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- News Tip - December 23, 2003
Climate, Biodiversity and Oldest Humans Mark NSF Science Highlights from 2003
- News Tip - December 9, 2003
Detecting Terrorists and Other Hidden Groups on the Internet ... Environmental Changes Affect Plant Diversity ... Coastal Marsh Grasses are Dying in the South
- News Tip - November 13, 2003
NSF Cyberinfrastructure Previews at SC2003 Merge Fast Networks, High-End Computing and Big Data
- News Tip - October 27, 2003
Researchers Create "Smart," Switchable Surfaces ... NSF Funds a Low-Energy Neutron Source at Indiana University ... Nanoparticles Make Silicone Rubber Clearly Stronger
- News Tip - October 21, 2003
Sense and Sensor Abilities from NSF Robotics and Computer Vision Research
- News Tip - October 8, 2003
Discover the Physical World Through the National Science Digital Library
- News Tip - September 22, 2003
An Automatic System for Matching Dental Records ... Engineers Unite to Protect the Environment, Draft Principles that Encourage Sustainability ... NSF Grants Help Popular Science's "Brilliant 10" Define the Cutting Edge of Science
- News Tip - August 18, 2003
Swell Software Crafts Artificial Clouds in Real-Time ... New Report Identifies Grand Research Challenges for Information Systems ... Liquid Crystals Paving Way Towards "Smart-Paper" Displays
- News Tip - June 17, 2003
Grid Community Pulls Together to Battle SARS in Taiwan ... Scientists are Monitoring Potentially Toxic Blue-Green Algae in Wisconsin Lakes ... A Surveillance System for Cybersecurity Attacks
- News Tip - May 12, 2003
Hurricanes at the Equator: "Impossible Perfect Storm" Observed ... Rapid Release of Sea-Floor Methane Caused Extreme Global Warming 55 Million Years Ago ... New DNA Probe Becomes Learning Tool for Undergraduates
- News Tip - April 16, 2003
Shining Light on the Nanoscale ... Undergraduate Creates Nanofilter for
Biomedical Lab-on-a-Chip ... Long-Term Ecological Research Reveals Unusual Winter Lake-Ice Conditions ... New Map Charts the Protein Universe ... Sulfur Signature in Diamonds Reveals New Facts about Early Earth
- News Tip - March 20, 2003
Web's "Best Meta-Search Engine" Organizes Documents from Anywhere in Any Language ... Boundary Between Earth's Magnetic Field and Sun's Solar Wind Riddled with "Swiss Cheese" Holes ... Scientists Discover Effects from Rapid, Global Climate and Ocean Changes of the Past ... "Raft" Down Sabino Canyon, an Ephemeral Stream in Arizona
- News Tip - February 10, 2003
Nearly-Naked Stars Boost the Pulse of Asteroseismology ... Coplink: Bridging Barriers Between Law Enforcement Agencies ... Wireless Internet Project for Native American Reservations Wins a "Wemmie"
- News Tip - January 23, 2003
Earth Scientists Forge New Understanding of Mountain-Building Dynamics ... Estimates Point to Slower R&D Growth in 2002 ... Pinpointing Human Activity in a Video Barrage
- News Tip - January 3, 2003
Genomes, Cosmos, and Nano Among NSF Science Highlights from 2002
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- News Tip - December 31, 2002
Spider vs. Fly: Specialized Deception, Attack and Defense Rule the Conflict ... A Short Brush with Greatness ... Researchers Discover Properties of Perovskite, Explain Why no Earthquakes Start in Earth's Lower Mantle ... Extreme Micro-Networks Developed for Wireless Biosensors
- News Tip - November 29, 2002
U.S. Researchers May Provide Entrée into Coenzyme Q10 Market ... A Dim View of a Black Hole ... Increasing Nitrogen in Earth's Soils May Signal Global Changes
- News Tip - November
18, 2002
Mining the Cosmos ... Remote Control
Earthquakes ... Spinning Data Webs for Science
and Business ... Simulating Disasters to Save
Lives
- News Tip - November
5, 2002
Lake Microbes Hold Keys to Understanding
of Basic Biology ... New England Lakes May
Hold Clues to Future Storms and Floods ...
Students Descend on "Mission to the Abyss"
... Seven NSF Awardees Selected for Popular
Science's 2002 "Brilliant 10"
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News Tip - October
30, 2002
Tricks of the Trade - The Science
of Illusion ... "Moon Illusion" Still Confounds
Scientists ... Tiger Moths Use Sonic Defense
to Trick Bats ... Is That the Great Pumpkin?
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News Tip - October
23, 2002
Missouri Girl Scouts Try Their Hand
at Solving Chemistry Mysteries ... Washing
Water With Soap: Entire Undergraduate Chemistry
Class Publishes Results ... Chemist Pulls
Power Out of Thin Air ... The Solution to
Dissolution
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News Tip - October
22, 2002
Augmented Reality Brings Dinosaurs
into the 21st Century ... Biological Mission
to an (Almost) Unknown Planet ... Study of
Endangered Tortoises May Reveal Impact of
Diseases on Ecosystems
- News Tip - October
22, 2002
Polymer Prize Goes to NSF Scientist
for Distinguished Research Career ... NSF
Funds Training of Future Researchers in Bioengineering
and Bioinformatics ... Laser Eye Surgery Pioneers
Earn International Honors
- News Tip - October
17, 2002
New Model Enhances National Hurricane
Prediction System ... Hurricane Isidore Proves
Perfect Subject for Study of Rapidly Intensifying
Storms ... Lowered Methane Emissions Could
Reduce Both Global Warming and Air Pollution
- News Tip - October
1, 2002
Soot Contributes to Droughts and Floods
in China ... Earthquake Study Produces New
Depiction of Fault Zones ... Earthquake Testing
Equipment Will Be Connected to National Network
... Geometry Software Eases Math Education,
Visualization
- News Tip - September
16, 2002
Without Blue Crabs, Southern Salt
Marshes Wash Away ... Ocean Drilling Program
Explores Climate Change in the Southeast Pacific
... Evolutionary Origins of "Red Tide" Life
Support Revealed ... NRC Report Touts Government
Investments in Information Technology Research
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News Tip - September
12, 2002
Interactive Robot Motivates Children
with Physical Disabilities ... Electronic
Tutor Teaches Mathematics in Braille ... Young
Engineers Build Accessibility ... "Pick and
Click" Software Improves Internet Access for
the Visually Impaired
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News Tip - September
4, 2002
Model of Plane Impact at WTC Provides
Clues to Structural Issues ... Oceanographers
Probe Breaking Wave Bubbles, Ocean Processes
with New "Bubblecam" ... What Makes a Perfect
Graph? Students of Math Get an Answer ...
NSF-NIH Grants Will Integrate Mathematics
and Biology
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News Tip - August
19, 2002
School Team Probes Pluto's Atmosphere
During Cosmic Event ... National Tragedy Survey
Reveals Continuing Impact of 9/11... Researchers
Get Excitons to go the Distance ... Central
American Volcanoes Yield New Clues About Earth's
Processes
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News Tip - August
14, 2002
School Rooftops Catch the Rays in
Statewide Experiment ... Teachers Brought
up to Speed on High-Energy Physics... Summer
School Gives Teachers Inside Look at the Earth
... Teachers Learn Skills Students Will Need
in the Workforce
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News Tip - August
6, 2002
Team in South Pacific Studies Source
of Historic Tsunami ... Summer Sport for Father-Son
Team Means Shooting Lasers to Assess Structural
Safety ... Science Teachers Experience the
Arctic
- News Tip - July
30, 2002
Study Finds Egyptians More Concerned
About Western Cultural Invasion ... City Residences
Less Popular After 9/11 ... Postitive Outlook
Aids Americans Distressed by 9/11 ... Russian
Opinion Split on Support of U.S. War on Terror
- News Tip - July
22, 2002
Jellyfish Forecasting Now Possible
in Chesapeake Bay ... New Computer Model Projects
Detailed Picture of Worldwide Climate ...
Summer Thunderstorms May Become More Predictable
... San Francisco Students Intern in Big Sky
Country
- News Tip - July
8, 2002
New Evidence Found for "Oxidative
Stress" Theory of Aging ... A Fish-Eye View
of Management Through an Evolutionary Lens
... NSF Accountability Reporting Lauded Twice
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News Tip - June
24, 2002
LIGO Begins Hunt for Faint Ripples
From Space ... Astrophysicist Traces Gamma
Rays, Receives Astronomy Honor ... U.S. and
Russia Sign Agreement to Foster Materials
Research Collaboration ... Scientists can
Help Battle Terrorism, NSF Director Urges
- News Tip - June
12, 2002
Galápagos Iguana Deaths Reveal
Surprising Damage From Low-Level Oil Spills
... "Rosebud" Replaces "Rose Garden" on Galápagos
Seafloor ... Scientists Find Evidence of Cataclysmic
Volcanic Event on Oahu ... Federal Support
for Science and Engineering Increasing, Report
Concludes
- News Tip - June
4, 2002
Colorado Alpine Lakes Show Troubling
Changes ... New Computational Method Could
Shorten Time to Develop New Drugs ... Seafloor
Observatories to Monitor Tsunamis, Earthquakes
... Frequency of Undersea Earthquakes Tied
to Ocean Tides
- News Tip - May 28,
2002
NSF Director Urges Microbiologists
to 'Step Out' for Bioterrorism Protection
... Microbes Show Potential to Reduce Methane
and Clean Up PCBs ... Life Within Rock Salt
Reveals Surprisingly Diverse Neighborhood
... Photosynthetic Bacteria Discovered in
Yellowstone Hot Springs
- News Tip - May 14,
2002
Life at the Extremes - Astonishing
Diversity Found in Spain's "River of Fire"
... Researchers Use Earth-Based Tools to Image
Weather in Space ... Oceanographic Expedition
to Galápagos Marks 25th
Anniversary of Deep Sea Vent Discovery ...
Mesonet Provides Oklahoma Weather Researchers
with Real-Time Monitoring Tool
- News Tip - May 7,
2002
Gene Study Determines How Humans are
Related to Fruit Flies and Nematode Worms
... Scientists Produce Long Nanotube Strands
... Ocean Drilling Expedition Finds Microbial
Life Beneath the Seafloor ... High-Tech Imagery
Seeks New Insights into Breaking Wave Dynamics
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News Tip - May 6,
2002
Three Dimensional Printing: Shortcut
to the Final Product? ... Cinema Sound Pioneer
Receives Academy Award ... Harnessing Fluorescent
Light Flicker to Communicate Data ... Artificial
Intelligence as Tutor ... Real-Time Chemical
Detectors
- News Tip - April
30, 2002
International Team Borrows from Nature
to Create Synthetic, Self-Assembling Molecules
... Sharing Literature Globally: Mathematicians
Consider Virtual Library ... Students and
Teachers to Get Physics Research Experience
in Switzerland ... NSF Office Targets International
Collaboration ... U.S. Science Board Calls
for Enhanced Federal Role in International
Science
- News Tip - April
19, 2002
New Nanomembrane Could Purify Natural
Gas ... NSF Recognized for Innovation in Extending
Satellite's Life and Link to South Pole ...
Molds Provide New Insights into Gene Silencing
... Media, Anger Figure in Terrorism Response
- News Tip - April
17, 2002
Tropical Streams, Rivers 'Exhaling'
Millions of Tons More CO2 Than Thought ...
"Factory of Life" Discovery May Offer Clues
for Treating Genetic Diseases ... 2001 Presidential
Awards Presented for Excellence in Math and
Science Teaching
- News Tip - April
1, 2002
Researchers Attempt to Identify When,
Where Volcanoes will Erupt ... Nanomagnets:
Huge Potential for Compact Information Storage
... Plant Stems and Leaves are Created in
Equal Proportion to Roots ... Mass. Town to
Combine Civic Planning with Technology Development
... Researchers Capture Image of Unusual Blue
Jet Lightning
- News Tip - March
19, 2002
Researchers Use Nanowires to Detect
Explosives ... Nanoscale Composite Material
May Aid Bone Repair ... Nanoscale Electronics
May be Crafted Using Biological Assembly ...
Researchers to Determine Behavior of Fluids
in Carbon Nanotubes ... Nanoscale Film Serves
as Molecular Filter ... Researchers Developing
Novel Method to Synthesize Semiconductor Nanowires
... Nanoscale Polymer Yields Extremely Slick
Coating ... Nanogeoscience: Earth Processes
to be Investigated on the Nanoscale ... DNA
Molecules to be Used to Construct Nanoscale
Devices
- News Tip - March
19, 2002
Increasing Photonic Efficiency: Nature
Knows Best ... Biologists Aim to Find and
Grow "Bugs" Responsible For Greenhouse Gas
Methane ... Women, Minorities, Persons With
Disabilities; Progress in Education, Less
So in Workforce
- News Tip - March
4, 2002
Scientists Discover New, Self-Repairing
Plastic ... New Materials Key to Shrinking
Memory Devices ... Researcher Catalogs Vast
Database of Traditional Plants Used by Native
Americans ... Algorithms For Airlines: New
Math Model Saves Time, Money
- News Tip - February
4, 2002
NSF'S Fiscal 2003 Budget Called Blueprint
for the Future ... "Shakezone" Exhibit Marks
Anniversary of Northridge Earthquake ... Research
Shows Why More Species Are Better for Ecosystems
- News Tip - January
22, 2002
Graduate S&E Enrollments on the
Rise Again ... Researchers Compile Dictionary
of Endangered Northwest Mexican Language ...
New NSF Grants Go to Diversity-Enhancing Education
Programs in the Geosciences ... Scientists
Find Underground Environment on Earth That
Supports Ancient Life Forms
- News Tip - January
7, 2002
Recycled Proteins May Lead to Cellular
Drug Delivery System ... More Than 41,000
Received Doctoral Degrees in 2000 ... Project
at NSF Center Wins Student Science Contest
... NSF Launches On-Line Industry R&D
Information Retrieval System
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- News Tip -
December 19, 2001
Habitat Fragmentation Can Amplify Ecological
Stresses More Than Previously Thought ...
Joint US-Russian Computer Agreement Will Greatly
Enhance Scientific Computing ... Mainframe
Computer Unplugged
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- December 10, 2001
Study of Women and Minorities in I.T. Asks "Why
Aren't There More?" ... Virginia Tech Study of
Women and I.T. Career Decisions Looks at "Pivotal"
Transitions ... New Earthquake Simulations May
Have Multiple Applications
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News Tip - December 4,
2001
Spectrograph Could Identify Chemical and Biological
Agents ... Bone-Like Material Created by Nanoscale
Self-Assembly ... OMB Director Praises NSF Efficiency
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- November 19, 2001
Earth's Ecosystems Slowed Greenhouse Gas Buildup
in 1990s; Climate Change Could Speed It ... Old
Corn Critical to Crop Yield, Student Model Suggests
... Accumulated Changes Threatens Delicate Balance,
Courts Ecosystem Catastrophe
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News Tip - November 5,
2001
Scientists Predict New Structures for Water Ice
... Arecibo Named a Historic Engineering Landmark
... MacArthur Foundation Honors NSF Researchers
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News Tip - October 24,
2001
Tiny Films Have Promising Future as nanoscale
"Filters" ... Autumn Foliage May Affect Air Quality,
Climate ... NSF Launches New Industry R&D On-Line
Information Retrieval System
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- October 9, 2001
An Icy End to the Universe? Shapes of Galaxies
May Lend More Evidence ... Safely Storing Hydrogen:
New Nanoscale Sensor Could Help Boost Alternative
Energy Source ... Earthquake Engineering: Team
Plans for Cyber Network's Operation
- News Tip
- September 27, 2001
One Hundred Scientists Participate in International
Climate Study ... Researchers Find Earliest Whale
Skeletons, Develop New Theory of Whale Evolution
... Researchers Map Global Space Weather
- News Tip
- September 5, 2001
Photosynthesis in a Beaker: Energy Harnessed From
the Sun ... Researchers Study Currents Off Oregon
Coast ... New Web Site Unifies Advanced Computing
Resources
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- August 16, 2001
Recent Science and Engineering Ph.D.s Who Wanted
to Teach Find Other Career Options ... Teachers
Improving Use of Standards-Based Instruction,
Urban School Survey Concludes ... NSF Technology
Manager Named One of Nation's Finest
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- August 1, 2001
New Integrated GPS Net Advances Quake Studies
... Genes of Aquatic Birds Reveal Surprising Evolutionary
History ... "New" Salamanders Turn Up from DNA
Analysis
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News Tip - July 23, 2001
Women Close Gaps in Some, But Not All, Science
and Engineering Fields ... Optical Device Promises
Huge Data Storage Boost ... Baboon Mothers Yield
Status to Female Offspring
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News Tip - July 23, 2001
Lab Time Points Undergrads to Biotech Careers
... Students Join Amateur in Search for Space
Rocks ... Teachers' Summer is "Re-Engineered"
- News Tip
- July 9, 2001
New Database to Save Endangered Languages ...
Michigan Facility Could Reveal Stars' Secrets
... NSF Funds Study of Recent Immigrants' Children
- News Tip
- June 26, 2001
The Proof: NSF Helps Host 500 Young Mathematicians
... Coral Record Connects Climate Change in Three
Oceans ... Measuring Muscle: New Study Shows How
Tuna's Body Is Built for Speed
- News Tip
- June 4, 2001
New Link Among Radio Telescopes Detects the "Feeding"
of a Massive Star ... Industry Reports R&D Investments
Rose more than Eight Percent in 1999 ... Bordogna
Awarded Manufacturing Honor
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- May 22, 2001
NSF Official Honored Posthumously by Genetics
Society of America ... Nanotubes: The Next Flat-Panel
Displays? ... Colonizing the Deep Sea: Scientists
Solve Puzzle of Hydrothermal Vents
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News Tip - May 7, 2001
Protecting Plant Biodiversity Helps Safeguard
Ecosystems ... At The "Moving Edge of Discovery,"
Pushing the Frontier Without a Map ... Students'
Robots Perform Surgery on ... A Grape?
- News Tip
- April 23, 2001
Tracking the Night Sky: Cameras Make it Easy ...
Blind Scholar Earns Multiple Honors, Shows Promise
in Mathematics ... Temperature of Earth's Highest
Polar Clouds Measured for First Time
- News Tip
- April 19, 2001
Simmillennium Project Yields Better Quake-Modeling
Software ... Earthquake Study Focuses on Hospitals'
Importance in Crisis ... My Legos Hold Up Better
Than Yours
- News Tip
- April 10, 2001
"Dive and Discover" Website Puts Classrooms on
Frontier of Ocean Exploration ... NSF: Students
Vital to Future Workforce ... Hotspots No Panacea
for Endangered Species or Biodiversity
- News Tip
- March 27, 2001
Dollhouses Feature Flashing Lights and Rubber
Ducks ... Antarctic Neutrino Detector Works! ...
Federal Obligations for Academic Science &
Engineering Sees Double-Digit Increase in 1999
- News Tip
- March 21, 2001
Limited Damage From Seattle Area's "Nisqually"
Earthquake Due to its Deep "Hypocenter" ... Underground
Infrastructure Vulnerable to Quakes ... Scientists
Look Further, See Deeper into Seattle "Nisqually"
Quake ... Recon Teams Hit the Ground Running to
Learn from Quakes ... Seattle Quake Offers New
Research Opportunities ... Virtual Displays Pinpoint
Quake Centers
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- March 12, 2001
Why Surfaces Stick: No Longer a Dirty Secret ...
Computer Scientists Honored by National Academy
and Leading Professional Society ... Biologists
Uncover Darwin's "Missing Evidence" for Divergence
of Species--In a Warbler's Song
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- February 26, 2001
Nano-Structured Diamond Coating will Reduce Wear
in Mechanical Devices ... El Niño Predicted
with the Help of a Wind Trigger ... Silence of
the Clams: Upstream Dams Imperil Downstream Clams
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- February 14, 2001
Seeing and Sharing Data: Materials Researchers
Get Virtual Lab ... Graduate Enrollments in Science
and Engineering Reverse Five-Year Downturn ...
NSF Funds an Expanding Catalog of Bryophytes,
Early Indicator of Environmental Degradation
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- January 29, 2001
How Cold Is Cold? Scientists Now Know For Sure
... New Model Provides Reasons For Climate Change
Observations ... Glitches in Earth's Wobble Help
Geophysicists Probe Planet's Core
- News Tip
- January 16, 2001
Scientists at NSF Center Identify California Seismic
Hot ... Local Research Fuels Innovation and Patents
... Genes Reveal New Clues About the First Flower
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January 2, 2001
Health Issues Dominate "Wish List" of Science
Discoveries ... Nation's R&D Continues Unprecedented
Growth ... Underwater Volcanic Activity Near Samoa
a Potential Navigational Hazard
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- December 18, 2000
Divisive Election Will Benefit Both Parties ...
Mojave Desert May One Day Become Grassland ...
Experiments Test Quarks' Role in Magnetism
- News Tip -
December 4, 2000
NSF Director Honored by Explorer's Club ... Team
Finds Ancient X-Rays from the Farthest Quasar
... Photosynthesis Widespread in Ocean Bacteria
- News Tip
- November 20, 2000
Genetic Triggers Keep Plants "On Schedule" ...
CD-Rom Puts Students "On Board" Research Ship
... SBIR-Financed Laser Pays off for Small Company
- News Tip -
November 6, 2000
Math Models to Help Track Flora's Fate ... NSF
Recognized for Sound Stewardship of Public Funds
... Population and Wealth, More Than Climate,
Drive Soaring Costs of U.S. Flood Damage
- News Tip -
September 18, 2000
California Researchers Devise Quick Vision Test
... National Archives and NSF Forge Partnership
on Federal Data Storage ... "Cool" Science is
on the Web
- News Tip -
August 31, 2000
Top Ten R&D States Account for Two-Thirds of National
Expenditures ... Asians Earn Fewer U.S. Science
& Engineering Ph.D.'s Thanks to Stronger Overseas
Graduate Programs ... New UCLA Math Institute's
First Focus is Genomics
- News Tip -
August 23, 2000
Sunburned Coral Reffs? ... "Tundracam" Allows
Web Users to Look at Alpine Ecosystem ... "Winfly"
Signals Both The Beginning and The End in Antarctica
- News Tip -
August 7, 2000
NSF Supports Workshop on Internet Voting ... Airborne
Sea Salt Particles Influence Air Pollution ...
NSF-Funded Software Helps Put Math on The Web
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News Tip - July 10, 2000
Armored Microbes Could Lead to New Biochips ...
NSF Telescopes Featured on Postage Stamps ...
NSF Funds the First Arctic Archival Observatory
- News Tip -
June 26, 2000
Computer-Savvy Students Compete in Internet Health-Care
Challenge ... NSF-Funded Scientists Discover Bizarre,
70-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Fossil ... Researchers
Grant New Life to Old Tires
- News Tip -
June 12, 2000
Students Compete to Create Cleaner-Burning Vehicles
... New England Experienced "Ice Age" El Nino
... Berkley Researcher Testing Synthetic Pattern
Recognition at the Nanoscale
- News Tip -
May 30, 2000
Humanity's First Oyster Bar: Stone Tools Push
Back Date of Earliest Use of Marine Resources
... Promising Young Astronomers Earn NSF-Funded
Scholarships ... Scientists Confirm Active Underwater
Volcano
- News Tip -
May 15, 2000
Indian Ocean Pollution Substantially Cuts Sunlight
Reaching Earth's Surface ... NSF Links U.S., Russian
Researchers Through "MIRNET" ... Inner Workings
of Protein Machinery That Feeds Bacteria Unraveled
- News Tip -
May 1, 2000
Cost-Effective Chip Prototypes Available for Students,
Researchers and Industry ... Group Battles Light
Pollution to Preserve the Skies for Astronomy
Research ... NSF-Funded Software Helps Kids Find
Their Way in the Third Grade
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April 17, 2000
Astronomers Top Distance Records For Observations
of Celestial Objects ... Innovative Student-Designed
Bridge Will Test Carbon Fiber Construction ...
Land Use Affects Carbon Storage More Than Atmospheric
Carbon Dioxide or Climate
- News Tip -
April 14, 2000
Recovery From Mass Extinctions: Longer Than Life
Span of Human Species ... Desktop Software Enables
Real-Time Monitoring of California's Coastal Environment
... Modeling Plant Growth Gives Better Look at
Short- and Long-Term Climate
- News Tip -
April 3, 2000
Innovation Effort Seeks to "Grease the Skids"
... Asteroid Named for NSF Astronomer ... Women
Earned Record Percentages of Doctorates in 1998
- News Tip -
March 20, 2000
Industry and Universities Benefit Most from Federal
R&D Spending ... Acid-Loving Microbe Key to Mine
Pollution ... Can Robots Make Solar Energy More
Cost Effective?
- News Tip -
March 6, 2000
Information Technology Research May Produce Better
Batteries ... Revised Model of Protein-Drug Interactions
Makes Drug Design Easier ... NSF Announces Early
Opportunity to Use New GEMINI Telescope
- News Tip -
February 22, 2000
Report Shows Students Improving in Math and Science
Preparation ... First Hearing on NSF 2001 Budget
Highlights Economic Connection ... Global Seismographic
Network Establishes Internet Connection to Remote
Africa
- News Tip -
February 3, 2000
Terascale Computer to Fill National Need ... Wave-Like
Behavior Studied in Bose-Einstein Condensate ...
Families Are Factor in Boosting Student Scores
on State Test
- News Tip -
January 21, 2000
PBS Airs Series on Digital Divide as NSF Gears
up to Address It ... Algal Food Quality, Not Quantity,
Critical Factor in Healthy Lake Ecosystems ...
'Electronic Data Interchang' to Speed NSF Transactions
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- News Tip -
December 29, 1999
Earthquake Network Intended to Help Save Lives
and Money ... S&E Graduate Enrollments Continue
Downward Spiral ... Tiny Sensors Could Detect
Patients' Signs
- NEWS TIP December
20, 1999
Magnet Lab Sets Record in Peak-Field Test ... POWRE
Awards Still Help Promising Women Succeed in Science,
Engineering ... Officials Pen Agreement on U.S.
LHC Program
- NEWS TIP December
3, 1999
Student Scores High in Supernovae Search ... Geologists
Brave "Roaring 40s" to Study Mysteries of Mid-Ocean
Ridge ... Teachers Key to Nation's Future, Says
Colwell
- NEWS TIP November
19, 1999
New Data Base On Reactive Chlorine Emissions In
The Atmosphere ... Solution To 40-Year-Old Mathematical
Problem Hailed As Breakthrough ... The Cost Of
Storms
- NEWS TIP October
7, 1999
U.S. Hosts International Mathematics Olympiad ...
Artificial Muscles could lead to Flexible Mini-Robots
... JumpStart 2000 Challenges Students to use
Science to Improve Life in Next Century
- NEWS TIP September
24, 1999
Researchers Find Cheaper, Cleaner Process to Separate
Isotopes ... Inhaled Gases may Boost Lung Imaging
Capabilities ... Scientists Develop Breakthrough
Technique to Improve Hurricane Prediction
- NEWS TIP September
2, 1999
Students get Hands-on Experience at Particle Physics
Lab ... Mustard Weed could Provide Cancer Clues
... Changes in El Nino Frequency Show up in Egypt's
Nile River
- NEWS TIP August
13, 1999
Scientists use Noise to Sort Proteins ... Ligo
Prototype used to Search for Gravitational Waves
... Male/Female Salary Gaps in Engineering Less
Than in Many Other Occupations
- NEWS TIP July
29, 1999
Science in the Summertime: As Cool as the Pool
... Technology Brings the World to Students ...
Girltech Brings Equity to Supercomputing for Teachers
- NEWS TIP July
22, 1999
Methane in the Deep Blue Sea: New Directions in
Research on Natural Gas Hydrates ... African Dust
may be Major Factor Affecting Southeast U.S. Air
Quality ... NSF Director Appointed to Glenn Commission
- NEWS TIP July
2, 1999
Researchers Continue Effort to Establish Seafloor
Observatory on Volcano Summit ... Where the Wild
Ones are: Origins of Staple Crop Found ... Singaporean
Math Education "Demystified"
- NEWS TIP June
18, 1999
Scientists Head to Japan Trench for Earthquake
Studies ... Touring Evolution Theory's Land of
Origin Through a "Virtual Galapagos" ... "Robofly"
Solves Mystery of Insect Flight
- NEWS TIP June
3, 1999
U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce is Really
Much Bigger than you Think ... Invading Crustaceans
Survive Snooze in Super-Polluted Lake ... Pacific
Herring Fish Stock takes Nosedive in Alaska's
Prince WIlliam Sound
- NEWS TIP May
18, 1999
New Educational Lifeline Created for Alaska Campuses
... "LTER Schoolyard" Connects Field Work with
Schools ... Gemini Observatory gets Funding Boost
to Speed its Internet Connections
- NEWS TIP April
30, 1999
Researchers Find Unexpected Feature in Zooplankton
Nervous System ... NSF Program is Pathway to Success
for Young Economists ... Superplasticity may Work
Better in Smaller Packages
- NEWS TIP April
13, 1999
U.S. Interagency UV Monitoring Program Established
and Operating ... NSF Grant Statistics Paint Stable
Picture ... Increasing Carbon Dioxide Threatens
Tropical Coral Reefs
- NEWS TIP April
2, 1999
Effort to Decode Rice Genome is Planned ... NSF
Accelerates Move from Paper to Electronic ...
Small Business is Big Source of Jobs for S&E
Bachelor's Degree Holders
- NEWS TIP March
17, 1999
1998 Warmest Year of Millennium, Climate Researchers
Report ... Scientists, Aircraft, Instruments Head
to Indian Ocean for Climate Change Experiment
... Purdue's 'Bioscope' Program Teaches Biology,
Entertains Like Video Games
- NEWS TIP March
5, 1999
NSF Director Testifies to Need for Research Integration
... NSF Study Shows Dramatic Shift in Shares of
Federal S&E Research Support ... Gene for Iron
in Plants Isolated
- NEWS TIP February
17, 1999
Ecosystems on Hawaiian Islands Sustained by Distant
Dust--from Asia, 6,000 Kilometers Away ... NSF-Supported
Math Textbooks are Ranked Highest by AAAS: Analysis
Process will Help Schools Select Texts ... Gene
Study Shows Turtles Next of Kin to Crocs and Alligators
- NEWS TIP January
26, 1999
White-Hot Love in the World's Coldest Place...
...In the Nest... ...And in the Beehive
- NEWS TIP January
22, 1999
Americans Ambivalent about "Y2K" Computer Bug
... Study Reveals that Longer Growing Seasons
Could Destabilize Ecosystems ... Large Gene Study
Questions Cambrian Explosion Theory
- NEWS TIP January
13, 1999
Medical Sciences Show Biggest Gain in Academic
R&D "Market Share" ... Job Market not a Major
Factor in S&E "Postdoc" Increase ... Graduate
Students & Postdoctorates: Who and Where are
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- NEWS TIP December
11, 1998
These Polar Residents aren't Elves, but They'll
Still Take Your Letters ... Raising Reindeer:
No Game for Women of the Arctic ... Deck the Trees
with Cranes and Pulleys
- NEWS TIP December
2, 1998
Limits of Life on Earth: are They Key to Life
on Other Planets? ... Is Seismic Hazard in the
Central U.S. Less than Thought? ... New, Low-Cost
"GPS" Can Monitor Volcanoes, Faults and Storms
- NEWS TIP November
30, 1998
Drying Rock can Cause Repeated Earthquakes ...
"XYZ on a Chip" Initiative Seeks Novel Applications
for Microelectronics ... Forests Yield Clues to
Carbon Cycle on Warming Planet
- NEWS TIP November
13, 1998
Technology Drives Venture Capital in U.S.; Industrial
& Consumer Products in Europe ... First Seismic
Center on the Deep Seafloor in Operation ... Should
Science Tap the Secrets of an Antarctic Lake?
- NEWS TIP October
22, 1998
Engineers, Economists Join to Explore Impact of
Electricity Deregulation ... Researcher Links
Internet Behavior with Laws of Physics ... Virtual
Prey for Real Predators Yields New Understanding
of Natural Selection
- NEWS TIP October
9, 1998
Volunteer Science Team Soars Toward Better Weather
Forecasting ... Scientists Study Great Australian
Bight ... Scientists Find New Way to Size up Plants
- NEWS TIP September
24, 1998
State Governments are Major Players in Research
and Development ... Grand Canyon Rocks Reveal
Continent's Distant Past ... Farmers Manage Crops
with High-Tech Precision
- NEWS TIP September
18, 1998
U.S. Central Plains Vulnerable to Global Climate
Change ... Researchers Crack Step in Code of Gene
Activation ... World's Premier Solar Telescope
Rededicated to Honor its Creator
- NEWS TIP August
28, 1998
Seafloor Near Papua New Guinea Investigated, Known
Limit of Subsurface Biosphere Extended ... Microchips
and Bacteria-Blockers Could Help Make Your Dinner
Safe ... Powerful Magnet Attracts Researchers
- NEWS TIP August
14, 1998
"Packaging RNA" Really Delivers ... NSF Program
Receives Technology Transfer Award ... Computer
Simulation Demonstrates "Breathing" Enzyme Action
- NEWS TIP August
3, 1998
Brain Drain to Brain Sharing? ... Public Opinion
Mixed About Climate Change ... High-Tech Industries
Boost Global Economy
- NEWS TIP July
29, 1998
Ecological Restoration Opens Waterways in Arizona
Desert ... It's About Pfiesteria, not Hysteria
... For Rhododendrons, it Takes a Lot to Look
This Good
- NEWS TIP July
20, 1998
Unexpected Earthquake Threat to L.A. ... NSF Looks
at Debt Incurred by New Ph.d.s ... Academia Hiring
more S&E Postdocs
- NEWS TIP July
16, 1998
Scientists Identify New Gene That Controls Sleep/Wake
Cycle ... Balance Between Work and Home Concern
Women Scientists and Engineers Most ... Industrial
R&D Up - Turnaround in Manufacturing Cited
- NEWS TIP July
9, 1998
Tiny Crab Makes Big Evolutionary Leap ... Survey
Data Illustrates Increasing Computer Usage ...
"Virtual Human" Can Teach Sign Language
- NEWS TIP June
17, 1998
Understanding Deep-Ocean Earthquakes ... Federal
Obligations for R&D Mixed for 1998 ... Enzyme
May 'Clean Up' Excess Nitrogen in Water
- NEWS TIP June
3, 1998
"Triad" Seeks Educational Gender Equity ... Federal
Obligations for Academic Science and Engineering
Decline in 1996 ... Astrophysics in Antarctica
Explored at AAS Meeting
- NEWS TIP May
15, 1998
Fate of Minnesota River Basin Intertwined with
Twin Cities ... Los Angeles Smog Affects Local
Watershed ... Herbicide Contamination Traced in
Virginia Watershed
- NEWS TIP May
8, 1998
Decades-Long Climate Cycle--El Nino's "Cousin"--Influences
Salmon Fisheries ... Sleepy Adolescents? Students
Learn About Biological Clocks ... Modern Mammals
Lived Before Extinction of Dinosaurs
- NEWS TIP April
30, 1998
NSF Releases Study on Weather and Climate ...
New Insight into Protein Structure May Lead to
'Designer Drugs' ... NSF Reaches 40 States with
Excess Equipment
- NEWS TIP April
17, 1998
Coral Reef Bleaching: Is El Nino to Blame? ...
When El Nino comes, Fish Go ... El Nino Spells
Disaster to Giant Kelp Communities
- NEWS TIP April
9, 1998
Ph.d. Jobless Rates in S&E are Hard to Predict,
Says Report ... Six States Account for Half the
Nation's R&D ... New Book Examines Engineering
and the National Science Foundation
- NEWS TIP April
2, 1998
NSF Aircraft Tests New Clear-Air Turbulence Sensor
... El Nino Rains Bring Bonanza of Spring Flowers
... Scientists Discover Massive Jet Streams Inside
the Sun
- NEWS TIP March
19, 1998
Study of Microbes May Hone Predictions of Mining
Impacts ... Studies Find Successful NSF Engineering
Programs ... Lichen Growth Reveals Unknown Earthquakes
- NEWS TIP March
12, 1998
Steady Growth Continues in Academic R&D ... Early
Returns in From Ice Station Sheba ... Helping
Kids Become Young Scientists
- NEWS TIP March
3, 1998
Graduate Enrollments in Science and Engineering
Continue Downward Move ... MIT Engineers May Have
Found way to Create Crack Resistant Surfaces ...
Science Board Approves Utah Graphics/Visualization
Center
- NEWS TIP February
20, 1998
Museum Display Sets Millions A-Quaking ... Unexpected
Links Found Among Acorns, Gypsy Moths and Lyme
Disease ... Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
Initiative Gets Increased NSF Support
- NEWS TIP February
12, 1998
Hawaiian Undersea Volcano Turns up the Heat ...
Most States' Math and Science Performance is up
... Next TIMSS Comparisons Look at 12th Graders
- NEWS TIP February
9, 1998
Calm Before the Quake? ... Scientists Detect Deep-Sea
Earthquakes Off Oregon Coast ... Review Finds
Habitat Conservation Plans Lack Basic Science
- NEWS TIP January 23, 1998
Navigation Satellites Track Yearly Growth of Mountains ... Students Fly with Albatrosses ... Oceanographers Study Toxic Organism that Contaminates Shellfish
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- NEWS TIP December 19, 1997
NSF Director Offers Science Toy Tips ... Y2K Problem Goes Beyond Computers, Says Expert ... NSF Cited in R & D Magazine Technology Awards
- NEWS TIP December 18, 1997
Ocean pH May be Unsung Player in Climate Change ... Elevated CO2 Helps Plants Survive Cold Weather ... Study Seeks New Finds in Antarctic Ice Sheet
- NEWS TIP December 5, 1997
Children's Author on a South Pole Adventure ... Team in Himalayas Retrieves Ice Core from Highest-Ever Altitude ... U. Vermont Wires "Smartest Bridge in the World"
- NEWS TIP November 24, 1997
Scientists Demonstrate New Need to Preserve Biodiversity ... R&D Spending Exceeds Expectations ... Carbon, Not Sulfate, Prevails in Polluted D.C. Air
- NEWS TIP November 6, 1997
Math Curriculum Improves Student Performance ... Teachers Get Their Hands on Science ... Technology Education for Urban Students
- NEWS TIP October 31, 1997
NSF, Singapore to Link High Performance Networks ... Harmful Algal Bollms Linked to Eutrophication ... New Technique Allows Visualization of Events in Living Cells
- NEWS TIP October 17, 1997
Teachers Learn, Then Teach Young Women in Summer Camp Computer Science Program ... New Programming Language Challenges Teachers ... Fish can Hear Ultrasonic Noises, Say Researchers
- NEWS TIP October 10, 1997
New Ph.d.s See Labor Market Ups and Downs ... Study of Lake Michigan Mud Plume Begins ... The "True Horror" of the Himalayas
- NEWS TIP September 26, 1997
University of Miami Joins SUNY Buffalo to Study Airborne Contagions ... Skeletal Muscle May Repair Heart Damage ... President's Budget Continues Shift to Civilian R&D
- NEWS TIP September 5, 1997
International Experiment to Study Role of Pollutants in Climate Change ... Board Finds No Gender Bias in NSF Review Process ... Ocean Floor Offers Clues to Arid South African Climate
- NEWS TIP August 26, 1997
Tools and Technology Even the Learning Field ... Public Broadcasting is Advancing Young Women's Interest in Science ... Teachers Head to the Poles
- NEWS TIP August 22, 1997
Psychologist Goes Fishing, News Breakthrough ... Genes WOrk Together to Control Nerve Cells ... Coldest July Ever Recorded at South Pole
- NEWS TIP August 8, 1997
Analysis Shows Research Costs not Tied to Undergrad Tuition ... Scientists to Present Results at L.A. Earthquake Conference ... High-Tech Radar Detects Flash-Flooding
- NEWS TIP July 25, 1997
Immigrant Scientists and Engineers Decline ... NSF & NASA Launch Satellite Assessment ... Researchers Recommend Changes in Census' Recial Identifications
- NEWS TIP July 14, 1997
First North American 'Weather Trail' is Unveiled ... NSF Center's Storm Prediction Software is a WInner ... Changing Climate May Have Mixed Effects
- NEWS TIP June 27, 1997
Burning Issue Wins $25,000 for Eighth Grade Girls ... Winners of Presidential Excellence in Teaching Awards are no Flukes ... Japan is on Target to Double R&D Budget
- NEWS TIP June 20, 1997
Plants and Their 'Bodyguards' are Mutually Beneficial ... The Feeling is Mutual ... Cloning is not so Special?
- NEWS TIP June 13, 1997
Pollution Solution: Better Bacteria ... Side by Side by Gaussian ... Computer Control for People with Disabilities
- NEWS TIP June 6, 1997
Coastal Growth, Not Climate Change, Blamed for Jump in Hurricane Tolls ... Seal Design Studies Yield Great Lip Service ... Do Jet Contrails Forecast a Cloudy Climate?
- NEWS TIP May 27, 1997
"Sea Sawdust" Enriches Tropical Oceans ... Increased Ultraviolet Light Harms Antarctic Algae ... Ocean Drilling Expedition Hopes to Shed Light on Sea Level Changes
- NEWS TIP May 9, 1997
National Science Board Members Confirmed ... High Performance Networks Now Have Access Point ... Whales Just Like Amoebas? Yes!
- NEWS TIP April 25, 1997
Cloning Discovery Requires Debate, Says Lane ... California Earthquake Center Funding Renewed, Increasing Protection of Lives, Property ... Seal Studies Yield Great Lip Service
- NEWS TIP April 8, 1997
U. Michigan Studying Ultrafast Opticals ... Kent State Liquid Crystals Research Finds Niche with Students, Too ... NSF Earthquake Center Explores Seismic Zonation Options
- NEWS TIP March 24, 1997
Rural Areas Keeping Pace in the Information Age ... Power Systems Research Seeks High Performance ... NSF and DOE Join Forces for Plasma Research
- NEWS TIP March 13, 1997
NSF Science Fair "Starters" on the Web ... Starting Points for Science Learning ... Experiments on the Internet ... Student-Scientist Partnerships ... Aaaessing the Quality of Math and Science Courses
- NEWS TIP February 28, 1997
Icy Cloud Surfaces Facilitate Ozone Depletion ... Seabirds Give New Meaning to "Sibling Rivalry" ... Seagoing "Frisbee" could Answer some Climate Questions
- NEWS TIP January 28, 1997
Bacteria Tell Time ... Scientists Find Clue on How Deforestation Affects Global Carbon Cycles ... New Agreement Assigns Air National Guard to Fly all U.S. Ski Planes in Antarctica
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- NEWS TIP December 23, 1996
Recreating a Species: Evolution Turns Predictable ... Scientists Discover Smallest Frog ... Grants from NSF Augment and Foster Research at St. Louis Herbarium
- NEWS TIP December 2, 1996
SPECIAL Edition
National Science Fountation-Supported Research
American Geophysical Union Meeting
San Francisco, California
- NEWS TIP November 25, 1996
NSF Director Warns that Students Need More Challenge ... The Role of Plants in Atmospheric Sulfur Production ... Seismology for the Future: NSF Funds "IRIS-2000"
- NEWS TIP November 8, 1996
Super-Cold Chamber May Transform Studies of Turbulence ... Oldest Crayfish Fossils Discovered in Antarctica ... NSF and NBS Sign Agreement on Biodiversity Informatics
- NEWS TIP October 25, 1996
Robotic Telescope Searches for Supernovas ... Green Glow: Not Only for Halloween ... The Swallowing of Earth's Ocean Floors
- NEWS TIP October 11, 1996
Advertising: Politics, Lies and Videotape ... Love Democracy, Hate Democracy ... Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
- NEWS TIP September 27, 1996
President Signs into Law NSF Budget for 1997 ... Central Plains Long-Term Ecological Research Site Expands ... Underwater Observatory Links the Ocean and the Laboratory
- NEWS TIP September 16, 1996
Special Edition: Back to School with NSF
- NEWS TIP August 9, 1996
Sea Level Controls 'Architecture' of Continental Margins ... NSF Grant Seeks to Identify Core Skills for Two-Year College/Technical Graduates ... President Announces 8 NSB Nominees
- NEWS TIP July 26, 1996
Lane Speaks to Arlington Rotary Club ... Earth's Core Spinning Faster Than Rest of Planet ... Progress for Minorities and Women in Ph.d.s
- NEWS TIP July 12, 1996
Patent Citations Measure S&T Linkage ... NSF Encourages "Paperless Office" ... Working Across Disciplines to Study Learning and Intelligent Systems
- NEWS TIP June 21, 1996
Graduates Encouraged to Broaden Career Track ... Scientists Study Long-Term Effects of Hurricane Opal ... "Wheelesley" Software Helps with Wheelchair Navigation
- NEWS TIP June 7, 1996
Blockbuster Movie "Twister" Has Real-Life Spin ... Why Does a Twister Twist? Ask 'The Why Files' ... Weather-Changing Ocean Waves Charted from Space
- NEWS TIP May 24, 1996
Fine Line Between Storms and Sunshine ... Antarctic Ice Drillers Reach Record Depth at Vostok ... Scientists Study Major Conifer Forests in U.S. and Russia
- NEWS TIP May 10, 1996
Students Create Ways to use the Internet in the Classroom ... Weather-Changing Ocean Waves Charted from Space ... Arecibo Radio Telescope gets Enhanced Vision
- NEWS TIP April 12, 1996
Buried Alive? Microwave in a Box will Help Rescuers ... NSF Funds Study of Large Indonesian Earthquake ... Lessons from Northridge Crisis
- NEWS TIP April 1, 1996
***Election and Campaign Research II*** ... In Government we Trust? ... Vote-By-Mail Voted Popular and Fair ... Mail Surveys Prove More Accurate than Phone to Forecast Election Results
- NEWS TIP March 20, 1996
Critical Thinking Brought "To Bore" at AAAS" ... Go Play While the Snow Yet Flies
- NEWS TIP March 6, 1996
Efforts Extend Beyond California's March 9 "Net Day" ... Internet History ... Common Knowledge ... National School Network Testbed ... "Alice" Testbed ... Collaborative Visualization ... Geometry Forum and the Global Laboratory ... The Weather Underground ... The Community of Explorers ... NSF Connections Program ... vBNS in Conjunction with MCI ... International Connections ... Global Schoolhouse Project ... Digital Libraries
- NEWS TIP February 3, 1996
Scientists Develop New Aircraft Icing Prediction System ... New Web Site Highlights Impact of Computers on Today's World ... International Team Sets New Record, Peers Deep within the Earth
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- NEWS TIP December 8, 1995
Microbes to the Rescue ... Explore Antarctica On-Line this January ... James Bond Casts "Golden Eye" on Real-Life Science Center
- NEWS TIP November 3, 1995
New Fuel From the Ocean Floor? ... Lane Calls for Outreach by Science Community ... Ancient Mantle Conduit Discovered Under SOuth America
- NEWS TIP October 20, 1995
Multimedia Encyclopedia Attracts Kids ... U.S. R&D Spending Continues Downward Slope ... Dating in the Dark
- NEWS TIP October 6, 1995
Study Sheds Light On Legal Role Of Expert Testimony ... Putting Down Roots In Earthquake Country ... Radio Telescope Celebrates Thirty Years Of Discovery; Another Poised To Begin New Era
- NEWS TIP September 25, 1995
Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane, Is It A... Sprite? ... Progress Of DNA Analysis Documented ... Research Probes Diamond Film Growth
- NEWS TIP August 25, 1995
Archeologists Find Prehistoric Alaskan Burials At Coastal Village ... Workshop To Assess Global Change Research In The Western Hemisphere ... Slight Increase In Immigrant S&E Reported In 1993; Women Account For Large Percentage
- NEWS TIP July 28, 1995
Report Documents Status of Underrepresented Groups in S&E Participation ... ANTARCTIC Ice Drillers Pass 3000-Meter Depth at Vostok ... Middle School Students Explore Recycling and Environmental Issues
- NEWS TIP July 14, 1995
Wild Card in Predicting Global Climate Change: Clouds ... Clouds Absorb Large Amounts of Solar Energy ... Clouds as Atmospheric Heat Engines ... How Microscopic Cloud Particles Produce Rain ... Clouds and Polar Ozone Depletion
- NEWS TIP June 30, 1995
New Understanding of Earth's Lower Mantle ... Comet Shoemaker-Levy Caused Outburst in Jupiter's Microwave Radiation ... Lane Urges Unity, Activism Among Scientists
- NEWS TIP June 16, 1995
New Software Expected to Improve Batch Design, Minimize Pollution ... Astronomical Techniques Could Help Make Mammograms More Accurate ... High-End Materials Research Enriching High School Science Education
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