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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		New Radar System Provides Earlier Severe Weather Alerts Research being done through NSF’s U.S. Ignite program connects radar systems to ultra high-speed networks Released  February 12, 2013
		Next Generation High Definition Videoconferencing Will Provide Immediate Public Benefits Researchers expect it to revolutionize health care delivery and STEM education Released  January 31, 2013
		Progress Made in Developing Systems for Disaster Mitigation Pilot project in Chattanooga uses an ultra-fast, high bandwidth system to help emergency workers, local officials and the public determine how to predict and respond to disasters Released  January 4, 2013
		Sensor Network to Protect the Elderly System monitors seniors' health in the comfort of their own homes Released  December 6, 2012
		Studying Evolution in Action Researchers apply biological and digital approaches to better understand underlying factors Released  November 29, 2012
		An App to Improve Driving NSF-funded inventor is an expert in wireless networks and security Released  November 1, 2012
		The AlloSphere Offers an Interactive Experience of Nano-sized Worlds New research opportunities emerge from instrument that immerses researchers in multi-dimensional information Released  September 6, 2011
		Digital Organisms Shed Light on Mystery of Altruism NSF-supported researchers use digital evolution techniques to examine theories about the evolution of altruism Released  November 15, 2010
		Electronics Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Memory Chips Rice University graduate student Jun Yao's research with silicon-oxide circuits could be a game-changer in nanoelectronics Released  October 8, 2010
		Computer Science--A Growing Field That Needs a Few (More) Good Women Women involved in computer science say more girls should consider a career in this exciting field Released  March 30, 2009
		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
		A New Vision for Scientific Visualizations New technologies create a relatively easy and inexpensive way for researchers to create high-quality visualizations from large data sets Released  March 3, 2009
		Pedal-Power Supercomputing Green supercomputing paves the way for sharing scientific research and collaboration Released  January 14, 2009
		Mysteries of the Unregulated Internet Researchers develop an alert system and protocol improvements to keep Internet traffic flowing smoothly Released  September 29, 2008
		Finding the Switches to Our Cells' 'Computer' Thousands of memory switches inside our cells help them remember and function Released  September 24, 2008
		2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released  January 30, 2008
		Brain Surgery: It Really Is Brain Surgery Dynamic 3-D computer modeling tracks brain changes during surgery Released  August 31, 2007
		2006: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported activities highlighted last year Released  January 9, 2007
		Virtual Tools Add New Dimension to Learning Internet-based resources educate students about archaeology, biology, computer science and geology Released  April 12, 2006
		Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage Hurricane search and rescue is one of first domestic uses of such vehicles Released  September 14, 2005
		New Analysis Method Ranks National Science Foundation As Tops For Computer Science Funding New data shows NSF has the highest ranking among national and international agencies for funding high-impact computer and information science research. Released  December 16, 2004
		Network Telescope Offers Global View of Internet's Dark Side UCSD's network telescope looks at the dark side of the Internet--traffic destined for a part of the Internet with legal addresses but no active computers. By watching this supposedly dark Internet, researchers have shed light on malicious activities. Released  October 13, 2004
		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