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Computer and Network Systems (CNS) 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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![Photo of a man connecting a bicycle to a series of cables.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/green_computer1_l.jpg) |
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Pedal-Power Supercomputing Green supercomputing paves the way for sharing scientific research and collaboration Released
January 14, 2009
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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/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.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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![A computer-generated image showing the "family" of switches and how they are related.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.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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![2007 In Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/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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![Photo of 2 people and a 3-D tessellated image of a brain projected on a large monitor.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/brain_surgery_2_l.jpg) |
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Brain Surgery: It Really Is Brain Surgery Dynamic 3-D computer modeling tracks brain changes during surgery Released
August 31, 2007
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![2006 in Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/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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![Watch this "Virtual Cell" animation to learn how proteins are transported in a cell.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/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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![An unmanned aerial vehicle searches wreckage for survivors in Pearlington, Miss.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/kat2_l.jpg) |
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Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
Hurricane search and rescue is one of first domestic uses of such vehicles Released
September 14, 2005
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![Man reading newspaper with headline NSF Tops in Computer Funding](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/pnas_l1.jpg) |
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New Analysis Method Ranks National Science Foundation As Tops For Computer Science Funding New data shows NSF has the highest ranking among national and international agencies for funding high-impact computer and information science research. Released
December 16, 2004
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![World map showing the spread of the Code Red worm in 2001](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/caida_codered_l1.jpg) |
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Network Telescope Offers Global View of Internet's Dark Side UCSD's network telescope looks at the dark side of the Internet--traffic destined for a part of the Internet with legal addresses but no active computers. By watching this supposedly dark Internet, researchers have shed light on malicious activities. Released
October 13, 2004
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![One of the search and rescue robots.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115164256im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/spearinuktun_l.jpg) |
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Shoebox-sized Robots Deployed in Rescue Effort at Ground Zero Graduate students and the experimental robots they helped to develop were among the early responders who joined the search and rescue efforts shortly after the Sept. 11 collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Released
March 24, 2004
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