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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 Press Releases
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Showing releases 51-75 out of 77. [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Scientists define new limits of microbial life in undersea volcanoes By some estimates, a third of Earth's organisms live in our planet's rocks and sediments, yet their lives are almost a complete mystery. This week, the work of microbiologist James Holden of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and colleagues shines a light into this dark world. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Ecology{DISSERTATION} Tale of 2 scientific fields -- ecology and phylogenetics -- offers new views of Earth's biodiversity Scientists are taking a new look at Earth patterns, studying the biodiversity of yard plants in the US and that of desert mammals in Israel, studying where flowers and bees live on the Tibetan plateau and how willow trees in America's Midwest make use of water. Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 3-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} Research collaboration among multiple institutions is growing trend A recent National Science Foundation report found that research collaboration among multiple institutions is a growing trend. The conclusion was drawn by noting increases in the amount of total expenditures for research and development that universities pass through to other institutions and receive from other institutions. Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 3-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF releases report detailing nationwide and state-by-state R&D activities A recent report released by the National Science Foundation found state agency expenditures for research and development totaled $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2009, a seven percent increase over the fiscal 2007 total of $1.1 billion. Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 2-Aug-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF research alliances begin new efforts to accelerate innovation The National Science Foundation recently awarded nearly six million dollars for eight emerging-technology projects that may result in technologies poised for commercialization. Contact: Joshua A. Chamot
Public Release: 24-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} Blue Ribbon Panel unveils findings on logistical improvements to support Antarctic science Today, the 12-member US Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel, commissioned by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation released their report, 'More and Better Science in Antarctica through Increased Logistical Effectiveness.' The report is a comprehensive document based on several months of research, containing numerous specific recommendations for the US logistics system for improved support of scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 24-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} DataONE answers the call for new tools to study the Earth in this era of Big Data science The earth and environmental sciences have become especially data-intensive. As researchers rely on highly calibrated and technologically sophisticated sensors rather than observations to collect data, discovering, integrating and analyzing massive amounts of heterogeneous information become critical to researchers' ability to address complex questions about the environment and the role of human beings in it. Contact: Lisa-Joy Zgorski
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Ancient alteration of seawater chemistry linked with past climate change Scientists have discovered a potential cause of Earth's "icehouse climate" cooling trend of the past 45 million years. It has everything to do with the chemistry of the world's oceans.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 18-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} Scientists develop new carbon accounting method to reduce farmers' use of nitrogen fertilizer It's summer. For many of us, summer is a time synonymous with fresh corn, one of the major field crops produced in the United States. In 2011, corn was planted on more than 92 million acres in the US, helping the nation continue its trend as the world's largest exporter of the crop. Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 17-Jul-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences{DISSERTATION} Thieving rodents: Did they save tropical trees? Big seeds produced by tropical trees such as black palms were probably once ingested and then left whole by huge mammals called gomphotheres.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 15-Jul-2012
Nature Materials{DISSERTATION} Elegant delivery Researchers have developed a novel system to simultaneously deliver a sustained dose of both an immune-system booster and a chemical to counter cancer's defensive secretions, resulting in a powerful therapy that, in mice, delayed tumor growth, sent tumors into remission and dramatically increased survival rates.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Josh Chamot
Public Release: 10-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} New coral reef crustacean described and named after late reggae performer Bob Marley President Barack Obama has one. Comedian Stephen Colbert has one. Elvis Presley has one. Even computer software magnate Bill Gates has one. And now, Bob Marley -- the late popular Jamaican singer and guitarist -- also has one. So what is it that each of these luminaries have? The answer: they each have a biological species that has been named after them. Contact: Lily Whiteman
Public Release: 6-Jul-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Scientists discover new trigger for immense North Atlantic plankton bloom On this July 4th week, US beachgoers are thronging their way to seaside resorts and parks to celebrate with holiday fireworks. Across the horizon and miles out to sea toward the north, the Atlantic Ocean's own spring and summer ritual is unfolding: the blooming of countless microscopic plant plankton, or phytoplankton.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 3-Jul-2012
{DISSERTATION} Outstanding science and mathematics teachers receive Presidential Awards Recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) came to Washington, D.C., on June 25 for a week of recognition activities and professional development. Highlighting their trip was a visit to the White House, where they met with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, a longtime educator. Contact: Bobbie Mixon
Public Release: 3-Jul-2012
Ecology Letters{DISSERTATION} Social bats pay a price: Fungal disease, white-nose syndrome ... extinction? The effect on bat populations of a deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome may depend on how gregarious the bats are during hibernation, scientists have discovered.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 28-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Study on fungi helps explain coal formation and may advance future biofuels production The evolution of white rot fungi might have helped bring an end to the geologic period characterized by the formation of large coal deposits, and may help lay the groundwork for the future production of biofuels.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Lily Whiteman
Public Release: 21-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Remote Siberian lake holds clues to Arctic -- and Antarctic -- climate change Intense warm climate intervals -- warmer than scientists thought possible -- have occurred in the Arctic over the past 2.8 million years. That result comes from the first analyses of the longest sediment cores ever retrieved on land. They were obtained from beneath remote, ice-covered Lake El'gygytgyn in the northeastern Russian Arctic.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 18-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Scientists reconstruct pre-Columbian human effects on the Amazon Basin Small, shifting human populations existed in the Amazon before the arrival of Europeans, with little long-term effect on the forest. That's the result of research led by Crystal McMichael and Mark Bush of the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). The finding overturns the idea the Amazon was a cultural parkland in pre-Columbian times with large human populations that transformed vast tracts of the landscape.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 15-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} Predators have outsized influence over habitats Grasshopper's change in diet to high-energy carbohydrates while being hunted by spiders may affect the way soil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research results published this week in the journal Science.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 13-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF Leadership in Discovery and Innovation sparks White House US Ignite Initiative The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it will serve as the lead federal agency for a White House Initiative called US Ignite, which aims to realize the potential of fast, open, next-generation networks. Contact: Lisa-Joy Zgorski
Public Release: 12-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} President Obama honors outstanding math and science teachers President Obama today named 97 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The educators will receive their awards in Washington, D.C., later this month. Contact: Bobbie Mixon
Public Release: 7-Jun-2012
{DISSERTATION} NSF report detailing growth in graduate enrollment in science & engineering in the past decade A recent report released by the National Science Foundation found that graduate enrollment in science and engineering grew substantially in the past decade. Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 7-Jun-2012
Science{DISSERTATION} All the colors of a high-energy rainbow, in a tightly focused beam For the first time, researchers have produced a coherent, laser-like, directed beam of light that simultaneously streams ultraviolet light, X-rays, and all wavelengths in between. One of the few light sources to successfully produce a coherent beam that includes X-rays, this new technology is the first to do so using a setup that fits on a laboratory table.
National Science Foundation, US Air Force, Austrian Science Fund, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Junta de Castilla y Leon, Spanish MINECO, Centro de Laseres Pulsados
Contact: Josh Chamot
Public Release: 6-Jun-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Ecologists call for preservation of planet's remaining biological diversity Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 ecologists are calling for renewed international efforts to curb the loss of Earth's biological diversity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 6-Jun-2012
Nature{DISSERTATION} Today's climate more sensitive to carbon dioxide than in past 12 million years Until now, studies of Earth's climate have documented a strong correlation between global climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide; that is, during warm periods, high concentrations of CO2 persist, while colder times correspond to relatively low levels.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
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