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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2007

• PR 07-189 - December 21, 2007
  NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp
  
  
• PR 07-188 - December 20, 2007
  Missing Link Between Whales and Four-Footed Ancestors Discovered
  
  
• PR 07-187 - December 18, 2007
  Metal Foam Has a Good Memory
  
  
• PR 07-186 - December 12, 2007
  NSF Appoints New Director of Office of Integrative Activities
  
  
• PR 07-185 - December 11, 2007
  U.S. Middle School Math Teachers Are Ill-prepared Among International Counterparts
  
  
• PR 07-184 - December 7, 2007
  New Results Presented at Conference: Climate Change, Weather and Ecosystems; Urban Air Quality; Earth Observing Systems; Seafloor Drilling
  
  
• PR 07-183 - December 10, 2007
  Web Surfers Can Follow Researcher as She Seeks to Collar and Study Pandas in Chinese Reserve
  
  
• PR 07-182 - December 4, 2007
  Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich Sitting in Primordial Soup?
  
  
• PR 07-181 - December 4, 2007
  Broken Homes Damage the Environment
  
  
• PR 07-180 - November 28, 2007
  Understanding How Humans Cause, Respond and Adapt to Change
  
  
• PR 07-179 - November 27, 2007
  Newly Unveiled Satellite Map of Antarctica Is a Unique Tool for Scientists, Educators and the Public
  
  
• PR 07-178 - November 26, 2007
  NSF Awards Grants for Three Critical Zone Observatories
  
  
• PR 07-177 - November 26, 2007
  NSF Awards Focus on Policy Implications of Global Change Throughout the Americas
  
  
• PR 07-176 - November 23, 2007
  Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light
  
  
• PR 07-175 - November 26, 2007
  Children's Bad Behavior Gives Insights to Academic Achievement and Later Career Success
  
  
• PR 07-174 - November 20, 2007
  U.S. Awards Record Number of Science and Engineering Doctorates
  
  
• PR 07-173 - November 20, 2007
  National Science Foundation Makes Documenting Endangered Languages Permanent Program
  
  
• PR 07-172 - November 19, 2007
  President Honors Mentors of Scientists and Engineers
  
  
• PR 07-171 - November 19, 2007
  Wildfire Letdowns and Wake-up Calls
  
  
• PR 07-170 - November 16, 2007
  NSF, NASA to Test Lunar Habitat in Antarctica's Extreme Environment
  
  
• PR 07-169 - November 16, 2007
  Mobile Microbes: Viruses Living in Yellowstone's Hot Springs Travel Near and Far
  
  
• PR 07-168 - November 12, 2007
  Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record Rate
  
  
• PR 07-167 - November 6, 2007
  NSF Science and Technology Center Wins United Nations Prize
  
  
• PR 07-166 - November 6, 2007
  New Planet Discovered Around Nearby Star
  
  
• PR 07-165 - November 2, 2007
  Risking Wildfire
  
  
• PR 07-164 - November 1, 2007
  Beginning Scientists Receive Presidential Awards
  
  
• PR 07-163 - October 31, 2007
  U.S. Fires Release Enormous Amounts of Carbon Dioxide
  
  
• PR 07-162 - October 31, 2007
  World's Smallest Radio Fits in the Palm of the Hand . . . of an Ant
  
  
• PR 07-161 - October 31, 2007
  Paleontologists Discover Ancient Jurassic Mammal with New Type of Teeth
  
  
• PR 07-160 - October 31, 2007
  Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels in Northern Forests
  
  
• PR 07-159 - October 30, 2007
  Fossil Record Reveals Jellyfish More than 500 Million Years Old
  
  
• PR 07-158 - October 30, 2007
  Digital Eyes in the Sky Play Key Role in Battling Flames in Southern California
  
  
• PR 07-157 - October 29, 2007
  NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
  
  
• PR 07-156 - October 29, 2007
  New Type of Retinal Cell Discovered in Primates
  
  
• PR 07-155 - October 26, 2007
  Researchers View Swimming Tactics of Tiny Aquatic Predators
  
  
• PR 07-154 - October 25, 2007
  Newly Created Forms of Magnesium and Aluminum
  
  
• PR 07-153 - October 25, 2007
  Seismologists See Earth's Dynamic Interior as Interplay of Temperature, Pressure, Chemistry
  
  
• PR 07-152 - October 25, 2007
  William T. Golden: Appreciation
  
  
• PR 07-151 - October 24, 2007
  Forming Groups Stabilizes Populations of Predators and Prey
  
  
• PR 07-150 - October 24, 2007
  Solar Telescope Reaches 120,000 Feet on Jumbo Jet-Sized Balloon
  
  
• PR 07-149 - October 19, 2007
  California Wolf Center Takes Wolves Into Classrooms During National Awareness Week
  
  
• PR 07-148 - October 19, 2007
  Cultivating Math and Science Teachers for High-need School Districts
  
  
• PR 07-147 - October 17, 2007
  Scientists Estimate Mercury Emissions from U.S. Forest Fires
  
  
• PR 07-146 - October 17, 2007
  National Science Foundation Congratulates 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics Laureates
  
  
• PR 07-145 - October 16, 2007
  Earliest Evolution of Vision Genes Discovered
  
  
• PR 07-144 - October 16, 2007
  NSF Awards 12 Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
  
  
• PR 07-143 - October 16, 2007
  Getting Light to Bend Backwards
  
  
• PR 07-142 - October 12, 2007
  National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities Award New Grants to Document Endangered Languages
  
  
• PR 07-141 - October 12, 2007
  New Technique Reveals Subtle Force-induced Changes in Biomolecule's Conformation
  
  
• PR 07-140 - October 11, 2007
  NSF Awards 26 New Grants to Seed Plant Systems Biology
  
  
• PR 07-139 - October 11, 2007
  Scientists Sequence Genome of Soil-Dwelling Green Alga
  
  
• PR 07-138 - October 11, 2007
  Technology to the RESCUE
  
  
• PR 07-136 - October 21, 2007
  Photonic Gel Films Hold Promise
  
  
• PR 07-135 - October 5, 2007
  Opening New Possibilities for Deaf Students in Computer Science
  
  
• PR 07-134 - October 5, 2007
  Scientists to Sick Plants: Take Two Doses of an Aspirin-Like Hormone and Call Me in the Morning
  
  
• PR 07-133 - October 9, 2007
  Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist for Climate-Science Breakthroughs
  
  
• PR 07-132 - October 4, 2007
  Geologists Recover Rocks From San Andreas Fault
  
  
• PR 07-131 - October 4, 2007
  NSF Provides Funding to Transform Computing Education
  
  
• PR 07-130 - October 4, 2007
  National Science Foundation and ResearchChannel Form Programming Partnership
  
  
• PR 07-129 - October 1, 2007
  Research and Development Bolsters U.S. Economic Growth
  
  
• PR 07-128 - October 1, 2007
  NSF Announces $26 Million Solicitation for Projects That Advance Innovative Computational Thinking
  
  
• PR 07-127 - September 27, 2007
  Oxygen on Earth: 50 to 100 Million Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought
  
  
• PR 07-126 - September 27, 2007
  2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
  
  
• PR 07-125 - September 26, 2007
  Program Provides Blueprint for Recruiting Minorities to Science and Engineering
  
  
• PR 07-124 - September 24, 2007
  NSF and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Drive Frontier Research in Nuclear Detection
  
  
• PR 07-123 - September 24, 2007
  Nutrient Pollution Drives Frog Deformities by Ramping Up Infections
  
  
• PR 07-122 - September 18, 2007
  Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species Creates Hardy Hybrids Likely to Replace Parental Populations
  
  
• PR 07-121 - September 18, 2007
  "Earth & Sky" Launches Spanish-language Radio Series
  
  
• PR 07-120 - September 11, 2007
  Can a Robot Get High School Students Interested in Studying Science and Engineering in College?
  
  
• PR 07-119 - September 11, 2007
  Nanomaterials With a Bright Future
  
  
• PR 07-118 - September 10, 2007
  Scientists Use the "Dark Web" to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online
  
  
• PR 07-117 - September 7, 2007
  Acid Rain Has Disproportionate Impact on Near-Shore Ocean Waters
  
  
• PR 07-116 - September 7, 2007
  Einstein Fellows Begin Year at National Science Foundation
  
  
• PR 07-115 - September 6, 2007
  Dinosaur Fossil Shows Signs of Early Flight Mechanism
  
  
• PR 07-114 - September 6, 2007
  Change from Arid to Wet Climate in Africa Altered Early Human Evolution
  
  
• PR 07-113 - September 5, 2007
  Moray Eels Are Uniquely Equipped to Pack Big Prey Into Their Narrow Bodies
  
  
• PR 07-112 - August 30, 2007
  New Approach Encourages Engineers to Pursue Paradigm Shifts
  
  
• PR 07-111 - August 30, 2007
  One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another Species' Genome
  
  
• PR 07-110 - August 30, 2007
  Scientists Find Elusive Waves in Solar Corona
  
  
• PR 07-109 - August 29, 2007
  Volcanic Activity Key to Oxygen-rich Atmosphere
  
  
• PR 07-108 - August 27, 2007
  Back to School: Five Myths about Girls and Science
  
  
• PR 07-107 - August 23, 2007
  Light Brings Out the Worst in Some Disease-Causing Bacteria
  
  
• PR 07-106 - August 22, 2007
  U.S. Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets
  
  
• PR 07-105 - August 20, 2007
  Catching Some Rays
  
  
• PR 07-104 - August 20, 2007
  Scientists Verify Predictive Model for Winter Weather
  
  
• PR 07-103 - August 17, 2007
  Team USA Takes the Prize at the International Linguistics Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia
  
  
• PR 07-102 - August 16, 2007
  Scientists Retrace Evolution of an Important Human Protein
  
  
• PR 07-101 - August 14, 2007
  Origami Electronics?
  
  
• PR 07-100 - August 10, 2007
  New, More Direct Pathways from Outside of Cells to Cell Nuclei Discovered
  
  
• PR 07-099 - August 9, 2007
  National Science Board Approves National Action Plan for 21st Century STEM Education
  
  
• PR 07-098 - August 9, 2007
  Man-Made Soot Contributed to Warming in Greenland in the Early 20th Century
  
  
• PR 07-097 - August 9, 2007
  National Science Board Approves NSF Plan to Emphasize Transformative Research
  
  
• PR 07-096 - August 8, 2007
  National Science Foundation Releases Survey on the Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms
  
  
• PR 07-095 - August 8, 2007
  National Science Board Approves Funds for Petascale Computing Systems
  
  
• PR 07-094 - August 7, 2007
  Link Between Sunspots, Rain Helps Predict Disease in East Africa
  
  
• PR 07-093 - August 3, 2007
  Ecosystem Stability and Resilience Highlighted at National Conference
  
  
• PR 07-092 - August 3, 2007
  Young Inventors' Research Transforms the Marketplace
  
  
• PR 07-091 - August 3, 2007
  A New Wrinkle in Thin Film Science
  
  
• PR 07-090 - August 2, 2007
  Mark Abbott to Remain at Oregon State University
  
  
• PR 07-089 - August 2, 2007
  Science and Technology Investments Strengthen Asia's Economic Future
  
  
• PR 07-088 - August 2, 2007
  System Brings Innovative Flood Forecasts to Vulnerable Residents of Bangladesh
  
  
• PR 07-087 - August 1, 2007
  "Brown Cloud" Particulate Pollution Amplifies Global Warming
  
  
• PR 07-086 - August 1, 2007
  Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer
  
  
• PR 07-085 - July 30, 2007
  Frequency of Atlantic Hurricanes Doubled During Last Century
  
  
• PR 07-084 - July 26, 2007
  Innovative Research Technique Reveals Another Natural Wonder in Yellowstone Park: A Unique, Photosynthesizing Life-Form
  
  
• PR 07-083 - July 19, 2007
  Glaciers and Ice Caps to Dominate Sea Level Rise Through 21st Century
  
  
• PR 07-082 - July 19, 2007
  Number of Published Science and Engineering Articles Flattens, But U.S. Influence Remains Strong
  
  
• PR 07-080 - July 18, 2007
  Student Results Show Benefits of Math and Science Partnerships
  
  
• PR 07-079 - July 17, 2007
  President to Award 2005-2006 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology Honoring Nation's Leading Researchers, Inventors and Innovators
  
  
• PR 07-078 - July 13, 2007
  NSF Announces First Annual Computer and Information Science and Engineering Distinguished Education Fellows
  
  
• PR 07-077 - July 13, 2007
  Geologists Witness Unique Volcanic Mudflow in Action in New Zealand
  
  
• PR 07-076 - July 12, 2007
  Erb Honored by French Republic for Contributions to International Scientific Cooperation
  
  
• PR 07-075 - July 10, 2007
  Team Selected for the Proposed Design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
  
  
• PR 07-074 - July 10, 2007
  Mark Abbott of Oregon State University to Become NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences
  
  
• PR 07-073 - June 28, 2007
  Family-Related Issues Top List of Reasons for Migration of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers to the U.S.
  
  
• PR 07-072 - June 27, 2007
  New Imaging Technique Could Promote Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis
  
  
• PR 07-071 - June 21, 2007
  Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming
  
  
• PR 07-070 - June 21, 2007
  Antarctic Icebergs: Unlikely Oases for Ocean Life
  
  
• PR 07-069 - June 15, 2007
  NSF Funding to Advance Research on Interplay Between Biology and Society
  
  
• PR 07-068 - June 15, 2007
  The Kapok Connection: Study Explains Rainforest Similarities
  
  
• PR 07-067 - June 12, 2007
  First Buoy to Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched
  
  
• PR 07-066 - June 8, 2007
  Caribbean Frog Populations Started with Single, Ancient Voyage on South American Raft
  
  
• PR 07-065 - June 6, 2007
  Columbine Flowers Develop Long Nectar Spurs in Response to Pollinators
  
  
• PR 07-064 - June 4, 2007
  Nitrate in Lake Superior: On the Rise
  
  
• PR 07-063 - May 31, 2007
  Report Offers Guidance on How to Safely Explore Vast Aquatic Systems Buried Under Antarctic Ice
  
  
• PR 07-062 - May 31, 2007
  Gazing up at the Man in the Star?
  
  
• PR 07-061 - May 31, 2007
  Ecologist, Limnologist Robert Sterner Appointed NSF Division Director for Environmental Biology
  
  
• PR 07-060 - May 29, 2007
  Magnetic Field Uses Sound Waves to Ignite Sun's Ring of Fire
  
  
• PR 07-059 - May 29, 2007
  "Nurse Cells" Make Life and Death Decisions for Infection-Fighting Cells
  
  
• PR 07-058 - May 22, 2007
  Follow the "Green" Brick Road?
  
  
• PR 07-057 - May 21, 2007
  Three Wishes for a Future Internet? GENI Project Will Soon Be At Your Command
  
  
• PR 07-056 - May 10, 2007
  Real-Time Seismic Monitor Installed on Growing Underwater Volcano
  
  
• PR 07-055 - May 10, 2007
  The Longest Carbon Nanotubes You've Ever Seen
  
  
• PR 07-054 - May 9, 2007
  NSF Wins Blue Pencil, Gold Screen Awards for Science Communications
  
  
• PR 07-053 - May 15, 2007
  Berkeley Nanotechnology Pioneer to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
  
  
• PR 07-052 - May 7, 2007
  Scientists Offer New View of Photosynthesis
  
  
• PR 07-051 - May 2, 2007
  Students Benefit from Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  
  
• PR 07-050 - May 7, 2007
  Healthy Coral Reefs Hit Hard by Warmer Temperatures
  
  
• PR 07-049 - May 1, 2007
  Urban Sediments After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Contained High Levels of Contaminants
  
  
• PR 07-048 - April 30, 2007
  Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type 2 Diabetes Similar at Molecular Level
  
  
• PR 07-047 - May 3, 2007
  Mercury's Soft Center
  
  
• PR 07-046 - April 26, 2007
  Ocean's "Twilight Zone" May Be a Key to Understanding Climate Change
  
  
• PR 07-045 - April 26, 2007
  Biology in the 21st Century
  
  
• PR 07-044 - April 20, 2007
  Palmer Station, Antarctica Celebrates Earth Day With an Underwater Clean Up
  
  
• PR 07-043 - April 19, 2007
  Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to Speak on Global Energy Security
  
  
• PR 07-042 - April 18, 2007
  Scientists Track Impact of Asian Dust and Pollution on Clouds, Climate Change
  
  
• PR 07-041 - April 18, 2007
  New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Life Form Discovered
  
  
• PR 07-040 - April 16, 2007
  The "Numb3rs" Add Up: Popular TV Show and Its Creators Receive Public Service Award
  
  
• PR 07-039 - April 16, 2007
  Chemist, Educator, Communicator Receives 2007 National Science Board Public Service Award
  
  
• PR 07-038 - April 12, 2007
  Ancient T. rex and Mastodon Protein Fragments Discovered, Sequenced
  
  
• PR 07-037 - April 11, 2007
  Misclassified for Centuries, Medicinal Leeches Found to Be Three Distinct Species
  
  
• PR 07-036 - April 5, 2007
  Minuscule Generators Convert Motion Into Nanoscale Electricity Source
  
  
• PR 07-035 - April 4, 2007
  Thirty-Two Mile Cable Installed for First Deep-Sea Observatory
  
  
• PR 07-034 - March 27, 2007
  Getting a Feel for the Nano World
  
  
• PR 07-033 - March 27, 2007
  New Modeling Study Forecasts Disappearance of Existing Climate Zones
  
  
• PR 07-032 - March 22, 2007
  Shirley Ann Jackson, Leader in Higher Education and Government, to Receive the Vannevar Bush Award
  
  
• PR 07-031 - March 22, 2007
  New Study Says Women and Their Managers Differ on Career Advancement in Chemical Companies
  
  
• PR 07-030 - March 21, 2007
  Survey Reveals Family Ties and Traditional Activities Keep Arctic Communities Vital
  
  
• PR 07-029 - March 19, 2007
  A Mathematical Solution for Another Dimension
  
  
• PR 07-028 - March 15, 2007
  Black Carbon Transported from Asia Plays Role in Pacific Ocean Climate
  
  
• PR 07-027 - March 15, 2007
  Scientists Explain Source of Tiny Tremors Emanating from Fault Zones
  
  
• PR 07-026 - March 14, 2007
  Paleontologists Discover New Mammal from Mesozoic Era
  
  
• PR 07-025 - March 13, 2007
  Biologists Develop Large Gene Dataset for Rice Plant
  
  
• PR 07-024 - March 8, 2007
  How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects of Acid Rain
  
  
• PR 07-023 - March 7, 2007
  Scientists Uncover Link Between Ocean's Chemical Processes and Microscopic Floating Plants
  
  
• PR 07-022 - March 5, 2007
  Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes with Enhanced Folate Content
  
  
• PR 07-021 - March 5, 2007
  National Science Foundation Releases Statistics on Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities
  
  
• PR 07-020 - March 1, 2007
  New Coating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
  
  
• PR 07-019 - February 28, 2007
  Scientists Expand Microbe "Gene Language"
  
  
• PR 07-018 - February 28, 2007
  New Information Links Atlantic Ocean Warming to Stronger Hurricanes
  
  
• PR 07-017 - February 28, 2007
  United States Launches New International Polar Year
  
  
• PR 07-016 - February 26, 2007
  Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope to Help Scientists Learn What the Universe Is Made of and How it Got Here
  
  
• PR 07-015 - February 26, 2007
  Students Enter Competition to Produce a Zero-Emissions Snowmobile
  
  
• PR 07-014 - February 22, 2007
  Northwest Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems Experiencing Large Climate-Related Changes
  
  
• PR 07-013 - February 21, 2007
  Lizards Shout Against a Noisy Background to Get Points Across
  
  
• PR 07-012 - February 20, 2007
  National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Address Nuclear Threats
  
  
• PR 07-011 - February 16, 2007
  From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks
  
  
• PR 07-010 - February 5, 2007
  National Science Foundation Requests $6.43 Billion for Fiscal Year 2008
  
  
• PR 07-009 - January 31, 2007
  Carnegie Mellon Professor Jeannette Wing Chosen to Head Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate at NSF
  
  
• PR 07-008 - January 30, 2007
  Non-Venomous Asian Snakes 'Borrow' Defensive Poison from Toxic Toads
  
  
• PR 07-007 - January 26, 2007
  National Science Foundation Issues Impact Report on Math and Science Partnership Program
  
  
• PR 07-006 - January 25, 2007
  Blood-Cell-Sized Memory Device Beats Industry Estimates for Computing Capacity
  
  
• PR 07-005 - January 24, 2007
  NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Demonstrate Continued Increases in Student Proficiency
  
  
• PR 07-004 - January 22, 2007
  Hydrogen-Powered Lawnmowers?
  
  
• PR 07-003 - January 9, 2007
  You Still Can't Drink the Water, But Now You Can Touch It
  
  
• PR 07-002 - January 9, 2007
  NSF Provides $14 Million to Advance Research in Comparative Genomics of Economically Important Plants
  
  
• PR 07-001 - January 8, 2007
  Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
  
  
• PR 05-032 - August 29, 2007
  Powerful Tool Crunches Commutes
  
  

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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2006

• PR 06-178 - December 26, 2006
  Latest Statistics Reveal Increase in Federal Agency Support of U.S. Research & Development
  
  
• PR 06-177 - December 21, 2006
  Researchers Observe Rare Light-emitting Decay of Neutrons
  
  
• PR 06-176 - December 19, 2006
  Multinational Scientific Expedition Kicks Off International Polar Year 2007-2008
  
  
• PR 06-175 - December 18, 2006
  Universe's Oldest Objects Emerge from the Background
  
  
• PR 06-174 - December 11, 2006
  Scientists Predict Carbon Dioxide Emissions Will Reduce Density of Earth's Outermost Atmosphere by 2017
  
  
• PR 06-173 - December 11, 2006
  Volcanic Blast Likely Killed and Preserved Juvenile Fossil Plesiosaur Found in Antarctica
  
  
• PR 06-172 - December 7, 2006
  Melts in Your Body, Not in Your Hand
  
  
• PR 06-171 - December 7, 2006
  Mixed Prairie Grasses Better Source of Biofuel Than Corn Ethanol and Soybean Biodiesel
  
  
• PR 06-170 - December 11, 2006
  Online Journal Combines Teaching Math and Studying How Students Learn
  
  
• PR 06-169 - December 7, 2006
  NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences Accepts Position in Industry
  
  
• PR 06-168 - December 6, 2006
  Graduate Students Study Links Between African and U.S. Weather Systems
  
  
• PR 06-167 - December 4, 2006
  Genetic Archaeology Finds Clues to Pregnancy in Male Pipefish, Seahorses
  
  
• PR 06-166 - November 27, 2006
  Scientists Catch Underwater Volcanic Eruption "In Action" in Pacific Ocean Depths
  
  
• PR 06-165 - November 21, 2006
  Advanced Technological Education Program Brings Two-Year Colleges and Industry Together to Educate New Workforce
  
  
• PR 06-164 - November 20, 2006
  The Smell of Money
  
  
• PR 06-163 - November 13, 2006
  Phosphorus Found to Be Another Culprit in Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone"
  
  
• PR 06-162 - November 9, 2006
  Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship to Humans
  
  
• PR 06-161 - November 6, 2006
  "LouseBuster" Instrument Shown to Kill Head Lice
  
  
• PR 06-160 - November 2, 2006
  Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
  
  
• PR 06-159 - November 2, 2006
  Plant Studies Reveal How, Where Seeds Store Iron
  
  
• PR 06-158 - October 31, 2006
  On the Verge of the International Polar Year, NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole
  
  
• PR 06-157 - October 30, 2006
  Newly Discovered Genes, Brain Chemicals Likely Play a Role in Complex Bee Behavior
  
  
• PR 06-156 - October 27, 2006
  NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
  
  
• PR 06-155 - October 26, 2006
  Bacterial "Switch Gene" Regulates How Oceans Emit Sulfur into Atmosphere
  
  
• PR 06-154 - October 24, 2006
  New Technologies Could Make Airport Screening More Effective and Less Cumbersome
  
  
• PR 06-153 - October 23, 2006
  Vitamin C and Water Not Just Healthy for People -- Healthy for Plastics, too
  
  
• PR 06-152 - October 23, 2006
  Female Pronghorns Choose Mate Based on Substance as Well as Show
  
  
• PR 06-151 - October 18, 2006
  Long-Term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species in "Double Jeopardy"
  
  
• PR 06-150 - October 17, 2006
  More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago
  
  
• PR 06-149 - October 17, 2006
  Novel Laboratory Model Reveals Clues to How Blood Starts Clotting
  
  
• PR 06-148 - October 17, 2006
  NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment
  
  
• PR 06-147 - October 10, 2006
  NSF Report Reveals Century of Doctoral Education Trends in the United States
  
  
• PR 06-146 - October 5, 2006
  NSF Awards $76 million for 2006 Science and Technology Centers
  
  
• PR 06-145 - October 6, 2006
  NSF Announces New Awards to Tackle Biology's Most Challenging Questions
  
  
• PR 06-144 - October 4, 2006
  Researchers Develop Method to Sort Carbon Nanotubes by Size and Electrical Properties
  
  
• PR 06-143 - October 4, 2006
  Researchers Link Ice-Age Climate-Change Records to Ocean Salinity
  
  
• PR 06-142 - October 3, 2006
  Analysis Shows Research and Development Adds to Economic Growth
  
  
• PR 06-141 - October 3, 2006
  "Killer" B Cells Provide New Link in the Evolution of Immunity
  
  
• PR 06-140 - October 2, 2006
  NSF Announces Goals, Priorities for Next Five Years
  
  
• PR 06-139 - October 2, 2006
  NSF Supports 24 New Projects to Get at the Root of How Genes Control Plant Growth
  
  
• PR 06-138 - September 29, 2006
  National Science Board Proposes Major Initiative in Hurricane Science and Engineering
  
  
• PR 06-137 - September 29, 2006
  National Science Foundation Awards Texas Advanced Computing Center $59 Million for High-Performance Computing
  
  
• PR 06-136 - September 27, 2006
  Taking Science to School
  
  
• PR 06-135 - September 27, 2006
  Massive Star Formation: Inside, Outside and All Around
  
  
• PR 06-134 - September 25, 2006
  Cora Marrett to Become Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources at NSF
  
  
• PR 06-133 - September 22, 2006
  2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
  
  
• PR 06-132 - September 20, 2006
  International Polar Year Funds Research and Exploration by Teachers, Students and the Public
  
  
• PR 06-131 - September 19, 2006
  Tree Rings Provide a 200-Year-Old Hurricane Record
  
  
• PR 06-130 - September 19, 2006
  Bird Moms Manipulate Birth Order to Protect Sons
  
  
• PR 06-129 - September 12, 2006
  Ecological Change, Climate Variation Addressed at International Conference Sept. 20-24
  
  
• PR 06-128 - September 12, 2006
  Hurricane Breeding Grounds Heat Up
  
  
• PR 06-127 - September 11, 2006
  The Art of Engineering
  
  
• PR 06-126 - August 31, 2006
  High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation
  
  
• PR 06-125 - August 31, 2006
  Genome Info from "Plant Destroyers" Could Save Trees, Beans and Chocolate
  
  
• PR 06-124 - August 30, 2006
  Real-Time Traffic Routing from the Comfort of Your Car
  
  
• PR 06-123 - August 29, 2006
  Remembering Katrina
  
  
• PR 06-122 - August 24, 2006
  Wanda E. Ward Named Acting Head of NSF’s Education Directorate
  
  
• PR 06-121 - August 22, 2006
  Chemical Cause of Antarctic Ozone Hole Discovered 20 Years Ago This Month
  
  
• PR 06-120 - August 21, 2006
  Astronomers 'See' the Invisible
  
  
• PR 06-119 - August 21, 2006
  NSF Awards $75.3 Million for Five New Engineering Research Centers
  
  
• PR 06-118 - August 18, 2006
  Stellar Pinwheels at Our Galaxy's Core
  
  
• PR 06-117 - August 14, 2006
  A Science or Engineering Bachelor's Degree Is Good for You
  
  
• PR 06-116 - August 10, 2006
  Overall Antarctic Snowfall Hasn't Changed in 50 Years
  
  
• PR 06-115 - August 10, 2006
  NSF Announces Six New Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials
  
  
• PR 06-114 - August 10, 2006
  Richard O. Buckius to Head NSF Engineering Directorate
  
  
• PR 06-113 - August 8, 2006
  Amphibian Declines, Disease Ecology, Biodiversity Are Highlighted at Conference
  
  
• PR 06-112 - August 7, 2006
  Flatworms at Forefront of Regeneration Research
  
  
• PR 06-111 - August 1, 2006
  New Report Says Human Tampering Threatens Planet's Life-Sustaining Surface
  
  
• PR 06-110 - August 1, 2006
  Forecast: Showers and Thunderstorms
  
  
• PR 06-109 - July 26, 2006
  Communications Team Erects Lifeline for Firefighters Battling California Wildfires
  
  
• PR 06-108 - July 26, 2006
  Top Researcher-Educators Receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
  
  
• PR 06-107 - July 21, 2006
  Rise in Sea Level, Loss of Wetlands May Account for Unstable Ground in Mississippi Delta
  
  
• PR 06-106 - July 13, 2006
  Paleontologists Establish First Age Distribution of Non-Avian Dinosaur Population
  
  
• PR 06-105 - July 12, 2006
  Increased Risk of Hantavirus Forecast for U.S. Southwest
  
  
• PR 06-104 - July 11, 2006
  Self-Cooling Soda Bottles?
  
  
• PR 06-103 - July 10, 2006
  NSF, NEH Boost Efforts to Make Digital Records of Dying Languages
  
  
• PR 06-102 - July 7, 2006
  Researchers Create New Organic Gel Nanomaterials
  
  
• PR 06-101 - July 5, 2006
  NSF Launches Distributed Data Analysis of Neutron Scattering
  
  
• PR 06-100 - July 5, 2006
  Report Warns of Rising Carbon Dioxide Threats to Marine Life
  
  
• PR 06-099 - July 3, 2006
  Protecting the Liberty Bell
  
  
• PR 06-098 - June 29, 2006
  Collaboration Will Preserve Digital Research Data
  
  
• PR 06-097 - June 29, 2006
  A Link Between Rainfall and Magnetism
  
  
• PR 06-096 - June 28, 2006
  The Ones That Get Away
  
  
• PR 06-095 - June 26, 2006
  Scientists Accurately Simulate Appearance of Sun's Corona During Eclipse
  
  
• PR 06-094 - June 20, 2006
  Tropical Rainforest Nutrients Linked to Global Carbon Dioxide Levels
  
  
• PR 06-093 - June 20, 2006
  UCLA's Tony F. Chan to Head Math and Physical Sciences at NSF
  
  
• PR 06-092 - May 31, 2006
  Ecosystems With Many Plant Species Produce More and Survive Threats Better
  
  
• PR 06-091 - May 24, 2006
  U.S. National Science Foundation Celebrates Opening of Beijing Office
  
  
• PR 06-090 - May 24, 2006
  Lobsters Avoid Virus by Detecting Illness in Their Own Kind
  
  
• PR 06-089 - May 23, 2006
  Scientists Uncover New Clues to Limb Formation (and Loss) in Some Sea Mammals
  
  
• PR 06-088 - May 22, 2006
  Researchers Release Draft Final Report on New Orleans Levees
  
  
• PR 06-087 - May 19, 2006
  National Science Foundation Announces New Director for Legislative and Public Affairs
  
  
• PR 06-086 - May 18, 2006
  Gold Nanoparticles Could Improve Antisense Cancer Drugs
  
  
• PR 06-085 - May 18, 2006
  A Cool Way to Strip Hydrogen
  
  
• PR 06-084 - May 17, 2006
  Ancient Plant Provides Clues to Evolutionary Mystery
  
  
• PR 06-083 - May 12, 2006
  A Better Algorithm for Detecting Cancer Genes
  
  
• PR 06-082 - May 11, 2006
  NSF Web Site Wins People's Voice Award
  
  
• PR 06-081 - May 11, 2006
  National Science Board Elects Physician and Former Astronaut to be New Officers
  
  
• PR 06-080 - May 11, 2006
  Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia
  
  
• PR 06-079 - May 9, 2006
  Cooperation Keeps Lizards' Blue Genes from Fading
  
  
• PR 06-078 - May 5, 2006
  Astronomers Dedicate CARMA Telescope Array
  
  
• PR 06-077 - May 4, 2006
  Industry Funding of Campus Research Declines for Third Straight Year
  
  
• PR 06-076 - May 2, 2006
  NSF Awards $1.8 Million to Study High-School Advanced Placement Work in Math and Science
  
  
• PR 06-075 - April 28, 2006
  President Honors Nation's Leading Math and Science Teachers
  
  
• PR 06-074 - April 27, 2006
  National Science Board Announces 2006 Public Service Awards
  
  
• PR 06-073 - April 27, 2006
  Physicist and Robotics Pioneer Receive 2006 Vannevar Bush Awards for Lifetime Contributions and Statesmanship to Science
  
  
• PR 06-072 - April 26, 2006
  Hyena Mothers Give Their Cubs a Helpful Dose of Hormones
  
  
• PR 06-071 - April 20, 2006
  Geologists Drill Into Fossil Magma Chamber Deep Under the Ocean
  
  
• PR 06-070 - April 18, 2006
  Crew Member on Antarctic Research Vessel Missing
  
  
• PR 06-069 - April 17, 2006
  Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUAVs) Take to the Skies to Track Pollutants
  
  
• PR 06-068 - April 17, 2006
  Caltech's Emmanuel Candes to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
  
  
• PR 06-067 - April 17, 2006
  Crystal Sieves, Born Anew
  
  
• PR 06-066 - April 13, 2006
  NSF Web Site Nominated for Webby Award
  
  
• PR 06-065 - April 13, 2006
  New Fossils Link "Ape-men" to More Primitive Ancestors
  
  
• PR 06-064 - April 13, 2006
  Nanogenerators May Spark Miniature Machines
  
  
• PR 06-063 - April 12, 2006
  Volcano-like Tremors Detected Deep Within Earth's Crust Near San Andreas
  
  
• PR 06-062 - April 12, 2006
  Higher Carbon Dioxide, Lack of Nitrogen Limit Plant Growth
  
  
• PR 06-061 - April 12, 2006
  U.S.-Taiwan Constellation of Satellites Launched
  
  
• PR 06-060 - April 11, 2006
  Waterproof Superglue May Be Strongest in Nature
  
  
• PR 06-059 - April 7, 2006
  New Key Fits Old Lock
  
  
• PR 06-058 - April 6, 2006
  Ancient Ants Arose 140-168 Million Years Ago
  
  
• PR 06-057 - April 6, 2006
  A Blue Ring Around the Planet Uranus
  
  
• PR 06-056 - April 7, 2006
  Frictionless Motion Observed in Water
  
  
• PR 06-055 - April 5, 2006
  New Fossils Fill the Evolutionary Gap Between Fish and Land Animals
  
  
• PR 06-054 - April 4, 2006
  Collaboration Will Investigate Vulnerabilities of Rapidly Growing Internet Phone and Multimedia Systems
  
  
• PR 06-053 - April 3, 2006
  Device Only Atoms Across May Allow Infinitesimal But Powerful Computers
  
  
• PR 06-052 - March 30, 2006
  First Result from New Experiment Confirms Neutrino Oscillation
  
  
• PR 06-051 - March 27, 2006
  Freshwater Copepod May Be Several Species, Not Just One
  
  
• PR 06-050 - March 23, 2006
  Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected
  
  
• PR 06-049 - March 23, 2006
  Supercomputer Maps One Million Atoms of a Complete Virus in First Simulation of a Life Form
  
  
• PR 06-048 - March 23, 2006
  Scientists Discover Interplay Between Genes and Viruses in Tiny Ocean Plankton
  
  
• PR 06-047 - March 21, 2006
  Large Centrifuge Helps Researchers Mimic Effects of Katrina on Levees
  
  
• PR 06-046 - March 17, 2006
  Project Takes Fish Collection into the Digital Age
  
  
• PR 06-045 - March 16, 2006
  New Process Builds Electronics Into Optical Fiber
  
  
• PR 06-044 - March 16, 2006
  Small, Ultra-fast and Ultra-versatile Scanner Takes Chemical Analysis to the Field
  
  
• PR 06-043 - March 9, 2006
  New "Crystal Sponge" Triples Hydrogen Storage
  
  
• PR 06-042 - March 9, 2006
  Bering Sea Ecosystem Responding to Changes in Arctic Climate
  
  
• PR 06-041 - March 6, 2006
  Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot Cycle
  
  
• PR 06-040 - March 2, 2006
  Easy Up, Not-So-Easy Down
  
  
• PR 06-039 - March 2, 2006
  Mexico City Field Campaign to Study Megacity Pollution
  
  
• PR 06-038 - March 1, 2006
  Study of 2004 Tsunami Forces Rethinking of Giant Earthquake Theory
  
  
• PR 06-037 - March 2, 2006
  New NSF Aircraft to Probe Hazardous Atmospheric Whirlwinds
  
  
• PR 06-036 - February 23, 2006
  Hear, Hear!
  
  
• PR 06-035 - February 23, 2006
  Doodle Search
  
  
• PR 06-034 - February 23, 2006
  Science Leaders Cite a "Changed World" in Call for Bold Efforts to Improve K-12 Science and Mathematics Education
  
  
• PR 06-033 - February 15, 2006
  New Clues in the Plant Mating Mystery
  
  
• PR 06-032 - February 15, 2006
  And Baby Counts Three...
  
  
• PR 06-031 - February 10, 2006
  Cargo, Fuel Safely Unloaded at Antarctic Research Station
  
  
• PR 06-030 - February 10, 2006
  Making Sense of Plant Smells
  
  
• PR 06-029 - February 9, 2006
  NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Make the Grade
  
  
• PR 06-028 - February 9, 2006
  Instruments on Alaska's Augustine Volcano Provide New Insights into Volcanic Processes
  
  
• PR 06-027 - February 8, 2006
  Declining Snowpack in Rockies Cools CO2, Slows Gas Release from Winter Forest Soils
  
  
• PR 06-026 - February 8, 2006
  Scientists Discover Oldest-Known and Most-Primitive Tyrannosaur
  
  
• PR 06-025 - February 8, 2006
  NSF Names Daniel Atkins to Head New Office of Cyberinfrastructure
  
  
• PR 06-024 - February 7, 2006
  Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions
  
  
• PR 06-023 - February 7, 2006
  Sound Waves Rock a Star to Death
  
  
• PR 06-022 - February 6, 2006
  Request for National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2007 Is $6.02 Billion
  
  
• PR 06-021 - February 2, 2006
  High-Tech Sieve Sifts for Hydrogen
  
  
• PR 06-020 - February 6, 2006
  Outbreak: Rapid Appearance of Fungus Devastates Frogs, Salamanders in Panama
  
  
• PR 06-019 - January 31, 2006
  Excavated Teeth Likely Came from First Africans Brought to the New World
  
  
• PR 06-018 - January 30, 2006
  NSF Awards First Partnership for International Research and Education Grants
  
  
• PR 06-017 - January 26, 2006
  For Plants, Size Doesn't Matter When it Comes to Metabolism
  
  
• PR 06-016 - January 26, 2006
  Sequencing Our Seas
  
  
• PR 06-015 - January 26, 2006
  Worldwide Study Reveals Nature Encourages Diversity in Tropical Forests
  
  
• PR 06-014 - January 25, 2006
  Closer to Home
  
  
• PR 06-013 - January 18, 2006
  Increased Competition for Pollen May Lead to Plant Extinctions
  
  
• PR 06-012 - January 17, 2006
  Managing Metal
  
  
• PR 06-011 - January 17, 2006
  Engineering Educators Receive Prestigious Gordon Prize
  
  
• PR 06-010 - January 17, 2006
  NSF Releases "Sensors for Environmental Observatories" Report
  
  
• PR 06-009 - January 15, 2006
  The Most Resilient Nanosprings in Nature
  
  
• PR 06-008 - January 11, 2006
  Climate Change Drives Widespread Amphibian Extinctions
  
  
• PR 06-007 - January 11, 2006
  2005: Year in Review
  
  
• PR 06-006 - January 9, 2006
  Ben Franklin Web Portal Brings the Man to the Masses
  
  
• PR 06-005 - January 5, 2006
  A New Family of Self-Assembling Nanolattices
  
  
• PR 06-004 - January 5, 2006
  Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming
  
  
• PR 06-003 - January 4, 2006
  Global Warming Can Trigger Extreme Ocean, Climate Changes
  
  
• PR 06-002 - January 3, 2006
  All In a Week's Work
  
  
• PR 06-001 - January 3, 2006
  New NSF Centers Encourage Collaboration Between Ocean Scientists, Educators
  
  

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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2005

• PR PR 05-012 - February 1, 2005
  NSF Funds Science of Learning Center at Dartmouth
  
  
• PR 05-216 - December 27, 2005
  Modified Microscope Proves Critical to Uncovering Cell-growth Secret
  
  
• PR 05-215 - December 23, 2005
  Clarity at the Core
  
  
• PR 05-214 - December 22, 2005
  Ancient Jawless Vertebrates Used Novel Immune Responses
  
  
• PR 05-213 - December 22, 2005
  Noisy Cells Disturb the Final Piece
  
  
• PR 05-212 - December 21, 2005
  Blasts from the Past
  
  
• PR 05-211 - December 21, 2005
  Revered Scientific Drilling Ship Gets Extreme Makeover
  
  
• PR 05-210 - December 15, 2005
  Physicists Describe a New "Fluid" State of Matter
  
  
• PR 05-209 - December 15, 2005
  Model Predicts Colder Winter Temperatures in the East, Warmer in the West
  
  
• PR 05-208 - December 15, 2005
  A Fish of a Different Color
  
  
• PR 05-207 - December 7, 2005
  Galaxy Collisions Dominate the Universe
  
  
• PR 05-206 - December 6, 2005
  Web Tool May Help Doctors Make Better Decisions
  
  
• PR 05-205 - December 1, 2005
  Science and Engineering Doctorates Are Up for Second Year in a Row
  
  
• PR 05-204 - November 23, 2005
  Astronaut Says to Live Your Dreams in Observance of American-Indian Heritage Month
  
  
• PR 05-203 - November 22, 2005
  Researchers Use Imaging Technique to Visualize Effects of Stress on Human Brain
  
  
• PR 05-202 - November 22, 2005
  Molecular Turn-Ons Could Find Use in Future Computers and Other Electronic Devices
  
  
• PR 05-201 - November 17, 2005
  Scientists Shed Light on Plant Responses
  
  
• PR 05-200 - November 16, 2005
  DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins
  
  
• PR 05-199 - November 16, 2005
  President Honors Excellence in Mentoring
  
  
• PR 05-198 - November 14, 2005
  Microbes in Marine Sediments React to Temperature Changes
  
  
• PR 05-197 - November 15, 2005
  NSF, USDA and DOE Award $32 Million to Sequence Corn Genome
  
  
• PR 05-196 - November 15, 2005
  President Announces 2004 Medal of Science Winners
  
  
• PR 05-195 - November 10, 2005
  From Mississippi to Wyoming, Plants Once Danced to Fast-Changing Climate Tune
  
  
• PR 05-194 - November 10, 2005
  Slippery When Wet
  
  
• PR 05-193 - November 2, 2005
  Scientists See Light That May Be From First Stars in Universe
  
  
• PR 05-192 - November 1, 2005
  When Froggy Goes a Courtin'
  
  
• PR 05-191 - November 1, 2005
  Chemistry Meets Computer, Data and Networking Technologies
  
  
• PR 05-190 - November 1, 2005
  Researchers to Present Findings on New Orleans Levee Breaches
  
  
• PR 05-189 - October 31, 2005
  NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment
  
  
• PR 05-188 - October 28, 2005
  New Method of Dating Oceanic Crust Is Most Accurate So Far
  
  
• PR 05-187 - October 27, 2005
  How Hot Tuna (and Some Sharks) Stay Warm
  
  
• PR 05-186 - October 25, 2005
  NSF Announces Undergraduate Research Centers
  
  
• PR 05-185 - October 18, 2005
  NSF Makes Cyberinfrastructure-TEAM Awards
  
  
• PR 05-184 - October 18, 2005
  NSF Next-Generation Cyberinfrastructure Tools Awards Go to Cornell and U. of Chicago
  
  
• PR 05-183 - October 12, 2005
  Bird-like Dinosaur Is Oldest Raptor Discovered in South America
  
  
• PR 05-182 - October 11, 2005
  Heat and Drought Kills Trees in Southwest
  
  
• PR 05-181 - October 11, 2005
  New Collaborations Tackle Biology's Perplexing Questions
  
  
• PR 05-180 - October 6, 2005
  NSF Awards 19 New Projects to Better Understand Genetic Processes in Plants of Economic Importance
  
  
• PR 05-179 - October 6, 2005
  New Grants Are Awarded to Inform the Public and Explore the Implications of Nanotechnology
  
  
• PR 05-178 - October 6, 2005
  Solar Telescope Yields Striking New Sunspot Images
  
  
• PR 05-177 - October 5, 2005
  Team Scores a Success in Protein Folding
  
  
• PR 05-176 - October 4, 2005
  NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
  
  
• PR 05-175 - October 4, 2005
  Korea Joins International Computing Infrastructure
  
  
• PR 05-174 - October 3, 2005
  Gulf Warm-Water Eddies Intensify Hurricane Changes
  
  
• PR 05-173 - September 29, 2005
  Scientists Poke Holes in 'Snowball Earth' Hypothesis
  
  
• PR 05-172 - September 27, 2005
  Autoimmune Overload May Damage HIV-Infected Brain
  
  
• PR 05-171 - September 28, 2005
  For These Bugs, Walking on Water Is Easy
  
  
• PR 05-170 - September 27, 2005
  Foundation Releases 2005 Facility Plan
  
  
• PR 05-169 - September 27, 2005
  NSF Centers Will Use Nano-Interface Control and Bioengineering for Materials by Design
  
  
• PR 05-168 - September 29, 2005
  Mathematics Unites the Heavens and the Atom
  
  
• PR 05-167 - September 26, 2005
  Science Magazine and NSF Announce 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners
  
  
• PR 05-166 - September 23, 2005
  Scientists to Use HDTV for a High-Definition Look at Surreal Sea Floor
  
  
• PR 05-165 - September 22, 2005
  Seeing Into the Eye of Hurricane Rita
  
  
• PR 05-164 - September 21, 2005
  Marine Microorganism Suspected to Play Role in Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
  
  
• PR 05-163 - September 20, 2005
  NSF Is Second-Best Gov't Agency for Workers
  
  
• PR 05-162 - September 15, 2005
  Number of Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes Has Doubled Over the Past 35 Years
  
  
• PR 05-161 - September 15, 2005
  The Mechanics of Foot Travel
  
  
• PR 05-160 - September 14, 2005
  Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
  
  
• PR 05-159 - September 12, 2005
  Kathie L. Olsen Becomes Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation
  
  
• PR 05-158 - September 12, 2005
  Japan and U.S. National Science Foundation to Collaborate on Disaster Prevention Research
  
  
• PR 05-157 - September 12, 2005
  Scientists to Evaluate Social Effectiveness of Tsunami Warning Methods
  
  
• PR 05-156 - September 12, 2005
  Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes a Record
  
  
• PR 05-155 - September 8, 2005
  After Katrina: A Message from NSF
  
  
• PR 05-154 - September 1, 2005
  RNA Research Reveals New Responsibilities
  
  
• PR 05-153 - August 30, 2005
  Hurricane Katrina: Scientists Fly Into Eye of the Storm
  
  
• PR 05-152 - August 26, 2005
  NSF Announces New Discovery Corps Fellows
  
  
• PR 05-151 - August 26, 2005
  Earth's Core Rotates Faster Than Its Crust, Scientists Say
  
  
• PR 05-150 - August 25, 2005
  A New Technique for High-Precision Nanomanufacturing
  
  
• PR 05-149 - August 25, 2005
  New Images Suggest Oceanic Crust Generated from Several Magma Sources
  
  
• PR 05-148 - August 25, 2005
  Study Reconciles Long-Standing Contradiction of Deep-Earth Dynamics
  
  
• PR 05-147 - August 24, 2005
  Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures to Permian Extinction
  
  
• PR 05-146 - August 18, 2005
  More Women Receive Ph.D.s, But Female Senior Faculty Are Still Rare
  
  
• PR 05-145 - August 17, 2005
  Lion Attacks on Humans Increase in Tanzania
  
  
• PR 05-144 - August 17, 2005
  Researchers Carve with Electricity at the Nanometer Scale
  
  
• PR 05-143 - August 17, 2005
  $150 Million TeraGrid Award Heralds New Era for Scientific Computing
  
  
• PR 05-142 - August 16, 2005
  Four-legged Family Members Must Be Included in Emergency Plans
  
  
• PR 05-141 - August 15, 2005
  NSF Awards $36 Million Toward Securing Cyberspace
  
  
• PR 05-140 - August 15, 2005
  Carbon Nanotubes Made to Stick Like a Gecko's Foot
  
  
• PR 05-139 - August 15, 2005
  Scientists Climb Trees to Study Environmental Change
  
  
• PR 05-138 - August 11, 2005
  NSF Terminates Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) Project
  
  
• PR 05-137 - August 11, 2005
  Inka Textile Devices Served as Business Ledgers
  
  
• PR 05-136 - August 11, 2005
  NSF Announces Three New Chemical Bonding Centers
  
  
• PR 05-135 - August 10, 2005
  Worm Studies Give Researchers New Perspective on Embryo Formation
  
  
• PR 05-134 - August 10, 2005
  International Team Maps Rice Genome
  
  
• PR 05-133 - August 9, 2005
  A "Smart" Bio-Nanotube
  
  
• PR 05-132 - August 8, 2005
  Rainbands Offer Better Forecasts of Hurricane Intensity
  
  
• PR 05-131 - August 4, 2005
  Your Tap Water: Will That Be Leaded or Unleaded?
  
  
• PR 05-130 - August 3, 2005
  First Drill Hole Into San Andreas Fault Will Aid Earthquake Studies
  
  
• PR 05-129 - August 1, 2005
  Fossil Fuels May Decrease Earth's Natural Capacity to Store Carbon
  
  
• PR 05-128 - July 31, 2005
  Hurricanes Growing More Fierce Over Past 30 Years
  
  
• PR 05-127 - July 26, 2005
  Overcoming Adversity, "Challenged America" Team Finishes Strong
  
  
• PR 05-126 - July 27, 2005
  Amazon River Cycles Carbon Faster than Thought
  
  
• PR 05-125 - July 21, 2005
  New Report Stresses Importance of Science and Engineering Opportunities for All Citizens
  
  
• PR 05-124 - July 20, 2005
  Pittsburgh Center Unveils a Bigger, Faster Supercomputer Called "Big Ben"
  
  
• PR 05-123 - July 20, 2005
  High-Tech Tool Maneuvers Microscopic Particles
  
  
• PR 05-122 - July 20, 2005
  Dustiest Star Could Harbor a Young Earth
  
  
• PR 05-121 - July 19, 2005
  An Open and Shut Case at the Nanoscale
  
  
• PR 05-120 - July 19, 2005
  Field of Beams
  
  
• PR 05-119 - July 14, 2005
  Geologists Use Particles from Galaxy's Far Reaches to Understand Processes at Earth's Surface
  
  
• PR 05-118 - July 13, 2005
  Study Documents Bird-like Breathing Systems in Long-extinct Dinosaurs
  
  
• PR 05-117 - July 12, 2005
  Scanning the Universe, Round Two
  
  
• PR 05-116 - July 11, 2005
  Ability, Not Disability, at Heart of Yacht Trek
  
  
• PR 05-115 - July 8, 2005
  Underwater Sand Avalanches Linked to Sea-Level Changes in Gulf of Mexico
  
  
• PR 05-114 - July 7, 2005
  Wiring the Brain at the Nanoscale
  
  
• PR 05-113 - July 7, 2005
  When Down Under Went Up in Smoke
  
  
• PR 05-112 - July 7, 2005
  Gender Influences Decisions About Trust
  
  
• PR 05-111 - July 7, 2005
  Grasshopper Takes to the Trees on Prairie Research Site
  
  
• PR 05-110 - June 30, 2005
  Landscape Corridors Provide Pathway for Seed Dispersal
  
  
• PR 05-109 - June 30, 2005
  Bacteria Take the Path of Least Resistance
  
  
• PR 05-108 - June 29, 2005
  Genetic On-Off Switches Pinpointed in Human Genome
  
  
• PR 05-107 - June 28, 2005
  Joseph Bordogna Resigns from the National Science Foundation
  
  
• PR 05-106 - June 23, 2005
  Researchers Simulate Long-gone Societies of the American Southwest
  
  
• PR 05-105 - June 22, 2005
  The Shifty Nature of Grains
  
  
• PR 05-104 - June 22, 2005
  MIT Group Creates a High-Temperature Superfluid
  
  
• PR 05-103 - June 22, 2005
  Ultra-Fast Camera Captures How Hummingbirds Hover
  
  
• PR 05-102 - June 21, 2005
  NSF Names Seven Distinguished Teaching Scholars
  
  
• PR 05-101 - June 21, 2005
  Polar Science Leader Peter Wilkniss Passes
  
  
• PR 05-100 - June 21, 2005
  Robot Assistant Reports to Surgery
  
  
• PR 05-099 - June 14, 2005
  Trace Gold Reveals Tree's Past
  
  
• PR 05-098 - June 13, 2005
  Twenty NSF-Supported Young Scientists and Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
  
  
• PR 05-097 - June 13, 2005
  Astronomers Announce the Most Earth-Like Planet Yet Found Outside the Solar System
  
  
• PR 05-096 - June 9, 2005
  Variation in Vole Gene is Bellwether for Behavior
  
  
• PR 05-095 - June 8, 2005
  Zipped Structure May Explain Protein Clumping in Brain Disorders
  
  
• PR 05-094 - June 3, 2005
  Wind, Currents and Dormant Algae Cysts May Have Created "Perfect" Red-Tide Conditions
  
  
• PR 05-093 - June 3, 2005
  Arctic Warming May Be a Factor in Demise of Lakes
  
  
• PR 05-092 - June 2, 2005
  Self-Assembling Nano-Electronics Turn a Corner
  
  
• PR 05-091 - June 1, 2005
  Rapid-Scanning Doppler on Wheels Keeps Pace with Twisters
  
  
• PR 05-090 - May 27, 2005
  Unseen Colorado Mountain Aquifers Throw Water on "Teflon Basin" Myth
  
  
• PR 05-089 - May 27, 2005
  Researchers Discover Underwater Volcano-within-a-Volcano
  
  
• PR 05-088 - May 27, 2005
  Scientists Trace Corn Ancestry from Ancient Grass to Modern Crop
  
  
• PR 05-087 - May 25, 2005
  How Your Garden Grows
  
  
• PR 05-086 - May 25, 2005
  Major Losses Projected for Earthquakes on Puente Hills Fault Beneath Los Angeles
  
  
• PR 05-085 - June 2, 2005
  Geologists Find First Clue to T. rex Gender in Bone Tissue
  
  
• PR 05-084 - May 26, 2005
  Magnetic Structure on Sun Is Responsible for Powerful Solar Storms
  
  
• PR 05-083 - May 19, 2005
  Plant Sacrifices Cells to Fight Invaders
  
  
• PR 05-082 - May 18, 2005
  NSB Announces Recipients of the 2005 Vannevar Bush and Public Service Awards
  
  
• PR 05-081 - May 19, 2005
  New Primate Discovered in Mountain Forests of Tanzania
  
  
• PR 05-080 - May 16, 2005
  New Technique Produces 10-carat Diamond
  
  
• PR 05-079 - May 19, 2005
  Analysis of the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Reveals Longest Fault Rupture Ever
  
  
• PR 05-078 - May 16, 2005
  President Bush Honors Excellence in Mentoring
  
  
• PR 05-077 - May 13, 2005
  Researchers Identify Proteins that Direct Intracellular Transport and Locomotion
  
  
• PR 05-076 - May 11, 2005
  MIT Economist Awarded John Bates Clark Medal
  
  
• PR 05-075 - May 10, 2005
  Silicon Solution Could Lead to a Truly Long-life Battery
  
  
• PR 05-074 - May 6, 2005
  National Science Foundation and Library of Congress Announce Digital Preservation Awards
  
  
• PR 05-073 - May 9, 2005
  Little Microbe Inside Sea Squirt Makes Big Splash
  
  
• PR 05-072 - May 5, 2005
  Federal Agencies Partner to Document Endangered Languages
  
  
• PR 05-071 - May 4, 2005
  A Super Job of Spin Control
  
  
• PR 05-070 - April 25, 2005
  Community Service Engineers Receive 2005 Gordon Prize
  
  
• PR 05-069 - May 5, 2005
  Acoustic 3-D Imaging Unveils Swimming Behavior of Microscopic Ocean Plankton
  
  
• PR 05-068 - May 5, 2005
  New Thermometer Confirms Wet Conditions on Earliest Earth
  
  
• PR 05-067 - April 27, 2005
  NYU's Dalton Conley is the First Sociologist to Win NSF's Waterman Award
  
  
• PR 05-066 - April 27, 2005
  Scientists Develop New Profile for Lake Tahoe Earthquake Risk
  
  
• PR 05-065 - April 27, 2005
  Ireland Joins International Marine Research Program
  
  
• PR 05-064 - April 25, 2005
  Waste Not, Want Not
  
  
• PR 05-063 - May 2, 2005
  Education Magnified 100,000X
  
  
• PR 05-062 - April 21, 2005
  Computational Method Speeds Mapping of Cell Signaling Networks
  
  
• PR 05-061 - April 21, 2005
  Microbial Genome Helps Blast Devastating Rice Disease
  
  
• PR 05-060 - April 20, 2005
  Yellowstone Discovery Bodes Well for Finding Evidence of Life on Mars
  
  
• PR 05-059 - April 20, 2005
  Geologists Find New Active Fault in Nepal
  
  
• PR 05-058 - April 14, 2005
  Reduced Oxygen Contributed To “Great Dying”
  
  
• PR 05-057 - April 14, 2005
  A Planetary Family Feud
  
  
• PR 05-056 - April 13, 2005
  NSF Releases "Pathways to the Future" Environment Report
  
  
• PR 05-055 - April 12, 2005
  Duel of the Winds
  
  
• PR 05-054 - April 12, 2005
  President Honors Nation's Leading Elementary School Math and Science Teachers
  
  
• PR 05-053 - April 11, 2005
  NSF Announces Intent to Establish Two New Science and Technology Centers
  
  
• PR 05-052 - April 6, 2005
  At the Molecular Level, the Predator is the Prey
  
  
• PR 05-051 - April 5, 2005
  Scientists Aboard Drilling Vessel Recover Rocks from Earth’s Crust Far Below Seafloor
  
  
• PR 05-050 - November 8, 2005
  Scientists Unravel Midwest Tornado Formation
  
  
• PR 05-049 - March 31, 2005
  Bullying a Common Problem for Middle-School Students
  
  
• PR 05-048 - March 25, 2005
  T. rex Fossil Yields Soft Tissue
  
  
• PR 05-047 - March 24, 2005
  Octopus Uses Two Arms to "Walk Away" from Trouble
  
  
• PR 05-046 - March 24, 2005
  Sediments in Northern Gulf of Mexico Not Right for Methane Gas Hydrate Formation
  
  
• PR 05-045 - March 23, 2005
  Reappearance of Missing Genetic Information Poses Exception to the Rule
  
  
• PR 05-044 - March 17, 2005
  Building a Better Nanoworld with Microbes
  
  
• PR 05-043 - March 17, 2005
  Climate Change Inevitable in 21st Century
  
  
• PR 05-042 - March 15, 2005
  U.S. Exports Nitrogen Pollution Elsewhere
  
  
• PR 05-041 - March 16, 2005
  Mechanism of RNA Recoding: New Twists in Brain Protein Production
  
  
• PR 05-040 - March 14, 2005
  Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action and Landscape Change
  
  
• PR 05-038 - March 14, 2005
  The First Key Piece of Telomerase
  
  
• PR 05-037 - March 11, 2005
  New Piece Found in the Cell-Shape Puzzle
  
  
• PR 05-036 - March 14, 2005
  Eight Receive President's 2003 National Medal of Science
  
  
• PR 05-035 - March 10, 2005
  New Technique Uses Seismic 'Garbage' to View Earth's Interior
  
  
• PR 05-034 - March 9, 2005
  Roots Engage in Underground Chemical Warfare
  
  
• PR 05-033 - March 9, 2005
  Advanced Research Aircraft to Arrive at Colorado Facility this Week
  
  
• PR 05-031 - March 4, 2005
  The Neutrino Underground
  
  
• PR 05-030 - March 3, 2005
  A Bubble Full of Sunshine
  
  
• PR 05-029 - March 2, 2005
  A “Hearty” Eater
  
  
• PR 05-028 - March 3, 2005
  Hydrogen and Methane Sustain Unusual Life at Sea Floor's 'Lost City'
  
  
• PR 05-027 - March 3, 2005
  Astronomers Follow Distant Galaxy at a Snail's Pace
  
  
• PR 05-026 - February 25, 2005
  A Nanoscale Mechanism for Protein Control
  
  
• PR 05-025 - February 18, 2005
  VLA Probes Secrets of Mysterious Magnetar
  
  
• PR 05-024 - February 16, 2005
  New Clues Add 40,000 Years to Age of Human Species
  
  
• PR 05-023 - February 15, 2005
  President Names Laureates of the 2003 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology
  
  
• PR 05-022 - February 11, 2005
  Scaling the Plant Cell Wall
  
  
• PR 05-021 - February 17, 2005
  Bipedal Bots Star at AAAS Media Briefing
  
  
• PR 05-020 - February 9, 2005
  Hang Gliding, Ant Style
  
  
• PR 05-019 - February 9, 2005
  Presenting the Molecularium
  
  
• PR 05-018 - February 11, 2005
  Children, TV, Computers and More Media: New Research Shows Pluses, Minuses
  
  
• PR 05-017 - February 10, 2005
  National Science Foundation Names David Lightfoot as New Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
  
  
• PR 05-016 - February 10, 2005
  Scientists Discover First Step that Enables Natural Pesticide to Enter Target Cells
  
  
• PR 05-015 - February 7, 2005
  Arecibo Begins Search for Dark Galaxies
  
  
• PR 05-014 - February 7, 2005
  NSF Submits Its Fiscal 2006 Budget Request of $5.6 Billion
  
  
• PR 05-013 - February 3, 2005
  Icebreakers Clear Channel into McMurdo Station
  
  
• PR 05-011 - January 31, 2005
  Nanoscale Diagnostic Sets Sights on Alzheimer's
  
  
• PR 05-010 - January 31, 2005
  Scientists Propose Sweeping Changes to Naming of Bird Neurosystems to Acknowledge Their True Brainpower
  
  
• PR 05-009 - January 19, 2005
  More Science and Engineering Doctoral Degrees Awarded in 2003
  
  
• PR 05-008 - January 19, 2005
  Really Old Bones of Early Humans Unearthed in Ethiopia
  
  
• PR 05-007 - January 19, 2005
  Portrait of a Star on the Edge
  
  
• PR 05-006 - January 19, 2005
  Chinese Engineer Receives Medical Treatment After Falling Ill During Antarctic Traverse
  
  
• PR 05-005 - January 12, 2005
  New Image Sensor will Show what the Eyes See, and a Camera Cannot
  
  
• PR 05-004 - January 12, 2005
  Carbon Nanotube "Shock Absorbers" Excel at Damping Vibration
  
  
• PR 05-003 - January 11, 2005
  Scientists Find Climate Change is Major Factor in Drought's Growing Reach
  
  
• PR 05-002 - January 10, 2005
  A Stellar Debut for Gemini Observatory's Online Image Gallery
  
  
• PR 05-001 - January 5, 2005
  The Dynamo in the Cornfield
  
  

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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2004

• NSF PR 04-161 - December 23, 2004
  SEASON'S GREETINGS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
  MIT presents an ultrafast holiday offering
  
  
• NSF PR 04-160 - December 22, 2004
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS DEMONSTRATE WIDESPREAD CIVILIZATION FLOURISHED ON PERU'S COAST FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO
  
  
• NSF PR 04-159 - December 16, 2004
  ICEBERG POSES NO THREAT TO ANTARCTIC PERSONNEL
  Annual long-range supply effort, icebreaking operations are on schedule
  
  
• NSF PR 04-158 - December 15, 2004
  MICROBE'S GENOME PROMISES INSIGHT INTO EARTH'S CARBON AND SULFUR CYCLING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-157 - December 14, 2004
  INTERNATIONAL STUDY SHOWS SELECT IMPROVEMENTS IN U.S. MATH AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE – GAINS ALSO SEEN AMONG SOME MINORITY STUDENTS
  U.S. blacks, Latinos show modest but significant gains at fourth and eighth grades
  
  
• NSF PR 04-155 - December 13, 2004 RESEARCHERS IMPROVE PREDICTIONS OF CLOUD FORMATION FOR BETTER GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-154 - December 13, 2004
  CARBON NANOTUBES YIELD A NEW CLASS OF BIOLOGICAL SENSORS
  Glucose sensor provides real-time readouts without the need to draw blood samples.
  
  
• NSF PR 04-153 - December 13, 2004
  RESEARCH TEAM DISCOVERS FIRST EVIDENCE OF MICROBES LIVING IN A ROCK GLACIER
  
  
• NSF PR 04-152 - December 13, 2004
  NEW OCEAN DRILLING RESEARCH FINDINGS PRESENTED AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) FALL MEETING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-151 - December 16, 2004
  NEW NSF CENTER WILL FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF LONG-STANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VAST DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-150 - December 02, 2004
  SALT-WATER FISH RESEARCH HELPS EXPLAIN HUMAN CARDIOLOGY PUZZLE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-149 - November 29, 2004
  PRESIDENT BUSH APPOINTS ARDEN BEMENT AS NSF DIRECTOR
  
  
• NSF PR 04-148 - November 10, 2004
  MONITORING LIFE, ONE BREATH AT A TIME
  Respiratory sensor may provide new tool for emergency responders
  
  
• NSF PR 04-147 - November 03, 2004
  NSF MENTORS SHOW AREA STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES PATHS TOWARD SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CAREERS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-146 - October 27, 2004
  HUMANS AND DOLPHINS: IF BRAIN SIZE IS A MEASURE, WE'RE NOT THAT DIFFERENT
  
  
• NSF PR 04-145 - October 21, 2004
  LATIN AMERICA SHOWS RAPID RISE IN PUBLISHED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ARTICLES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-144 - October 19, 2004
  NSF ANNOUNCES $3.25 MILLION AWARD TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAREERS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-143 - October 19, 2004
  THIRD YEAR OF NSF'S MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS TO FOCUS ON TEACHERS
  Grants made for new teacher institutes, large targeted partnerships and capacity-building
  
  
• NSF PR 04-142 - October 14, 2004
  NSF AWARDS $37.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 04-141 - October 07, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY CREATES "NEW PATHWAYS"
  Projects add user-tailored access to resources for research and education
  
  
• NSF PR 04-140 - October 01, 2004
  NSF FUNDS FIRST NANOSCALE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-139 - October 04, 2004
  HEAD LICE STUDY SUPPORTS DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN MODERN AND ARCHAIC HUMANS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-138 - September 30, 2004
  NSF ANNOUNCES $21.7 MILLION FOR 37 PROJECTS TO STUDY HUMAN AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-137 - September 30, 2004
  LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING: NSF AWARDS $36.5 MILLION FOR THREE CENTERS TO EXPLORE HOW HUMANS, ANIMALS AND MACHINES LEARN
  
  
• NSF PR 04-135 - September 30, 2004
  NSF AWARDS $130 MILLION TO TACKLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOR NATIONAL PRIORITIES
  120 new projects will advance science and engineering, economic prosperity, national security
  
  
• NSF PR 04-134 - September 29, 2004
  THE SWEETEST SPOT IN YOUR HOME THEATER
  New technology grants every listener the best seat in the house – no matter where you sit
  
  
• NSF PR 04-133 - September 29, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS $9.7 MILLION TO PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER FOR CRAY SYSTEM
  Red Storm to blow into Pittsburgh at the end of 2004
  
  
• NSF PR 04-132 - September 28, 2004
  CLIMATE CHANGE A FOCUS OF NEW NSF-SUPPORTED RESEARCH ON HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY
  
  
• NSF PR 04-131 - September 29, 2004
  OUT OF AFRICA: SCIENTISTS FIND EARLIEST EVIDENCE YET OF HUMAN PRESENCE IN NORTHEAST ASIA
  
  
• NSF PR 04-130 - September 30, 2004
  EVIDENCE SHAKY FOR SUN'S MAJOR ROLE IN PAST CLIMATE CHANGES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-129 - September 30, 2004
  MIDWEST THUNDERSTORM STUDY POINTS TOWARD BETTER FORECASTS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-128 - September 21, 2004
  NSF ANNOUNCES SIX NEW CENTERS FOR NANOSCALE RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-127 - September 21, 2004
  NSF AWARDS 22 NEW PROJECTS FOR PLANT GENOME RESEARCH
  Projects to expand knowledge about plants of economic importance
  
  
• NSF PR 04-126 - September 21, 2004
  NEON DESIGN CONSORTIUM AND PROJECT OFFICE TO COORDINATE DESIGN OF ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-125 - September 23, 2004
  NSF, AAAS ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF 2004 VISUALIZATION CONTEST
  
  
• NSF PR 04-124 - September 21, 2004
  NSF ANNOUNCES TWO CYBERSECURITY CENTERS TO STUDY INTERNET EPIDEMIOLOGY AND "ECOLOGY"
  Centers top list of awards from NSF's $30 million Cyber Trust program
  
  
• NSF PR 04-123 - September 16, 2004
  NSF AWARDS $6.75 MILLION FOR GEODYNAMICS COMPUTATIONAL FACILITY
  
  
• NSF PR 04-122 - September 16, 2004
  NSF ANNOUNCES SIX 'FIBR' AWARDS TO TACKLE SOME OF BIOLOGY'S MOST CHALLENGING QUESTIONS
  Multidisciplinary teams to study animal movement, genetic links to outside world
  
  
• NSF PR 04-121 - September 16, 2004
  PROVING THAT SHAPE-SHIFTING ROBOTS CAN GET A MOVE ON
  
  
• NSF PR 04-120 - September 15, 2004
  ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES GRANTS AWARDED BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-119 - September 17, 2004
  SCIENTISTS SHED LIGHT ON MECHANISM BEHIND BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF RED WINE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-118 - September 13, 2004
  TIBETAN CHILDREN ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE INFANCY IF MOMS HAVE OXYGEN-PROMOTING GENES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-117 - September 13, 2004
  RESEARCH UNCOVERS ADDED VALUE OF STREAMSIDE FORESTS
  Studies demonstrate that trees keep pollutants out of streams, help process pollutants in them
  
  
• NSF PR 04-116 - September 09, 2004
  TWELVE WOMEN ARE AMONG NSF-SUPPORTED YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EARLY CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
  Marks the first time a majority of NSF-named Presidential Early Career Awards go to women
  
  
• NSF PR 04-115 - September 08, 2004
  NSF FUNDS FIRST U.S-BASED 4PI-CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE
  New technology will open doors in biophysical research and education
  
  
• NSF PR 04-114 - September 08, 2004
  COMPLEX CELLS LIKELY AROSE FROM COMBINATION OF BACTERIAL AND EXTREME-MICROBE GENOMES
  New “ring of life” points to mergers and acquisitions between cells
  
  
• NSF PR 04-113 - September 08, 2004
  PHYSICISTS CREATE ARTIFICIAL MOLECULE ON A CHIP
  
  
• NSF PR 04-112 - August 31, 2004
  MIT FAB LABS BRING "PERSONAL FABRICATION" TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
  
  
• NSF PR 04-111 - August 31, 2004
  ASTRONOMERS FIND NEW CLASS OF PLANETS OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  Two new "Neptunes" are the smallest extra-solar planets yet—but could be the first of many
  
  
• NSF PR 04-110 - August 31, 2004
  NOT-SO-SPOTTY MATERIAL BREAKTHROUGH
  Researchers master self-assembly of novel nanodots
  
  
• NSF PR 04-109 - August 27, 2004
  NSF LAUNCHES CHEMICAL BONDING CENTERS PROGRAM
  Initiative targets highly innovative research
  
  
• NSF PR 04-108 - August 25, 2004
  FALLOFF IN FREEZES: STUDY PROJECTS DECREASE IN FROST DAYS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-107 - August 24, 2004
  PERIODIC DIMMING OF BRIGHT STARLIGHT REVEALS DISTANT PLANET
  
  
• NSF PR 04-106 - August 25, 2004
  THE POWER OF ONE: UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS CONTRIBUTE MORE NITROGEN TO OCEAN THAN REPORTED EARLIER, AFFECT GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-105 - August 20, 2004
  VIRUSES ON THE ATTACK
  Revealing visuals show details of a common mechanism for infection
  
  
• NSF PR 04-104 - August 13, 2004
  SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING JOBS – NOT JUST FOR THOSE WITH FOUR-YEAR DEGREES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-103 - August 12, 2004
  FUTURE HEAT WAVES: MORE SEVERE, MORE FREQUENT AND LONGER LASTING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-102 - August 11, 2004
  NO LONGER JUST FOR BIOLOGY, RNA CAN NOW BE BUILT INTO 3-D ARRAYS
  Biomaterial to be girders for nanoscale construction projects
  
  
• NSF PR 04-101 - August 11, 2004
  THE HOLE STORY
  University of Pennsylvania chemists create artificial molecular "pores"
  
  
• NSF PR 04-100 - August 11, 2004
  EVOLUTION OF WHALE HEARING UNFOLDS IN FOSSIL RECORD
  
  
• NSF PR 04-099 - August 06, 2004
  DEEPER-DIVING HUMAN-OCCUPIED SUBMERSIBLE TO REPLACE ALVIN
  New 6500-meter vehicle will provide expanded capabilities for U.S. Scientists
  
  
• NSF PR 04-098 - August 02, 2004
  EARLY HUMANS ADAPTED WELL TO DIFFERENT CLIMATES AND VEGETATION TYPES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-097 - July 30, 2004
  FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) RISES IN FISCAL YEAR 2004
  
  
• NSF PR 04-096 - July 26, 2004
  NSF AWARDS $10 MILLION IN GRANTS TO OCEAN SITES FOR LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-095 - July 27, 2004
  NSF NAMES 34 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWS
  Awards honor promising early career U.S. scientists and engineers
  
  
• NSF PR 04-094 - July 20, 2004
  NEW MARTIAN METEORITE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 04-093 - July 22, 2004
  GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER WATER CUTS THROUGH ROCK AT SURPRISING SPEED
  
  
• NSF PR 04-092 - July 15, 2004
  IMPACT OF EARTH'S RISING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE FOUND IN WORLD OCEANS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-091 - July 07, 2004
  NEW MAP REVEALS HIDDEN FEATURES OF ICE-BURIED ANTARCTIC LAKE
  Measurement shows that two distinct ecosystems may exist
  
  
• NSF PR 04-090 - July 01, 2004
  SEARING HEAT, LITTLE PACKAGE
  High-temperature lab-on-a-chip can get hotter than surface of Venus
  
  
• NSF PR 04-089 - June 28, 2004
  GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND POST-DOCS REACH NEW PEAKS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, BUT FIRST-TIME ENROLLMENT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS DECLINES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-088 - July 01, 2004
  A NEW TWIST ON FIBER OPTICS
  Spiraling glass fibers provide new way to control behavior of light
  
  
• NSF PR 04-087 - June 29, 2004
  INAUGURAL VOYAGE OF THE INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM NOW UNDER WAY
  
  
• NSF PR 04-086 - June 22, 2004
  NEW VERSION OF PREMIER GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL RELEASED
  
  
• NSF PR 04-085 - June 16, 2004
  DIGITAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM LAUNCHES RESEARCH GRANTS INITIATIVE
  Library of Congress partners with National Science Foundation to fund advanced research into preservation of digital materials
  
  
• NSF PR 04-084 - June 16, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RELEASES "WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2004"
  New online report provides easy access, timely updates
  
  
• NSF PR 04-083 - June 18, 2004
  150 U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS EMBARK ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
  
  
• NSF PR 04-082 - June 08, 2004
  PEPPER PRODIGIES PURSUE PLANTS LIKE THOSE PICKED BY PARENTS
  Migrant farmworkers' children, grandchildren research at NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute
  
  
• NSF PR 04-081 - June 03, 2004
  SCIENTISTS TO VIEW VENUS' ATMOSPHERE DURING TRANSIT, SEARCH FOR WATER VAPOR ON DISTANT PLANET
  
  
• NSF PR 04-080 - June 03, 2004
  RETHINKING THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS – MULTIPLE METHODS STRENGTHEN SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-079 - June 01, 2004
  TREE-RING LABORATORY RECEIVES $5.5 MILLION TO STUDY CLIMATE DYNAMICS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-078 - May 27, 2004
  NSF LAUNCHES DISCOVERY CORPS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
  Pilot project helps scientists give their research expertise broader impact
  
  
• NSF PR 04-077 - May 27, 2004
  "HEADS-UP" DISPLAY LIVES UP TO ITS NAME
  Student-designed device helps the visually impaired avoid hazards, day and night
  
  
• NSF PR 04-076 - May 27, 2004
  STAYING ON THE PATH – ONE ATOM AT A TIME
  New percolation model may allow researchers to study biochemistry at the atomic level
  
  
• NSF PR 04-075 - May 26, 2004
  BRAIN DISEASE RESEARCH, PARTICLE PHYSICS MEET IN THE MIDDLE(WARE)
  NSF Middleware Initiative proves key for grid-based collaborations in diverse disciplines
  
  
• NSF PR 04-074 - May 31, 2004
  SCIENTIST TO DISCUSS FORECAST OF SUNSPOTS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-073 - May 31, 2004
  INSTRUMENT GETS BREAKTHROUGH IMAGE OF SUN'S MAGNETIC HALO
  
  
• NSF PR 04-072 - May 24, 2004
  NSF NAMES EIGHT DISTINGUISHED TEACHING SCHOLARS
  Agency's top awards for teaching and research cover the "nuts and bolts" to pure theory
  
  
• NSF PR 04-071 - May 20, 2004
  SCIENTISTS DISCOVER UNDERSEA VOLCANO OFF ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 04-070 - May 19, 2004
  NEW FINDINGS ON CLIMATE SHOW GRADUAL SHIFT TO MODERN BUT INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO PERTURBATIONS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-069 - May 18, 2004
  DISTANT MOUNTAINS INFLUENCE RIVER LEVELS 50 YEARS LATER
  
  
• NSF PR 04-068 - May 12, 2004
  NEW RESEARCH SUPPORTS THEORY THAT INDIRECT TRANSMISSION OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE POSSIBLE IN MULE DEER
  
  
• NSF PR 04-067 - May 09, 2004
  RESEARCHERS OPEN NEW LINE OF ATTACK ON TUBERCULOSIS
  Findings could show how to breach the bacterium’s tough cell wall
  
  
• NSF PR 04-066 - May 06, 2004
  PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING MENTORING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-065 - May 05, 2004
  RESEARCHERS TO HELP EXTERMINATE BUGS IN SPREADSHEETS, WEB APPLICATIONS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-064 - May 04, 2004
  TELEVISION THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU
  Targeted content and celebrity voices draw millions to new season of educational children's television
  
  
• NSF PR 04-063 - May 04, 2004
  PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 20 PROMISING, YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-062 - May 04, 2004
  STATES VARY WIDELY ON INDICATORS OF EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, R&D SPENDING AND HIGH-TECH ECONOMIES
  S&E Indicators 2004 includes state-by-state breakdown of key statistics
  
  
• NSF PR 04-061 - May 04, 2004
  UNITED STATES STILL LEADS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, BUT UNCERTAINTIES COMPLICATE OUTLOOK
  National Science Board highlights workforce issues in its release of S&E Indicators 2004
  
  
• NSF PR 04-060 - April 28, 2004
  UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO TISSUE ENGINEER TO RECEIVE NSF'S COVETED WATERMAN AWARD
  Kristi Anseth builds onto her fast track career with $500,000 award
  
  
• NSF PR 04-059 - April 26, 2004
  AIRCRAFT, GROUND INSTRUMENTS TO TRACK CARBON DIOXIDE UPTAKE ALONG COLORADO'S DROUGHT-PLAGUED FRONT RANGE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-058 - April 22, 2004
  ENZYME "INK" SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR NANOMANUFACTURING
  Experiment uses biomolecules to write on a gold substrate
  
  
• NSF PR 04-057 - April 26, 2004
  NSB 2004 VANNEVAR BUSH, PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS, SPAN RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND POLICY
  
  
• NSF PR 04-056 - April 20, 2004
  ARCTIC CARBON A POTENTIAL WILD CARD IN CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-055 - April 20, 2004
  OLDEST HEMOGLOBIN ANCESTORS OFFER CLUES TO EARLIEST OXYGEN-BASED LIFE
  Close look at structure of transport proteins could aid search for future blood substitutes
  
  
• NSF PR 04-054 - April 21, 2004
  MORNING GLORY COLORS REVEAL WHY EVOLUTION IS STUCK IN 'FORWARD'
  
  
• NSF PR 04-053 - April 19, 2004
  YET ANOTHER BENEFIT OF GREEN TEA
  New, biodegradable machining compound is more effective than industry standards
  
  
• NSF PR 04-052 - April 15, 2004
  COSMIC MAGNIFYING GLASS
  Distant star reveals planet
  
  
• NSF PR 04-051 - April 22, 2004
  FOUR NEW RESEARCH CENTERS TO EXPLORE LINK BETWEEN OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-050 - April 13, 2004
  CONFERENCE TO HIGHLIGHT INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION
  
  
• NSF PR 04-049 - April 14, 2004
  IN BOWERBIRDS, YOUNG FEMALES GO MORE FOR BLUE, LESS FOR STRUTTING
  Findings could yield clearer view of mate selection, ideas for wildlife conservation
  
  
• NSF PR 04-048 - April 15, 2004
  SHELL BEADS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN CAVE SHOW MODERN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 75,000 YEARS AGO
  
  
• NSF PR 04-047 - April 12, 2004
  NEW MOLECULE HERALDS BREAKTHROUGH IN ELECTRONIC PLASTICS
  New material could mean easier manufacture of paper-thin TVs and "smart" cloth
  
  
• NSF PR 04-046 - April 12, 2004
  TURNING ROBOTS INTO A WELL-OILED MACHINE
  Robot teams to help emergency responders in the trenches
  
  
• NSF PR 04-045 - April 08, 2004
  MEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHT DISPATCHED TO ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 04-044 - April 07, 2004
  HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD TO REVERSE?
  Long-Debated, A Firm Answer Is Now On The Horizon
  
  
• NSF PR 04-043 - April 07, 2004
  EBIRD LISTS "MOST WANTED" FOR THE SPRING MIGRATION
  
  
• NSF PR 04-042 - April 15, 2004
  RESEARCHERS RECEIVE FUNDS TO CREATE HIGH-TECH WILDFIRE FIGHTING SOLUTIONS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-041 - April 06, 2004
  HERE THERE BE DATA: MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF SCIENCE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-040 - April 05, 2004
  NSF AWARDS CONTRACT FOR CENTRAL MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM (IODP)
  
  
• NSF PR 04-039 - March 31, 2004
  A TINY WIND TO COOL THE TINIEST CIRCUITS
  Researchers develop miniature cooling system that generates nanoscale breezes
  
  
• NSF PR 04-038 - March 30, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SIGNS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH JOINT OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION TO LEAD U.S. EFFORTS IN INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
  
  
• NSF PR 04-037 - March 31, 2004
  FERNS DIVERSIFIED IN SHADOW OF FLOWERING PLANTS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-036 - March 31, 2004
  MINERALS ARE KEY TO EARTHQUAKES DEEP IN THE EARTH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-035 - April 01, 2004
  NEW FOSSIL LINKS FOUR-LEGGED LAND ANIMALS TO ANCIENT FISH
  
  
• NSF PR 04-034 - March 28, 2004
  POLYMER CHEMISTS ASSEMBLE NANOWIRES AND NANOEMITTERS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-033 - March 24, 2004
  GLACIAL RECORDS DEPICT ICE AGE CLIMATE IN SYNCH WORLDWIDE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-032 - March 17, 2004
  NATION'S BEST MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS VISIT WASHINGTON TO RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 04-031 - March 18, 2004
  INTERNATIONAL ACCESS TO RESEARCH DATA CRITICAL TO ADVANCING SCIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD, REPORT SAYS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-030 - March 10, 2004
  A MEETING OF MINDS: CAPITAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER AREA'S INTELLECTUAL POWER
  NSF to host Washington Academy of Sciences forum March 20-21, 2004
  
  
• NSF PR 04-029 - March 10, 2004
  NEW RADAR SYSTEM MAY HELP AIRPLANES AVOID IN-FLIGHT ICING
  
  
• NSF PR 04-028 - March 04, 2004
  NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS EARLY OCEANS BEREFT OF OXYGEN FOR EONS; EARLY LIFE MAY HAVE LIVED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN LIFE TODAY
  
  
• NSF PR 04-026 - February 27, 2004
  ICE SHEETS CAUSED MASSIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGE DURING LATE CRETACEOUS (PERIOD WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE ICE-FREE)
  
  
• NSF PR 04-025 - February 26, 2004
  EVIDENCE OF A "LOST WORLD": ANTARCTICA YIELDS TWO UNKNOWN DINOSAUR SPECIES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-024 - March 03, 2004
  RARE "TUMBLEWEED" SURVIVES ANTARCTIC CONDITIONS: ROVER DESIGNED TO SEEK WATER IN ICE CAPS ON OTHER WORLDS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-023 - February 25, 2004
  LARGE DIAMONDS MADE FROM GAS ARE HARDEST YET
  
  
• NSF PR 04-022 - February 25, 2004
  RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEW FAMILY OF ATLANTIC CORALS, UPSET PRIOR CORAL CLASSIFICATIONS
  Provides new look at conservation of threatened coral species
  
  
• NSF PR 04-021 - February 23, 2004
  FUEL-CELL MICROBES' DOUBLE DUTY: TREAT WATER, MAKE ENERGY
  NSF 'sugar' grant supports single-chamber prototype fed by wastewater
  
  
• NSF PR 04-020 - February 11, 2004
  RITA COLWELL TO LEAVE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  
  
• NSF PR 04-019 - February 12, 2004
  NSF ANNOUNCES $24 MILLION PROGRAM IN HUMAN AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS
  Priority area to provide new insights into how people both create and respond to change
  
  
• NSF PR 04-018 - February 13, 2004
  LOOKING AT SCIENCE THROUGH NEW EYES:
  NSF and AAAS Launch Second Visualization Challenge
  
  
• NSF PR 04-017 - February 14, 2004
  AT AAAS: BIOCOMPLEXITY PANEL ON HUMAN-NATURE INTERACTIONS
  Updates on NSF projects in Kenya, China, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Amazon
  
  
• NSF PR 04-016 - February 16, 2004
  NSF PUTS PRIORITY ON ATTRACTING AND EDUCATING A SKILLED, DIVERSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE
  
  
• NSF PR 04-015 - February 15, 2004
  THE SENSOR REVOLUTION
  NSF sensor activities in focus at AAAS annual meeting in Seattle
  
  
• NSF PR 04-014 - February 13, 2004
  CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE POISED TO REVOLUTIONIZE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND OTHER DISCIPLINES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-013 - February 02, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD SAYS NSF NEEDS $19 BILLION ANNUALLY TO ADDRESS U.S. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NEEDS
  
  
• NSF PR 04-012 - February 02, 2004
  NSF FISCAL 2005 BUDGET REQUEST IS $5.745 BILLION
  
  
• NSF PR 04-011 - February 01, 2004
  MICROBIAL BIOFILM YIELDS COMMUNITY GENOMES, METABOLIC CLUES
  Research from Iron Mountain mine sheds light on acid drainage
  
  
• NSF PR 04-010 - January 30, 2004
  BEYOND FENG SHUI: DESIGNING FOR INNOVATION
  Layouts that Increase the Rate of Chance Encounters Are Critical
  
  
• NSF PR 04-009 - January 29, 2004
  DURING EARTHQUAKES, MINERAL GEL MAY REDUCE ROCK FRICTION TO ZERO
  
  
• NSF PR 04-008 - January 21, 2004
  PROTEIN DATA BANK OPENS NEW ERA WITH BROADER SUPPORT
  Nearly 24,000 molecules and growing, accessible collection advances biology
  
  
• NSF PR 04-007 - January 16, 2004
  NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS FORM SPHERES, TUBES AND CURVES
  Self-assembling structures could find wide use in nanoelectronics and drug delivery
  
  
• NSF PR 04-006 - January 15, 2004
  STUDY PINPOINTING ORIGINS OF SIBERIAN PEAT BOGS RAISES CONCERNS THAT ARCTIC THAW MAY RELEASE GREENHOUSE GASES
  
  
• NSF PR 04-005 - January 14, 2004
  A POSSIBLE NEW FORM OF "SUPERSOLID" MATTER
  Frozen helium-4 behaves like a combination of solid and superfluid
  
  
• NSF PR 04-004 - January 14, 2004
  IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, SOME LAKE FISH ARE MADE OF MAPLE LEAVES
  Study Shows Fallen Leaves Play a Role in the Food Web.
  
  
• NSF PR 04-003 - January 08, 2004
  ASTRONOMERS SEE ERA OF RAPID GALAXY FORMATION
  New Findings Pose a Challenge for Cold Dark Matter Theory
  
  
• NSF PR 04-002 - January 12, 2004
  CHEMISTS CRACK SECRETS OF NATURE'S SUPER GLUE
  Mussel-powered proteins stick to Teflon, even under water
  
  
• NSF PR 04-001 - January 08, 2004
  RNA LARIAT MAY TIE UP LOOSE ENDS TO DECADES-OLD MYSTERY OF RETROVIRUS LIFE CYCLE
  Studies of baker's yeast may lead to new drugs to fight HIV
  
  

PRESS RELEASES FOR 2003

• NSF PR 03-151 - December 22, 2003
  UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, CHINA LINK UP FIRST GLOBAL-RING NETWORK FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND EDUCATION COOPERATION
  New Network Marks Significant Step for Academic Cooperation Among the Three Countries
  
  
• NSF PR 03-150 - December 22, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD APPROVES AWARD FOR A NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK
  
  
• NSF PR 03-149 - December 18, 2003
  LANDSCAPES ON BURIED GLACIERS IN ANTARCTICA'S DRY VALLEYS HELP DECIPHER RECENT ICE AGES ON MARS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-148 - December 18, 2003
  'PANNING FOR GOLD' IN THE MAIZE GENOME
  New approaches yield gene-rich regions, accelerate sequencing
  
  
• NSF PR 03-147 - December 17, 2003
  RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NANOSCALE FIBERS THAT ARE THINNER THAN THE WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT THEY CARRY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-146 - December 17, 2003
  KEEPING FOUND THINGS FOUND: WEB TOOLS DON'T ALWAYS MESH WITH HOW PEOPLE WORK
  
  
• NSF PR 03-145 - December 17, 2003
  NEW STUDY REPORTS LARGE-SCALE SALINITY CHANGES IN THE OCEANS
  Saltier tropical oceans and fresher ocean waters near the poles further signs of global climate change's impacts
  
  
• NSF PR 03-144 - December 19, 2003
  THIRD SET OF AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED UNDER INTERAGENCY BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM
  
  
• NSF PR 03-142 - December 10, 2003
  RESEARCHERS ENGINEER MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS TO FORM SPERM CELL PRECURSORS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-141 - December 10, 2003
  U.S. AND NEW ZEALAND OFFER AUSTRALIAN PILOT SAFE PASSAGE HOME FROM ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 03-140 - December 17, 2003
  STABLE ISOTOPE DATA PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR HUGE GLOBAL METHANE RELEASE ABOUT 600 MILLION YEARS AGO
  Led to Rapid Warming of Earth's Climate
  
  
• NSF PR 03-139 - December 11, 2003
  MUSTARD-ROOT MAP BREAKS NEW GROUND TRACKING GENE EXPRESSION
  New 'global' technique a dividend of NSF's Arabidopsis 2010 effort
  
  
• NSF PR 03-138 - December 8, 2003
  EXTREME 2003 TAKES STUDENTS WORLDWIDE TO THE OCEAN'S DEPTH
  
  
• NSF PR 03-137 - December 5, 2003
  TWO AIRCRAFT IN ANTARCTICA SUFFER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-136 - December 10, 2003
  RAINFALL CONTROLS CASCADE MOUNTAINS' EROSION AND BEDROCK UPLIFT PATTERNS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-135 - December 8, 2003
  ABANDONED PENGUIN COLONIES MAY HELP REFINE ANTARCTIC CLIMATE STUDIES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-134 - December 4, 2003
  NATIONAL SURVEY REVEALS CONTINUING DECLINE IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DOCTORAL DEGREES
  Numbers of most other degrees remain stable
  
  
• NSF PR 03-133 - December 3, 2003
  NSF ANNOUNCES $30 MILLION PROGRAM IN "CYBER TRUST"
  
  
• NSF PR 03-132 - December 3, 2003
  FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER: OPEN-SOURCE PRACTICES MAY HELP IMPROVE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
  
  
• NSF PR 03-131 - December 3, 2003
  NEW FOSSILS FROM ETHIOPIA OPEN A WINDOW ON AFRICA'S "MISSING YEARS"
  
  
• NSF PR 03-130 - November 25, 2003
  TAKING CUES FROM MOTHER NATURE TO FOIL CYBER ATTACKS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-129 - December 2, 2003
  TOP SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE HUMAN ACTIVITY IS AFFECTING GLOBAL CLIMATE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-128 - November 26, 2003
  GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER NEW CLASS OF SPREADING RIDGE ON SEA BOTTOM
  Finding Changes Notion of Ocean Crust Formation
  
  
• NSF PR 03-127 - November 19, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, CITING CENSUS STATS ON FOREIGN-BORN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, RELEASES WORKFORCE REPORT WITH NEW SENSE OF URGENCY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-126 - November 19, 2003
  VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS MAY AFFECT EL NIÑO ONSET
  
  
• NSF PR 03-125 - October 28, 2003
  MEETING TO ADDRESS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF ARCTIC ENVIRONMMENT CHANGE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-124 - October 29, 2003
  NOT ALL AERIAL REPTILES WERE LEVEL-HEADED, CT SCANS SHOW
  Inside view of pterosaurs' brain yields insights to posture, behavior
  
  
• NSF PR 03-123 - October 23, 2003
  NSF ANNOUNCES AWARDS TO DEVELOP NETWORK TESTBEDS FOR CYBERSECURITY, NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS AND E-SCIENCE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-122 - October 22, 2003
  NSF AWARDS $6.9M IN GRANTS TO 15 UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES IN 1ST FULL YEAR OF ROBERT NOYCE SCHOLARSHIPS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-121 - October 22, 2003
  PRESIDENT NAMES EIGHT ELITE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL MEDALS OF SCIENCE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-120 - October 15, 2003
  NSF AWARDS $219 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS FOR EARTHSCOPE PROJECT: FAR-REACHING GEOSCIENCES EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT
  
  
• NSF PR 03-119 - October 14, 2003
  ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES GRANTS AWARDED BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
  
  
• NSF PR 03-118 - October 6, 2003
  $30M NSF GRANTS ESTABLISH NEW CENTERS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING AT MISSOURI, RUTGERS, BERKELEY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-117 - October 6, 2003
  YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW: SOFTWARE BRINGS CELLULAR CAPACITY TO RURAL COMMUNITIES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-116 - October 14, 2003
  NSF AWARDS $31.9 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 03-115 - October 3, 2003
  NSF AWARDS $68 MILLION FOR NEW ENGINEERING CENTERS
  Centers tackle storm prediction, extreme ultraviolet light, clean chemical manufacturing, and implantable electronics for treating incurable diseases
  
  
• NSF PR 03-114 - October 3, 2003
  PLANT GENOME RESEARCH GETS $100 MILLION BOOST FROM NSF
  31 new projects on cereals, fruits, legumes, other economically key plants
  
  
• NSF PR 03-113 - October 7, 2003
  NEW GLASS CAN REPLACE EXPENSIVE CRYSTALS IN SOME LASERS AND BRING HIGH POWER TO SMALL PACKAGES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-112 - October 2, 2003
  NSF DIRECTS $216.3M TOWARD MATH, SCIENCE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 03-111 - October 1, 2003
  MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER: NSF AWARD TO HELP NEW WORLD SYMPHONY CREATE GLOVAL MUSIC EDUCATION NETWORK
  High-Performance Network Connection program's nine awards in 2003 brings total to 244
  
  
• NSF PR 03-110 - September 30, 2003
  NSF AWARDS CONTRACT FOR START OF INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
  
  
• NSF PR 03-109 - October 1, 2003
  LA NIÑA TAKES BOLIVIAN ANDES ON A SEDIMENTAL JOURNEY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-108 - October 1, 2003
  NEW SURFACE CAN FIND DIFFERENT TWISTS ON A MOLECULAR THEME
  
  
• NSF PR 03-107 - September 29, 2003
  NSF ANNOUNCES THREE AWARDS TO EXTEND THE REACH OF TERASCALE FACILITY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-106 - September 24, 2003
  NSF'S 'FIBR' TO MIX DISCIPLINES, USE BREAKTHROUGHS ON 5-YEAR EXPLORATIONS INTO BIOLOGY'S MYSTERIES
  6 groups, $5 million per, on evolution, species, reproduction, plant growth
  
  
• NSF PR 03-105 - September 22, 2003
  ILL SOUTH POLE WORKER SAFELY EVACUATED
  
  
• NSF PR 03-104 - September 23, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $14M PLANETARY BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-103 - September 17, 2003
  DATA PRIVACY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WEATHER PREDICTION TO BENEFIT FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
  NSF Information Technology Research program announces awards for 2003
  
  
• NSF PR 03-102 - September 16, 2003
  "DOPPLER ON WHEELS" TO INTERCEPT EYE OF HURRICANE ISABEL, FUTURE WEATHER MODEL ZOOMS IN FOR FORECAST
  
  
• NSF PR 03-101 - September 17, 2003
  ANCIENT RELATIVES OF ALGAE YIELD NEW INSIGHTS INTO ROLE OF CO₂ IN EARTH'S EARLY ATMOSPHERE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-100 - September 12, 2003
  UPDATE: PLANES GO TO ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 03-99 - September 15, 2003
  NSF AWARDS EXTEND MIDDLEWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN TESTING, PORTALS AND INSTRUMENTATION
  
  
• NSF PR 03-98 - September 11, 2003
  NSF, SCIENCE NAME WINNERS OF INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING VISUALIZATION CHALLENGE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-97 - September 11, 2003
  NSF CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES FOR TREATING ILL SOUTH POLE WORKER
  
  
• NSF PR 03-96 - September 10, 2003
  EMMY NODS FOR NSF-BACKED PUBLIC TELEVISION SCIENCE PROGRAMS, GRANTEE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-95 - September 10, 2003
  BABOON FATHERS REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS
  NSF-funded study suggests paternal care may be ancient trait in primates
  
  
• NSF PR 03-94 - September 3, 2003
  NANOSCALE IRON COULD HELP CLEANSE THE ENVIRONMENT
  The ultrafine particles will flow underground and destroy toxic compounds in place
  
  
• NSF PR 03-93 - September 4, 2003
  MICROBES ACTIVE IN COLORADO SNOWS FUEL TUNDRA ECOSYSTEM
  
  
• NSF PR 03-92 - September 2, 2003
  NSF PUBLISHES UNIQUE LEARNING RESOURCE IN TIME FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR
  211 Research-based learning experiences at all levels cataloged
  
  
• NSF PR 03-91 - August 28, 2003
  SEARCH-AND-RESCUE ROBOTS PRACTICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO SIMULATED EARTHQUAKE
  Researchers see how robots respond in real-world rescue operations with FEMA's Indiana Task Force 1
  
  
• NSF PR 03-90 - August 27, 2003
  NANOPARTICLES CHANGE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE WHEN THEY GET WET, RESEARCH SHOWS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-88 - August 25, 2003
  SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (SIO) OCEANS 2003 PRESS RELEASE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-89 - August 25, 2003
  NSF AWARDS NEW GRANTS TO STUDY SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-87 - August 20, 2003
  ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE GOES TO GROUND: RESEARCHERS PRESENT NEW FINDINGS ON THE NATURAL HYDROGEN CYCLE
  New Evidence Suggest Earth's Soil May be as Important as its Atmosphere
  
  
• NSF PR 03-86 - August 18, 2003
  GENOME SEQUENCE FOR TOMATO-INFECTING MICROBE MAY SHOW HOW BACTERIA ADAPT TO PLANT DEFENSES
  Sequence for model pathogen opens up next level of study for many bacterial diseases
  
  
• NSF PR 03-85 - August 13, 2003
  OCEAN CARBON CYCLE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT
  
  
• NSF PR 03-84 - August 14, 2003
  MICROBE FROM DEPTHS TAKES LIFE TO HOTTEST KNOWN LIMIT
  Researchers find iron-reducing archaeon 'Strain 121' respires to greatness
  
  
• NSF PR 03-83 - August 13, 2003
  LAKE ECOSYSTEM CRITICAL TO EAST AFRICAN FOOD SUPPLY IS THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-82 - August 13, 2003
  MICROBES' GENOMES PROMISE INSIGHT INTO OCEANS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-81 - August 7, 2003
  DUAL DISCOVERIES IN GENETIC PROCESSING IMPROVE ACCURACY OF GENOME INFORMATION, MAY HASTEN NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 03-80 - July 31, 2003
  BEHIND THE BLOCKBUSTERS--SPECIAL EFFECTS TOOL LOCKS CHARACTERS ONTO FILM
  
  
• NSF PR 03-79 - July 31, 2003
  NEW "KNOCKOUT" MAP HELPS STUDY GENE FUNCTIONS IN MODEL PLANT
  
  
• NSF PR 03-78 - July 28, 2003
  WIRELESS NETWORK PROVIDES CRITICAL LINK IN BATTLE TO CONTROL CALIFORNIA'S COYOTE WILDFIRE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-77 - July 23, 2003
  SELF-ASSEMBLING DEVICES AT THE NANOSCALE
  A new hybrid technique could lead to mass-produced chips with molecular-scale structure
  
  
• NSF PR 03-76 - July 24, 2003
  HYDROTHERMAL VENT SYSTEMS COULD HAVE PERSISTED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, INCUBATED EARLY LIFE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-75 - July 23, 2003
  BIODIVERSITY'S RESPONSE TO ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY DEPENDS ON HISTORICAL PLANT AND ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-74 - July 17, 2003
  HAWAII OCEAN MIXING EXPERIMENT SCIENTISTS CLOSE IN ON PUZZLE OF OCEAN ENERGY
  Wide range of instruments, equipment document giant 1,000-foot undersea waves
  
  
• NSF PR 03-73 - July 3, 2003
  SCIENTISTS DISCOVER PLANETARY SYSTEM SIMILAR TO OUR OWN
  
  
• NSF PR 03-72 - June 27, 2003
  US-EC BIOTECH TASK FORCE KEYS ON RESEARCH, COLLABORATION
  'Transkingdom biology' joins health, food, biosafety, and environment on agenda
  
  
• NSF PR 03-71 - June 26, 2003
  PLANT DIVERSITY HAS "LUXURY" EFFECT, SAY SCIENTISTS
  Biodiversity in urban/suburban yards correlates with household income
  
  
• NSF PR 03-69 - June 26, 2003
  NEW CATALYST PAVES WAY FOR CHEAP, RENEWABLE HYDROGEN
  
  
• NSF PA 03-03 - June 26, 2003
  NOTED ASTROPHYSICIST MICHAEL S. TURNER TO HEAD NSF'S MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-70 - June 25, 2003
  FOR FERRETS, GPI MEANS 'GET PREGNANCY INITIATED'
  Embryo-implant protein exploited by tumors may help endangered species
  
  
• NSF PR 03-68 - June 25, 2003
  SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCE FIRST 3-D ASSEMBLY OF MAGNETIC AND SEMICONDUCTING NANOPARTICLES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-67 - June 25, 2003
  BEHAVIOR OF ARCTIC OCEAN RIDGE CONFOUNDS PREDICTIONS; MAY LEAD TO NEW INSIGHTS INTO CRUST FORMATION
  
  
• NSF PA 03-02 - June 19, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER
  
  
• NSF PR 03-66 - June 9, 2003
  WORKSHOP: WILL TODAY'S INNOVATIONS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE?
  
  
• NSF PR 03-65 - June 11, 2003
  EARLIEST HOMO SAPIENS FOSSILS DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA
  
  
• NSF PR 03-64 - June 9, 2003
  ANTARCTIC RESEARCH VESSEL HEADS NORTH TO MAP ARCTIC WATERS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-63 - June 5, 2003
  GOING WITH THE GRAIN: A TALE OF RICE'S SMALLEST CHROMOSOME
  "Finished" sequence reveals twice as many genes, cereal similarity
  
  
• NSF PR 03-62 - June 4, 2003
  ANCIENT POLLEN YIELDS INSIGHT INTO FOREST BIODIVERSITY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-61 - May 29, 2003
  NEW RESULTS FORCE SCIENTISTS TO RETHINK SINGLE-MOLECULE WIRES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-60 - May 27, 2003
  THE SEASHELL'S INNER BEAUTY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-59 - May 16, 2003
  NSF RESEARCHERS PRESENT DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO GOVERNMENT CHALLENGES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-58 - May 14, 2003
  FROM CELL-CYCLE SECRETS TO NSF'S WATERMAN AWARD AMON EARNS TOP HONOR FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-57 - May 15, 2003
  FOSSIL RECORD ACCURATELY REFLECTS RECENT FLOWERING OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-56 - May 13, 2003
  RESEARCHERS DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR COMPUTING GOOGLE-STYLE WEB RANKINGS UP TO FIVE TIMES FASTER
  Speed-up may make "topic-sensitive" page rankings feasible
  
  
• NSF PR 03-55 - May 12, 2003
  PATTERN RECOGNITION METHOD ZEROES IN ON GENES THAT REGULATE CELL'S GENETIC MACHINERY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-54 - May 12, 2003
  FORMER ASTRONAUT, RADIO SHOW, SCIENCE WRITING GROUP EARN NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD'S ANNUAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 03-53 - May 7, 2003
  RICHARD C. ATKINSON CHOSEN FOR THE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 03-52 - May 6, 2003
  NPR's "LIVING ON EARTH"SERIES LAUNCHES NEW SEGMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
  "The Secret Life of Lead" begins series that highlights NSF-funded research
  
  
• NSF PR 03-51 - May 7, 2003
  ARTIFICIAL LIFE EXPERIMENTS SHOW HOW COMPLEX FUNCTIONS CAN EVOLVE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-50 - May 2, 2003
  MAY 31 DEADLINE FOR NSF, SCIENCE JOURNAL VISUALIZATION CONTEST
  
  
• NSF PR 03-49 - May 5, 2003
  SCIENTISTS TO PROBE GIANT STORM CLUSTERS ACROSS MID-WESTERN STATES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-48 - May 1, 2003
  NSF DIRECTOR NAMES 2003's DISTINGUISHED TEACHING SCHOLARS
  $1.8M awarded for connecting research to teaching
  
  
• NSF PR 03-47 - April 29, 2003
  NSF SUPPORT HELPS START A ROBOT SOCCER DYNASTY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-46 - April 28, 2003
  NSF MIDDLEWARE INITIATIVE CONTRIBUTES THIRD SOFTWARE RELEASE TO CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  Standards-based software and tools are adopted by e-science, universities and industry
  
  
• NSF PR 03-45 - April 28, 2003
  GAME THEORIST SANDLER DESCRIBES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICIES
  Economists are building new theoretical models to enlighten policymakers
  
  
• NSF PR 03-44 - April 25, 2003
  BREAD MOLD YIELDS A GENOME FIRST FOR FILAMENTOUS FUNGI
  Neurospora's 10,000 genes include RIPs that limit new genes
  
  
• NSF PR 03-43 - April 25, 2003
  MOSAIC WEB BROWSER CELEBRATES 10^TH BIRTHDAY
  NSF-supported supercomputer center gave birth to software that spurred the development of the modern Web
  
  
• NSF PR 03-42 - April 18, 2003
  NSF RESEARCHERS TO HELP MODERN ORGANIZATIONS ADAPT AND RESPOND IN THE INFORMATION AGE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-41 - April 22, 2003
  UNITED STATES AND JAPAN SIGN MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION FOR INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
  Program will foster continued study of Earth's geologic processes
  
  
• NSF PR 03-40 - April 8, 2003
  SCIENCE BOARD CALLS FOR GREATER INFRASTRUCTURE FISCAL SUPPORT, MID-SIZE PROJECT EMPHASIS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-39 - April 4, 2003
  VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE "VIRTUAL MONTICELLO" AT NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBITION
  Computer graphics researchers to provide "virtual reality windows" into the past
  
  
• NSF PR 03-38 - April 4, 2003
  GOOD RATINGS GONE BAD: STUDY SHOWS RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS CAN MANIPULATE USERS' OPINIONS
  Study also reports users lose trust in systems that give phony ratings
  
  
• NSF PA 03-01 - April 1, 2003
  NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-37 - April 1, 2003
  LIBERTY BELL PASSES STRESS TEST
  
  
• NSF PR 03-36 - April 2, 2003
  DINOSAUR CANNIBAL UNEARTHED IN MADAGASCAR
  
  
• NSF PR 03-35 - March 27, 2003
  FROM BIOLOGY TO COMPUTING AND BACK AGAIN
  NSF workshop links advanced mathematical methods to cells, organs, organisms
  
  
• NSF PR 03-34 - March 27, 2003
  FOREST FRAGMENTATION MAY INCREASE LYME DISEASE RISK
  
  
• NSF PR 03-33 - March 25, 2003
  NEW SOUTH POLE SEISMIC STATION IS ONE OF WORLD'S QUIETEST AND MOST SENSITIVE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-32 - March 26, 2003
  RESEARCHERS SPY STELLAR BULL'S EYE --
  Dramatic images reveal unique star explosion
  
  
• Press Release - March 19, 2003
  PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS NATION'S TOP MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-31 - March 20, 2003
  NEW MEASUREMENTS SHOW SILICON NANOSPHERES RANK AMONG HARDEST KNOWN MATERIALS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-30 - March 23, 2003
  NEW TECHNIQUE FABRICATES "PLUMBING" FOR MICROFLUID FACTORIES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-29 - March 14, 2003
  WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES NATION'S TOP SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS MENTORS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-28 - March 13, 2003
  CRYSTALS ON A BALL
  Researchers attack 100-year-old puzzle, learn how a single layer of particles can pack on the surface of a sphere
  
  
• NSF PR 03-27 - March 13, 2003
  UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF NANOSCIENCE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-26 - March 6, 2003
  WITH TOXIC CRYSTALS, BACTERIUM TARGETS - AND TAKES OUT - NEMATODES
  Long-time farmers' friend shows promise against parasitic worms
  
  
• NSF PR 03-25 - March 3, 2003
  NEW PROCEDURE LETS SCIENTISTS PROBE SHORT-LIVED MOLECULES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-24 - February 26, 2003
  NSF CHOOSES ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO REFUEL ITS MAIN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION
  Unusual, multi-year ice conditions keep tanker out of McMurdo Station
  
  
• NSF PR 03-23 - February 19, 2003
  RESEARCHERS WILL NO LONGER BE "SNOWED" IN PREDICTING FUTURE AVALANCHES
  Study of variations in snow stability over geography and time are key, scientists say
  
  
• NSF PR 03-22 - February 20, 2003
  NEW MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE MAY MIMIC HOW CELLS ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-21 - February 14, 2003
  NSF ANNOUNCES NEW SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE AWARDS
  New students will be trained as information security professionals
  
  
• NSF PR 03-20 - February 11, 2003
  WORKSHOP PREPARES ROBOTICS RESEARCHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
  
  
• NSF PR 03-19 - February 10, 2003
  NSF, SCIENCE JOURNAL ANNOUNCE SCIENCE VISUALIZATION CONTEST
  
  
• NSF PR 03-18 - February 3, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RELEASES NEW REPORT FROM ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
  Report envisions a future cyberinfrastructure that will "radically empower" the science and engineering community
  
  
• NSF PR 03-17 - February 3, 2003
  NSF SEEKS 2004 BUDGET OF $5.48 BILLION
  Increase will address priorities of "immediate national importance"
  
  
• NSF PR 03-16 - January 30, 2003
  ULTRA-HIGH-DENSITY DATA STORAGE MAY BECOME PRACTICAL WITH BREAKTHROUGH IN NANOSCALE MAGNETIC SENSORS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-14 - January 31, 2003
  SURVEY SHOWS SECURITY AND PRIVACY REMAIN MAJOR CONCERNS FOR ONLINE SHOPPERS
  Third annual Internet Report also reveals that the Internet has become Internet users' most important source of information
  
  
• NSF PR 03-13 - January 31, 2003
  A FERROUS WHEEL IN THE FOREST
  Scientists develop new hypothesis on the fate of acid rain
  
  
• NSF PR 03-12 - January 22, 2003
  MULTIPLE FACTORS AFFECT FLIGHT POWER CURVES AMONG SPECIES
  
  
• NSF PR 03-11 - January 17, 2003
  HELICOPTER CRASHES IN ANTARCTICA
  Injured pilot, passenger flown to New Zealand for Medical Treatment
  
  
• NSF PR 03-10 - January 16, 2003
  NSF FUNDS UNIQUE SECURITY PROGRAM AMONG 21 NEW AWARDS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE TRAINEESHIPS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-09 - January 20, 2003
  SCIENTISTS FIND GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINT OF WORLD TRADE CENTER COLLAPSE RECORDED IN NEW YORK HARBOR SEDIMENTS
  
  
• NSF PR 03-08 - January 16, 2003
  NEW STUDY SUGGESTS MISSING LINK THAT EXPLAINS HOW DINOSAURS LEARNED TO FLY
  
  
• NSF PR 03-07 - January 13, 2003
  FACING EXTREME ICE CONDITIONS, COAST GUARD, NSF DEPLOY SECOND ICEBREAKER TO ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 03-06 - January 12, 2003
  RESEARCHERS TIE WORLDWIDE BIODIVERSITY THREATS TO GROWTH IN HOUSEHOLDS
  Pandas in China face encroachment, as do other species in global "hotspots"
  
  
• NSF PR 03-05 - January 8, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION RELEASES NEW REPORT
  Ten-Year Outlook for Agency's Environmental Research and Education Programs
  
  
• NSF PR 03-04 - January 6, 2003
  NATIONAL SURVEY DOCUMENTS DROP IN DOCTORAL DEGREES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  
  
• NSF PR 03-03 - January 8, 2003
  SCIENTISTS FIND FIRST ACTIVE 'JUMPING GENES' IN RICE
  
  
• NSF PR 03-02 - January 7, 2003
  WIRELESS NETWORK BOOSTS SUPERNOVA SEARCH TO STELLAR FIRST YEAR
  
  
• NSF PR 03-01 - January 2, 2003
  BREAKTHROUGH BRINGS LASER LIGHT TO NEW REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM
  
  

PRESS RELEASES FOR 2002

• NSF PR 02-102 - December 20, 2002
  NSF PROGRAM PROVIDES BANDWIDTH TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE TEACH, LEARN AND EXPLORE
  High-Performance Network Connection program's 14 awards in 2002 brings total to 235
  
  
• NSF PR 02-101 - December 19, 2002
  PRESIDENT SIGNS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-100 - December 16, 2002
  RESEARCHERS UNCOVER EXTREME LAKE -- AND 3000-YEAR-OLD MICROBES -- IN MARS-LIKE ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-99 - December 13, 2002
  SCIENTISTS USE SOUTH POLE TELESCOPE TO PRODUCE THE MOST DETAILED IMAGES OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-98 - December 12, 2002
  INCREASES IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY RELATED TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ALTER PRODUCTIVITY AND PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION
  (Impacts On Ecosystems Are Greater Than Previously Anticipated)
  
  
• NSF PR 02-97 - December 5, 2002
  SCIENTISTS FIND EARLIEST "NEW WORLD" WRITINGS IN MEXICO
  
  
• NSF PR 02-96 - December 2, 2002
  NEW NSF AWARDS ENCOURAGE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN OCEAN SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-95 - November 26, 2002
  PLANT-FUNGAL SYMBIOSIS FOUND IN HIGH-HEAT EXTREME ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-94 - November 18, 2002
  DISCOVERING THE TREE OF LIFE
  NSF awards grants to discover the relationships of 1.75 million species
  
  
• NSF PR 02-93 - November 18, 2002
  NSF-SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DIGITAL LIBRARY TO LAUNCH NOVEMBER 20
  Project targets online collection of 10,000 books from 100 cultures
  
  
• NSF PR 02-92 - November 14, 2002
  USING COMPUTERS, SCIENTISTS SUCCESSFULLY PREDICT EVOLUTION OF E. COLI BACTERIA
  
  
• NSF PR 02-91 - November 7, 2002
  EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONY STRUGGLING WITH ICEBERG BLOCKADE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-90 - November 4, 2002
  NSF RECOGNIZED FOR E-GOVERNMENT SUCCESS AT CEREMONY
  Report cites NSF achievements in streamlining grants process
  
  
• NSF PR 02-89 - November 1, 2002
  NEW NSF "MIDDLEWARE" ADVANCES COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
  
  
• NSF PA 02-03 - October 31, 2002
  NSF APPOINTS GEORGE O. STRAWN AS CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
  
  
• NSF PR 02-88 - October 29, 2002
  RESEARCHERS GET FIRST LOOK INTO ANTIMATTER ATOMS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-87 - October 23, 2002
  NSF ESTABLISHES FIVE NEW CENTERS TO DEVELOP TEACHING LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-85 - October 16, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, USDA TO FUND MAPPING OF PLANT-DEVOURING MOLD GENOME
  
  
• NSF PR 02-84 - October 15, 2002
  FIVE NSF RESEARCHERS WIN 2002 NOBEL PRIZES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-83 - October 15, 2002
  NSF AWARDS $37.9 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-82 - October 4, 2002
  LASER RESEARCH YIELDS PRECISION BREATH ANALYSIS TOOL FOR ASTHMA DIAGNOSIS (TREATMENT)
  
  
• NSF PR 02-81 - September 30, 2002
  MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP AWARDS ANNOUNCED
  K-12, higher education institutions unite in effort to boost learning
  
  
• NSF PR 02-80 - September 26, 2002
  STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON MESS IN POLLUTED STREAMS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-79 - September 26, 2002
  NSF AWARDS $75.6M FOR PLANT GENOME RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 02-78 - September 25, 2002
  AWARDS WILL ADVANCE THE STATE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY'S ART
  Research also expected to spur advances in fields from biology to physics
  
  
• NSF PR 02-77 - September 26, 2002
  RESEARCHERS FIND TRIGGER FOR DEVASTATING DIGESTIVE DISEASE, PROPOSE TREATMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-76 - September 24, 2002
  UNDERSEA DATA NETWORK PLANNED FOR MONTEREY BAY
  
  
• NSF PR 02-75 - September 20, 2002
  NSF FUNDS $10.2M MAIZE GENE SEQUENCING PUSH
  
  
• NSF PR 02-74 - September 19, 2002
  RESEARCHERS SHOW WHY ACTIVE MOUNTAINS DON'T GET TALLER
  
  
• NSF PR 02-73 - September 10, 2002
  SCIENTISTS EXPLORE LARGE GAS HYDRATE FIELD OFF OREGON COAST
  
  
• NSF PR 02-72 - September 6, 2002
  SATELLITES TO PROFILE WEATHER, IMPROVE FORECASTS THROUGH GPS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-71 - September 10, 2002
  PEOPLE WHO "GAVE UP" AFTER 9/11 MORE LIKELY TO REMAIN DISTRESSED
  
  
• NSF PR 02-70 - September 4, 2002
  SONGBIRDS USE MENTAL POINTER WHEN PLAYING TUNES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-69 - August 21, 2002
  NEW CENTER TO EXPAND ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL REFORMS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-67 - August 13, 2002
  INTERNET LINK MOVES GEMINI CLOSER TO BECOMING FIRST "CYBER OBSERVATORY"
  
  
• NSF PR 02-66 - August 7, 2002
  SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE AWARDS EXPANDED AFTER PRESIDENT SIGNS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BILL
  NSF grants add to student base, help to expand institutional "capacity building"
  
  
• NSF PR 02-65 - August 2, 2002
  TWENTY-YEARS OF LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RELEASES REVIEW REPORT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-64 - July 30, 2002
  NSF, INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO COOPERATE ON "DATA MINING" RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 02-63 - July 24, 2002
  LIGHT FROM GAS BUBBLES: SONOLUMINESCENCE MEASURED
  
  
• NSF PR 02-62 - July 16, 2002
  FIRST OF CROP KILLER'S GENOME SEQUENCE AVAILABLE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-61 - July 17, 2002
  TELEMEDICINE LINK WITH SOUTH POLE ALLOWS REMOTE KNEE SURGERY
  
  
• NSF PR 02-60 - July 19, 2002
  LASER-LIKE BEAM MAY BREAK BARRIERS TO TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-59 - July 12, 2002
  PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 20 NSF-SUPPORTED YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-58 - July 8, 2002
  DEFORMED FROGS FORM WHEN PARASITES AND PESTICIDES COMBINE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-57 - July 8, 2002
  CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAN IMPROVE HUMAN PERFORMANCE, REPORT SAYS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-56 - July 2, 2002
  NEW NSF INSTITUTES TO STRENGTHEN MATHEMATICS AS BASE FOR NATIONAL S&T
  
  
• NSF PR 02-55 - June 26, 2002
  DATA STORAGE GETS ULTRASMALL WITH REMARKABLE BREAKTHROUGH IN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-54 - June 13, 2002
  NEWFOUND PLANETARY SYSTEM HAS "HOMETOWN" LOOK
  
  
• NSF PR 02-53 - June 12, 2002
  TWO BREAKTHROUGHS ACHIEVED IN SINGLE-MOLECULE TRANSISTOR RESEARCH
  Results promise advances in nanoscale electronics
  
  
• NSF PR 02-52 - June 10, 2002
  IN EVOLUTION GAME, SURVIVAL DOESN'T EQUAL SUCCESS
  Finding has implications for future of biodiversity
  
  
• NSF PR 02-51 - June 4, 2002
  BOTANISTS DISCOVER NEW CONIFER SPECIES IN VIETNAM
  
  
• NSF PR 02-50 - June 6, 2002
  GEOPHYSICISTS FIND SHARP SIDES TO AFRICAN SUPERPLUME
  
  
• NSF PR 02-49 - May 30, 2002
  SCIENCE GRAD STUDENTS STIMULATE LEARNING BY K-12 STUDENTS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-48 - May 30, 2002
  NEW CLIMATE STUDY CHALLENGES THINKING ON LARGE-SCALE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-47 - May 28, 2002
  
  THREE NATIONS AGREE TO SHARE ICE CORE THAT MAY YIELD CLUES ABOUT NATURE OF LAKE VOSTOK
  Scientists to discuss Lake Vostok research at webcast press conference
  
  
• NSF PR 02-46 - May 23, 2002
  HUGE ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS BREAK AWAY NEAR NSF RESEARCH HUB
  
  
• NSF PR 02-45 - May 22, 2002
  OMB/NSF WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVED PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-43 - May 16, 2002
  "RAMPING UP" TO DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
  Meeting to showcase how digital technologies could streamline governance
  
  
• NSF PR 02-42 - May 23, 2002
  FIRST PRIMATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG UNCOVERS NEW TOOL DEVELOPMENT LINKS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-41 - May 23, 2002
  MICROWAVE IMAGER PROBES UNIVERSE "FIRST LIGHT" TO ANSWER COSMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS
  Independent evidence of inflation theory
  
  
• NSF PA 02-02 May 10, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ELECTS LEADERS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-40 - May 9, 2002
  PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 15 TO RECEIVE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE
  Six biologists among laureates named for lifetime honor
  
  
• NSF PR 02-39 - May 8, 2002
  NSF DIRECTOR'S AWARDS RECOGNIZE CONNECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND TEACHING
  Six faculty members receive $300,000 each to expand their work
  
  
• NSF PR 02-38 - May 7, 2002
  NEW SOFTWARE, TOOLS EASE INTERNET COLLABORATION AND GRID COMPUTING
  
  
• NSF PR 02-37 - May 9, 2002
  RESEARCHERS COMPARE ANTHRAX GENOMES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-36 - May 7, 2002
  SHIPS RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD CHAIN
  
  
• NSF PR 02-35 - May 8, 2002
  RESEARCHERS DISCOVER CLUES TO WHALE EVOLUTION
  
  
• NSF PR 02-34 - May 2, 2002
  ANCIENT FLOWER FOSSIL POINTS TO UNDERWATER ORIGINS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-33 - April 30, 2002
  NSF PLANNING SIX NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-32 - April 29, 2002
  ALZHEIMER'S, OTHER DISEASES, MAY BENEFIT FROM FIRST LIVE STUDIES OF KEY CELL STRUCTURES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-31 - April 29, 2002
  FROM ARTS TO NEUROBIOLOGY - VERSATILE DUKE SCIENTIST CHOSEN FOR NSF WATERMAN AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 02-30 - April 24, 2002
  ERICH BLOCH HONORED WITH VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD FOR LONG-RUNNING CONTRIBUTIONS TO S&T
  
  
• NSF PR 02-29 - April 25, 2002
  SATELLITE DATA TO PREDICT PLANKTON BLOOMS BY ANALYZING OCEAN COLOR
  
  
• NSF PR 02-28 (NSB PR 02-74) - April 30, 2002
  STRONG R&D SPENDING BUTTRESSES U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH, REPORT SHOWS
  S&E Indicators 2002 hints that international impact may increase
  
  
• NSF PR 02-27 - April 18, 2002
  NEW POST-GENOMIC TECHNIQUE CHRONICLES PROTEIN LIFE CYCLES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-26 - April 16, 2002
  POPULAR WEED KILLER DISRUPTS FROGS' SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-25 - April 16, 2002
  COMPLEX WEATHER STUDY TO TARGET SUMMER STORM FORECASTING
  
  
• NSF PR 02-24 - April 17, 2002
  MICROBIOLOGY TEAM PROBES BACTERIUM'S SURPRISING SURVIVAL TACTICS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-23 - April 10, 2002
  RESEARCHERS PROJECT FUTURE SHRINKING BIODIVERSITY OF MEXICAN SPECIES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-22 - April 3, 2002
  SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
  Recent Collapse of Larsen B ice shelf one likely focus of discussions
  
  
• NSF PR 02-21 - March 28, 2002
  WEST COAST EARTHQUAKES ONGOING, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER
  
  
• NSF PR 02-20 - March 25, 2002
  CROSSING ALASKA BY SNOWMOBILE IN SEARCH OF CLIMATE-CHANGE CLUES
  
  
• NSF PR 02-19 - March 21, 2002
  RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE OVERALL WATER BALANCE IN SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK
  Study is a "critical step" in possible exploration of lake
  
  
• NSF PR 02-18 - March 21, 2002
  PROTEIN PLAYS ESPIONAGE ROLE IN BACTERIAL ATTACK ON PLANTS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-17 - March 6, 2002
  HYDROGEN REACTION EXPERIMENT REAPS A SURPRISE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-16 - March 4, 2002
  MENTORING ORGANIZATION, EVOLUTION ACTIVIST SINGLED OUT FOR NSB PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 02-15 - February 27, 2002
  RESEARCHERS DISCOVER MECHANISM OF PLANT RESISTANCE TO PATHOGENS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-14 - February 20, 2002
  RUNWAY PROJECT CLEARS THE WAY FOR IMPROVED ANTARCTIC AIRLIFT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-13 - February 13, 2002
  NSF/EPA TEAM UP ON GRANTS TO TREAT POLLUTION WITH PLANTS
  
  
• NSF PR 02-12 - February 14, 2002
  ENORMOUS ICEBERG MAY BE IN ITS DEATH THROES
  Collisions with another large berg may doom B-15A to a breakup
  
  
• NSF PR 02-11 - February 7, 2002
  NSF TO SUPPORT STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL WARMING IN THE ARCTIC
  Freshwater changes are initial research focus
  
  
• NSF PR 02-10 - February 4, 2002
  FOUR UNIVERSITIES RECEIVE NSF GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC DRILLING OF LAKE MALAWI IN EAST AFRICA
  
  
• NSF PR 02-09 - January 30, 2002
  WATER LILY MAY PROVIDE A "MISSING LINK" IN THE EVOLUTION OF FLOWERING PLANTS
  
  
• NSF PA 02-01 - January 25, 2002
  NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  
  
• NSF PR 02-08 - January 24, 2002
  MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP CONNECTS SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION TO BOOST LEARNING
  
  
• NSF PR 02-07 - January 30, 2002
  NEW UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX VIRUS NANO-MACHINE FOR CELL PUNCTURING AND DNA DELIVERY
  News Video Available
  
  
• NSF PR 02-06 - February 6, 2002
  PREDATORS DRIVE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUAL PREY APPEARANCE
  
  
• NSF PR 02-05 - January 18, 2002
  GEMINI OBSERVATORY CELEBRATES HISTORIC FIRST
  
  
• NSF PR 02-04 - January 16, 2002
  SCIENTISTS USE SEALS AS "UNDERWATER EYES"
  Technology provides rare glimpse of rare fish species
  
  
• NSF PR 02-03 - January 13, 2002
  PONDERING A CLIMATE CONUNDRUM IN ANTARCTICA
  Unique, distinct cooling trend discovered on Earth's southernmost continent
  
  
• NSF PR 02-02 - January 10, 2002
  ABSTRACT ENGRAVINGS SHOW MODERN BEHAVIOR EMERGED EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
  
  
• NSF PR 02-01 - January 4, 2002
  EVOLUTIONARY "SPEED LIMIT" GOVERNS HOW QUICKLY LIFE BOUNCES BACK AFTER EXTINCTION
  
  

PRESS RELEASES FOR 2001

• NSF PR 01-108 - December 26, 2001
  GIANT ICEBERGS, UNPRECEDENTED ICE CONDITIONS THREATEN ANTARCTIC PENGUIN COLONIES
  
  
• NSF PR 01-107 - December 17, 2001
  NEW PUBLIC-DOMAIN DATABASE COULD ADVANCE HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION THROUGH SOUND
  
  
• NSF PR 01-106 - December 19, 2001
  DRUNKEN DRIVING COSTS AND RISK MEASURED MORE ACCURATELY BY ECONOMISTS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-105 - December 20, 2001
  ENGINEERS DEVELOP NEW CHEMICAL SENSOR BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH
  
  
• NSF PR 01-104 - December 13, 2001
  RESEARCHERS FIND CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE OF FIRST LAND PLANTS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-103 - December 12, 2001
  PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING MENTORS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-102 - December 10, 2001
  NEW GENERATION OF OCEAN EXPLORATION PROPELLED BY HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
  
  
• NSF PR 01-101 - December 13, 2001
  AGROBACTERIUM GENOME SEQUENCE IS COMPLETE Public/private teamwork yields quick, significant results on A. tumefaciens
  
  
• NSF PR 01-100 - December 6, 2001
  TINY PARTICLES OF POLLUTION MAY CARRY LARGE CONSEQUENCES FOR EARTH'S WATER SUPPLY
  
  
• NSF PR 01-99 - December 6, 2001
  NSF AWARDS $18 MILLION CONTRACT TO THE NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER
  
  
• NSF PR 01-98 - December 5, 2001
  INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GAINS FROM OPTICAL NETWORKING Chicago-based StarLight project deploys the latest fiberoptic technology
  
  
• NSF PR 01-97 - December 3, 2001
  U.S.-EC NANOTECH COLLABORATION LAUNCHED
  
  
• NSF PR 01-96 - December 3, 2001
  WORLD'S SMALLEST LIZARD DISCOVERED IN THE CARIBBEAN
  
  
• NSF PR 01-95 - November 29, 2001
  INTERNET USE TAKES A TOLL ON TELEVISION VIEWING Survey shows a decline in television use among people with Internet access
  
  
• NSF PR 01-94 - December 5, 2001
  WATER, SEDIMENTS IN ICE-BOUND ANTARCTIC LAKES MAY HARBOR UNIQUE MICROORGANISMS, ECOSYSTEMS Survey Scientific exploration will require interagency and international cooperation
  
  
• NSF PR 01-93 - November 28, 2001
  HEALY RESEARCHERS MAKE A SERIES OF STRIKING DISCOVERIES ABOUT ARCTIC OCEAN
  
  
• NSF PR 01-92 - November 19, 2001
  MELTING GLACIERS DIMINISHED GULF STREAM, COOLED WESTERN EUROPE, DURING LAST ICE AGE
  
  
• NSF PR 01-91 - November 9, 2001
  NSF-FUNDED TERASCALE COMPUTING SYSTEM RANKS AS WORLD'S SECOND FASTEST Pittsburgh-based computer hits peak of six trillion operations per second
  
  
• NSF PR 01-90 - November 1, 2001
  SCIENTISTS SUCCEED AT FIRST-EVER ATTEMPT TO SEQUENCE DNA AT SEA
  
  
• NSF PR 01-89 - November 1, 2001
  NSF BOOSTS FUNDING FOR PLANT GENOME RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 01-88 - October 31, 2001
  NSF INVESTS IN A SECOND YEAR OF GRANTS TO FOSTER COMMUNITY INNOVATION
  
  
• NSF PR 01-87 - October 30, 2001
  BIOCAPSULE CAN PROVIDE STEADY INSULIN SUPPLY; POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR DIABETES PATIENTS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-86 - October 29, 2001
  NSF-FUNDED RESEARCHERS TRACK ALASKA SEAL MIGRATION FOR THE FIRST TIME
  
  
• NSF PR 01-85 - October 24, 2001
  PUBLIC BOUNCES BACK AFTER SEPT. 11 ATTACKS, NATIONAL STUDY SHOWS Confidence levels at 30-year high
  
  
• NSF PR 01-84 - October 17, 2001
  NSF AWARDS HIGH PERFORMANCE CONNECTIONS TO 22 INSTITUTIONS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-83 - October 18, 2001
  U.S. AND EC OFFICIALS SIGN AGREEMENT TO FOSTER SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
  
  
• NSF PR 01-82 - October 15, 2001
  MORE PLANETS EMERGE WITH SOLAR SYSTEM-LIKE ORBITS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-81 - October 17, 2001
  NSF AWARDS $55 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 01-80 - October 16, 2001
  NSF INITIATES MASSIVE EFFORT TO REBUILD TEACHING LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-79 - October 10, 2001
  NSF ANNOUNCES INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AWARDS UNDER "ADVANCE"
  
  
• NSF PR 01-78 - October 9, 2001
  AT WTC SEARCH, GRADUATE STUDENTS DEPLOY SHOEBOX-SIZED ROBOTS Robot "babies" go where rescue workers and dogs cannot
  
  
• NSF PR 01-77 - October 1, 2001
  NSF ANNOUNCES $43.8 MILLION IN AWARDS FOR ARABIDOPSIS PLANT GENOME RESEARCH The "2010 Project" aims to define functions of the plant's 25,000 genes
  
  
• NSF PR 01-76 - September 26, 2001
  RESEARCH SEASON WILL FEATURE USE OF SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGIES TO MAP ANTARCTICA
  
  
• NSF PR 01-75 - September 26, 2001
  SEARCH OF GALACTIC HALO YIELDS A TREASURE TROVE OF VARIABLE STARS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-74 - September 25, 2001
  NSF ANNOUNCES $156 MILLION IN AWARDS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH A broad range of computer research is slated to ensure U.S. leadership
  
  
• NSF PR 01-73 - September 24, 2001
  INTERNET "MIDDLEWARE" GETS $12 MILLION BOOST FROM NSF Three-year awards for R&D into tools for Internet collaboration
  
  
• NSF PR 01-72 - September 26, 2001
  SCIENTISTS CHART IRON CYCLE IN OCEAN Sunlight plays role in aquatic food chain
  
  
• NSF PR 01-70 - September 19, 2001
  NSF SELECTS FIRST "DIRECTOR'S AWARDS FOR DISTINGUISHED TEACHING SCHOLARS" Awards highlight excellence and promise in both research and education
  
  
• NSF PR 01-69 - September 19, 2001
  BIG PLANS ON A SMALL SCALE: NSF FUNDS CENTERS FOR NANOSCALE RESEARCH Will advance information, medical, manufacturing and environmental technologies
  
  
• NSF PR 01-68 - August 17, 2001
  SCIENTISTS DELVE INTO THE ICY HEARTS OF HURRICANES
  
  
• NSF PR 01-67 - August 9, 2001
  DISTRIBUTED TERASCALE FACILITY TO COMMENCE WITH $53 MILLION NSF AWARD High-performance computing system will come on-line in mid-2002
  
  
• NSF PR 01-66 - August 9, 2001
  ON FIRST SCIENCE CRUISE ICEBREAKER HEALY STEAMS TO ARCTIC TO STUDY CRUST FORMATION
  
  
• NSF PR 01-65 - August 27, 2001
  EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING NETWORK: DESIGN GOES TO ILLINOIS-LED TEAM
  
  
• NSF PR 01-64 - August 15, 2001
  JUPITER-SIZE PLANET FOUND ORBITING STAR IN BIG DIPPER
  
  
• NSF PR 01-63 - August 8, 2001
  NEW SOURCE OF NATURAL FERTILIZER DISCOVERED IN OCEANS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-62 - August 1, 2001
  VIRTUAL HURRICANES: COMPUTER MODEL PUSHES THE FRONTIER
  
  
• NSF PR 01-61 - August 1, 2001
  NEW LONG-NECKED DINOSAUR DISCOVERED IN MADAGASCAR
  
  
• NSF PR 01-60 - August 2, 2001
  DINOSAURS' LARGE NOSES MAY HAVE BEEN KEY TO PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES National Science Foundation-funded research redefines the extinct creatures' appearance
  
  
• NSF PR 01-59 - July 24, 2001
  RESEARCHERS' MATHEMATICAL MODEL PROVIDES CHAGAS DISEASE INSIGHTS Removing domestic animals from the bedroom may significantly reduce transmission
  
  
• NSF PR 01-58 - July 19, 2001
  GLOBAL 4 TO 7 DEGREE TEMPERATURE RISE LIKELY BY 2100
  
  
• NSF PA 01-01 - July 12, 2001
  NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
  
  
• NSF PR 01-57 - July 11, 2001
  EARLIEST HUMAN ANCESTORS DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA; Discovery of bones and teeth date fossils back more than 5.2 million years
  
  
• NSF PR 01-56 - July 11, 2001
  SCIENTISTS DISCOVER SECRETS OF 'LOST CITY'; New class of hydrothermal vents formed differently
  
  
• NSF PR 01-55 - June 29, 2001
  ALL EARTHQUAKE FAULT LINES NOT EQUAL; Temperature Tied To Movement
  
  
• NSF PR 01-54 - June 28, 2001
  MICROBIOLOGISTS FIND A NEW SOURCE OF NITROGEN FIXATION
  
  
• NSF PR 01-53 - June 28, 2001
  BIG CITY STUDENTS MAKE GAINS IN MATH AND SCIENCE, REPORT SAYS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-52 - June 20, 2001
  IMPORTANT PATHOGENS AND CURES BELONG TO LITTLE-KNOWN GROUP OF FUNGI; Research points way to discovering other agents
  
  
• NSF PR 01-51 - June 14, 2001
  LASER "SCALPEL" IMPROVES POPULAR EYE SURGERY; Ultrafast pulse offers high precision for cutting corneal flap
  News Video Available
  
  
• NSF PR 01-50 - June 13, 2001
  WIDESPREAD OCEANIC PHOTOPIGMENTS CONVERT LIGHT INTO ENERGY
  
  
• NSF PR 01-49 - June 11, 2001
  CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING EVEN REMOTE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT, STUDY SAYS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-48 - May 31, 2001
  MARINE SNAIL STUDY SUGGESTS CONSERVATION EFFORTS SHOULD MOVE BEYOND GENETIC DIVERSITY
  
  
• NSF PR 01-47 - May 30, 2001
  SECRET CHANNEL HOLDS KEY TO METABOLIC MYSTERIES; Researchers use cloned gene to reveal how cells transmit vital elements
  
  
• NSF PR 01-46 - May 22, 2001
  "WALKTHRU PROJECT" RENDERS REAL-TIME 3D MODELS FOR ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE; Basic computer science research could lead to better, safer structures
  
  
• NSF PR 01-45 - May 22, 2001
  NSF SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT INFORMATION SECURITY COLLOQUIUM ; NSF director cites need for the most promising minds to focus on cyberthreats
  
  
• NSF PR 01-44 - May 21, 2001
  SCIENCE BOARD HONORS THE BRONX ZOO'S EDUCATION DIVISION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
  
  
• NSF PR 01-43 - May 17, 2001
  CHANGES IN SUN'S INTENSITY TIED TO RECURRENT DROUGHTS IN MAYA REGION
  
  
• NSF PR 01-42 - May 16, 2001
  "SILENT" DNA SPEAKS UP FOR THE FIRST TIME; Until now, half of all genes in certain cells were thought to be inexpressible
  
  
• NSF PR 01-41 - May 17, 2001
  ROBOTIC AIRCRAFT PROVIDE A NEW TOOL TO CONDUCT ARCTIC CLIMATE STUDIES
  
  
• NSF PR 01-40 - May 8, 2001
  HAROLD VARMUS, LEWIS BRANSCOMB ARE HONORED WITH THE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 01-39 - May 9, 2001
  NEW FORM OF NITROGEN: A SEMICONDUCTOR
  
  
• NSF PR 01-38 - April 29, 2001
  NSF-SUPPORTED TEAMS PROVIDE NEW DATA ON EARLY MOMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE; Antarctic-based instruments support each other's results
  
  
• NSF PR 01-37 - April 25, 2001
  EVACUATION FLIGHT LANDS SAFELY AT SOUTH POLE
  
  
• NSF PR 01-36 - April 24, 2001
  SCIENTISTS RELEASE IMAGES OF HYDROTHERMAL VENTS FOUND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN; Images reveal array of animals, black smokers
  
  
• NSF PR 01-35 - April 23, 2001
  NSF AWARD RECOGNIZES WIRELESS PIONEER; MIT engineer to receive Waterman Award
  
  
• NSF PR 01-34 - April 20, 2001
  NEW ZEALAND AIRCRAFT TO FLY MISSION TO U.S. MCMURDO STATION
  
  
• NSF PR 01-33 - April 19, 2001
  SCIENTISTS SUGGEST NEW INDEX TO CAPTURE "FLAVORS" OF EL NINO
  
  
• NSF PR 01-32 - April 19, 2001
  CLIMATE RESEARCHERS WARN OF IMPACT FROM POORLY DESIGNED AIR POLLUTION EFFORTS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-31 - April 19, 2001
  RESEARCHERS ACHIEVE BEST GLOBAL PICTURE EVER OF CLIMATE-MODIFYING AEROSOL PARTICLES
  
  
• NSF PR 01-30 - April 17, 2001
  NSF SHIPS TO PROBE BIOLOGICAL ENIGMAS OF THE FROZEN SOUTHERN OCEAN
  
  
• NSF PR 01-29 - April 13, 2001
  CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO EVACUATE SOUTH POLE PATIENT
  
  
• NSF PR 01-28 - April 11, 2001
  NSF WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR TREATING SOUTH POLE PATIENT
  
  
• NSF PR 01-27 - April 11, 2001
  NEW WAVE OF GRADUATE STUDENTS TO ENRICH K-12 CLASSROOMS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-26 - April 11, 2001
  SYNTHETIC CLAY COULD ASSIST RADIOACTIVE WASTE CLEANUP
  
  
• NSF PR 01-25 - April 9, 2001
  NSF REQUESTS $4.47 BILLION FOR FISCAL 2002
  
  
• NSF PR 01-24 - April 4, 2001
  RANK OF U.S. EIGHTH GRADERS INTERNATIONALLY IS A MIXED BAG, REPORT SHOWS; Study ranks U.S. jurisdictions for first time
  
  
• NSF PR 01-23 - April 5, 2001
  POLYMER FULL OF HOLES -- BUT GOOD FOR PHOTONICS?; Simple process makes good use of bubbles
  
  
• NSF PR 01-22 - April 5, 2001
  SMALL STREAMS CONTRIBUTE FAR MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO CLEANING WATERWAYS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-21 - March 22, 2001
  BRAIN IMAGE DATABASE BENEFITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WORLDWIDE
  
  
• NSF PR 01-20 - March 6, 2001
  ANIMATED 3-D BOOSTS DEAF EDUCATION; Andy the avatar interprets by signing
  
  
• NSF PR 01-19 - March 6, 2001
  "BALDI" THE VIRTUAL TUTOR HELPS HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILDREN TO LEARN SPEECH; Teachers and students can customize classwork with a free toolkit
  
  
• NSF PR 01-18 - March 6, 2001
  INTERNET VOTING IS NO "MAGIC BALLOT," DISTINGUISHED COMMITTEE REPORTS; Panel calls for further study of security and societal issues
  
  
• NSF PR 01-17 - March 7, 2001
  SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: MAKING IT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD
  
  
• NSF PR 01-16 - February 28, 2001
  EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE: SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT GETS NSF FUNDS
  
  
• NSF PR 01-15 - March 1, 2001
  PLANT GENOME OFFERS CLUES TO LONGEVITY; Arabidopsis can survive the loss of an enzyme that prevents aging
  
  
• NSF PR 01-14 - February 26, 2001
  BIOLOGISTS CREATE A NEW TOOL FOR OBSERVING A "MESSENGER" MOLECULE IN LIVING CELLS; Understanding a key molecule that affects fundamental cell processes
  
  
• NSF PR 01-13 - February 23, 2001
  ANTARCTIC REMEDIATION UNDERWAY
  
  
• NSF PR 01-12 - February 8, 2001
  'MOLECULAR RULERS' MAKE NANO-SCALE GAPS; Precise spacings between structures allow construction of nano-wires
  
  
• NSF PR 01-11 - February 8, 2001
  RESEARCH NETWORK BRINGS WIRELESS INTERNET TO NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS; Solar-powered net connects La Jolla and Pala Tribes near San Diego
  
  
• NSF PR 01-10 - February 5, 2001
  EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH SPEEDED BY NETWORKING; National Network to Change the Shape of Earthquake Engineering
  
  
• NSF PR 01-09 - January 31, 2001
  RESEARCH NETWORK BRINGS WIRELESS INTERNET TO NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARVATIONS
  Solar-powered net connects La Jolla and Pala Tribes near San Diego
  
  
• NSF PR 01-08 - January 30, 2001
  AUTHOR DAVA SOBEL HONORED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
  
  
• NSF PR 01-07 - January 29, 2001
  TERASCALE COMPUTING SYSTEM COMES ON-LINE; Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center beats start-up and performance targets
  
  
• NSF PR 01-06 - January 30, 2001
  SOUTHERN STAR PULSATES LIKE THE SUN, SAY ASTRONOMERS; Australian telescope measures Beta Hydri's solar-like oscillations
  
  
• NSF PR 01-05 - January 24, 2001
  NEW GROUP OF MICROORGANISMS DISCOVERED IN THE OPEN SEA
  
  
• NSF PR 01-04 - January 24, 2001
  NEW SOUTH POLE STATION POWER PLANT,SATELLITE LINK GO ONLINE; Key milestones toward safety and modernization reached
  
  
• NSF PR 01-03 - January 24, 2001
  NEW PREDATORY DOG-SIZED DINOSAUR UNEARTHED ON MADAGASCAR
  
  
• NSF PR 01-02 - January 10, 2001
  EARLIER WATER ON EARTH? OLDEST ROCK SUGGESTS HOSPITABLE YOUNG PLANET
  
  
• NSF PR 01-01 - January 5, 2001
  NSF GRANT EXTENDS SUPPORT FOR INTERCONNECTING NATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS
  
  

PRESS RELEASES FOR 2000

• NSF PR 00-98 - December 27, 2000
  NEW SUB-CELLULAR STRUCTURE DISCOVERED; Does it take two spindles to tango during cell division?
• NSF PR 00-97 - December 19, 2000
  CARBON CYCLING AND SPECIES COMPOSITION: SEEING THE FOREST FOR ITS TREES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-96 - December 15, 2000
  NEW REPORT LINKS METEORITE TO POSSIBILITY THAT MICROSCOPIC LIFE EXISTED ON MARS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-95 - December 14, 2000
  NEW NON-STICK? MANY USES POSSIBLE FROM "SQUEEZED" MOLECULES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-94 - December 13, 2000
  FIRST-EVER COMPLETE PLANT GENOME SEQUENCE IS ANNOUNCED; International team reveals DNA secrets of Arabidopsis thaliana
  
  
• NSF PR 00-93 - December 11, 2000
  HUGE NEW HYDROTHERMAL VENT SYSTEM FOUND ON SEAFLOOR
  
  
• NSF PR 00-92 - December 6, 2000
  DNA "MOTORS" ARE KEY TO VIRUS REPLICATION
  
  
• NSF PR 00-91 - December 5, 2000
  MATH & SCIENCE IMPROVEMENTS STILL NEEDED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, REPEAT STUDY SHOWS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-90 - November 21, 2000
  NSF HONORS 409 JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBERS WITH 2000 CAREER AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-89 - November 13, 2000
  CLINTON NAMES A DIVERSE GROUP OF RESEARCHERS TO RECEIVE THE 2000 NATIONAL MEDALS OF SCIENCE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-88 - November 7, 2000
  NEW GRID PORTAL TO IMPROVE U.S. RESEARCHERS' ACCESS TO ADVANCED COMPUTING RESOURCES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-87 - November 2, 2000
  WEB100 PROJECT TO BOOST PERFORMANCE OF RESEARCH NETWORKS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-86 - November 2, 2000
  ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES GRANTS JOINTLY ANNOUNCED BY NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  
  
• NSF PR 00-85 - November 2, 2000
  NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY GOAL BOOSTED BY NSF AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-84 - October 31, 2000
  NSF SUPPORTS AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL COLLEGE PROJECTS TO IMPROVE MATH & SCIENCE INSTRUCTION
  
  
• NSF PR 00-83 - October 31, 2000
  NSF-FUNDED SCIENTISTS TO EXAMINE ENVIRONMENT AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
  
  
• NSF PR 00-82 - October 26, 2000
  ASTRONOMERS FIND SURPRISING DOUBLE ASTEROID AND A NEW ASTEROID MOON
  
  
• NSF PR 00-81 - October 25, 2000
  NEW ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD RELIEVES WRIST PAIN
  
  
• NSF PR 00-80 - October 25, 2000
  NEW REPORT CHALLENGES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE INTERNET MEANS TO THE PUBLIC
  
  
• NSF PR 00-79 - October 24, 2000
  PRESIDENT HONORS TOP JUNIOR FACULTY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  
  
• NSF PA 00-05 - October 18, 2000
  NSF ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR FOR LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-78 - October 17, 2000
  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SOUTH POLE STATION BEGINS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-77 - October 17, 2000
  A DASH OF ADVENTURE LEAVENS THE CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE OF 2000 ANTARCTIC RESEARCH SEASON
  
  
• NSF PR 00-76 - October 17, 2000
  AIR NATIONAL GUARD RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORT OF ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 00-75 - October 16, 2000
  GEMINI CUTS DEEP INTO GALACTIC CORE WITH RELEASE OF FIRST DATA
  
  
• NSF PR 00-74 - October 12, 2000
  PUTTING MUSCLE IN THE NUCLEUS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-73 - October 12, 2000
  NSF AWARDS $52.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STUDY BIOCOMPLEXITY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-72 - October 5, 2000
  FEDERAL AGENCIES JOIN HANDS FOR SECOND YEAR OF LEADING-EDGE EDUCATION RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 00-71 - October 5, 2000
  NSF FUNDS TWO NEW CENTERS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING, CREATING PARTNERSHIPS IN FOUR STATES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-70 - October 4, 2000
  POWERFUL TELESCOPE ARRAY WILL STUDY THE STARS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-69 - October 2, 2000
  INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP SEQUENCES GENOME OF UBIQUITOUS MICROBE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-68 - September 28, 2000
  NSF RECOMMENDS FUNDING FOR 24 PARTNERSHIPS TO FOSTER LOCAL INNOVATION
  
  
• NSF PR 00-67 - September 28, 2000
  BIODIVERSITY DATABASES: BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION ON EVERY DESKTOP
  
  
• NSF PR 00-66 - September 27, 2000
  WORSENING URBAN AIR POLLUTION WON'T INCREASE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE OVER NEXT 100 YEARS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-65 - September 27, 2000
  FOUR NEW NSF CENTERS WILL EXPLORE METHODS TO CREATE INNOVATIVE MATERIALS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-64 - September 26, 2000
  WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE RECEIVES NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT TO SEQUENCE YEARS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-63 - September 18, 2000
  NSF AWARDS $89 MILLION TO 13 U.S. CITIES TO IMPROVE URBAN MATH & SCIENCE TEACHING
  
  
• NSF PR 00-62 - September 18, 2000
  NSF ENGINEERING CENTERS WILL ADVANCE MICROSYSTEM AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-61 - September 12, 2000
  NSF ANNOUNCES FIRST AWARDS IN NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INITIATIVE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-60 - September 21, 2000
  NSF BOOSTS RESEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF COMPLEX PLANT GENOMES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-59 - September 7, 2000
  PRESIDENT CLINTON HONORS SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING MENTORS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-58 - September 14, 2000
  HIMALAYAN ICE REVEALS CLIMATE WARMING, CATASTROPHIC DROUGHT
  
  
• NSF PR 00-57 - September 5, 2000
  NSF FUNDS FIRST PHASE OF EARTHQUAKE NETWORK
  
  
• NSF PR 00-56 - September 7, 2000
  TALE OF THE ICE, REVEALED
  
  
• NSF PR 00-55 - August 17, 2000
  STATE-OF-THE-ART MEASURING TECHNIQUES SHOW CALIFORNIA FAULT SLIPS FREELY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-54 - August 9, 2000
  "GATEKEEPER" PROTEIN IS KEY TO CELLULAR LIFE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-53 - August 3, 2000
  SCIENCE BOARD APPROVES $45 MILLION NSF AWARD TO PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER
  
  
• NSF PR 00-52 - August 1, 2000
  NSF AWARDS $49 MILLION TO 19 MULTIDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-51 - July 25, 2000
  HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION GETS A HELPING HAND, EYE AND VOICE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-50 - July 24, 2000
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HELPS GROW AFRICA'S INTERNET
  
  
• NSF PR 00-49 - July 12, 2000
  PULSARS MUCH OLDER THAN THOUGHT, ASTRONOMERS SAY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-48 - July 6, 2000
  NSF-FUNDED RESEARCHERS DISCOVER EVIDENCE OF MICROSCOPIC LIFE AT THE SOUTH POLE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-47 - June 20, 2000
  NEW TEST FOR PRESENCE OF NITRIC OXIDE COULD IMPROVE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-46 - June 15, 2000
  ASTRONOMERS WIN PROTECTION FOR KEY PART OF SPECTRUM
  
  
• NSF PR 00-45 - June 19, 2000
  NEWEST SURVEY SHOWS MOST AMERICANS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN SCIENCE, BUT LACK UNDERSTANDING
  
  
• NSF PR 00-44 - June 19, 2000
  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDICATORS REVEAL COMPLEX SOCIAL CHANGES UNDERWAY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-43 - June 19, 2000
  STRONG R&D GROWTH CONTINUES TO BOOST ROBUST U.S. ECONOMY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-42 - June 19, 2000
  SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING "IN TRANSITION" AS A NEW CENTURY BEGINS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-41 - June 7, 2000
  DISCOVERY OF FOSSIL MOLLUSKS IN ALASKA LINKS HISTORIES OF ARCTIC OCEAN AND ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
  
  
• NSF PR 00-40 - June 7, 2000
  NSF WORKSHOPS REPORT ON UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-39 - May 31, 2000
  VALUABLE ARABIDOPSIS DATA RELEASED THROUGH UNIQUE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
  
  
• NSF PR 00-38 - May 30, 2000
  SEAFLOOR OFF MID-ATLANTIC COAST HIGHLY CHARGED WITH GAS; Vigorous gas expulsion could weaken shelf edge
  
  
• NSF PR 00-37 - May 24, 2000
  TWENTY YEARS OF RADIO OBSERVATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT VLA'S ANNIVERSARY
  
  
• NSF PR 00-36 - May 24, 2000
  MEMBRANE PROTEIN RESEARCH YIELDS NEW INSIGHTS INTO INNER WORKINGS OF THE CELL
  
  
• NSF PR 00-35 - May 22, 2000
  NSF AWARDS HIGH PERFORMANCE CONNECTIONS TO TEN INSTITUTIONS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-34 - May 18, 2000
  SHEDDING LIGHT ON LUMINESCENCE: SCIENTISTS VISUALIZE STRUCTURE OF THE PHOTOPROTEIN AEQUORIN
  
  
• NSF PR 00-33 - May 16, 2000
  NSF AWARDS $4.2 MILLION GRANTS TO THREE COASTAL SITES FOR LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PR 00-32 - May 12, 2000
  ANTARCTIC RESEARCHER DIES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-31 - May 15, 2000
  NSF CREATES PARTNERSHIP TO FURTHER DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
  
  
• NSF PR 00-30 - May 15, 2000
  SCIENCE BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT ON NEED FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-29 - May 10, 2000
  ASTROPHYSICISTS DETECT COSMIC SHEAR, EVIDENCE OF DARK MATTER
  
  
• NSF PA 00-4 - May 4, 2000
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ELECTS CHAIRS FOR COMING TERM
  
  
• NSF PR 00-28 - May 4, 2000
  HIGH TECHNOLOGY MEETS THE HIGH PLAINS IN STEPS-2000
  
  
• NSF PR 00-27 - May 9, 2000
  WHITE HOUSE NAMES K-12 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHING AWARD WINNERS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-26 - April 27, 2000
  PHILIP AND PHYLIS MORRISON, AND SCIENCE SERVICE PICKED FOR NSB PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-25 - April 26, 2000
  COSMOLOGISTS REVEAL FIRST DETAILED IMAGES OF EARLY UNIVERSE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-24 - April 14, 2000
  NSF HONORS 350 JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBERS WITH 1999 CAREER AWARDS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-23 April 14, 2000
  RESEARCHERS FIND KEY TO SPURRING METHANE CONVERSION
  
  
• NSF PR 00-22 - April 11, 2000
  PRESIDENT HONORS TOP JUNIOR FACULTY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  
  
• NSF PR 00-21 - April 12, 2000
  TWO STATESMEN OF SCIENCE ARE FIRST OF THE NEW CENTURY TO RECEIVE THE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 00-20 - April 10, 2000
  NSF AND MCI AGREE TO THREE-YEAR NO-COST EXTENSION OF vBNS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-19 - April 10, 2000
  NSF HONORS YALE BIOCHEMIST JENNIFER DOUDNA WITH THE ALAN T. WATERMAN AWARD
  
  
• NSF PR 00-18 - April 7, 2000
  STUDIES OF MARINE MAMMALS INDICATE A "BREATHTAKING" ABILITY TO DIVE TO GREAT DEPTHS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-17 - April 5, 2000
  AUTOMATED NORTH POLE STATION WILL TAKE THE PULSE OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN
  
  
• NSF PR 00-16 - March 31, 2000
  MOTION OF MASSIVE ANTARCTIC ICE BERG CAUSES ANOTHER IMMENSE BERG TO "CALVE"
  
  
• NSF PR 00-15 - March 30, 2000
  SOLAR "HEARTBEAT" DISCOVERED
  
  
• NSF PR 00-14 - March 23, 2000
  GRADUATE STUDENTS AWARDED RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-13 - March 23, 2000
  NSF EMPHASIZES RESEARCH INTO THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-12 - March 22, 2000
  MASSIVE ICEBERG PEELS OFF FROM ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF
  
  
• NSF PR 00-11 - March 22, 2000
  STAGE SET FOR NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MAY 1999 GREAT PLAINS TORNADOES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-10 - March 22, 2000
  NEW RESEARCH ON LONG-TERM OCEAN CYCLES REVEALS RAPID GLOBAL WARMING IN NEAR FUTURE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-9 - March 21, 2000
  PHYSICISTS PRODUCE "LEFT-HANDED" COMPOSITE MATERIALS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-8 - March 9, 2000
  SCIENTISTS "SEE" THROUGH THE SUN TO FIND STORMY REGIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE
  
  
• NSF PR 00-7 - February 23, 2000
  MARINE BIOLOGY COURSE USES ANTARCTICA AS ITS CLASSROOM
  
  
• NSF PR 00-6 - February 18, 2000
  NEWFOUND QUASAR WINS TITLE: "MOST DISTANT IN THE UNIVERSE"
  
  
• NSF PA 00-3 February 11, 2000
  NSF ANNOUNCES ACTING DIRECTOR FOR LEGISLATIVE & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
  
  
• NSF PR 00-5 - February 7, 2000
  PRESIDENT SEEKS MORE THAN $4.5 BILLION FOR NSF IN 2001
  A 21^st Century Budget for 21^st Century Science and Engineering, Says NSF Director
  
  
• NSF PR 00-4 - February 4, 2000
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD RECOMMENDS $1 BILLION INCREASE IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SPENDING
  
  
• NSF PR 00-3 - January 31, 2000
  TWELVE PIONEERING RESEARCHERS WILL RECEIVE THE 1999 NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE
  
  
• NSF PA 00-02 - January 28, 2000
  NSF NAMES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-2 - January 13, 2000
  THE STAR SPLITTER: MICROLENSING TECHNIQUE PIONEERED BY NSF RESEARCHERS FINDS BLACK HOLES
  
  
• NSF PR 00-01 - January 7, 2000
  ANTARCTIC WORKER DIES