR PULSATES LIKE THE SUN, SAY ASTRONOMERS;
Australian telescope measures Beta Hydri's solar-like
oscillations
- NSF PR 01-05 - January
24, 2001
NEW GROUP OF MICROORGANISMS DISCOVERED IN THE
OPEN SEA
NSF PR 01-04 - January
24, 2001
NEW SOUTH POLE STATION POWER PLANT,SATELLITE LINK
GO ONLINE; Key milestones toward safety and modernization
reached
NSF PR 01-03 - January
24, 2001
NEW PREDATORY DOG-SIZED DINOSAUR UNEARTHED ON
MADAGASCAR
NSF PR 01-02 - January
10, 2001
EARLIER WATER ON EARTH? OLDEST ROCK SUGGESTS HOSPITABLE
YOUNG PLANET
- NSF PR 01-01 - January
5, 2001
NSF GRANT EXTENDS SUPPORT FOR INTERCONNECTING
NATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS
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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2000
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NSF PR 00-98 - December
27, 2000
NEW SUB-CELLULAR STRUCTURE DISCOVERED; Does it
take two spindles to tango during cell division?
- NSF PR 00-97 - December
19, 2000
CARBON CYCLING AND SPECIES COMPOSITION: SEEING
THE FOREST FOR ITS TREES
- NSF PR 00-96 - December
15, 2000
NEW REPORT LINKS METEORITE TO POSSIBILITY THAT
MICROSCOPIC LIFE EXISTED ON MARS
NSF PR 00-95 - December
14, 2000
NEW NON-STICK? MANY USES POSSIBLE FROM "SQUEEZED"
MOLECULES
NSF PR 00-94 - December
13, 2000
FIRST-EVER COMPLETE PLANT GENOME SEQUENCE IS ANNOUNCED;
International team reveals DNA secrets of Arabidopsis
thaliana
NSF PR 00-93 - December
11, 2000
HUGE NEW HYDROTHERMAL VENT SYSTEM FOUND ON SEAFLOOR
NSF PR 00-92 - December
6, 2000
DNA "MOTORS" ARE KEY TO VIRUS REPLICATION
- NSF PR 00-91 - December
5, 2000
MATH & SCIENCE IMPROVEMENTS STILL NEEDED IN MIDDLE
SCHOOL, REPEAT STUDY SHOWS
- NSF PR 00-90 - November
21, 2000
NSF HONORS 409 JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBERS WITH 2000
CAREER AWARDS
NSF PR 00-89 - November
13, 2000
CLINTON NAMES A DIVERSE GROUP OF RESEARCHERS TO
RECEIVE THE 2000 NATIONAL MEDALS OF SCIENCE
- NSF PR 00-88 - November
7, 2000
NEW GRID PORTAL TO IMPROVE U.S. RESEARCHERS' ACCESS
TO ADVANCED COMPUTING RESOURCES
- NSF PR 00-87 - November
2, 2000
WEB100 PROJECT TO BOOST PERFORMANCE OF RESEARCH
NETWORKS
- NSF PR 00-86 - November
2, 2000
ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES GRANTS JOINTLY
ANNOUNCED BY NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- NSF PR 00-85 - November
2, 2000
NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY GOAL BOOSTED BY NSF AWARDS
- NSF PR 00-84 - October
31, 2000
NSF SUPPORTS AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL COLLEGE PROJECTS
TO IMPROVE MATH & SCIENCE INSTRUCTION
- NSF PR 00-83 - October
31, 2000
NSF-FUNDED SCIENTISTS TO EXAMINE ENVIRONMENT AT
THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
NSF PR 00-82 - October
26, 2000
ASTRONOMERS FIND SURPRISING DOUBLE ASTEROID AND
A NEW ASTEROID MOON
- NSF PR 00-81 - October
25, 2000
NEW ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD RELIEVES WRIST PAIN
- NSF PR 00-80 - October
25, 2000
NEW REPORT CHALLENGES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE
INTERNET MEANS TO THE PUBLIC
- NSF PR 00-79 - October
24, 2000
PRESIDENT HONORS TOP JUNIOR FACULTY IN SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
- NSF PA 00-05 - October
18, 2000
NSF ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR FOR LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS
NSF PR 00-78 - October
17, 2000
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SOUTH POLE STATION BEGINS
NSF PR 00-77 - October
17, 2000
A DASH OF ADVENTURE LEAVENS THE CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE
OF 2000 ANTARCTIC RESEARCH SEASON
NSF PR 00-76 - October
17, 2000
AIR NATIONAL GUARD RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN
SUPPORT OF ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
- NSF PR 00-75 - October
16, 2000
GEMINI CUTS DEEP INTO GALACTIC CORE WITH RELEASE
OF FIRST DATA
- NSF PR 00-74 - October
12, 2000
PUTTING MUSCLE IN THE NUCLEUS
- NSF PR 00-73 - October
12, 2000
NSF AWARDS $52.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY
- NSF PR 00-72 - October
5, 2000
FEDERAL AGENCIES JOIN HANDS FOR SECOND YEAR OF
LEADING-EDGE EDUCATION RESEARCH
- NSF PR 00-71 - October
5, 2000
NSF FUNDS TWO NEW CENTERS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING,
CREATING PARTNERSHIPS IN FOUR STATES
- NSF PR 00-70 - October
4, 2000
POWERFUL TELESCOPE ARRAY WILL STUDY THE STARS
- NSF PR 00-69 - October
2, 2000
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP SEQUENCES GENOME
OF UBIQUITOUS MICROBE
- NSF PR 00-68 - September
28, 2000
NSF RECOMMENDS FUNDING FOR 24 PARTNERSHIPS TO
FOSTER LOCAL INNOVATION
- NSF PR 00-67 - September
28, 2000
BIODIVERSITY DATABASES: BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
ON EVERY DESKTOP
- NSF PR 00-66 - September
27, 2000
WORSENING URBAN AIR POLLUTION WON'T INCREASE GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE OVER NEXT 100 YEARS
- NSF PR 00-65 - September
27, 2000
FOUR NEW NSF CENTERS WILL EXPLORE METHODS TO CREATE
INNOVATIVE MATERIALS
- NSF PR 00-64 - September
26, 2000
WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE RECEIVES NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION GRANT TO SEQUENCE YEARS
- NSF PR 00-63 - September
18, 2000
NSF AWARDS $89 MILLION TO 13 U.S. CITIES TO IMPROVE
URBAN MATH & SCIENCE TEACHING
- NSF PR 00-62 - September
18, 2000
NSF ENGINEERING CENTERS WILL ADVANCE MICROSYSTEM
AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES
- NSF PR 00-61 - September
12, 2000
NSF ANNOUNCES FIRST AWARDS IN NEW INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INITIATIVE
- NSF PR 00-60 - September
21, 2000
NSF BOOSTS RESEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE
AND FUNCTION OF COMPLEX PLANT GENOMES
- NSF PR 00-59 - September
7, 2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON HONORS SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS
AND ENGINEERING MENTORS
- NSF PR 00-58 - September
14, 2000
HIMALAYAN ICE REVEALS CLIMATE WARMING, CATASTROPHIC
DROUGHT
- NSF PR 00-57 - September
5, 2000
NSF FUNDS FIRST PHASE OF EARTHQUAKE NETWORK
- NSF PR 00-56 - September
7, 2000
TALE OF THE ICE, REVEALED
- NSF PR 00-55 - August
17, 2000
STATE-OF-THE-ART MEASURING TECHNIQUES SHOW CALIFORNIA
FAULT SLIPS FREELY
- NSF PR 00-54 - August
9, 2000
"GATEKEEPER" PROTEIN IS KEY TO CELLULAR LIFE
- NSF PR 00-53 - August
3, 2000
SCIENCE BOARD APPROVES $45 MILLION NSF AWARD TO
PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER
- NSF PR 00-52 - August
1, 2000
NSF AWARDS $49 MILLION TO 19 MULTIDISCIPLINARY
GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
- NSF PR 00-51 - July 25,
2000
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION GETS A HELPING HAND,
EYE AND VOICE
NSF PR 00-50 - July 24,
2000
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HELPS GROW AFRICA'S
INTERNET
NSF PR 00-49 - July 12,
2000
PULSARS MUCH OLDER THAN THOUGHT, ASTRONOMERS SAY
NSF PR 00-48 - July 6,
2000
NSF-FUNDED RESEARCHERS DISCOVER EVIDENCE OF MICROSCOPIC
LIFE AT THE SOUTH POLE
- NSF PR 00-47 - June 20,
2000
NEW TEST FOR PRESENCE OF NITRIC OXIDE COULD IMPROVE
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
- NSF PR 00-46 - June 15,
2000
ASTRONOMERS WIN PROTECTION FOR KEY PART OF SPECTRUM
- NSF PR 00-45 - June 19,
2000
NEWEST SURVEY SHOWS MOST AMERICANS HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN SCIENCE, BUT LACK UNDERSTANDING
NSF PR 00-44 - June 19,
2000
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDICATORS REVEAL COMPLEX
SOCIAL CHANGES UNDERWAY
NSF PR 00-43 - June 19,
2000
STRONG R&D GROWTH CONTINUES TO BOOST ROBUST
U.S. ECONOMY
NSF PR 00-42 - June 19,
2000
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING "IN TRANSITION" AS A NEW
CENTURY BEGINS
NSF PR 00-41 - June 7,
2000
DISCOVERY OF FOSSIL MOLLUSKS IN ALASKA LINKS HISTORIES
OF ARCTIC OCEAN AND ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
- NSF PR 00-40 - June 7,
2000
NSF WORKSHOPS REPORT ON UNDERREPRESENTATION OF
WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- NSF PR 00-39 - May 31,
2000
VALUABLE ARABIDOPSIS DATA RELEASED THROUGH UNIQUE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
- NSF PR 00-38 - May 30,
2000
SEAFLOOR OFF MID-ATLANTIC COAST HIGHLY CHARGED
WITH GAS; Vigorous gas expulsion could weaken
shelf edge
NSF PR 00-37 - May 24,
2000
TWENTY YEARS OF RADIO OBSERVATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT
VLA'S ANNIVERSARY
- NSF PR 00-36 - May 24,
2000
MEMBRANE PROTEIN RESEARCH YIELDS NEW INSIGHTS
INTO INNER WORKINGS OF THE CELL
- NSF PR 00-35 - May 22,
2000
NSF AWARDS HIGH PERFORMANCE CONNECTIONS TO TEN
INSTITUTIONS
- NSF PR 00-34 - May 18,
2000
SHEDDING LIGHT ON LUMINESCENCE: SCIENTISTS VISUALIZE
STRUCTURE OF THE PHOTOPROTEIN AEQUORIN
- NSF PR 00-33 - May 16,
2000
NSF AWARDS $4.2 MILLION GRANTS TO THREE COASTAL
SITES FOR LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
- NSF PR 00-32 - May 12,
2000
ANTARCTIC RESEARCHER DIES
- NSF PR 00-31 - May 15,
2000
NSF CREATES PARTNERSHIP TO FURTHER DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
- NSF PR 00-30 - May 15,
2000
SCIENCE BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT ON NEED FOR OPEN
COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS
NSF PR 00-29 - May 10,
2000
ASTROPHYSICISTS DETECT COSMIC SHEAR, EVIDENCE
OF DARK MATTER
- NSF PA 00-4 - May 4, 2000
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ELECTS CHAIRS FOR COMING
TERM
- NSF PR 00-28 - May 4,
2000
HIGH TECHNOLOGY MEETS THE HIGH PLAINS IN STEPS-2000
- NSF PR 00-27 - May 9,
2000
WHITE HOUSE NAMES K-12 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
TEACHING AWARD WINNERS
- NSF PR 00-26 - April 27,
2000
PHILIP AND PHYLIS MORRISON, AND SCIENCE SERVICE
PICKED FOR NSB PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS
NSF PR 00-25 - April 26,
2000
COSMOLOGISTS REVEAL FIRST DETAILED IMAGES OF EARLY
UNIVERSE
- NSF PR 00-24 - April 14,
2000
NSF HONORS 350 JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBERS WITH 1999
CAREER AWARDS
- NSF PR 00-23 April 14,
2000
RESEARCHERS FIND KEY TO SPURRING METHANE CONVERSION
- NSF PR 00-22 - April 11,
2000
PRESIDENT HONORS TOP JUNIOR FACULTY IN SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
- NSF PR 00-21 - April 12,
2000
TWO STATESMEN OF SCIENCE ARE FIRST OF THE NEW
CENTURY TO RECEIVE THE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
- NSF PR 00-20 - April 10,
2000
NSF AND MCI AGREE TO THREE-YEAR NO-COST EXTENSION
OF vBNS
NSF PR 00-19 - April 10,
2000
NSF HONORS YALE BIOCHEMIST JENNIFER DOUDNA WITH
THE ALAN T. WATERMAN AWARD
NSF PR 00-18 - April 7,
2000
STUDIES OF MARINE MAMMALS INDICATE A "BREATHTAKING"
ABILITY TO DIVE TO GREAT DEPTHS
NSF PR 00-17 - April 5,
2000
AUTOMATED NORTH POLE STATION WILL TAKE THE PULSE
OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN
NSF PR 00-16 - March 31,
2000
MOTION OF MASSIVE ANTARCTIC ICE BERG CAUSES ANOTHER
IMMENSE BERG TO "CALVE"
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NSF PR 00-15 - March 30,
2000
SOLAR "HEARTBEAT" DISCOVERED
- NSF PR 00-14 - March 23,
2000
GRADUATE STUDENTS AWARDED RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
- NSF PR 00-13 - March 23,
2000
NSF EMPHASIZES RESEARCH INTO THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
WORKFORCE
NSF PR 00-12 - March 22,
2000
MASSIVE ICEBERG PEELS OFF FROM ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF
- NSF PR 00-11 - March 22,
2000
STAGE SET FOR NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MAY 1999 GREAT
PLAINS TORNADOES
- NSF PR 00-10 - March 22,
2000
NEW RESEARCH ON LONG-TERM OCEAN CYCLES REVEALS
RAPID GLOBAL WARMING IN NEAR FUTURE
- NSF PR 00-9 - March 21,
2000
PHYSICISTS PRODUCE "LEFT-HANDED" COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- NSF PR 00-8 - March 9,
2000
SCIENTISTS "SEE" THROUGH THE SUN TO FIND STORMY
REGIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE
NSF PR 00-7 - February
23, 2000
MARINE BIOLOGY COURSE USES ANTARCTICA AS ITS CLASSROOM
- NSF PR 00-6 - February
18, 2000
NEWFOUND QUASAR WINS TITLE: "MOST DISTANT
IN THE UNIVERSE"
- NSF PA 00-3 February 11, 2000
NSF ANNOUNCES ACTING DIRECTOR FOR LEGISLATIVE &
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- NSF PR 00-5 - February
7, 2000
PRESIDENT SEEKS MORE THAN $4.5 BILLION FOR NSF
IN 2001
A 21st Century Budget for 21st
Century Science and Engineering, Says NSF Director
- NSF PR 00-4 - February
4, 2000
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD RECOMMENDS $1 BILLION INCREASE
IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SPENDING
- NSF PR 00-3 - January
31, 2000
TWELVE PIONEERING RESEARCHERS WILL RECEIVE THE
1999 NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE
- NSF PA 00-02 - January
28, 2000
NSF NAMES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL,
AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
- NSF PR 00-2 - January
13, 2000
THE STAR SPLITTER: MICROLENSING TECHNIQUE PIONEERED
BY NSF RESEARCHERS FINDS BLACK HOLES
- NSF PR 00-01 - January
7, 2000
ANTARCTIC WORKER DIES
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