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microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
![Photo of the Seawall experiment in the Large Wave Flume at Oregon State University.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/tsunami1_l1.jpg) |
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Building Tsunami-resistant Cities Mary Beth Oshnack describes her undergraduate and graduate research to understand tsunami wave forces and improve building construction in hazard-prone coastal communities Released
October 20, 2009
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![Photo of Karen Smilowitz who helps nonprofit organizations streamline their work.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ksmilowitz_l.jpg) |
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Libraries, Food Banks Benefit From Transportation Modeling NSF CAREER awardee Karen Smilowitz applies the art of operations research to find optimal solutions to problems in the nonprofit sector Released
June 10, 2009
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In Industrial Manufacturing, Efficiency Falls as Technology Advances A comprehensive study of old and new manufacturing processes, from machining metal to making carbon nanofibers, shows that the more advanced technologies are less efficient in their use of energy and materials per kilogram of output Released
May 1, 2009
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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 Afsaneh Rabiei who invented an ultra-strong and lightweight composite metal foam.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/metal_foam1_l.jpg) |
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Foamy Invention Could Save Energy and Lives NSF CAREER awardee Afsaneh Rabiei's ultra-high-strength composite metal foam could revolutionize impact protection Released
October 29, 2008
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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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![An artist's rendition of the proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory design.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dusel_2_l.jpg) |
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Team Selected for the Proposed Design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
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July 10, 2007
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![Researchers have created bricks from fly ash that look and perform like normal bricks.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/various_bricks_l.jpg) |
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Follow the "Green" Brick Road?
Bricks made from coal-fired power plant waste pass safety test Released
May 22, 2007
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![Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have grown the world's longest carbon nanotube arrays.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/nanotubes1_l.jpg) |
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The Longest Carbon Nanotubes You've Ever Seen
Crafted with breakthrough manufacturing technique, centimeter-long fibers are visible to the naked eye Released
May 10, 2007
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2006: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported activities highlighted last year Released
January 9, 2007
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![Researchers have found that the molecules in "metallic" smells contain no metal.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/money1_l.jpg) |
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The Smell of Money
Research suggests an absence of metallic chemicals in the strong metallic odors that result from people handling coins and other metals Released
November 20, 2006
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![A schematic representation of the miniaturization of the active building envelope (ABE) system.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/soda1_l.jpg) |
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Self-Cooling Soda Bottles?
Researchers work to shrink technology that harnesses sun's energy to both heat and cool Released
July 11, 2006
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![Geotechnical engineers inspect a portion of the floodwall along the Industrial Canal.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/levee1_l1.jpg) |
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Researchers Release Draft Final Report on New Orleans Levees
700-page report suggests mechanisms for levee failures Released
May 22, 2006
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![Vesicle membranes that collapse when cooled may someday deliver minute payloads of medicines.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/pills_l.jpg) |
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Micro Pills Could Deliver Drugs on Demand Temperature-sensitive capsules release chemicals at tightly controlled rates Released
March 27, 2006
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![Video showing the RPI centrifuge experiment is available at http://www.rpi.edu/news/levees/](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/centrifuge1_l.jpg) |
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Large Centrifuge Helps Researchers Mimic Effects of Katrina on Levees
Part of nationwide "co-laboratory" of earthquake engineering facilities, the technology proves critical for studying soils beneath New Orleans Released
March 21, 2006
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![Sally Mangold describes the original SAL](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/braille2_l.jpg) |
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Electronic Braille Tutor Teaches Independence Bilingual system reborn in new hardware Released
February 13, 2006
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Managing Metal
New study raises questions about sustainability of metal resources Released
January 17, 2006
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![Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by artist David Martin (1737-1797)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/benfranklin2_l.jpg) |
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Ben Franklin Web Portal Brings the Man to the Masses
Driven by search-engine technology, site highlights three centuries of revolutionary influence Released
January 9, 2006
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![Destruction in Istanbul, Turkey, following the August 17, 1999, Izmet earthquake](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/turkey1_l.jpg) |
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Istanbul Overdue for Earthquake Retrofit Researchers present concerns to Turkish Prime Minister Released
January 5, 2006
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![This illustration compares the artificial cochlea to its mammalian counterpart.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/cochlea_l.jpg) |
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New Sensor Based on Human Organ Is No Tin Ear Precision micromachining yields life-size, precise, artificial cochlea Released
November 3, 2005
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![Remains of steel lockers and beds lie amidst other debris from the Celtiksuyu Boarding School.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/damagedschool_l1.jpg) |
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Earthquake Study Suggests Simple Building Fixes Can Save Lives Code enforcement may have prevented dozens of deaths in Turkish temblor Released
October 13, 2005
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![The new nanofountain probe produced these patterns; features are as thin as 40 nanometers](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/pen1_l.jpg) |
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The World’s Smallest Fountain Pen? New microscope tips use capillary action to print patterns tens of nanometers across Released
October 5, 2005
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Robot Assistant Reports to Surgery
Machine lets nurses focus on patient care Released
June 21, 2005
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![Screen capture from video showing surgeon and robot in an operating room](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/penelope01_l1.jpg) |
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Robots in the OR -- Stat! Penelope the robot may free nurses to do more "human" tasks Released
April 28, 2005
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Nano-engineered Powders Tackle Toxic Chemicals Thirsty grains act fast to clean up messes Released
April 28, 2005
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![One of the search and rescue robots.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091025031504im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/spearinuktun_l.jpg) |
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Shoebox-sized Robots Deployed in Rescue Effort at Ground Zero Graduate students and the experimental robots they helped to develop were among the early responders who joined the search and rescue efforts shortly after the Sept. 11 collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Released
March 24, 2004
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Reshaping Product Development: 3-D Printing Builds Models Directly from Computer Design Imagine designing a product on your computer, pressing the print key, and the printer spits out a prototype. It's an apt analogy for Three-Dimensional Printing, a technology some observers believe will reshape industrial design, medicine and more. Released
October 16, 2003
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