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News From the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) — For more information about NSF and its programs, visit www.nsf.gov
NSF News
- 27-Aug-2008 - Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?
- National Science Foundation
- 21-Aug-2008 - Universities detail declines in federal R&D funding for science and engineering fields
- National Science Foundation
- 19-Aug-2008 - Greenland ice core reveals history of pollution in the Arctic
- National Science Foundation
- 18-Aug-2008 - NSF announces Expeditions in Computing Awards
- National Science Foundation
NSF Funded Research News
- 28-Aug-2008 - Feats of strength begin a lizard's day
- University of California - Davis
- 28-Aug-2008 - Antarctic research helps shed light on climate change on Mars
- Boston University
- 28-Aug-2008 - Caltech scientists discover why flies are so hard to swat
- California Institute of Technology
- 28-Aug-2008 - 'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
- University of Florida
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NSF and the Birth of the Internet |
| The Internet is now a part of modern life, but how was it created? Learn how the technology behind the Internet was created and how NSFNET, a network created to help university researchers in the 1980s, grew to become the Internet we know today. |
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X-treme Microbes |
| They're called 'extremophiles' because they're able to live in shocking extremes of cold, heat, pressure, acidity and more. Research on these strange organisms is redefining the limits of life on Earth and, perhaps, on other worlds. |
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U.S. South Pole Station |
| In the most forbidding environment on Earth, NSF has created a uniquely designed high-tech haven to support research and to house the scientists and others who keep the effort going year-round. NAGC Winner |
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