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and innovations that began with NSF support.
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Animal Attraction: The Many Forms of Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom A Valentine's Day special on the science of monogamy Released
February 13, 2013
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High-Peak Creeks, Forest Fires and Landscape Erosion: Could They Be Linked? Colorado's Boulder Creek watershed: where rushing streams, raging blazes and the Rockies meet Released
January 14, 2013
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Cooking Up Clean Air in Africa Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana Released
January 3, 2013
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Perfecting Sound Quality In-Ear An audio pioneer who has worked with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi and Pink Floyd continues to provide innovative devices to perfect sound quality and alleviate in-ear pressure and listener fatigue. Released
December 18, 2012
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Helping Landowners with Waste Wood While Improving Agribusiness and Energy NSF Innovation Corps allowed researcher to explore business model for offering biochar products Released
December 14, 2012
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All Washed Up and Somewhere to Go Seaweed on beaches is an ecological treasure trove Released
July 20, 2012
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Novel Answer to That Perennial "Earth Day" Question: "What Can I Do to Help?" Groups of citizen scientists are making pivotal contributions to research on the Earth, its place in the universe and other natural phenomena Released
April 19, 2012
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Six-month-old Word Learners Study of infants challenges developmental sequence of human language learning Released
March 8, 2012
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Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth Released
February 6, 2012
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Older Is Better for Hunting Dogs Research examines key demographic variables of Nicaraguan canines Released
January 17, 2012
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Foiling the Plan of a Cyberbully Researchers suggest listening to students to craft prevention policies Released
November 22, 2011
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Recognizing a Cyberbully Anonymous nature of digital aggression clouds identities of virtual bullies Released
November 15, 2011
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Defining a Cyberbully Social scientists struggle to characterize new form of harassment Released
November 8, 2011
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Meet MABEL: World's Fastest Two-Legged Robot With Knees Researchers have made a robot run like a human and that's the height of agility for a two-legged machine Released
September 30, 2011
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Green Gasoline Comes Closer to Fueling Your Car Researchers have discovered how to make gasoline from sawdust and other plant materials Released
August 18, 2011
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At the Forefront of Cyber Security Research It's all about the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) Released
August 11, 2011
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Technology May Soon Turn Thoughts Into Action NSF funds research to develop potentially life-changing technology for millions of prosthetic-dependent people Released
July 27, 2011
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Warfare Reveals Reasons People Cooperate Research shows large-scale cooperation may have begun with fear of punishment Released
July 27, 2011
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Why Context Matters in the Long and Short of Words MIT researchers improve 75-year-old language theory Released
June 17, 2011
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Nighttime Lights Clarify Economic Activity Combining lights and statistics may yield high-resolution global economic data Released
June 10, 2011
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Journey to the Center of the Amazon Researchers journey along the Transamazon Highway to learn about deforestation and the logging industry Released
May 4, 2011
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Researchers Consider Ancestry of Recent Fossil Finds Thought experiment stresses consequences of placing newly discovered fossils on human family tree Released
March 16, 2011
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Neuroimaging Chinese Social Cognition Sook-Lei Liew writes about the opportunity to conduct research examining the role of experience on neural networks during a summer in China, as part of NSF’s EAPSI program Released
February 15, 2011
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Eye-to-Eye With a Blizzard ...Tornado ... Hurricane A day in the life of the Doppler-on-Wheels Released
December 8, 2010
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Babies Learn From Robots While Robots Learn From Babies Interdisciplinary research combines infant learning and computer science Released
November 18, 2010
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Observatory Staff Aid in Military Helicopter Crash Rescue Green Bank Telescope's staff typically spend their days helping scientists carry out their research, but on one dramatic day in February 2010, they helped rescue soldiers from a crashed helicopter Released
September 10, 2010
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Stressed Out: Teens and Adults Respond Differently UCLA neuroscientist Adriana Galván studies the impact of normal, everyday stress and associated stress hormones on adolescents' brain function and decision making Released
September 3, 2010
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Soccer Stars Ranked Using Statistics Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a computer program that objectively measures player performance; the research method also could be used by companies to measure the performance of employees on project teams Released
July 8, 2010
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Economists Study How to Improve China's Food Safety Graduate student David Ortega describes his research project working with professors and students in China to assess Chinese consumer preferences and willingness to pay for certain pork safety attributes Released
May 3, 2010
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New PBS Television Program Highlights NSF-funded Economics Research NOVA's "Mind Over Money" examines 2008 stock crash Released
April 20, 2010
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