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  News From the National Science Foundation
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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
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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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  Highlights
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.
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.
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