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News From the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) — For more information about NSF and its programs, visit www.nsf.gov
NSF News
- 14-Jan-2009 - Learning science in informal environments
- National Science Foundation
- 8-Jan-2009 - NSF, NASA successfully flight-test new balloon over Antarctica
- National Science Foundation
- 7-Jan-2009 - Scientists take off on historic mission to measure greenhouse gases that have an impact on climate
- National Science Foundation
- 29-Dec-2008 - Viruses, start your engines!
- National Science Foundation
NSF Funded Research News
- 15-Jan-2009 - New genetic model predicts plant flowering in different environments
- Brown University
- 15-Jan-2009 - New study resolves mystery of how massive stars form
- University of California - Santa Cruz
- 15-Jan-2009 - Easy assembly of electronic biological chips
- Penn State
- 14-Jan-2009 - Common soil mineral degrades the nearly indestructible prion
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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NSF and the Birth of the Internet |
| The Internet is now a part of modern life, but how was it created? Learn how the technology behind the Internet was created and how NSFNET, a network created to help university researchers in the 1980s, grew to become the Internet we know today. |
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X-treme Microbes |
| They're called 'extremophiles' because they're able to live in shocking extremes of cold, heat, pressure, acidity and more. Research on these strange organisms is redefining the limits of life on Earth and, perhaps, on other worlds. |
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U.S. South Pole Station |
| In the most forbidding environment on Earth, NSF has created a uniquely designed high-tech haven to support research and to house the scientists and others who keep the effort going year-round. NAGC Winner |
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