NSF Discoveries http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/ Discoveries posted on the NSF website, http://www.nsf.gov. en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:00:01 EDT Bones in Lava Tubes Reveal Hawaii's Natural History http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112069&govDel=USNSF_1 Photo of roots hanging from the roof of a lava tube. Michigan State University's Matthew Cimitile describes a Hawaiian adventure exploring lava tubes in search of bird bones from endangered and extinct species
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112069 Students Give High Marks to First U.S.-Japan Glass Science School http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112034&govDel=USNSF_1 Photo of professors and graduate students. Meeting brings U.S. university students and researchers together with their Japanese counterparts to talk about new developments and potential collaborations in glass research
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112034 A Thousand Points of Light: Bioluminescent Fungi http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112030&govDel=USNSF_1 Light photo of Mycena lucentipes, recently described from Sao Pãulo, Brazil. San Francisco State University Mycologist Dennis Desjardin Takes Readers Along on a Nocturnal Hike in a Brazilian Forest to Find Glowing Mushrooms
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112030 Violent Crime and Civic Engagement in Rural Communities http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111818&govDel=USNSF_1 City of Clarksdale in the Coahoma County, Mississippi Delta region Sociologist Matthew Lee designs a new conceptual model to study violence in rural settings
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111818 Crumbling Walls of Ancient Chesapeake Bay Crater Threaten Regional Groundwater Supplies http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112028&govDel=USNSF_1 Ilustration of a crater formed from the impact of a comet or asteroid in Chesapeake Bay. Saltwater intrusion into collapsing crater also allows microbes to flourish
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112028 Teaching Computers How to Write Fast Software http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111834&govDel=USNSF_1 Spiral raises the level of abstraction for complete automation without sacrifices in performance. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University develop a framework to replace the human programmer in high performance numerical library development
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111834 Natural Bio-Army Trained to Fight Cancer http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111875&govDel=USNSF_1 Illustration of a bioparticle (left) ready to bind antigens (yellow) from tumor cells. Bioengineer Tarek Fahmy and colleagues are engineering new nanoscopic and microscopic biomaterials to stimulate the body’s production of killer T-cells to fight infectious diseases
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111875 Physicists Gear Up for Huge Data Flow http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111420&govDel=USNSF_1 Photograph of the compact muon solenoid detector at CERN. University of Nebraska researchers build a computer center to handle the flood of data expected from the world's next-generation particle accelerator
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111420 The Choreography of Dancing Molecules http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112009&govDel=USNSF_1 Photo of hands holding conjugated polymers that change color and intensity when excited by light. Photochemist Elizabeth Harbron and her students investigate the properties of conjugated polymers that can be activated by light
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112009 Math Could Aid in Curing Cancer http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112016&govDel=USNSF_1 Photo of a researcher in a lab. Scientists and medical doctors couple math and medicine for unusual, promising marriage
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112016 Supercapacitors Could Be Key to a Green Energy Future http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111835&govDel=USNSF_1 John Chmiola holds an electrochemical capacitor's electrode produced from titanium-derived carbon. John Chmiola, a doctoral student at Drexel University, is doing groundbreaking work on supercapacitors
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111835 Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111976&govDel=USNSF_1 Photo of lionfish and other fish. Scientists detail the extensive damage to coral reefs in the Atlantic Ocean caused by invasive lionfish species, warn of potential catastrophe
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111976 Beyond Cold: How the World Works at Minus 459 Degrees http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111935&govDel=USNSF_1 Computer graphic showing quantum vortices formed when atoms expand for 50 thousandths of a second. Graduate student David McKay describes how atoms are cooled to near absolute zero for research using an approach called quantum simulation
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111935 The Man Behind Amazing Movie Simulations http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111581&govDel=USNSF_1 Photo of Jessica Alba and recipients of 2008 A.M.P.A.S Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards. He may not be as famous as Johnny Depp or Jessica Alba, but Oscar-winner Ron Fedkiw creates 3-D models of liquids that have had a major impact on Hollywood and our lives
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111581 Chemist 'Really Jazzed' About Creating New Molecules http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111905&govDel=USNSF_1 Computer image of the CB[7] Ferrocene molecular container. Lyle Isaacs talks about cool things that chemists do, such as his work to build new molecular containers that are as good as what is found in nature
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