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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2007

PR 07-189 - December 21, 2007 NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp
PR 07-188 - December 20, 2007 Missing Link Between Whales and Four-Footed Ancestors Discovered
PR 07-187 - December 18, 2007 Metal Foam Has a Good Memory
PR 07-186 - December 12, 2007 NSF Appoints New Director of Office of Integrative Activities
PR 07-185 - December 11, 2007 U.S. Middle School Math Teachers Are Ill-prepared Among International Counterparts
PR 07-184 - December 7, 2007 New Results Presented at Conference: Climate Change, Weather and Ecosystems; Urban Air Quality; Earth Observing Systems; Seafloor Drilling
PR 07-183 - December 10, 2007 Web Surfers Can Follow Researcher as She Seeks to Collar and Study Pandas in Chinese Reserve
PR 07-182 - December 4, 2007 Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich Sitting in Primordial Soup?
PR 07-181 - December 4, 2007 Broken Homes Damage the Environment
PR 07-180 - November 28, 2007 Understanding How Humans Cause, Respond and Adapt to Change
PR 07-179 - November 27, 2007 Newly Unveiled Satellite Map of Antarctica Is a Unique Tool for Scientists, Educators and the Public
PR 07-178 - November 26, 2007 NSF Awards Grants for Three Critical Zone Observatories
PR 07-177 - November 26, 2007 NSF Awards Focus on Policy Implications of Global Change Throughout the Americas
PR 07-176 - November 23, 2007 Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light
PR 07-175 - November 26, 2007 Children's Bad Behavior Gives Insights to Academic Achievement and Later Career Success
PR 07-174 - November 20, 2007 U.S. Awards Record Number of Science and Engineering Doctorates
PR 07-173 - November 20, 2007 National Science Foundation Makes Documenting Endangered Languages Permanent Program
PR 07-172 - November 19, 2007 President Honors Mentors of Scientists and Engineers
PR 07-171 - November 19, 2007 Wildfire Letdowns and Wake-up Calls
PR 07-170 - November 16, 2007 NSF, NASA to Test Lunar Habitat in Antarctica's Extreme Environment
PR 07-169 - November 16, 2007 Mobile Microbes: Viruses Living in Yellowstone's Hot Springs Travel Near and Far
PR 07-168 - November 12, 2007 Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record Rate
PR 07-167 - November 6, 2007 NSF Science and Technology Center Wins United Nations Prize
PR 07-166 - November 6, 2007 New Planet Discovered Around Nearby Star
PR 07-165 - November 2, 2007 Risking Wildfire
PR 07-164 - November 1, 2007 Beginning Scientists Receive Presidential Awards
PR 07-163 - October 31, 2007 U.S. Fires Release Enormous Amounts of Carbon Dioxide
PR 07-162 - October 31, 2007 World's Smallest Radio Fits in the Palm of the Hand . . . of an Ant
PR 07-161 - October 31, 2007 Paleontologists Discover Ancient Jurassic Mammal with New Type of Teeth
PR 07-160 - October 31, 2007 Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels in Northern Forests
PR 07-159 - October 30, 2007 Fossil Record Reveals Jellyfish More than 500 Million Years Old
PR 07-158 - October 30, 2007 Digital Eyes in the Sky Play Key Role in Battling Flames in Southern California
PR 07-157 - October 29, 2007 NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
PR 07-156 - October 29, 2007 New Type of Retinal Cell Discovered in Primates
PR 07-155 - October 26, 2007 Researchers View Swimming Tactics of Tiny Aquatic Predators
PR 07-154 - October 25, 2007 Newly Created Forms of Magnesium and Aluminum
PR 07-153 - October 25, 2007 Seismologists See Earth's Dynamic Interior as Interplay of Temperature, Pressure, Chemistry
PR 07-152 - October 25, 2007 William T. Golden: Appreciation
PR 07-151 - October 24, 2007 Forming Groups Stabilizes Populations of Predators and Prey
PR 07-150 - October 24, 2007 Solar Telescope Reaches 120,000 Feet on Jumbo Jet-Sized Balloon
PR 07-149 - October 19, 2007 California Wolf Center Takes Wolves Into Classrooms During National Awareness Week
PR 07-148 - October 19, 2007 Cultivating Math and Science Teachers for High-need School Districts
PR 07-147 - October 17, 2007 Scientists Estimate Mercury Emissions from U.S. Forest Fires
PR 07-146 - October 17, 2007 National Science Foundation Congratulates 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics Laureates
PR 07-145 - October 16, 2007 Earliest Evolution of Vision Genes Discovered
PR 07-144 - October 16, 2007 NSF Awards 12 Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
PR 07-143 - October 16, 2007 Getting Light to Bend Backwards
PR 07-142 - October 12, 2007 National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities Award New Grants to Document Endangered Languages
PR 07-141 - October 12, 2007 New Technique Reveals Subtle Force-induced Changes in Biomolecule's Conformation
PR 07-140 - October 11, 2007 NSF Awards 26 New Grants to Seed Plant Systems Biology
PR 07-139 - October 11, 2007 Scientists Sequence Genome of Soil-Dwelling Green Alga
PR 07-138 - October 11, 2007 Technology to the RESCUE
PR 07-136 - October 21, 2007 Photonic Gel Films Hold Promise
PR 07-135 - October 5, 2007 Opening New Possibilities for Deaf Students in Computer Science
PR 07-134 - October 5, 2007 Scientists to Sick Plants: Take Two Doses of an Aspirin-Like Hormone and Call Me in the Morning
PR 07-133 - October 9, 2007 Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist for Climate-Science Breakthroughs
PR 07-132 - October 4, 2007 Geologists Recover Rocks From San Andreas Fault
PR 07-131 - October 4, 2007 NSF Provides Funding to Transform Computing Education
PR 07-130 - October 4, 2007 National Science Foundation and ResearchChannel Form Programming Partnership
PR 07-129 - October 1, 2007 Research and Development Bolsters U.S. Economic Growth
PR 07-128 - October 1, 2007 NSF Announces $26 Million Solicitation for Projects That Advance Innovative Computational Thinking
PR 07-127 - September 27, 2007 Oxygen on Earth: 50 to 100 Million Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought
PR 07-126 - September 27, 2007 2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
PR 07-125 - September 26, 2007 Program Provides Blueprint for Recruiting Minorities to Science and Engineering
- PR 07-124 - September 24, 2007
NSF and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Drive Frontier Research in Nuclear Detection
PR 07-123 - September 24, 2007 Nutrient Pollution Drives Frog Deformities by Ramping Up Infections
PR 07-122 - September 18, 2007 Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species Creates Hardy Hybrids Likely to Replace Parental Populations
PR 07-121 - September 18, 2007 "Earth & Sky" Launches Spanish-language Radio Series
PR 07-120 - September 11, 2007 Can a Robot Get High School Students Interested in Studying Science and Engineering in College?
PR 07-119 - September 11, 2007 Nanomaterials With a Bright Future
PR 07-118 - September 10, 2007 Scientists Use the "Dark Web" to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online
PR 07-117 - September 7, 2007 Acid Rain Has Disproportionate Impact on Near-Shore Ocean Waters
PR 07-116 - September 7, 2007 Einstein Fellows Begin Year at National Science Foundation
PR 07-115 - September 6, 2007 Dinosaur Fossil Shows Signs of Early Flight Mechanism
PR 07-114 - September 6, 2007 Change from Arid to Wet Climate in Africa Altered Early Human Evolution
PR 07-113 - September 5, 2007 Moray Eels Are Uniquely Equipped to Pack Big Prey Into Their Narrow Bodies
PR 07-112 - August 30, 2007 New Approach Encourages Engineers to Pursue Paradigm Shifts
PR 07-111 - August 30, 2007 One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another Species' Genome
PR 07-110 - August 30, 2007 Scientists Find Elusive Waves in Solar Corona
PR 07-109 - August 29, 2007 Volcanic Activity Key to Oxygen-rich Atmosphere
PR 07-108 - August 27, 2007 Back to School: Five Myths about Girls and Science
PR 07-107 - August 23, 2007 Light Brings Out the Worst in Some Disease-Causing Bacteria
PR 07-106 - August 22, 2007 U.S. Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets
PR 07-105 - August 20, 2007 Catching Some Rays
PR 07-104 - August 20, 2007 Scientists Verify Predictive Model for Winter Weather
PR 07-103 - August 17, 2007 Team USA Takes the Prize at the International Linguistics Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia
PR 07-102 - August 16, 2007 Scientists Retrace Evolution of an Important Human Protein
PR 07-101 - August 14, 2007 Origami Electronics?
PR 07-100 - August 10, 2007 New, More Direct Pathways from Outside of Cells to Cell Nuclei Discovered
PR 07-099 - August 9, 2007 National Science Board Approves National Action Plan for 21st Century STEM Education
PR 07-098 - August 9, 2007 Man-Made Soot Contributed to Warming in Greenland in the Early 20th Century
PR 07-097 - August 9, 2007 National Science Board Approves NSF Plan to Emphasize Transformative Research
PR 07-096 - August 8, 2007 National Science Foundation Releases Survey on the Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms
PR 07-095 - August 8, 2007 National Science Board Approves Funds for Petascale Computing Systems
PR 07-094 - August 7, 2007 Link Between Sunspots, Rain Helps Predict Disease in East Africa
PR 07-093 - August 3, 2007 Ecosystem Stability and Resilience Highlighted at National Conference
PR 07-092 - August 3, 2007 Young Inventors' Research Transforms the Marketplace
PR 07-091 - August 3, 2007 A New Wrinkle in Thin Film Science
- PR 07-090 - August 2, 2007
Mark Abbott to Remain at Oregon State University
PR 07-089 - August 2, 2007 Science and Technology Investments Strengthen Asia's Economic Future
PR 07-088 - August 2, 2007 System Brings Innovative Flood Forecasts to Vulnerable Residents of Bangladesh
PR 07-087 - August 1, 2007 "Brown Cloud" Particulate Pollution Amplifies Global Warming
PR 07-086 - August 1, 2007 Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer
PR 07-085 - July 30, 2007 Frequency of Atlantic Hurricanes Doubled During Last Century
PR 07-084 - July 26, 2007 Innovative Research Technique Reveals Another Natural Wonder in Yellowstone Park: A Unique, Photosynthesizing Life-Form
PR 07-083 - July 19, 2007 Glaciers and Ice Caps to Dominate Sea Level Rise Through 21st Century
PR 07-082 - July 19, 2007 Number of Published Science and Engineering Articles Flattens, But U.S. Influence Remains Strong
PR 07-080 - July 18, 2007 Student Results Show Benefits of Math and Science Partnerships
PR 07-079 - July 17, 2007 President to Award 2005-2006 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology Honoring Nation's Leading Researchers, Inventors and Innovators
PR 07-078 - July 13, 2007 NSF Announces First Annual Computer and Information Science and Engineering Distinguished Education Fellows
PR 07-077 - July 13, 2007 Geologists Witness Unique Volcanic Mudflow in Action in New Zealand
PR 07-076 - July 12, 2007 Erb Honored by French Republic for Contributions to International Scientific Cooperation
PR 07-075 - July 10, 2007 Team Selected for the Proposed Design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
PR 07-074 - July 10, 2007 Mark Abbott of Oregon State University to Become NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences
PR 07-073 - June 28, 2007 Family-Related Issues Top List of Reasons for Migration of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers to the U.S.
PR 07-072 - June 27, 2007 New Imaging Technique Could Promote Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis
PR 07-071 - June 21, 2007 Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming
PR 07-070 - June 21, 2007 Antarctic Icebergs: Unlikely Oases for Ocean Life
PR 07-069 - June 15, 2007 NSF Funding to Advance Research on Interplay Between Biology and Society
PR 07-068 - June 15, 2007 The Kapok Connection: Study Explains Rainforest Similarities
PR 07-067 - June 12, 2007 First Buoy to Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched
PR 07-066 - June 8, 2007 Caribbean Frog Populations Started with Single, Ancient Voyage on South American Raft
PR 07-065 - June 6, 2007 Columbine Flowers Develop Long Nectar Spurs in Response to Pollinators
PR 07-064 - June 4, 2007 Nitrate in Lake Superior: On the Rise
PR 07-063 - May 31, 2007 Report Offers Guidance on How to Safely Explore Vast Aquatic Systems Buried Under Antarctic Ice
PR 07-062 - May 31, 2007 Gazing up at the Man in the Star?
PR 07-061 - May 31, 2007 Ecologist, Limnologist Robert Sterner Appointed NSF Division Director for Environmental Biology
PR 07-060 - May 29, 2007 Magnetic Field Uses Sound Waves to Ignite Sun's Ring of Fire
PR 07-059 - May 29, 2007 "Nurse Cells" Make Life and Death Decisions for Infection-Fighting Cells
PR 07-058 - May 22, 2007 Follow the "Green" Brick Road?
PR 07-057 - May 21, 2007 Three Wishes for a Future Internet? GENI Project Will Soon Be At Your Command
PR 07-056 - May 10, 2007 Real-Time Seismic Monitor Installed on Growing Underwater Volcano
PR 07-055 - May 10, 2007 The Longest Carbon Nanotubes You've Ever Seen
PR 07-054 - May 9, 2007 NSF Wins Blue Pencil, Gold Screen Awards for Science Communications
PR 07-053 - May 15, 2007 Berkeley Nanotechnology Pioneer to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
PR 07-052 - May 7, 2007 Scientists Offer New View of Photosynthesis
PR 07-051 - May 2, 2007 Students Benefit from Undergraduate Research Opportunities
PR 07-050 - May 7, 2007 Healthy Coral Reefs Hit Hard by Warmer Temperatures
PR 07-049 - May 1, 2007 Urban Sediments After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Contained High Levels of Contaminants
PR 07-048 - April 30, 2007 Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type 2 Diabetes Similar at Molecular Level
PR 07-047 - May 3, 2007 Mercury's Soft Center
PR 07-046 - April 26, 2007 Ocean's "Twilight Zone" May Be a Key to Understanding Climate Change
PR 07-045 - April 26, 2007 Biology in the 21st Century
PR 07-044 - April 20, 2007 Palmer Station, Antarctica Celebrates Earth Day With an Underwater Clean Up
PR 07-043 - April 19, 2007 Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to Speak on Global Energy Security
PR 07-042 - April 18, 2007 Scientists Track Impact of Asian Dust and Pollution on Clouds, Climate Change
PR 07-041 - April 18, 2007 New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Life Form Discovered
PR 07-040 - April 16, 2007 The "Numb3rs" Add Up: Popular TV Show and Its Creators Receive Public Service Award
PR 07-039 - April 16, 2007 Chemist, Educator, Communicator Receives 2007 National Science Board Public Service Award
PR 07-038 - April 12, 2007 Ancient T. rex and Mastodon Protein Fragments Discovered, Sequenced
PR 07-037 - April 11, 2007 Misclassified for Centuries, Medicinal Leeches Found to Be Three Distinct Species
PR 07-036 - April 5, 2007 Minuscule Generators Convert Motion Into Nanoscale Electricity Source
PR 07-035 - April 4, 2007 Thirty-Two Mile Cable Installed for First Deep-Sea Observatory
PR 07-034 - March 27, 2007 Getting a Feel for the Nano World
PR 07-033 - March 27, 2007 New Modeling Study Forecasts Disappearance of Existing Climate Zones
PR 07-032 - March 22, 2007 Shirley Ann Jackson, Leader in Higher Education and Government, to Receive the Vannevar Bush Award
PR 07-031 - March 22, 2007 New Study Says Women and Their Managers Differ on Career Advancement in Chemical Companies
PR 07-030 - March 21, 2007 Survey Reveals Family Ties and Traditional Activities Keep Arctic Communities Vital
PR 07-029 - March 19, 2007 A Mathematical Solution for Another Dimension
PR 07-028 - March 15, 2007 Black Carbon Transported from Asia Plays Role in Pacific Ocean Climate
PR 07-027 - March 15, 2007 Scientists Explain Source of Tiny Tremors Emanating from Fault Zones
PR 07-026 - March 14, 2007 Paleontologists Discover New Mammal from Mesozoic Era
PR 07-025 - March 13, 2007 Biologists Develop Large Gene Dataset for Rice Plant
PR 07-024 - March 8, 2007 How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects of Acid Rain
PR 07-023 - March 7, 2007 Scientists Uncover Link Between Ocean's Chemical Processes and Microscopic Floating Plants
PR 07-022 - March 5, 2007 Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes with Enhanced Folate Content
PR 07-021 - March 5, 2007 National Science Foundation Releases Statistics on Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities
PR 07-020 - March 1, 2007 New Coating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
PR 07-019 - February 28, 2007 Scientists Expand Microbe "Gene Language"
PR 07-018 - February 28, 2007 New Information Links Atlantic Ocean Warming to Stronger Hurricanes
PR 07-017 - February 28, 2007 United States Launches New International Polar Year
PR 07-016 - February 26, 2007 Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope to Help Scientists Learn What the Universe Is Made of and How it Got Here
PR 07-015 - February 26, 2007 Students Enter Competition to Produce a Zero-Emissions Snowmobile
PR 07-014 - February 22, 2007 Northwest Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems Experiencing Large Climate-Related Changes
PR 07-013 - February 21, 2007 Lizards Shout Against a Noisy Background to Get Points Across
- PR 07-012 - February 20, 2007
National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security Partner to Address Nuclear Threats
PR 07-011 - February 16, 2007 From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks
PR 07-010 - February 5, 2007 National Science Foundation Requests $6.43 Billion for Fiscal Year 2008
PR 07-009 - January 31, 2007 Carnegie Mellon Professor Jeannette Wing Chosen to Head Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate at NSF
PR 07-008 - January 30, 2007 Non-Venomous Asian Snakes 'Borrow' Defensive Poison from Toxic Toads
PR 07-007 - January 26, 2007 National Science Foundation Issues Impact Report on Math and Science Partnership Program
PR 07-006 - January 25, 2007 Blood-Cell-Sized Memory Device Beats Industry Estimates for Computing Capacity
PR 07-005 - January 24, 2007 NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Demonstrate Continued Increases in Student Proficiency
PR 07-004 - January 22, 2007 Hydrogen-Powered Lawnmowers?
PR 07-003 - January 9, 2007 You Still Can't Drink the Water, But Now You Can Touch It
PR 07-002 - January 9, 2007 NSF Provides $14 Million to Advance Research in Comparative Genomics of Economically Important Plants
PR 07-001 - January 8, 2007 Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
PR 05-032 - August 29, 2007 Powerful Tool Crunches Commutes
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PRESS RELEASES FOR
2006

PR 06-178 - December 26, 2006 Latest Statistics Reveal Increase in Federal Agency Support of U.S. Research & Development
PR 06-177 - December 21, 2006 Researchers Observe Rare Light-emitting Decay of Neutrons
PR 06-176 - December 19, 2006 Multinational Scientific Expedition Kicks Off International Polar Year 2007-2008
PR 06-175 - December 18, 2006 Universe's Oldest Objects Emerge from the Background
PR 06-174 - December 11, 2006 Scientists Predict Carbon Dioxide Emissions Will Reduce Density of Earth's Outermost Atmosphere by 2017
PR 06-173 - December 11, 2006 Volcanic Blast Likely Killed and Preserved Juvenile Fossil Plesiosaur Found in Antarctica
PR 06-172 - December 7, 2006 Melts in Your Body, Not in Your Hand
PR 06-171 - December 7, 2006 Mixed Prairie Grasses Better Source of Biofuel Than Corn Ethanol and Soybean Biodiesel
PR 06-170 - December 11, 2006 Online Journal Combines Teaching Math and Studying How Students Learn
- PR 06-169 - December 7, 2006
NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences Accepts Position in Industry
PR 06-168 - December 6, 2006 Graduate Students Study Links Between African and U.S. Weather Systems
PR 06-167 - December 4, 2006 Genetic Archaeology Finds Clues to Pregnancy in Male Pipefish, Seahorses
PR 06-166 - November 27, 2006 Scientists Catch Underwater Volcanic Eruption "In Action" in Pacific Ocean Depths
PR 06-165 - November 21, 2006 Advanced Technological Education Program Brings Two-Year Colleges and Industry Together to Educate New Workforce
PR 06-164 - November 20, 2006 The Smell of Money
PR 06-163 - November 13, 2006 Phosphorus Found to Be Another Culprit in Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone"
PR 06-162 - November 9, 2006 Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship to Humans
PR 06-161 - November 6, 2006 "LouseBuster" Instrument Shown to Kill Head Lice
PR 06-160 - November 2, 2006 Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
PR 06-159 - November 2, 2006 Plant Studies Reveal How, Where Seeds Store Iron
PR 06-158 - October 31, 2006 On the Verge of the International Polar Year, NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole
PR 06-157 - October 30, 2006 Newly Discovered Genes, Brain Chemicals Likely Play a Role in Complex Bee Behavior
PR 06-156 - October 27, 2006 NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
PR 06-155 - October 26, 2006 Bacterial "Switch Gene" Regulates How Oceans Emit Sulfur into Atmosphere
PR 06-154 - October 24, 2006 New Technologies Could Make Airport Screening More Effective and Less Cumbersome
PR 06-153 - October 23, 2006 Vitamin C and Water Not Just Healthy for People -- Healthy for Plastics, too
PR 06-152 - October 23, 2006 Female Pronghorns Choose Mate Based on Substance as Well as Show
PR 06-151 - October 18, 2006 Long-Term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species in "Double Jeopardy"
PR 06-150 - October 17, 2006 More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago
PR 06-149 - October 17, 2006 Novel Laboratory Model Reveals Clues to How Blood Starts Clotting
PR 06-148 - October 17, 2006 NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment
PR 06-147 - October 10, 2006 NSF Report Reveals Century of Doctoral Education Trends in the United States
- PR 06-146 - October 5, 2006
NSF Awards $76 million for 2006 Science and Technology Centers
PR 06-145 - October 6, 2006 NSF Announces New Awards to Tackle Biology's Most Challenging Questions
PR 06-144 - October 4, 2006 Researchers Develop Method to Sort Carbon Nanotubes by Size and Electrical Properties
PR 06-143 - October 4, 2006 Researchers Link Ice-Age Climate-Change Records to Ocean Salinity
PR 06-142 - October 3, 2006 Analysis Shows Research and Development Adds to Economic Growth
PR 06-141 - October 3, 2006 "Killer" B Cells Provide New Link in the Evolution of Immunity
PR 06-140 - October 2, 2006 NSF Announces Goals, Priorities for Next Five Years
PR 06-139 - October 2, 2006 NSF Supports 24 New Projects to Get at the Root of How Genes Control Plant Growth
PR 06-138 - September 29, 2006 National Science Board Proposes Major Initiative in Hurricane Science and Engineering
PR 06-137 - September 29, 2006 National Science Foundation Awards Texas Advanced Computing Center $59 Million for High-Performance Computing
PR 06-136 - September 27, 2006 Taking Science to School
PR 06-135 - September 27, 2006 Massive Star Formation: Inside, Outside and All Around
PR 06-134 - September 25, 2006 Cora Marrett to Become Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources at NSF
PR 06-133 - September 22, 2006 2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
PR 06-132 - September 20, 2006 International Polar Year Funds Research and Exploration by Teachers, Students and the Public
PR 06-131 - September 19, 2006 Tree Rings Provide a 200-Year-Old Hurricane Record
PR 06-130 - September 19, 2006 Bird Moms Manipulate Birth Order to Protect Sons
PR 06-129 - September 12, 2006 Ecological Change, Climate Variation Addressed at International Conference Sept. 20-24
PR 06-128 - September 12, 2006 Hurricane Breeding Grounds Heat Up
PR 06-127 - September 11, 2006 The Art of Engineering
PR 06-126 - August 31, 2006 High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation
PR 06-125 - August 31, 2006 Genome Info from "Plant Destroyers" Could Save Trees, Beans and Chocolate
PR 06-124 - August 30, 2006 Real-Time Traffic Routing from the Comfort of Your Car
PR 06-123 - August 29, 2006 Remembering Katrina
PR 06-122 - August 24, 2006 Wanda E. Ward Named Acting Head of NSF’s Education Directorate
PR 06-121 - August 22, 2006 Chemical Cause of Antarctic Ozone Hole Discovered 20 Years Ago This Month
PR 06-120 - August 21, 2006 Astronomers 'See' the Invisible
PR 06-119 - August 21, 2006 NSF Awards $75.3 Million for Five New Engineering Research Centers
PR 06-118 - August 18, 2006 Stellar Pinwheels at Our Galaxy's Core
PR 06-117 - August 14, 2006 A Science or Engineering Bachelor's Degree Is Good for You
PR 06-116 - August 10, 2006 Overall Antarctic Snowfall Hasn't Changed in 50 Years
PR 06-115 - August 10, 2006 NSF Announces Six New Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials
PR 06-114 - August 10, 2006 Richard O. Buckius to Head NSF Engineering Directorate
PR 06-113 - August 8, 2006 Amphibian Declines, Disease Ecology, Biodiversity Are Highlighted at Conference
PR 06-112 - August 7, 2006 Flatworms at Forefront of Regeneration Research
PR 06-111 - August 1, 2006 New Report Says Human Tampering Threatens Planet's Life-Sustaining Surface
PR 06-110 - August 1, 2006 Forecast: Showers and Thunderstorms
PR 06-109 - July 26, 2006 Communications Team Erects Lifeline for Firefighters Battling California Wildfires
PR 06-108 - July 26, 2006 Top Researcher-Educators Receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
PR 06-107 - July 21, 2006 Rise in Sea Level, Loss of Wetlands May Account for Unstable Ground in Mississippi Delta
PR 06-106 - July 13, 2006 Paleontologists Establish First Age Distribution of Non-Avian Dinosaur Population
PR 06-105 - July 12, 2006 Increased Risk of Hantavirus Forecast for U.S. Southwest
PR 06-104 - July 11, 2006 Self-Cooling Soda Bottles?
PR 06-103 - July 10, 2006 NSF, NEH Boost Efforts to Make Digital Records of Dying Languages
PR 06-102 - July 7, 2006 Researchers Create New Organic Gel Nanomaterials
PR 06-101 - July 5, 2006 NSF Launches Distributed Data Analysis of Neutron Scattering
PR 06-100 - July 5, 2006 Report Warns of Rising Carbon Dioxide Threats to Marine Life
PR 06-099 - July 3, 2006 Protecting the Liberty Bell
PR 06-098 - June 29, 2006 Collaboration Will Preserve Digital Research Data
PR 06-097 - June 29, 2006 A Link Between Rainfall and Magnetism
PR 06-096 - June 28, 2006 The Ones That Get Away
PR 06-095 - June 26, 2006 Scientists Accurately Simulate Appearance of Sun's Corona During Eclipse
PR 06-094 - June 20, 2006 Tropical Rainforest Nutrients Linked to Global Carbon Dioxide Levels
PR 06-093 - June 20, 2006 UCLA's Tony F. Chan to Head Math and Physical Sciences at NSF
PR 06-092 - May 31, 2006 Ecosystems With Many Plant Species Produce More and Survive Threats Better
PR 06-091 - May 24, 2006 U.S. National Science Foundation Celebrates Opening of Beijing Office
PR 06-090 - May 24, 2006 Lobsters Avoid Virus by Detecting Illness in Their Own Kind
PR 06-089 - May 23, 2006 Scientists Uncover New Clues to Limb Formation (and Loss) in Some Sea Mammals
PR 06-088 - May 22, 2006 Researchers Release Draft Final Report on New Orleans Levees
- PR 06-087 - May 19, 2006
National Science Foundation Announces New Director for Legislative and Public Affairs
PR 06-086 - May 18, 2006 Gold Nanoparticles Could Improve Antisense Cancer Drugs
PR 06-085 - May 18, 2006 A Cool Way to Strip Hydrogen
PR 06-084 - May 17, 2006 Ancient Plant Provides Clues to Evolutionary Mystery
PR 06-083 - May 12, 2006 A Better Algorithm for Detecting Cancer Genes
PR 06-082 - May 11, 2006 NSF Web Site Wins People's Voice Award
PR 06-081 - May 11, 2006 National Science Board Elects Physician and Former Astronaut to be New Officers
PR 06-080 - May 11, 2006 Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia
PR 06-079 - May 9, 2006 Cooperation Keeps Lizards' Blue Genes from Fading
PR 06-078 - May 5, 2006 Astronomers Dedicate CARMA Telescope Array
PR 06-077 - May 4, 2006 Industry Funding of Campus Research Declines for Third Straight Year
PR 06-076 - May 2, 2006 NSF Awards $1.8 Million to Study High-School Advanced Placement Work in Math and Science
PR 06-075 - April 28, 2006 President Honors Nation's Leading Math and Science Teachers
PR 06-074 - April 27, 2006 National Science Board Announces 2006 Public Service Awards
PR 06-073 - April 27, 2006 Physicist and Robotics Pioneer Receive 2006 Vannevar Bush Awards for Lifetime Contributions and Statesmanship to Science
PR 06-072 - April 26, 2006 Hyena Mothers Give Their Cubs a Helpful Dose of Hormones
PR 06-071 - April 20, 2006 Geologists Drill Into Fossil Magma Chamber Deep Under the Ocean
- PR 06-070 - April 18, 2006
Crew Member on Antarctic Research Vessel Missing
PR 06-069 - April 17, 2006 Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUAVs) Take to the Skies to Track Pollutants
PR 06-068 - April 17, 2006 Caltech's Emmanuel Candes to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
PR 06-067 - April 17, 2006 Crystal Sieves, Born Anew
PR 06-066 - April 13, 2006 NSF Web Site Nominated for Webby Award
PR 06-065 - April 13, 2006 New Fossils Link "Ape-men" to More Primitive Ancestors
PR 06-064 - April 13, 2006 Nanogenerators May Spark Miniature Machines
PR 06-063 - April 12, 2006 Volcano-like Tremors Detected Deep Within Earth's Crust Near San Andreas
PR 06-062 - April 12, 2006 Higher Carbon Dioxide, Lack of Nitrogen Limit Plant Growth
PR 06-061 - April 12, 2006 U.S.-Taiwan Constellation of Satellites Launched
PR 06-060 - April 11, 2006 Waterproof Superglue May Be Strongest in Nature
PR 06-059 - April 7, 2006 New Key Fits Old Lock
PR 06-058 - April 6, 2006 Ancient Ants Arose 140-168 Million Years Ago
PR 06-057 - April 6, 2006 A Blue Ring Around the Planet Uranus
PR 06-056 - April 7, 2006 Frictionless Motion Observed in Water
PR 06-055 - April 5, 2006 New Fossils Fill the Evolutionary Gap Between Fish and Land Animals
PR 06-054 - April 4, 2006 Collaboration Will Investigate Vulnerabilities of Rapidly Growing Internet Phone and Multimedia Systems
PR 06-053 - April 3, 2006 Device Only Atoms Across May Allow Infinitesimal But Powerful Computers
PR 06-052 - March 30, 2006 First Result from New Experiment Confirms Neutrino Oscillation
PR 06-051 - March 27, 2006 Freshwater Copepod May Be Several Species, Not Just One
PR 06-050 - March 23, 2006 Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected
PR 06-049 - March 23, 2006 Supercomputer Maps One Million Atoms of a Complete Virus in First Simulation of a Life Form
PR 06-048 - March 23, 2006 Scientists Discover Interplay Between Genes and Viruses in Tiny Ocean Plankton
PR 06-047 - March 21, 2006 Large Centrifuge Helps Researchers Mimic Effects of Katrina on Levees
PR 06-046 - March 17, 2006 Project Takes Fish Collection into the Digital Age
PR 06-045 - March 16, 2006 New Process Builds Electronics Into Optical Fiber
PR 06-044 - March 16, 2006 Small, Ultra-fast and Ultra-versatile Scanner Takes Chemical Analysis to the Field
PR 06-043 - March 9, 2006 New "Crystal Sponge" Triples Hydrogen Storage
PR 06-042 - March 9, 2006 Bering Sea Ecosystem Responding to Changes in Arctic Climate
PR 06-041 - March 6, 2006 Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot Cycle
PR 06-040 - March 2, 2006 Easy Up, Not-So-Easy Down
PR 06-039 - March 2, 2006 Mexico City Field Campaign to Study Megacity Pollution
PR 06-038 - March 1, 2006 Study of 2004 Tsunami Forces Rethinking of Giant Earthquake Theory
PR 06-037 - March 2, 2006 New NSF Aircraft to Probe Hazardous Atmospheric Whirlwinds
PR 06-036 - February 23, 2006 Hear, Hear!
PR 06-035 - February 23, 2006 Doodle Search
PR 06-034 - February 23, 2006 Science Leaders Cite a "Changed World" in Call for Bold Efforts to Improve K-12 Science and Mathematics Education
PR 06-033 - February 15, 2006 New Clues in the Plant Mating Mystery
PR 06-032 - February 15, 2006 And Baby Counts Three...
PR 06-031 - February 10, 2006 Cargo, Fuel Safely Unloaded at Antarctic Research Station
PR 06-030 - February 10, 2006 Making Sense of Plant Smells
PR 06-029 - February 9, 2006 NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Make the Grade
PR 06-028 - February 9, 2006 Instruments on Alaska's Augustine Volcano Provide New Insights into Volcanic Processes
PR 06-027 - February 8, 2006 Declining Snowpack in Rockies Cools CO2, Slows Gas Release from Winter Forest Soils
PR 06-026 - February 8, 2006 Scientists Discover Oldest-Known and Most-Primitive Tyrannosaur
PR 06-025 - February 8, 2006 NSF Names Daniel Atkins to Head New Office of Cyberinfrastructure
PR 06-024 - February 7, 2006 Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions
PR 06-023 - February 7, 2006 Sound Waves Rock a Star to Death
PR 06-022 - February 6, 2006 Request for National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2007 Is $6.02 Billion
PR 06-021 - February 2, 2006 High-Tech Sieve Sifts for Hydrogen
PR 06-020 - February 6, 2006 Outbreak: Rapid Appearance of Fungus Devastates Frogs, Salamanders in Panama
PR 06-019 - January 31, 2006 Excavated Teeth Likely Came from First Africans Brought to the New World
PR 06-018 - January 30, 2006 NSF Awards First Partnership for International Research and Education Grants
PR 06-017 - January 26, 2006 For Plants, Size Doesn't Matter When it Comes to Metabolism
PR 06-016 - January 26, 2006 Sequencing Our Seas
PR 06-015 - January 26, 2006 Worldwide Study Reveals Nature Encourages Diversity in Tropical Forests
PR 06-014 - January 25, 2006 Closer to Home
PR 06-013 - January 18, 2006 Increased Competition for Pollen May Lead to Plant Extinctions
PR 06-012 - January 17, 2006 Managing Metal
PR 06-011 - January 17, 2006 Engineering Educators Receive Prestigious Gordon Prize
PR 06-010 - January 17, 2006 NSF Releases "Sensors for Environmental Observatories" Report
PR 06-009 - January 15, 2006 The Most Resilient Nanosprings in Nature
PR 06-008 - January 11, 2006 Climate Change Drives Widespread Amphibian Extinctions
PR 06-007 - January 11, 2006 2005: Year in Review
PR 06-006 - January 9, 2006 Ben Franklin Web Portal Brings the Man to the Masses
PR 06-005 - January 5, 2006 A New Family of Self-Assembling Nanolattices
PR 06-004 - January 5, 2006 Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming
PR 06-003 - January 4, 2006 Global Warming Can Trigger Extreme Ocean, Climate Changes
PR 06-002 - January 3, 2006 All In a Week's Work
PR 06-001 - January 3, 2006 New NSF Centers Encourage Collaboration Between Ocean Scientists, Educators
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PRESS RELEASES FOR
2005

- PR PR 05-012 - February 1, 2005
NSF Funds Science of Learning Center at Dartmouth
PR 05-216 - December 27, 2005 Modified Microscope Proves Critical to Uncovering Cell-growth Secret
PR 05-215 - December 23, 2005 Clarity at the Core
PR 05-214 - December 22, 2005 Ancient Jawless Vertebrates Used Novel Immune Responses
PR 05-213 - December 22, 2005 Noisy Cells Disturb the Final Piece
PR 05-212 - December 21, 2005 Blasts from the Past
PR 05-211 - December 21, 2005 Revered Scientific Drilling Ship Gets Extreme Makeover
PR 05-210 - December 15, 2005 Physicists Describe a New "Fluid" State of Matter
PR 05-209 - December 15, 2005 Model Predicts Colder Winter Temperatures in the East, Warmer in the West
PR 05-208 - December 15, 2005 A Fish of a Different Color
PR 05-207 - December 7, 2005 Galaxy Collisions Dominate the Universe
PR 05-206 - December 6, 2005 Web Tool May Help Doctors Make Better Decisions
PR 05-205 - December 1, 2005 Science and Engineering Doctorates Are Up for Second Year in a Row
PR 05-204 - November 23, 2005 Astronaut Says to Live Your Dreams in Observance of American-Indian Heritage Month
PR 05-203 - November 22, 2005 Researchers Use Imaging Technique to Visualize Effects of Stress on Human Brain
PR 05-202 - November 22, 2005 Molecular Turn-Ons Could Find Use in Future Computers and Other Electronic Devices
PR 05-201 - November 17, 2005 Scientists Shed Light on Plant Responses
PR 05-200 - November 16, 2005 DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins
PR 05-199 - November 16, 2005 President Honors Excellence in Mentoring
PR 05-198 - November 14, 2005 Microbes in Marine Sediments React to Temperature Changes
PR 05-197 - November 15, 2005 NSF, USDA and DOE Award $32 Million to Sequence Corn Genome
PR 05-196 - November 15, 2005 President Announces 2004 Medal of Science Winners
PR 05-195 - November 10, 2005 From Mississippi to Wyoming, Plants Once Danced to Fast-Changing Climate Tune
PR 05-194 - November 10, 2005 Slippery When Wet
PR 05-193 - November 2, 2005 Scientists See Light That May Be From First Stars in Universe
PR 05-192 - November 1, 2005 When Froggy Goes a Courtin'
PR 05-191 - November 1, 2005 Chemistry Meets Computer, Data and Networking Technologies
PR 05-190 - November 1, 2005 Researchers to Present Findings on New Orleans Levee Breaches
PR 05-189 - October 31, 2005 NSF Awards 17 Grants for Research on Biocomplexity in the Environment
PR 05-188 - October 28, 2005 New Method of Dating Oceanic Crust Is Most Accurate So Far
PR 05-187 - October 27, 2005 How Hot Tuna (and Some Sharks) Stay Warm
- PR 05-186 - October 25, 2005
NSF Announces Undergraduate Research Centers
PR 05-185 - October 18, 2005 NSF Makes Cyberinfrastructure-TEAM Awards
PR 05-184 - October 18, 2005 NSF Next-Generation Cyberinfrastructure Tools Awards Go to Cornell and U. of Chicago
PR 05-183 - October 12, 2005 Bird-like Dinosaur Is Oldest Raptor Discovered in South America
PR 05-182 - October 11, 2005 Heat and Drought Kills Trees in Southwest
- PR 05-181 - October 11, 2005
New Collaborations Tackle Biology's Perplexing Questions
PR 05-180 - October 6, 2005 NSF Awards 19 New Projects to Better Understand Genetic Processes in Plants of Economic Importance
PR 05-179 - October 6, 2005 New Grants Are Awarded to Inform the Public and Explore the Implications of Nanotechnology
PR 05-178 - October 6, 2005 Solar Telescope Yields Striking New Sunspot Images
PR 05-177 - October 5, 2005 Team Scores a Success in Protein Folding
PR 05-176 - October 4, 2005 NSF, NIH Award Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants
PR 05-175 - October 4, 2005 Korea Joins International Computing Infrastructure
PR 05-174 - October 3, 2005 Gulf Warm-Water Eddies Intensify Hurricane Changes
PR 05-173 - September 29, 2005 Scientists Poke Holes in 'Snowball Earth' Hypothesis
PR 05-172 - September 27, 2005 Autoimmune Overload May Damage HIV-Infected Brain
PR 05-171 - September 28, 2005 For These Bugs, Walking on Water Is Easy
PR 05-170 - September 27, 2005 Foundation Releases 2005 Facility Plan
PR 05-169 - September 27, 2005 NSF Centers Will Use Nano-Interface Control and Bioengineering for Materials by Design
PR 05-168 - September 29, 2005 Mathematics Unites the Heavens and the Atom
PR 05-167 - September 26, 2005 Science Magazine and NSF Announce 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners
PR 05-166 - September 23, 2005 Scientists to Use HDTV for a High-Definition Look at Surreal Sea Floor
PR 05-165 - September 22, 2005 Seeing Into the Eye of Hurricane Rita
PR 05-164 - September 21, 2005 Marine Microorganism Suspected to Play Role in Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
PR 05-163 - September 20, 2005 NSF Is Second-Best Gov't Agency for Workers
PR 05-162 - September 15, 2005 Number of Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes Has Doubled Over the Past 35 Years
PR 05-161 - September 15, 2005 The Mechanics of Foot Travel
PR 05-160 - September 14, 2005 Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
PR 05-159 - September 12, 2005 Kathie L. Olsen Becomes Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation
PR 05-158 - September 12, 2005 Japan and U.S. National Science Foundation to Collaborate on Disaster Prevention Research
PR 05-157 - September 12, 2005 Scientists to Evaluate Social Effectiveness of Tsunami Warning Methods
PR 05-156 - September 12, 2005 Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes a Record
PR 05-155 - September 8, 2005 After Katrina: A Message from NSF
PR 05-154 - September 1, 2005 RNA Research Reveals New Responsibilities
PR 05-153 - August 30, 2005 Hurricane Katrina: Scientists Fly Into Eye of the Storm
- PR 05-152 - August 26, 2005
NSF Announces New Discovery Corps Fellows
PR 05-151 - August 26, 2005 Earth's Core Rotates Faster Than Its Crust, Scientists Say
PR 05-150 - August 25, 2005 A New Technique for High-Precision Nanomanufacturing
PR 05-149 - August 25, 2005 New Images Suggest Oceanic Crust Generated from Several Magma Sources
PR 05-148 - August 25, 2005 Study Reconciles Long-Standing Contradiction of Deep-Earth Dynamics
PR 05-147 - August 24, 2005 Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures to Permian Extinction
PR 05-146 - August 18, 2005 More Women Receive Ph.D.s, But Female Senior Faculty Are Still Rare
PR 05-145 - August 17, 2005 Lion Attacks on Humans Increase in Tanzania
PR 05-144 - August 17, 2005 Researchers Carve with Electricity at the Nanometer Scale
PR 05-143 - August 17, 2005 $150 Million TeraGrid Award Heralds New Era for Scientific Computing
PR 05-142 - August 16, 2005 Four-legged Family Members Must Be Included in Emergency Plans
PR 05-141 - August 15, 2005 NSF Awards $36 Million Toward Securing Cyberspace
PR 05-140 - August 15, 2005 Carbon Nanotubes Made to Stick Like a Gecko's Foot
PR 05-139 - August 15, 2005 Scientists Climb Trees to Study Environmental Change
- PR 05-138 - August 11, 2005
NSF Terminates Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) Project
PR 05-137 - August 11, 2005 Inka Textile Devices Served as Business Ledgers
PR 05-136 - August 11, 2005 NSF Announces Three New Chemical Bonding Centers
PR 05-135 - August 10, 2005 Worm Studies Give Researchers New Perspective on Embryo Formation
PR 05-134 - August 10, 2005 International Team Maps Rice Genome
PR 05-133 - August 9, 2005 A "Smart" Bio-Nanotube
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