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and innovations that began with NSF support.
![Photo of Jonathan Arnold and Heinz-Bernd Schuttler discussing their work on biological clocks.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/bio_clock1_l.jpg) |
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The Biological Clock's Incredible Influence Revealed University of Georgia researchers find that the number of genes under the control of the biological clock in bread mold is dramatically higher than previously reported Released
November 5, 2008
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![Photo of Afsaneh Rabiei who invented an ultra-strong and lightweight composite metal foam.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/metal_foam1_l.jpg) |
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Foamy Invention Could Save Energy and Lives NSF CAREER awardee Afsaneh Rabiei's ultra-high-strength composite metal foam could revolutionize impact protection Released
October 29, 2008
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![artist's rendition of polar gas molecules](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/polar_gas1_l.jpg) |
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First Ultracold Polar Molecule Gas Ready for Research Groundbreaking technique could lead to quantum computers, molecular clocks and super-efficient power plants Released
October 29, 2008
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![Thermal infrared image of Brazilian free-tailed bats in Texas.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/aeroecology1_l1.jpg) |
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'Gone Bats' Over Aeroecology New scientific discipline studies bats, birds, other animals in atmosphere closest to Earth's surface Released
October 28, 2008
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![Three-dimensional reconstructions of magnetic resonance images of the rat gastro-intestinal tract.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/gut1_l.jpg) |
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Gut Reaction: Digestion Revealed in 3-D James Brassseur and his multidisciplinary team image the dynamic mixing of fluids and nutrient exchange in the human digestive system Released
October 17, 2008
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![Photo of a gecko, which has a unique ability to scamper across shear surfaces and vertical walls.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/gecko_adhesive1_l.jpg) |
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How to Make Adhesive as Good as a Gecko Materials scientist Ali Dhinojwala and his team use nanotechnology to develop adhesive tapes that stick better than a gecko’s foot Released
October 16, 2008
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![Photo of basmatii rice before harvest.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/rice1_l.jpg) |
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Using Your Computer to Grow More Nutritious Rice for a Hungry World Computational biologists use a powerful distributed computing network to research rice genome for increased yields of more nourishing rice varieties Released
October 14, 2008
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![Photo of Susannah Gordon-Messer working on the fluorescence microscope used for her research.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/gordon_messer1_l.jpg) |
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Teaching Is in This Scientist's Genes Doctoral student Susannah Gordon-Messer talks about her research and her science outreach using “bouncy, sticky, slimy chemistry” to educate and inspire young minds Released
October 10, 2008
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![Image of a two-dimensional representation of the Klein bottle topology.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/klein_bottle1_l.jpg) |
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Klein Bottle is a Real Natural in the Zoo of Geometric Shapes Discovery could advance understanding of human vision and lead to powerful data compression techniques Released
October 7, 2008
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![Photo of a greenhouse.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/greenhouse_l2.jpg) |
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Financial Markets Grow 'Green' Companies Investors see 'green' firms as less risky, charge lower interest rates Released
October 7, 2008
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![Photo of dung beetle males examined in the study.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/bug_genitalia1_l.jpg) |
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Size Trade-off: Horns vs. Copulatory Organs Indiana University biologist Armin Moczek explains his findings about the inverse relationship between horn and copulatory organ size in male beetles and how it affects species divergence Released
September 30, 2008
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![Image showing a visualization study of inbound traffic on the NSFNET T1 backbone for September 1991.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/nsfnet_l2.jpg) |
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Mysteries of the Unregulated Internet Researchers develop an alert system and protocol improvements to keep Internet traffic flowing smoothly Released
September 29, 2008
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![Photo of skeletal reconstruction of Majungasaurus, a Late Cretaceous dinosaur from Madagascar.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/mad_fossil1_l.jpg) |
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The Bizarre Creatures of Madagascar Paleontologist David Krause describes his search for the ancestors of mammals that live in Madagascar today Released
September 24, 2008
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![A computer-generated image showing the "family" of switches and how they are related.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/brainswitch1_l.jpg) |
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Finding the Switches to Our Cells' 'Computer' Thousands of memory switches inside our cells help them remember and function Released
September 24, 2008
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![Photo of the researchers' field camp in Greenland.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/glacial_move1_l1.jpg) |
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Glacier Movement Limits How Fast Sea Level Can Rise Study finds 3 to 6 feet by 2100 possible Released
September 18, 2008
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![Photo of Timothy Beers, professor of astronomy and physics at Michigan State University.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/beers2_l.jpg) |
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Archaeology of the Stars Michigan State researcher Timothy Beers studies the formation and evolution of stars born many billions of years before the Sun Released
September 17, 2008
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![Photo of a baby chimp and adult chimps.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/chimp_health1_l.jpg) |
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Researcher Walks Among Dying Baby Chimps Virginia Tech scientist Taranjit Kaur describes her team's research studying chimpanzees in western Tanzania and the virus that is threatening the chimps’ health Released
September 9, 2008
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![Photo showing area one year after the 2006 Tripod Complex fires in northern Washington.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fire_risk1_l.jpg) |
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Economist Hedges Bets on Wildfires in California Social scientist Joanne Ho describes an interdisciplinary approach to researching the risks to residents, homes and firefighters in areas threatened by wildfires Released
September 8, 2008
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![Photo of roots hanging from the roof of a lava tube.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/petrels1_l.jpg) |
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Bones in Lava Tubes Reveal Hawaii's Natural History Michigan State University's Matthew Cimitile describes a Hawaiian adventure exploring lava tubes in search of bird bones from endangered and extinct species Released
August 22, 2008
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Students Give High Marks to First U.S.-Japan Glass Science School Meeting brings U.S. university students and researchers together with their Japanese counterparts to talk about new developments and potential collaborations in glass research Released
August 21, 2008
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![Light photo of Mycena lucentipes, recently described from Sao Pãulo, Brazil.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fungi1_l.jpg) |
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A Thousand Points of Light: Bioluminescent Fungi San Francisco State University Mycologist Dennis Desjardin Takes Readers Along on a Nocturnal Hike in a Brazilian Forest to Find Glowing Mushrooms Released
August 15, 2008
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![City of Clarksdale in the Coahoma County, Mississippi Delta region](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/clarksdale_mississippi_l.jpg) |
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Violent Crime and Civic Engagement in Rural Communities Sociologist Matthew Lee designs a new conceptual model to study violence in rural settings Released
August 12, 2008
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![Ilustration of a crater formed from the impact of a comet or asteroid in Chesapeake Bay.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ches_impact1_l.jpg) |
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Crumbling Walls of Ancient Chesapeake Bay Crater Threaten Regional Groundwater Supplies Saltwater intrusion into collapsing crater also allows microbes to flourish Released
August 12, 2008
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![Spiral raises the level of abstraction for complete automation without sacrifices in performance.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/spiral_approach_rev_l.jpg) |
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Teaching Computers How to Write Fast Software Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University develop a framework to replace the human programmer in high performance numerical library development Released
August 8, 2008
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![Illustration of a bioparticle (left) ready to bind antigens (yellow) from tumor cells.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/antigen_l.jpg) |
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Natural Bio-Army Trained to Fight Cancer Bioengineer Tarek Fahmy and colleagues are engineering new nanoscopic and microscopic biomaterials to stimulate the body’s production of killer T-cells to fight infectious diseases Released
August 8, 2008
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![Photograph of the compact muon solenoid detector at CERN.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/lhc_computing1_l.jpg) |
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Physicists Gear Up for Huge Data Flow University of Nebraska researchers build a computer center to handle the flood of data expected from the world's next-generation particle accelerator Released
August 7, 2008
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![Photo of hands holding conjugated polymers that change color and intensity when excited by light.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/polymer1_l.jpg) |
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The Choreography of Dancing Molecules Photochemist Elizabeth Harbron and her students investigate the properties of conjugated polymers that can be activated by light Released
August 5, 2008
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Math Could Aid in Curing Cancer Scientists and medical doctors couple math and medicine for unusual, promising marriage Released
August 4, 2008
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![John Chmiola holds an electrochemical capacitor's electrode produced from titanium-derived carbon.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106000501im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/chmiola_electrode_l.jpg) |
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Supercapacitors Could Be Key to a Green Energy Future John Chmiola, a doctoral student at Drexel University, is doing groundbreaking work on supercapacitors Released
July 30, 2008
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Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion Scientists detail the extensive damage to coral reefs in the Atlantic Ocean caused by invasive lionfish species, warn of potential catastrophe Released
July 29, 2008
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