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Education & Human Resources (EHR) Discoveries
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NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology
helps to create knowledge and sustain prosperity. Read here about the Internet,
microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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Noyce Scholars Learn Classroom Survival Skills Program benefits future STEM teachers and high-need schools Released
December 18, 2008
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![Photo of Susannah Gordon-Messer working on the fluorescence microscope used for her research.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.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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![Photo showing area one year after the 2006 Tripod Complex fires in northern Washington.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.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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![John Chmiola holds an electrochemical capacitor's electrode.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.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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![Photo of insect mine on a 53 million-year-old fossil from Wyoming's Bighorn Basin.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/bighorn_basin1_l2.jpg) |
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Hunt for Fossils Finds Warning for Warming Earth Graduate student Ellen Currano provides a glimpse of paleontological fieldwork, describing how she collects fossil leaves for research studying the effects of climate change on plants and insect herbivores Released
May 27, 2008
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![Photo shows Gretchen Hofmann and Tom Crombia carrying out a "field repair" on the rover.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/rover_1_l.jpg) |
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High School Students Build Antarctic Submersible Two female high school graduates build an underwater, camera-equipped "rover" that can operate beneath polar ice Released
April 14, 2008
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![Mike Wininger at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu Xian, Taiwan](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/mwininger_l.jpg) |
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At the Crossroads of Stem Cells and Computer Science A Rutgers University graduate student takes readers on a journey from Piscataway, New Jersey, to Hsinchu, Taiwan, and shares some experiences with East-West collaboration, stem cell sorting and computer science Released
March 20, 2008
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2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released
January 30, 2008
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Tree-Climbing Scientist Makes Surprising Discovery Researcher Nalini M. Nadkarni describes how tree-top perches provide insight into Mount St. Helens' forest canopy ecology Released
December 18, 2007
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Top Scientists Promote Innovative, Multidisciplinary Global Problem-Solving Strategies Released
December 11, 2007
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2006: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported activities highlighted last year Released
January 9, 2007
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![Watch this "Virtual Cell" animation to learn how proteins are transported in a cell.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/vcell_l.jpg) |
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Virtual Tools Add New Dimension to Learning Internet-based resources educate students about archaeology, biology, computer science and geology Released
April 12, 2006
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Science, Education and Community: Organically Grown Community gardens are sowing more than seeds, thanks to a project bringing students, educators, researchers and neighbors together to cultivate food and science together. First introduced in 11 U.S. cities, Garden Mosaics is now going global. Released
November 18, 2005
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Creative Minds Mingle: Robotics at the Junction of Art and Engineering What happens when the real world meets the virtual one? Or, when the art world meets the world of engineering? A New York art professor and her students find out, through the eyes of a roaming robot named Kiru. Released
May 6, 2005
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Artificial Heart Valves Face the Curdled Milk Test A graduate student and her colleagues have developed what they think is a better way to test artificial heart valves. Using curdled milk as a blood substitute, their approach could improve preclinical testing of new devices, saving money and lives. Released
April 26, 2005
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![Students watch as robot rolls down plank.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114101003im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/handson_l.jpg) |
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Classroom Science Gets a Makeover: NSF Fellows Bring Hands-on Lessons to Young Students For one North Carolina engineering professor, making science accessible to all means starting young. Together with a team of university engineering students, Laura Bottomley brought hands-on science to every elementary classroom in a local district. Released
April 6, 2005
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Teenage Mentors Open Door to Science for Younger Girls How can schools encourage more girls to study science? Researchers have found that pairing high school girls as mentors of elementary school girls for field and laboratory science investigations boosts interest--and confidence--in both groups. Released
April 6, 2005
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Real Science for Younger Scientists Real scientific projects go beyond "cookbook curriculum" and engage students in the unknown. Released
November 8, 2004
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eSkeletons: "The Hip Bone's Connected to the …" Web Bone Cyberskeletons are now a click away at an interactive and expanding digital library of human and primate anatomy. Released
July 6, 2004
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