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Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) 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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![2007 In Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/2007_review_text_l.jpg) |
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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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![Researchers have created bricks from fly ash that look and perform like normal bricks.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/various_bricks_l.jpg) |
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Follow the "Green" Brick Road?
Bricks made from coal-fired power plant waste pass safety test Released
May 22, 2007
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![Illustration of computer screen and sensor embedded in a bridge span.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/page03future01_l.jpg) |
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Life Can Be a Strain From enormous mining trucks to human knee implants, sensor technology is teaching us when enough is enough Released
February 21, 2007
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![Graphic illustrating a corncob-derived carbon "sponge" that can store natural gas.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/carbon_biofuel_l.jpg) |
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From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks
Record-breaking methane storage system derived from corncobs may encourage mass-market natural gas automobiles Released
February 16, 2007
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![2006 in Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/2006inreview_l.jpg) |
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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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![In a snapshot from a single carrier's network in Tampa, Fla., blue dots show active mobile phones.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/traffic1_l.jpg) |
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Real-Time Traffic Routing from the Comfort of Your Car
New technology uses cell phone positioning data to report traffic tangles Released
August 30, 2006
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![The Liberty Bell in the Liberty Bell Center.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/bell1_l.jpg) |
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Protecting the Liberty Bell
Released
July 3, 2006
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![The 3D-Seek software rapidly locates objects with only a few quick steps.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/search1_l.jpg) |
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Doodle Search
New software can hunt through online catalogs using only a sketch Released
February 23, 2006
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![Sally Mangold describes the original SAL](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/braille2_l.jpg) |
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Electronic Braille Tutor Teaches Independence Bilingual system reborn in new hardware Released
February 13, 2006
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![Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by artist David Martin (1737-1797)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/benfranklin2_l.jpg) |
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Ben Franklin Web Portal Brings the Man to the Masses
Driven by search-engine technology, site highlights three centuries of revolutionary influence Released
January 9, 2006
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![Following Hurricane Katrina in Sept. 2005, a doctor talks to a patient with a broken neck.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/web_tool1_l.jpg) |
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Web Tool May Help Doctors Make Better Decisions
Online medical database helps physicians answer clinical questions Released
December 6, 2005
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![This illustration depicts white blood cells swarming to attack HIV in the brain](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092031im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/hiv_l1.jpg) |
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Autoimmune Overload May Damage HIV-Infected Brain
White blood cells may be cause of dementia in people with AIDS Released
September 27, 2005
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