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Plasma Physics
(PD 08-1242) Posted May 20, 2008

Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
(PD 08-1284) Posted May 16, 2008

Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics
(PD 06-1643) Posted August 18, 2006

Physics of Living Systems
(PD 08-7246) Posted April 9, 2006

Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
(PD 05-1241) Posted July 14, 2005


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Physics of Living Systems
(PD 08-7246) Full Proposal: July 31, 2008

Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
(PD 05-1241) Full Proposal: September 24, 2008

Education and Interdisciplinary Research
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(PD 06-1221) Full Proposal: September 24, 2008

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physics graphic Physicists Create Millimeter-sized 'Bohr Atom'
Released July 1, 2008
 
Photo of Large Hadron Collider. U.S. Completes Contribution to World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
Released June 30, 2008
 
a new hybrid atom Quantum Computing Breakthrough Arises From Unknown Molecule
Released June 27, 2008
 
  NSF Terminates Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) Project
Released August 11, 2005
 
  Impact of NSF 04 - 034 (OISE Change in Procedures) on PHY researchers
Updated May 27, 2005
 

Discoveries See All

Photo of the detector slice from the back, at the surface. Building a Machine to Search for Cosmic Secrets
Katherine McAlpine describes the intricate lowering into place of the last large piece of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider
Released April 2, 2008

Photo of Matt Johnson, NSCL staff engineer, inspecting a 45-degree dipole magnet Nuclear Scientists Explore the Core of Existence
A journalist at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory describes physicists' experiments to understand the neutron dripline and some surprising results
Released March 24, 2008

2007 In Review 2007: Year in Review
A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year
Released January 30, 2008

Photo shows Exotic Beam Summer School students viewing progress of their experiments. Nuclear Physics Boot Camp Preps Future Scientists
Exotic Beam Summer School stimulates new learning and discoveries in nuclear physics students.
Released October 19, 2007

Photo of the ATLAS Barrel Toroid Magnet and a person standing in the center UltraLight Project: Moving Huge Amounts of Data
In spring 2008, the largest particle accelerator in the world will be completed
Released August 24, 2007
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