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Education News
  • Friday, February 15, 2013 - 09:43
    Data from the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey reveals that one out of five U.S. companies with research and development (R&D) applied for a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2008. The data is the most recent year information is available.U.S. companies applied for more than 130,000 U.S. patents in 2008. The USPTO issued more than 65,000 patents to companies with R&D that year. Patents are a legal means used by inventors to ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126964&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 11:26
    The following is part three in a series on the NSF-NIH Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program. For part one, please see: Cool Cat in a Hot Zone. For part two: Snails in the Waters, Disease in the Villages. Take one wastewater treatment plant and place it anywhere ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126918&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF News item.
  • Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 15:13
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market approval to an artificial retina technology today, the first bionic eye to be approved for patients in the United States. The prosthetic technology was developed in part with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).The device, called the Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System, transmits images from a small, ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126756&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 02:53
    Tornadoes evolve rapidly, sometimes too quickly for conventional radar to accurately track. But when a violent tornado struck Newcastle, Okla. in May 2011, a town emergency manager had the good fortune to be watching it via a new radar system that delivers data every 60 seconds, instead of the usual five minutes. Instead of turning south, where the tornado seemed to be heading originally, the twister rapidly shifted north. Because the manager could see this in real time, he ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126919&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF News item.
  • Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 17:02
    Whether it happens among students in a classroom or engineers in a laboratory, innovation is a process--a series of steps that begins with imagination and results in the creation of something of value for society. That process is highlighted in this video series. More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/innovation/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item.
  • Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 03:50
    Nanotechnologies exist in the realm of billionths of a meter, with tolerances that push the limits of manufacturing--so it can be hard to imagine a factory that can turn out such products on a commercial scale. And yet, the United States has created the right environment for nanomanufacturing to succeed here with its strong foundation in basic research and development, a skilled workforce and private and public investment support.One nanotechnology-- ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126923&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF News item.
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