Science as the Frontier and
the Frontiers within Science


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Science as the Frontier and Frontiers within Science

U.S. Workforce by Race and Ethnicity: 1997

Labor Force Growth Rates

Road Map for National Security

Knowledge has become currency of everyday life

Collage of Women and Minorities

U.S. Total vs. SET Workforce: 1997

Earned Bachelor’s Degrees by Field: 1966-1996

Ratio of S&E Degrees to country’s 24-year-old population

Where Discoveries Begin

Boy with laser

Earth with crowd

Science: The Human Genome

Announcing first plant genome sequence

Arabidopsis collage with DNA strand

Arabidopsis Gene Function

Biocomplexity

NSF spelled in nano

Nanochip for nerve tissues

Micromachined needles

Fly's eye and nano-needles

NSF50 poster