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1998
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November/December 1998
Adaptive Technologies Encourage Independent Learning (cover story)...Astronomical Monuments...Bison Help Grasslands Thrive...Changing Numbers in Academic Employment of Scientists and Engineers...Rare Coral Reveals Powerful Compound.
Date Updated: 11/1/98 |
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September/October 1998 The Year of the Ocean...Iron Key Unlocks Ocean Ecosystems...Underwater Eruptions Challenge Researchers...Core on Deck: Drilling into Earth's Past, Present,
and Future...Harmful Algal Blooms: Back to Basics...Climate Modelers Have ACCE in the Hole.
Date Updated: 9/1/98 |
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July/August 1998
El Niño From Obscurity to Obsession (cover)...Smarter Than the Average Load-Bearing Structure...Grand Canyon Rocks Reveal Continent's Past...Six States Account for Half of Nation's R&D...NSF in the News.
Date Updated: 7/1/98 |
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May/June 1998
Cancer Detection Goes Digital (cover)...Snails, Fish, and Gravity Sensors: On a Mission to Find Answers...North of Norway: A Natural Lab...Federally Financed Academic R&D Expenditures Hold Firm...NSF in the News.
Date Updated: 5/1/98 |
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March/April 1998
The Best of Frontiers 1995-1997
Welcome to the three-year anniversary issue of Frontiers. This special issue brings you some of the many exciting articles from the first three years of our newsletter.
Date Updated: 3/1/98 |
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January 1998
Playing with Our Future: High Tech Toys as Teaching Tools...Minerals Behave Differently at High Pressures...Pow-Bam-Zap: Pollution Fighters Crowd the Horizon...NSF in the News...Unemployment Rates Reflect Greater Gender Equality
Date Updated: 1/1/98 |
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1997
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December 1997 Life in Forest Treetops...GOALI: Promoting University-Industry Partnerships...Climate Played a Role in the American Revolution...NSF in the News...Research and Tuition Hikes Not Connected.
Date Updated: 12/1/97 |
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November 1997 Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Science and Engineering of Earthquakes...A Bright Star in Science Education...Disease-Resistant Plants Lock onto Pathogens...NSF in the News...Decline in Number of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers
Date Updated: 11/1/97 |
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October 1997 Has the Jury Decided?...Bridging the Science Gender Gap: Raising Female Scientists and Engineers...The End of the World: More Proof of the Dinosaurs' Demise...NSF in the News...Japan Plans to Double Research and Development Budget
Date Updated: 10/1/97 |
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September 1997 Getting to the Bottom of the Amazon...Australia Gets Rocked by Seismic Mystery...Catching a Wavelet: Mathematical Tool Revolutionizes Data Analysis...Biotic Surveys Program Uncovers Smallest Frog...NSF in the News...Taking a Look at the National Patterns
Date Updated: 9/1/97 |
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July/August 1997 Bizarre Life Forms Thrive Beneath Earth's Surface...Engineering Sight: Advances in Artificial Retina Development...Study Pulls the Plug on Arctic's Carbon Sink...NSF in the News...Minority Students Make Gains in Science and Engineering
Date Updated: 7/1/97 |
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June 1997 Seabirds Give New Meaning to Sibling Rivalry...Evolutionary Biology: History of Life...Awards Help Research and Education Harmonize on Campus...Sounding Out the Sun's Interior...NSF in the News...Laboratory Construction Slows
Date Updated: 6/1/97 |
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May 1997 Antarctic Research It's Cool!...Digital Libraries Will Make Information More Accessible...NSF in the News...Science and Engineering Graduate Enrollment Drops...Scientists Unveil Lake Victoria's Secret
Date Updated: 5/1/97 |
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April 1997 Expanding Minds: Creating Engaging Science Outside of the Classroom...Promoting Diversity in the SMET Workplace...Presidential Award Recognizes Importance of Mentoring...National Science and Technology Week 1997: Webs, Wires and Waves...U.S. Students Earn Average Scores in Global Study
Date Updated: 4/1/97 |
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March 1997 Greenland Rocks Tell New Tale of Life on Earth...FastLane: The Paperless Grant Management System...Mysteries of the Inner Earth...NSF in the News...R&D Booms in Western Europe
Date Updated: 3/1/97 |
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February 1997 Tracking Tornadoes, Nature's Most Powerful Winds...On the Lookout for Debris (sidebar)...Mentoring in Montana: Teachers Get Early Career Help...Nobel Laureates Used NSF Funds for Winning Research...NSF in the News...U.S. Math and Science Curricula Too Broad
Date Updated: 2/1/97 |
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January 1997 The Internet: Expanding the Way We Do Science...Science Improves When Archaeologists Work with Locals...Morals: More Than Nice, They're Evolution...NSF in the News...Non-U.S. Citizens Earn 40 Percent of S&E Doctorates in 1995
Date Updated: 1/1/97 |
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1996
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December 1996 Taking Apart the Body's Clock...Tomato Research: Ripe for the Picking...Under the Sea: Exotic New Landscapes...NSF in the News...Study Helps Define Innovators and R&D Performers
Date Updated: 12/1/96 |
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November 1996 Biodiversity: A Productive Way to Grow...Replacement Parts: Creating Artificial Tissues and Organs That Work...A New Way to Learn: Students Argue About Physics...President Signs Into Law NSF Budget for 1997...Recreating a Species: Evolution Turns Predictable...S&E Graduate Students: More Women Enroll
Date Updated: 11/1/96 |
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October 1996 Tracking a Killer: Following Cholera with Every Available Means...Witches' Brew of Weird Bugs...An Electronic Nose For Business, NSF, NASA and Others...On the Appointment of the Acting Deputy Director...Preliminary Report: R&D Spending Fell In FY 1996
Date Updated: 10/1/96 |
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September 1996 Footloose on Earth's Invisible Highways: How Migrating Animals Find Their Way...High-Tech Systems Provide Health Care Savings...Solar Storm Disruptions: More Are On The Way...Congressional Update: NSF Budget Status...Science and Engineering Indicators 1996
Date Updated: 9/1/96 |
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July/August 1996 One Species: One Language - The Universal Nature of Human Languages...Crash Testing Black Holes: A Colossal Collision...An Epidemic in the Serengeti: Dog Virus Kills Lions...Poverty No Longer Sets Appalachia Apart...NSF Joins European Physics Project...National Math and Science Scores Improve...New Microwave Tool to the Rescue
Date Updated: 7/1/96 |
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June 1996 The Minds Eye: Finding Truth In Illusion...Controlling Dangers: The Truth About Risk Assessment...3-D Design Software Makes Computer Objects "Real"...NSF in the News...R&D Outpaces Inflation at Colleges and Universities
Date Updated: 6/1/96 |
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May 1996 Recreating The Early Universe...NSF Director Neal Lane: Science and the American Dream -- Healthy or History...Cave Dwellers' Survival Skills Are Finally Brought to Light...Second-Generation Americans Less Driven Than New Arrivals
Date Updated: 5/1/96 |
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April 1996 Working Toward Fifty-Fifty By 2020: Women in Science Take Stock...Research Group Is Cultivating the Family Tree of Plant Life...Sparrows Make It Onto Charts with Their Own Renditions...Frontiers Wins Awards...Hands-on Projects Turn Children into Scientists for a Week...U.S. Research & Development Concentrated in a Few States
Date Updated: 4/1/96 |
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March 1996 Finding Medicines In The Forest: Can Shamans Point the Way?...Students Demonstrate Research Skills at Fourth Annual Diversity Conference...Biotron's Cutaway View Reveals Underside Of Life...NSF in the News...Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers Fuel U.S. R&D
Date Updated: 3/1/96 |
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February 1996 Life Like You've Never Seen It Before...DNA Samples Bank Proposed for Future Investigations...Eastern Barrier Islands: Terra Un-Firma...Take a Stroll Through
The Octopus's Garden...Small Miracles Happen at Nanotechnology Hubs...S&E Degree Recipients Earn More Than Others
Date Updated: 2/1/96 |
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January 1996 Reproductive Ecology: Stacking the Deck in the Game of Life...Joint Venture with Japanese to Further Optics Applications...States Use NSF Seed Money to Build Research Capacity...Early Data Show Decline in 1995 R&D Spending...NSF in the News...Listening To The Sun
Date Updated: 1/1/96 |
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