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1. "Nurse Cells" Make Life and Death Decisions for Infection-Fighting Cells
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Document Number: pr07059
Document History: Posted: May 29, 2007.

2. "Panning for Gold" in the Maize Genome
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Document Number: pr03148
Document History: Posted: December 22, 2003.

3. 2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
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Document Number: pr07126
Document History: Posted: September 27, 2007.

4. A Colorful Approach to Solar Energy
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Document Number: pr08118
Document History: Posted: July 10, 2008.

5. A Ferrous Wheel in the Forest
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Document Number: pr0313
Document History: Posted: February 4, 2003.

6. All Eyes and Ears on the Corn Genome
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Document Number: pr08029
Document History: Posted: February 29, 2008.

7. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type 2 Diabetes Similar at Molecular Level
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Document Number: pr07048
Document History: Posted: April 30, 2007.

8. Ancient Moss Shares Gene With Flowers
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Document Number: pr08084
Document History: Posted: May 22, 2008.

9. Ancient Pollen Yields Insight into Forest Biodiversity
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Document Number: pr0362
Document History: Posted: June 6, 2003.

10. And the First Animal on Earth Was a ...
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Document Number: pr08059
Document History: Posted: April 10, 2008.

11. Arctic Tundra May Contribute to Warmer World
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Document Number: pr09111
Document History: Posted: May 28, 2009.

12. Artificial Life Experiments Show How Complex Functions Can Evolve
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Document Number: pr0351
Document History: Posted: May 7, 2003.

13. Baboon Fathers Really Do Care About Their Kids
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Document Number: pr0395
Document History: Posted: September 11, 2003.

14. Bacteria "Feed" on Earth's Ocean-Bottom Crust
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Document Number: pr08086
Document History: Posted: May 28, 2008.

15. Beaked, Bird-like Dinosaur Tells Story of Finger Evolution
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Document Number: pr09123
Document History: Posted: June 17, 2009.

16. Beetles Get by With a Little Help From Their Friends
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Document Number: pr08171
Document History: Posted: October 2, 2008.

17. Biodiversity's Response to Ecosystem Productivity Depends on Historical Plant and Animal Relationships
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Document Number: pr0375
Document History: Posted: July 23, 2003.

18. Biologists Develop Large Gene Dataset for Rice Plant
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Document Number: pr07025
Document History: Posted: March 13, 2007.

19. Biology in the 21st Century
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Document Number: pr07045
Document History: Posted: April 26, 2007.

20. Bread Mold Yields a Genome First for Filamentous Fungi
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Document Number: pr0344
Document History: Posted: April 28, 2003.

21. Broken Homes Damage the Environment
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Document Number: pr07181
Document History: Posted: December 4, 2007.

22. Caribbean Frog Populations Started with Single, Ancient Voyage on South American Raft
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Document Number: pr07066
Document History: Posted: June 8, 2007.

23. Columbine Flowers Develop Long Nectar Spurs in Response to Pollinators
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Document Number: pr07065
Document History: Posted: June 6, 2007.

24. Corals' "Internal Communication" Process Critical to Maintaining Healthy Reefs
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Document Number: pr09113
Document History: Posted: May 29, 2009.

25. Desert Woodrats Switch One Dietary Poison for Another
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Document Number: pr09062
Document History: Posted: April 7, 2009.

26. Detecting Terrorists and Other Hidden Groups on the Internet
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Document Number: tip031209
Document History: Posted: December 10, 2003.

27. Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich Sitting in Primordial Waters?
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Document Number: pr07182
Document History: Posted: December 4, 2007.

28. Different Genes Cause Loss of Body Parts in Similar Fish
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Document Number: pr09120
Document History: Posted: June 4, 2009.

29. Dinosaur Cannibal Unearthed in Madagascar
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Document Number: pr0336
Document History: Posted: April 2, 2003.

30. Dinosaur Fossil Shows Signs of Early Flight Mechanism
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Document Number: pr07115
Document History: Posted: September 6, 2007.

31. DNA Barcodes: Are They Always Accurate?
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Document Number: pr08146
Document History: Posted: August 25, 2008.

32. Earliest Evolution of Vision Genes Discovered
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Document Number: pr07145
Document History: Posted: October 16, 2007.

33. Earliest Homo Sapiens Fossils Discovered in Ethiopia
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Document Number: pr0365
Document History: Posted: June 11, 2003.

34. Early Whales Gave Birth on Land
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Document Number: pr09013
Document History: Posted: February 4, 2009.

35. Ecologist, Limnologist Robert Sterner Appointed NSF Division Director for Environmental Biology
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Document Number: pr07061
Document History: Posted: May 31, 2007.

36. Ecologists Use Oceanographic Data to Predict Future Climate Change
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Document Number: pr08198
Document History: Posted: November 7, 2008.

37. Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants Awarded by National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
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Document Number: pr03119
Document History: Posted: October 14, 2003.

38. Ecosystem Stability and Resilience Highlighted at National Conference (PR 07-093)
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Document Number: pr07093
Document History: Posted: August 3, 2007.

39. Effects of Urbanization Extend to the Global Scale
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Document Number: pr08017
Document History: Posted: February 7, 2008.

40. Feeding the World: New Method for Producing High-Vitamin Corn Could Improve Nutrition in Developing Countries
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Document Number: pr08007
Document History: Posted: January 17, 2008.

41. Fire is an Important and Under-Appreciated Part of Global Climate Change
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Document Number: pr09081
Document History: Posted: April 23, 2009.

42. Fitness in a Changing World
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Document Number: pr08177
Document History: Posted: October 9, 2008.

43. For Ferrets, GPI Means 'Get Pregnancy Initiated'
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Document Number: pr0370
Document History: Posted: June 26, 2003.

44. Forest Fragmentation May Increase Lyme Disease Risk
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Document Number: pr0334
Document History: Posted: March 27, 2003.

45. Fossil Record Reveals Jellyfish More than 500 Million Years Old
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Document Number: pr07159
Document History: Posted: October 30, 2007.

46. From Biology to Computing and Back Again
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Document Number: pr0335
Document History: Posted: March 27, 2003.

47. From Cell-Cycle Secrets to NSF's Waterman Award Amon Earns Top Honor for Young Scientists
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Document Number: pr0358
Document History: Posted: May 15, 2003.

48. Genome Sequence for Tomato-Infecting Microbe May Show How Bacteria Adapt to Plant Defenses
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Document Number: pr0386
Document History: Posted: August 19, 2003.

49. Geologic Findings Undermine Theories of Permian Mass Extinction Timing
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Document Number: pr09031
Document History: Posted: March 2, 2009.

50. Going with the Grain: A Tale of Rice's Smallest Chromosome
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Document Number: pr0363
Document History: Posted: June 6, 2003.

51. Healthy Coral Reefs Hit Hard by Warmer Temperatures
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Document Number: pr07050
Document History: Posted: May 1, 2007.

52. Historical Ecology Increases Understanding of Earth's Past and Future
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Document Number: pr08208
Document History: Posted: November 25, 2008.

53. How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects of Acid Rain
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Document Number: pr07024
Document History: Posted: March 8, 2007.

54. Human Impacts on Coral Reefs of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Revealed
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Document Number: pr09060
Document History: Posted: April 7, 2009.

55. Human Plague Cases Increasing In Southwest
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Document Number: pr9970
Document History: Posted: November 19, 1999.

56. Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light (PR 07-176)
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Document Number: pr07176
Document History: Posted: November 23, 2007.

57. In Alaska's Forests, Dried Mushrooms to the Rescue?
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Document Number: pr08193
Document History: Posted: November 3, 2008.

58. Inmates Conduct Ecological Research on Slow-growing Mosses
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Document Number: pr08186
Document History: Posted: October 20, 2008.

59. Innovative Research Technique Reveals Another Natural Wonder in Yellowstone Park: A Unique, Photosynthesizing Life-Form
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Document Number: pr07084
Document History: Posted: July 26, 2007.

60. Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species Creates Hardy Hybrids Likely to Replace Parental Populations
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Document Number: pr07122
Document History: Posted: September 18, 2007.

61. Key to Function of Dinosaur Crests Found in Brain Structure
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Document Number: pr08182
Document History: Posted: October 16, 2008.

62. Lizards Shout Against a Noisy Background to Get Points Across
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Document Number: pr07013
Document History: Posted: February 22, 2007.

63. Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt, Far-Reaching Climate Change
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Document Number: pr08087
Document History: Posted: May 28, 2008.

64. Microbe from Depths Takes Life to Hottest Known Limit
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Document Number: pr0384
Document History: Posted: August 14, 2003.

65. Microbes Active in Colorado Snows Fuel Tundra Ecosystem
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Document Number: pr0393
Document History: Posted: September 4, 2003.

66. Microscopic "Clutch" Puts Flagellum in Neutral
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Document Number: pr08105
Document History: Posted: June 19, 2008.

67. Misclassified for Centuries, Medicinal Leeches Found to Be Three Distinct Species
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Document Number: pr07037
Document History: Posted: April 13, 2007.

68. Mobile Microbes: Viruses Living in Yellowstone's Hot Springs Travel Near and Far
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Document Number: pr07169
Document History: Posted: November 16, 2007.

69. Modeling Genomic Erosion
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Document Number: pr09005
Document History: Posted: January 15, 2009.

70. Moray Eels Are Uniquely Equipped to Pack Big Prey into Their Narrow Bodies
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Document Number: pr07113
Document History: Posted: September 6, 2007.

71. More Spring in the Double Helix's Step
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Document Number: pr08184
Document History: Posted: October 17, 2008.

72. Multiple Factors Affect Flight Power Curves Among Species
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Document Number: pr0312
Document History: Posted: January 22, 2003.

73. Mustard-Root Map Breaks New Ground Tracking Gene Expression
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Document Number: pr03139
Document History: Posted: December 11, 2003.

74. Mysterious Microbe Plays Important Role in Ocean Ecology
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Document Number: pr08202
Document History: Posted: November 13, 2008.

75. National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Address Nuclear Threats
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Document Number: pr07012
Document History: Posted: February 21, 2007.

76. National Science Foundation Announces $14M Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Awards
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Document Number: pr03104
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Document History: Posted: September 23, 2003.

77. National Science Foundation Assistant Director for Biological Sciences to Address American Society for Cell Biology Conference (PR 08-212)
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Document Number: pr08212
Document History: Posted: December 10, 2008.

78. National Science Foundation Awards $50 Million for Collaborative Plant Biology Project to Tackle Greater Science Questions
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Document Number: pr08014
Document History: Posted: January 30, 2008.

79. National Science Foundation Forum to Address Social and Ecological Systems in a Changing Wor
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Document Number: ma08017
Document History: Posted: February 22, 2008.

80. National Science Foundation Funds Research Addressing Enduring Questions of Life
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Document Number: pr08097
Document History: Posted: June 6, 2008.

81. Natural Ocean Thermostat Helps Protect Pacific Ocean Coral Reefs
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Document Number: pr08018
Document History: Posted: February 7, 2008.

82. New Earth System Science Results Reported at Conference: Future of NSF Geosciences Programs; Links Between Ecology and Geomorphology; Urban Areas and Climate Change; Largest Breach of Earth's Magnetic Field;
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Document Number: pr08213
Document History: Posted: December 10, 2008.

83. New Imaging Technique Could Promote Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis
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Document Number: pr07072
Document History: Posted: June 27, 2007.

84. New Study Suggests Missing Link that Explains How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly
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Document Number: pr0308
Document History: Posted: January 16, 2003.

85. New Window Opens on the Secret Life of Microbes: Scientists Develop First Microbial Profiles of Ecosystems
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Document Number: pr08039
Document History: Posted: March 12, 2008.

86. New, More Direct Pathways from Outside the Cell to Cell Nuclei Discovered
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Document Number: pr07100
Document History: Posted: August 10, 2007.

87. Next Generation Microscopy: No Stain, Big Gain
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Document Number: pr08218
Document History: Posted: December 18, 2008.

88. Nitrate in Lake Superior: On the Rise
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Document Number: pr07064
Document History: Posted: June 4, 2007.

89. Non-Venomous Asian Snakes 'Borrow' Defensive Poison from Toxic Toads
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Document Number: pr07008
Document History: Posted: January 30, 2007.

90. Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming
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Document Number: pr07071
Document History: Posted: June 21, 2007.

91. NSF and EPA Establish Two Centers for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
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Document Number: pr08155
Document History: Posted: September 17, 2008.

92. NSF Announces $10-Million Center for Bioengineering Educational Technology
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Document Number: pr9964
Document History: Posted: October 14, 1999.

93. NSF Awards 10 Grants for Studies of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
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Document Number: pr08173
Document History: Posted: October 3, 2008.

94. NSF Awards 12 Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
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Document Number: pr07144
Document History: Posted: October 16, 2007.

95. NSF Awards 20 New Projects for Plant Genome Research
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Document Number: pr09189
Document History: Posted: October 28, 2008.

96. NSF Awards 20 New Projects for Plant Genome Research
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Document Number: pr08189
Document History: Posted: October 28, 2008.

97. NSF Awards 26 New Grants to Seed Plant Systems Biology
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Document Number: pr07140
Document History: Posted: October 11, 2007.

98. NSF Awards Large Grant for Arabidopsis Information Resource
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Document Number: pr9958
Document History: Posted: September 29, 1999.

99. NSF Funding to Advance Research on Interplay Between Biology and Society
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Document Number: pr07069
Document History: Posted: June 15, 2007.

100. NSF Funds First Long-Term Studies of Urban Ecology
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Document Number: pr9763
Document History: Posted: October 19, 1997.

101. NSF Grants Provide Boost to Research on Inner Workings of Plants
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Document Number: pr9956
Document History: Posted: September 23, 1999.

102. NSF Provides $14 Million to Advance Research in Comparative Genomics of Economically Important Plants
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Document Number: pr07002
Document History: Posted: January 9, 2007.

103. NSF'S 'FIBR' to Mix Disciplines, Use Breakthroughs on 5-Year Explorations into Biology's Mysteries
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Document Number: pr03106
Document History: Posted: September 26, 2003.

104. NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
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Document Number: pr07157
Document History: Posted: October 30, 2007.

105. Nutrient Pollution Drives Frog Deformities by Ramping Up Infections
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Document Number: pr07123
Document History: Posted: September 24, 2007.

106. Ocean's "Twilight Zone" May Be a Key to Understanding Climate Change
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Document Number: pr07046
Document History: Posted: April 27, 2007.

107. Outflow from World's Largest River--the Amazon--Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon "Sink"
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Document Number: pr08124
Document History: Posted: July 21, 2008.

108. Oxygen on Earth: 50 to 100 Million Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought
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Document Number: pr07127
Document History: Posted: September 27, 2007.

109. Paleontologists Discover Ancient Jurassic Mammal with New Type of Teeth
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Document Number: pr07161
Document History: Posted: October 31, 2007.

110. Paleontologists Discover New Mammal from Mesozoic Era
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Document Number: pr07026
Document History: Posted: March 15, 2007.

111. Parasites Outweigh Predators in Pacific Coast Estuaries
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Document Number: pr08126
Document History: Posted: July 23, 2008.

112. Pattern Recognition Method Zeroes in on Genes that Regulate Cell's Genetic Machinery
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Document Number: pr0355
Document History: Posted: May 12, 2003.

113. Pine Bark Beetles Affecting More than Forests
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Document Number: pr08162
Document History: Posted: September 24, 2008.

114. Plant Diversity has "Luxury" Effect, Say Scientists
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Document Number: pr0371
Document History: Posted: June 26, 2003.

115. Plant Genome Research Gets $100 Million Boost From NSF
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Document Number: pr03114
Document History: Posted: October 3, 2003.

116. Researcher Links Agricultural Chemicals to Infections in a Declining Amphibian Species
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Document Number: pr08188
Document History: Posted: October 29, 2008.

117. Researchers Observe Evolution Chain Reaction
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Document Number: pr09018
Document History: Posted: February 5, 2009.

118. Scientists Discover "Giant Fossil Frog from Hell"
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Document Number: pr08025
Document History: Posted: February 19, 2008.

119. Scientists Estimate Mercury Emissions from U.S. Forest Fires
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Document Number: pr07147
Document History: Posted: October 17, 2007.

120. Scientists Expand Microbe "Gene Language"
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Document Number: pr07019
Document History: Posted: February 28, 2007.

121. Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes with Enhanced Folate Content
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Document Number: pr07022
Document History: Posted: March 5, 2007.

122. Scientists Make First Direct Observations of Biological Particles in High-Altitude Clouds
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Document Number: pr09100
Document History: Posted: May 18, 2009.

123. Scientists Offer New View of Photosynthesis
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Document Number: pr07052
Document History: Posted: May 7, 2007.

124. Scientists Report First Complete DNA Sequence of Plant Chromosomes
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Document Number: pr9973
Document History: Posted: December 15, 1999.

125. Scientists Retrace Evolution of an Important Human Protein
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Document Number: pr07102
Document History: Posted: August 16, 2007.

126. Scientists Sequence Genome of Soil-Dwelling Green Alga
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Document Number: pr07139
Document History: Posted: October 11, 2007.

127. Shining Light on the Nanoscale
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Document Number: tip030416
Document History: Posted: April 17, 2003.

128. Society and Ecological Change Is Topic of National Science Foundation Forum
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Document Number: ma07007
Document History: Posted: February 28, 2007.

129. Sorry, Charlie, You and Nemo Aren't the Only Fish That Talk
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Document Number: pr08121
Document History: Posted: July 17, 2008.

130. Species Have Come and Gone at Different Rates than Previously Believed
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Document Number: pr08115
Document History: Posted: July 3, 2008.

131. The Emergence of Life on Earth...and Other Planets?
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Document Number: ma07016
Document History: Posted: June 8, 2007.

132. Understanding How Humans Cause, Respond and Adapt to Change (PR 07-180)
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Document Number: pr07180
Document History: Posted: November 28, 2007.

133. US-EC Biotech Task Force Keys on Research, Collaboration
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Document Number: pr0372
Document History: Posted: June 27, 2003.

134. Viruses, Start Your Engines!
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Document Number: pr08220
Document History: Posted: December 29, 2008.

135. Walnut Trees Emit Aspirin-Like Chemical to Deal With Stress
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Document Number: pr08159
Document History: Posted: September 18, 2008.

136. What It's Like to Be a Bat
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Document Number: pr08107
Document History: Posted: June 26, 2008.

137. Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels in Northern Forests
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Document Number: pr07160
Document History: Posted: October 31, 2007.

138. With Toxic Crystals, Bacterium Targets - and Takes out - Nematodes
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Document Number: pr0326
Document History: Posted: March 7, 2003.

139. X-treme Life on the Web
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Document Number: ma07012
Document History: Posted: April 25, 2007.

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