NSF Discoveries http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/ Discoveries posted on the NSF website, http://www.nsf.gov. en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:25 EST Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123046&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image of a wolf howling in the forest. Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123046&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Making Nature's Best Better to Produce Biofuels http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122930&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 A cellulose-digesting enzyme from a fungus. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory uses supercomputer simulations to explore designer enzymes for renewable fuels
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122930&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Understanding Basic Concepts in Spatial Measurement http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123020&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a young girl using a ruler on a piece of paper. Researchers work to help elementary-school students better comprehend basic measurement skills
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123020&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Biodiversity of Earth's Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122938&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a Cape sugarbird resting on a protea flower. In response to climate change, will a postage-sized-domain move uphill--and ultimately out of room?
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122938&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 PhET Simulations Provide Interactive Learning Tools http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122864&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Students use the PhET Wave Interference simulation. The PhET project, which was founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, offers simulations where students can simulate experiments and more
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122864&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 "Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology" Initiative Charts New Path for College-level Biology http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122728&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a teacher with two students carrying out a science experiment. Meeting the needs of the 21st Century
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122728&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Older Is Better for Hunting Dogs http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122776&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a hunter enlarging a burrow and his dog at other burrow end and the words Photo Gallery. Research examines key demographic variables of Nicaraguan canines
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122776&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 By the Light of January's Wolf Moon http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122786&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Silouette of a howling wolf with a full moon in the background. On the hunt, is bigger better for predators like wolves?
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122786&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Out of Africa and Into the American Midwest http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122756&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Winter in the oak savanna at NSF's Cedar Creek Long-Term Ecological Research site. Last of the oak savannas survives at NSF Cedar Creek Long-Term Ecological Research site
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122756&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Trouble in Paradise: Ocean Acidification This Way Comes http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122642&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Aerial view of ocean near Mo'orea. Sustainability of tropical corals in question, but some species developing survival mechanisms
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122642&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Prowling Pandas Become Policy Advisers http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122490&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a panda wearing a GPS collar meandering through the Wolong Nature Reserve Vanessa Hull evaluates the impacts of zoning on pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122490&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Can Marcellus Shale Gas Development and Healthy Waterways Sustainably Coexist? http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122543&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Photo of a natural gas drilling platform in Pennsylvania. National Science Foundation Sustainability Research Coordination Network is Providing Answers
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122543&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 A New Visualization Method Makes Research More Organized and Efficient http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122509&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Window layout of the overall interface of ASE. The Action Science Explorer (ASE) helps reveal emerging trends and controversies and encourages collaborations within the research community
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122509&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Seeing the Forest Under the Trees http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122510&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image of dead maple leaves on the forest floor. New Effect of Acid Rain on Forests: Too Many Dead Leaves a Bad Sign for Sugar Maples
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This is an NSF Discoveries item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122510&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Dashing Through the Snow, in a One-Truck Radar Dish http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122491&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Image of the Doppler-on-Wheels. Scientists study mountain west snowstorms through the eye of the Doppler-on-Wheels
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