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Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Discoveries
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NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology
helps to create knowledge and sustain prosperity. Read here about the Internet,
microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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2008: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities that made news last year Released
March 13, 2009
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![Photo of Daniel Bond holding Geobacter microbes.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dbond_l.jpg) |
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Batteries Made of Bacteria? Researchers believe the energy produced by Geobacter microbes can be harnessed for electrical power, environmental remediation and biosensors Released
November 19, 2008
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![Photo of Duke University Lemur Center director Anne D. Yoder with a Coquerel's Sifaka.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/yoder1_l.jpg) |
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Islands: Exquisite Labs of Evolution Anne Yoder, director of the Duke University Lemur Center, and colleagues are using genetic and genomic approaches to unravel the history of lemurs and the primate family tree Released
November 14, 2008
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Using Your Computer to Grow More Nutritious Rice for a Hungry World Computational biologists use a powerful distributed computing network to research rice genome for increased yields of more nourishing rice varieties Released
October 14, 2008
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![Photo of a baby chimp and adult chimps.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/chimp_health1_l.jpg) |
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Researcher Walks Among Dying Baby Chimps Virginia Tech scientist Taranjit Kaur describes her team's research studying chimpanzees in western Tanzania and the virus that is threatening the chimps’ health Released
September 9, 2008
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![Diagram showing the key role the SUN gene plays in fruit shape.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/tomato_shape1_l.jpg) |
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What's Behind the Crazy Shapes of Fruits Ohio State researchers discover and clone a gene that controls the shape of tomatoes Released
July 8, 2008
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![2007 In Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/2007_review_text_l.jpg) |
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2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released
January 30, 2008
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![Madeleine is helping scientists and engineers better understand how flippered animals swim.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/robot1_l.jpg) |
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Swimming Robot Tests Theories About Locomotion in Existing and Extinct Animals May explain why four-flippered swimmers now use only two Released
May 30, 2006
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Of Plants and Pathogens: A Model Relationship Pathogen genome reveals secrets of infection Released
February 28, 2006
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![Robyn Hannigan in labcoat with bubbles](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/hannigan_l.jpg) |
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RISE Program Proves that Undergraduate Research Experiences Help Recruit Minority Scientists Mentorship is thriving at Arkansas State University, where geochemist Robyn Hannigan has established a program to immerse minority and female students in the study of environmental science. The result has been a double success for science and education. Released
November 8, 2005
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![the plant Arabidopsis thaliana and background representing DNA sequence](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508100942im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/bioinformatic_l1.jpg) |
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A Small Plant's Genome Has Huge Impact Completing the first-ever plant genome means knowing plants well, really well. Released
July 23, 2004
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