![Photo of a ski-equipped Hercules LC-130 refueling in Antarctica.](mmg/media/images/evacuation1_l.jpg) |
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NSF Plays Major Role in Complex International Evacuation of an Injured Australian from Antarctica Released November 5, 2008 |
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![Photo of mushrooms, sphagnum moss and cranberry.](mmg/media/images/mushrooms_l.jpg) |
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In Alaska's Forests, Dried Mushrooms to the Rescue? Released November 2, 2008 |
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![Image of the cover of the October 31, 2008 edition of Science, featuring a large sculpture.](mmg/media/images/energetics_scicover_l.jpg) |
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The Building Blocks of Life Released October 30, 2008 |
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Researcher Links Agricultural Chemicals to Infections in a Declining Amphibian Species Released October 29, 2008 |
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![Map showing connection between PERN/PERN2 point in Pakistan and TEIN landing point in Singapore.](mmg/media/images/pakistan_l.jpg) |
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NSF Enables Pakistan to Connect to Global Research Community through New High Speed Link Released October 28, 2008 |
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![Photo of a man and a woman at computer screen.](mmg/media/images/transparency1_l1.jpg) |
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Advancing Transparency Released October 27, 2008 |
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![Illustration of Medicago truncatula, a small legume that adapts to high salinity.](mmg/media/images/medicago_l1.jpg) |
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NSF Awards 20 New Projects for Plant Genome Research Released October 27, 2008 |
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![Photo of silicon, the grey half-moon object in the middle of the tube, loaded into a resonator.](mmg/media/images/silicon1_l.jpg) |
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World's Smallest Storage Space ... the Nucleus of an Atom Released October 23, 2008 |
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![Text: Nobel Prize](mmg/media/images/nobel_prize1_l.jpg) |
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National Science Foundation Congratulates 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economics Released October 17, 2008 |
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![Photo of a prisoner behind bars.](mmg/media/images/prison_moss1_l.jpg) |
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Inmates Conduct Ecological Research on Slow-growing Mosses Released October 17, 2008 |
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Building Better Kids Released October 16, 2008 |
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![A reconstruction of the helmet-crested lambeosaur Corythosaurus.](mmg/media/images/dinosaur_crest1_l.jpg) |
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Key to Function of Dinosaur Crests Found in Brain Structure Released October 16, 2008 |
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![Graphic of strands of DNA showing variation in compression of base pairs.](mmg/media/images/double_helix1_l1.jpg) |
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More Spring in the Double Helix's Step Released October 16, 2008 |
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![Illustration of Tiktaalik crawling from the sea to land.](mmg/media/images/fossil_fish1_l.jpg) |
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Details of Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Land Animals Revealed Released October 15, 2008 |
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![Illustration and text: Great World Wide Star Count, Oct. 20 - Nov. 3, 2008, Windows to the Universe](mmg/media/images/star_count1_l.jpg) |
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Star Count Goes Global Released October 15, 2008 |
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U.S.-Led, International AGAP Team Poised to Probe One of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places Released October 14, 2008 |
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![Illustration of a gecko hanging off a ledge holding nine more geckos.](mmg/media/images/geckos1_l1.jpg) |
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As Sticky as a Gecko ... but Ten Times Stronger! Released October 14, 2008 |
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Health Standards Exceeded by Ozone Pollution in Wildfires Released October 9, 2008 |
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![Illustration showing that different genes in different stickleback fish result in different fitness.](mmg/media/images/stickleback1_l1.jpg) |
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Fitness in a Changing World Released October 9, 2008 |
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![Zooming in on future climate, scientists are "nesting" regional and global models.](mmg/media/images/nrcm_l3.jpg) |
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Future Risk of Hurricanes: The Role of Climate Change Released October 8, 2008 |
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![Photo of Alex Huang who works on ways of integrating renewable energy sources into the power grid.](mmg/media/images/erc1_l.jpg) |
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NSF Launches Third Generation of Engineering Research Centers with Awards Totaling $92.5 Million Released October 6, 2008 |
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![Photo of a fragile barrier beach in Massachusetts, which is the site of CNH research.](mmg/media/images/cnh_grants1_l.jpg) |
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NSF Awards 10 Grants for Studies of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Released October 3, 2008 |
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![Photo of bubbles containing ancient gases in a piece of an Antarctic ice core sample.](mmg/media/images/ancient_gas1_l.jpg) |
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Gas From the Past Gives Scientists New Insights into Climate and the Oceans Released October 3, 2008 |
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![A diagram shows the complex interactions of beetles, mites, two fungi and a bacterium.](mmg/media/images/pine_beetle1_l.jpg) |
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Beetles Get by With a Little Help From Their Friends Released October 2, 2008 |
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New Research to Probe Human Mind and Future Infrastructure Systems Released October 2, 2008 |
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Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool for Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements Released October 2, 2008 |
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National Science Foundation Awards Grant to Build "CubeSats" Released October 1, 2008 |
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NSF Awards 14 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Released September 30, 2008 |
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![President Bush at the podium and recipients of National Medals at the White House ceremony](mmg/media/images/2008moswh_l.jpg) |
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Eight National Medals of Science Awardees Honored at Gala, Then the White House Released September 26, 2008 |
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Oldest Known Rock on Earth Discovered Released September 25, 2008 |
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