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National Science Foundation Press Releases

NSF Releases Response to External Panel's Recommendations for Streamlining Scientific Logistics in Antarctica
(Thursday, March 21, 2013)
NSF-funded Telescopes in Antarctica and Chile Discover Bursts of Star Formation in the Early Universe
(Wednesday, March 13, 2013)
Earth Is Warmer Today Than During 70 to 80 Percent of the Past 11,300 Years
(Thursday, March 7, 2013)
How to Thrive in Battery Acid and Among Toxic Metals: Genome of "extremophile" red alga offers insights
(Thursday, March 7, 2013)
Incoming! Then Outgoing! Waves Generated by Russian Meteor Recorded Crossing the U.S.
(Monday, March 4, 2013)
National Science Foundation Collaborates with Federal Partners to Plan for Comprehensive Public Access to Research Results
(Friday, February 22, 2013)
NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet
(Saturday, February 2, 2013)
NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet
(Monday, January 28, 2013)
Trio of Complex Antarctic Science Projects Reach Significant Technological Milestones "on the Ice"
(Thursday, December 20, 2012)
National Science Foundation Invites Media to Apply for Reporting Opportunity in Chile
(Monday, November 12, 2012)
A Student's Road to Research
(Monday, November 12, 2012)
NSF-Supported Research Data Alliance/U.S. Collaborates with International Partners to Accelerate Data Sharing
(Monday, November 12, 2012)
Research and Development Found to be Most Prevalent in a Small Number of Regions Across the Country
(Wednesday, September 12, 2012)
National Science Foundation Realignment Plans
(Monday, September 10, 2012)
International Collaboration Key to Science and Engineering Globalization
(Friday, August 31, 2012)
Engineers Pursue Flexible Electronics, Self-folding Structures and Controlled Photosynthesis on a Grand Scale
(Thursday, August 23, 2012)
NSF Reports on R&D Spending by Businesses in the United States
(Thursday, August 23, 2012)
NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences Portfolio Review Committee Submits Report
(Friday, August 17, 2012)
NSF Invites Media to Apply for Opportunity to Report on U.S.-sponsored Antarctic Research
(Thursday, August 9, 2012)
Antarctic Medical Evacuation
(Thursday, August 9, 2012)
New Limits of Microbial Life in Undersea Volcanoes
(Tuesday, August 7, 2012)
Innovation Corps Commemorated
(Tuesday, July 24, 2012)
President Obama Honors Early Career Scientists and Engineers
(Tuesday, July 24, 2012)
Blue Ribbon Panel Unveils Findings on Logistical Improvements to Support Antarctic Science
(Tuesday, July 24, 2012)
Tiny 'Firefly' Satellite Set To Flash Straight Into Lightning and Thunderstorms
(Friday, July 20, 2012)
U.S. Antarctic Program's Blue Ribbon Panel Releases Report Findings on Logistical Improvements to Support the Advancement of Science
(Thursday, July 19, 2012)
National Science Foundation Will Advance the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
(Thursday, July 19, 2012)
National Science Board Concerned About U.S. Innovation Capacity
(Tuesday, July 17, 2012)
Cubesats "Land" at National Science Foundation on Thursday, May 24th
(Thursday, May 17, 2012)
What Triggers a Mass Extinction?
(Wednesday, April 11, 2012)
NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
(Tuesday, April 3, 2012)
Hot Meets Cold at New Deep-Sea Ecosystem: "Hydrothermal Seep" (with video)
(Wednesday, March 7, 2012)
International Radio Conference Approves Bandwidth to Track Ocean Currents for Science and Disasters
(Tuesday, February 21, 2012)
First EarthScope 'Transportable Array' Seismic Station Reaches U.S. East Coast
(Sunday, February 19, 2012)
Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt
(Friday, February 3, 2012)
National Science Board to Meet February 2-3 at NSF Headquarters
(Tuesday, January 31, 2012)
New Report Outlines Trends in U.S. Global Competitiveness in Science and Technology
(Wednesday, January 18, 2012)
Online Chat About NSF-Funded Antarctic Discoveries to Mark the 100th Anniversary of South Pole "Race"
(Tuesday, January 17, 2012)
Biologists Replicate Key Evolutionary Step in Life on Earth
(Monday, January 16, 2012)
Astronomers describe new class of planetary system
(Thursday, January 12, 2012)
Largest Black Holes Ever Measured Found in Nearby Galaxies
(Monday, December 5, 2011)
Path to Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere: Long Series of Starts and Stops
(Friday, December 2, 2011)
Antarctica's Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains Mystery Solved
(Friday, November 18, 2011)
President Obama Honors Outstanding Science, Math and Engineering Mentors
(Tuesday, November 15, 2011)
Mind Reading Computer System May Allow Paralyzed People To Communicate and Control Robots (with video)
(Monday, October 17, 2011)
Virtual Institutes to Support the Scientific Collaborations of the Future
(Wednesday, October 5, 2011)
Evidence for Iron-Rich Ancient Ocean Changes View of Earth's Early History
(Wednesday, September 7, 2011)
NSF Signs Agreement to Use of Russian Icebreaker for Critical Antarctic Resupply and Refueling Mission
(Thursday, August 25, 2011)
National Academy of Sciences Report recommends ways to improve K-12 STEM education
(Thursday, June 23, 2011)
Fastest Sea-Level Rise in Two Millennia Linked to Increasing Global Temperatures
(Tuesday, June 21, 2011)
NSF Launches Science360 for iPad Application
(Friday, June 10, 2011)
Outstanding Math and Science Teachers Honored by the President
(Friday, May 27, 2011)
Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling
(Thursday, May 26, 2011)
New View of Undersea Giant Kelp Forest "Canopy"--From Satellites Above
(Wednesday, May 25, 2011)
Mars' Rapid Formation Explains Its Small Size Relative to Earth
(Wednesday, May 25, 2011)
The Sky Is No Limit: 13 Research Teams Compute in the Clouds
(Wednesday, April 20, 2011)
Search for Dark Matter Narrowed by New Data From XENON100
(Thursday, April 14, 2011)
San Francisco-based Exploratorium to Receive National Science Board's 2011 Public Service Award
(Monday, April 4, 2011)
Antarctic Icebergs Play a Previously Unknown Role in Global Carbon Cycle, Climate
(Friday, March 25, 2011)
Some outcomes of the evolutionary race buck conventional wisdom
(Friday, March 25, 2011)
NSF Partners With Entertainment Industries Council to Inspire Viewers About Science, Engineering and Technology
(Sunday, March 6, 2011)
A Scientific Gold Rush: Electronic Mining of Published Research
(Friday, February 11, 2011)
First Large-Scale, Physics-Based Space Weather Model Transitions Into Operation
(Thursday, January 27, 2011)
Avatar: Your Virtual Self
(Tuesday, January 25, 2011)
Photo: Antarctic Telescopes and the Milky Way
(Friday, January 14, 2011)
Widespread Ancient Ocean "Dead Zones" Challenged Early Life
(Thursday, January 6, 2011)
What Triggers Mass Extinctions? Study Shows How Invasive Species Stop New Life
(Friday, December 31, 2010)
Construction of Antarctica's IceCube Neutrino Observatory Completed (with Video)
(Wednesday, December 22, 2010)
NSF/NASA Scientific Balloon Launches From Antarctica
(Tuesday, December 21, 2010)
NSF Partners with NBC Learn to Bring Science to Life for Nation's Students
(Monday, December 20, 2010)
Peering into the interior of a dark interstellar cloud
(Thursday, December 16, 2010)
Top Math and Science Teachers Come to Washington
(Thursday, December 9, 2010)
NSF Signs $34.5-million Operating Agreement With University Of Wisconsin as Antarctic Neutrino Detector Nears Completion
(Monday, November 22, 2010)
National Science Foundation Launches "Innovation Nation" With Host Miles O'Brien
(Thursday, November 4, 2010)
NSF Science Nation Video With Miles O'Brien: IceCube and Its Frozen Secrets
(Tuesday, October 26, 2010)
Scientists and Engineers Take Over Downtown Washington, D.C., This Weekend
(Thursday, October 21, 2010)
Subra Suresh Confirmed as NSF Director
(Sunday, October 10, 2010)
Citizen Science - Volunteers help scientists understand birds and changing habitats
(Tuesday, August 31, 2010)
Shrinking Atmospheric Layer Linked to Low Levels of Solar Radiation
(Thursday, August 26, 2010)
Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
(Thursday, August 12, 2010)
Volcanic eruptions in North America were more explosive in ancient past
(Friday, June 18, 2010)
Data Show Increase in First-Time Science and Engineering Graduate Students
(Thursday, June 3, 2010)
Future Science: The Frontiers of 21st Century Astronomy
(Sunday, May 30, 2010)
Scientists seeking NSF funding will soon be required to submit data management plans
(Wednesday, May 19, 2010)
Prehistoric fish extinction paved the way for modern vertebrates
(Tuesday, May 18, 2010)
National Lab Day
(Wednesday, May 12, 2010)
Scientists Discover Underwater Asphalt Volcanoes
(Monday, April 26, 2010)
Scientists Study "Glaciovolcanoes" Mountains of Fire and Ice, in Iceland, British Columbia, U.S.
(Monday, April 26, 2010)
Dome Away From Home
(Wednesday, March 10, 2010)
Revisiting chicxulub: A broad look at the evidence for a dinosaur-killing impact
(Monday, March 8, 2010)
Scientists find signs of 'snowball Earth' amidst early animal evolution
(Friday, March 5, 2010)
Advancing STEM Education
(Tuesday, December 15, 2009)
Sea-floor seismometers open window into Earth's mantle beneath Hawaiian Islands
(Friday, December 4, 2009)
The Iconic Snows of Kilimanjaro Still Exist--But For How Long?
(Monday, November 2, 2009)
Ancient Ocean Oxygen Production Began 100 Million Years Earlier than Thought
(Thursday, October 29, 2009)
NSF's Cyber-Network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe
(Thursday, October 15, 2009)
Connections among Solar Cycle, Stratosphere and Ocean Discovered
(Friday, August 28, 2009)
Vantage Point - Camera at South Pole to determine if its night sky is ideal for new telescope
(Monday, August 24, 2009)
Scientists Create First Three-dimensional Global Map of Electrical Conductivity in Earth's Mantle
(Monday, August 24, 2009)
Ground-based telescope captures first visual images of storm clouds over the tropics of Saturn's largest moon
(Wednesday, August 12, 2009)
Solar cycle linked to global climate - Drives events similar to El Nino, La Nina
(Sunday, August 2, 2009)
New Blow for Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Theory
(Monday, April 27, 2009)
Open access to scientific papers may not guarantee wide dissemination
(Saturday, February 21, 2009)
Grand Opening Ceremony for the International Year of Astronomy 2009
(Friday, January 16, 2009)
Learning science in informal environments
(Wednesday, January 14, 2009)
Dec. 1 Antarctic Videoconference Bridges Past and Future of Polar Science and Exploration
(Friday, November 28, 2008)
U.S.-Led, International AGAP Team Poised to Probe One of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places
(Sunday, October 19, 2008)
Oldest Known Rock on Earth Discovered
(Friday, September 26, 2008)
Antarctic Fossils Paint a Picture of a Much Warmer Continent
(Sunday, September 21, 2008)
Greenland Ice Core Reveals History of Pollution in the Arctic
(Wednesday, August 20, 2008)
Robot Vehicle Surveys Deep Sea Off Pacific Northwest
(Wednesday, August 13, 2008)
Universally Speaking, Earthlings Share a Nice Neighborhood
(Friday, August 8, 2008)
NSF Program Director Position Available
(Thursday, July 10, 2008)
In Unique Stellar Laboratory, Einstein's Theory Passes Strict, New Test
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star!
(Saturday, June 28, 2008)
The Mystery of Mass Extinctions Is No Longer Murky
(Tuesday, June 17, 2008)
A New Way to Think About Earth's First Cells
(Friday, June 6, 2008)
Engaging the YouTube Generation in Hands-on Science
(Tuesday, June 3, 2008)
Small Planet, Small Star
(Monday, June 2, 2008)
Bacteria "Feed" on Earth's Ocean-Bottom Crust
(Wednesday, May 28, 2008)
Arctic Observing Network Interagency Report Published
(Sunday, April 27, 2008)
Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts
(Friday, April 11, 2008)
New Data Show Strong Labor Market for Scientists and Engineers
(Saturday, April 5, 2008)
Astrophysicists observe a circumstellar disk with telltale signs of planet formation
(Thursday, March 27, 2008)
A newly discovered solar system contains scaled-down versions of Saturn and Jupiter
(Thursday, February 14, 2008)
Expanding Robotics Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(Saturday, January 19, 2008)
NSF Dedicates New South Pole Station
(Thursday, January 17, 2008)
Clams Convert Air into Food - Trait no longer the domain only of plants
(Saturday, January 12, 2008)
Quakes Under Pacific Ocean Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulation System
(Saturday, January 12, 2008)
Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
(Saturday, January 5, 2008)
Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich Sitting in Primordial Soup?
(Wednesday, December 5, 2007)
NSF, NASA to Test Lunar Habitat in Antarctica's Extreme Environment
(Friday, November 16, 2007)
World's Smallest Radio Fits in the Palm of the Hand . . . of an Ant
(Thursday, November 1, 2007)
National Science Foundation and ResearchChannel Form Programming Partnership
(Saturday, October 20, 2007)
Cultivating Math and Science Teachers for High-need School Districts
(Saturday, October 20, 2007)
Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist for Climate-Science Breakthroughs
(Tuesday, October 9, 2007)
Can a Robot Get High School Students Interested in Studying Science and Engineering in College?
(Wednesday, September 12, 2007)
Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago
(Wednesday, August 15, 2007)
National Science Board Approves National Action Plan for 21st Century STEM Education
(Saturday, August 11, 2007)
National Science Board to Meet August 6-8, 2007, in Arlington, VA
(Saturday, August 4, 2007)
National Science Foundation to Host Reception Honoring 2005 and 2006 Medal of Science Laureates
(Thursday, July 26, 2007)
Antarctic Icebergs: Unlikely Oases for Ocean Life - NSF makes image, video available
(Friday, June 22, 2007)
Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming
(Friday, June 22, 2007)
Researchers take picture of the face of Altair, a first for a star like our own
(Friday, June 1, 2007)
Magnetic Field Uses Sound Waves to Ignite Sun's Ring of Fire
(Wednesday, May 30, 2007)
Research on "extremophiles" is redefining the limits of life on Earth
(Saturday, April 28, 2007)
Palmer Station, Antarctica Celebrates Earth Day With an Underwater Clean Up
(Sunday, April 22, 2007)
New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Life Form Discovered
(Sunday, April 22, 2007)
Global Earth Day Broadcast to Feature South Pole
(Thursday, April 19, 2007)
South Pole Telescope to help astrophysicists learn what universe is made of, how it evolves
(Monday, February 26, 2007)
National Science Foundation Requests $6.43 Billion for Fiscal Year 2008
(Monday, February 5, 2007)
Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
(Tuesday, January 9, 2007)
Latest Statistics Reveal Increase in Federal Agency Support of U.S. Research & Development
(Wednesday, December 27, 2006)
Universe's oldest objects emerge from the background
(Tuesday, December 19, 2006)
NSF Awards $2 Million to W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii
(Monday, December 18, 2006)
National Science Board Holds Workshop on Improving Engineering Education
(Monday, November 6, 2006)
On the Verge of the International Polar Year, NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole
(Wednesday, November 1, 2006)
Panel Set to Present Astronomy Program Recommendations to NSF
(Wednesday, November 1, 2006)
More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago
(Wednesday, October 18, 2006)
First 'direct observation' sheds new light on dark matter
(Tuesday, August 22, 2006)
National Science Board Elects Physician and Former Astronaut to be New Officers
(Thursday, May 11, 2006)
President Honors Nation's Leading Math and Science Teachers
(Monday, May 1, 2006)
Redesigning High School Science Curriculum to Meet the Demands of Global Competition - College Board and the National Science Foundation Host Discussi
(Thursday, April 27, 2006)
Geologists Drill Into Fossil Magma Chamber Deep Under the Ocean
(Saturday, April 22, 2006)
Crew Member on Antarctic Research Vessel Missing
(Tuesday, April 18, 2006)
U.S.-Taiwan constellation of satellites launched
(Sunday, April 16, 2006)
Device only atoms across may allow infinitesimal but powerful computers
(Thursday, April 6, 2006)
A blue ring around the planet Uranus - Color is attributed to forces acting on dust
(Thursday, April 6, 2006)
National Science Board to Meet on March 29-30, 2006, in Arlington, Va.
(Wednesday, March 29, 2006)
Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected
(Thursday, March 23, 2006)
Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions
(Tuesday, February 7, 2006)
Request for National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2007 Is $6.02 Billion
(Monday, February 6, 2006)
Discovery of small, rocky, extrasolar world suggests such planets may be common
(Wednesday, January 25, 2006)
New Method of Dating Oceanic Crust Is Most Accurate So Far
(Saturday, October 29, 2005)
Mathematics Unites the Heavens and the Atom
(Friday, September 30, 2005)
Scientists Poke Holes in 'Snowball Earth' Hypothesis
(Friday, September 30, 2005)
Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes a Record - Ground and space-based telescopes together reveal by far the most distant explosion ever seen
(Tuesday, September 13, 2005)
Supernovae give off blasts of cosmic rays that bombard the Earth and change its surface rocks
(Friday, July 15, 2005)
Joseph Bordogna Resigns from the National Science Foundation
(Tuesday, June 28, 2005)
Polar Science Leader Peter Wilkniss Passes
(Thursday, June 23, 2005)
NSF Media Advisory: Scientists Make New Discovery About Planets Outside Our Solar System
(Friday, June 10, 2005)
A stellar debut for Gemini Observatory's online image gallery
(Monday, January 10, 2005)
Research team discovers first evidence of microbes living in a rock glacier
(Saturday, December 18, 2004)
Web site Commemorates First Flyer to Reach South Pole
(Saturday, December 18, 2004)
NSF Announces Six New Centers for Nanoscale Research
(Wednesday, September 22, 2004)
Physicists create artificial molecule on a chip
(Saturday, September 11, 2004)
Complex cells likely arose from combination of bacterial and extreme-microbe genomes
(Thursday, September 9, 2004)
Astronomers find new class of planets outside the solar system
(Wednesday, September 1, 2004)
NSF: Future heat waves: More severe, more frequent and longer lasting
(Sunday, August 15, 2004)
New Map Reveals Hidden Features of Antarctica's Ice-buried Lake Vostok
(Monday, July 12, 2004)
New version of premier global climate model released
(Friday, June 25, 2004)
New findings on climate show gradual shift to modern but increased sensitivity to perturbations
(Friday, May 21, 2004)
Arctic carbon a potential wild card in climate change scenarios
(Monday, April 26, 2004)
New evidence supports three major glaciation events in Earth's distant past
(Monday, April 26, 2004)
Oldest hemoglobin ancestors offer clues to earliest oxygen-based life
(Tuesday, April 20, 2004)
New evidence suggests early oceans bereft of oxygen for eons
(Thursday, March 4, 2004)
New opportunity to request Vostok accretion ice for international collaborative study
(Wednesday, February 25, 2004)
Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good environments
(Wednesday, February 25, 2004)
NSF sensors activities in focus at AAAS annual meeting in Seattle
(Thursday, February 19, 2004)
Science goes deeper with Antarctic meteorites
(Saturday, February 14, 2004)
Science goes deeper with Antarctic meteorites
(Saturday, February 14, 2004)
Landscapes on buried glaciers in Antarctica's dry valleys help decipher recent ice ages on Mars
(Friday, December 19, 2003)
Stable isotope data provide evidence for huge global methane release about 600 million years ago
(Wednesday, December 17, 2003)
Ancient Relatives of Algae Yield New Insights into Role of CO2 in Earth's Early Atmosphere
(Thursday, September 18, 2003)
Microbe from depths takes life to hottest known limit
(Friday, August 15, 2003)
NSF awards Arecibo Observatory and University of Puerto Rico $600,000 to train Hispanic students in scientific research
(Wednesday, June 11, 2003)
Descent into 'deep-time': NSF workshop highlights earth's ancient paleoclimate
(Monday, May 12, 2003)
Researchers spy stellar bull's eye - Dramatic images reveal unique star explosion
(Wednesday, March 26, 2003)
Wireless network boosts supernova search to stellar first year
(Tuesday, January 7, 2003)
National Survey Documents Drop in Doctoral Degrees in Science and Engineering
(Monday, January 6, 2003)
President Signs the National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act
(Thursday, December 19, 2002)
NSF Nanoscale Science and Technology Grantee Conference
(Monday, December 9, 2002)
Researchers Get First Look into Antimatter Atoms
(Tuesday, October 29, 2002)
Workshop on Neutrinos and Subterranean Science to Determine Roadmap for the Future
(Monday, September 16, 2002)
Satellites to profile weather, improve forecasts through GPS
(Friday, September 6, 2002)
Cosmic Blue Flashes
(Thursday, August 29, 2002)
Internet Link Moves Gemini Closer to Becoming First "Cyber Observatory"
(Wednesday, August 14, 2002)
Three Nations Agree to Share Ice Core That May Yield Clues About Nature of Lake Vostok
(Tuesday, May 28, 2002)
Webcast: Press Conference to Highlight Research at Antarctica's Lake Vostok
(Tuesday, May 28, 2002)
Microwave Imager Probes Universe "First Light" to Answer Cosmological Questions
(Thursday, May 23, 2002)
Images Available: Rarely Seen "Southern Lights" Over Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
(Wednesday, May 22, 2002)
Astronomers to Present New Findings on Early Universe at NSF Press Conference
(Saturday, May 18, 2002)
Researchers Describe Overall Water Balance in Subglacial Lake Vostok
(Wednesday, April 17, 2002)
Researchers describe overall water balance in subglacial Lake Vostok
(Thursday, March 21, 2002)
Nanotechnology Symposium to Showcase Vast Potential of Small Wonders
(Tuesday, March 5, 2002)
Gemini Observatory Celebrates Historic First
(Friday, January 18, 2002)
Researchers Find Closest Living Relative of First Land Plants
(Thursday, December 13, 2001)
Water, Sediments in Ice-Bound Antarctic Lakes May Harbor Unique Microorganisms, Ecosystems
(Thursday, December 6, 2001)
U.S.-EC Nanotech Collaboration Launched
(Monday, December 3, 2001)
NSF-Funded Terascale Computing System Ranks as World's Second Fastest
(Saturday, November 10, 2001)
Scientists Succeed at First-Ever Attempt to Sequence DNA at Sea
(Friday, November 2, 2001)
$10 Million NSF Grant To Fund National Virtual Observatory
(Tuesday, October 30, 2001)
More Planets Emerge with Solar System-Like Orbits
(Monday, October 15, 2001)
At WTC Search, Graduate Students Deploy Shoebox-Sized Robots
(Thursday, October 11, 2001)
Search of Galactic Halo Yields a Treasure Trove of Variable Stars
(Wednesday, September 26, 2001)
Research season will feature use of sophisticated technologies to map Antarctica
(Wednesday, September 26, 2001)
Jupiter-Size Planet Found Orbiting Star in Big Dipper
(Wednesday, August 15, 2001)
Widespread Oceanic Photopigments Convert Light into Energy
(Thursday, June 14, 2001)
Climate change affecting even remote arctic environment, study says
(Monday, June 11, 2001)
Astronomers report galactic baby boom
(Monday, June 4, 2001)
Newt Gingrich at NSF: The Role of Federal Research in the Nation�s Prosperity and Security
(Monday, May 21, 2001)
Near light-speed ion collisions create brief, violent explosions
(Monday, April 30, 2001)
NSF-supported teams provide new data on early moments of the universe - Antarctic-based instruments support each other's results
(Monday, April 30, 2001)
Scientists Release Images of Hydrothermal Vents Found in the Indian Ocean- Images reveal array of animals, black smokers
(Wednesday, April 25, 2001)
Civilian Aircraft to Evacuate South Pole Patient
(Saturday, April 14, 2001)
NSF Weighs Options for Treating South Pole Patient
(Wednesday, April 11, 2001)
Largest sunspot in recent years
(Monday, April 2, 2001)
NSF invites media to visit North Pole station
(Thursday, March 1, 2001)
NSF official describes hunt for antarctic meteorites related to new meteorite evidence of primitive life on Mars
(Monday, February 26, 2001)
Southern star Beta Hydri pulsates like the sun, say astronomers
(Tuesday, January 30, 2001)
New South Pole Station Power Plant, Satellite Link Go Online
(Wednesday, January 24, 2001)
New South Pole Station Power Plant, Satellite Link Go Online
(Wednesday, January 24, 2001)
New group of microorganisms discovered in the open sea
(Wednesday, January 24, 2001)
Earlier Water on Earth? Oldest Rock Suggests Hospitable Young Planet
(Wednesday, January 10, 2001)
New report links meteorite to possibility that microscopic life existed on Mars
(Friday, December 15, 2000)
Huge new hydrothermal vent system found on seafloor
(Monday, December 11, 2000)
Clinton Names a Diverse Group of Researchers to Receive the 2000 National Medals of Science
(Monday, November 13, 2000)
Scientists to Discuss Discovery of 250-Million-Year-Old Bacteria at NSF
(Wednesday, November 1, 2000)
Gemini cuts deep into galactic core with release of first data
(Monday, October 16, 2000)
Powerful telescope array will study the stars
(Wednesday, October 4, 2000)
NSF-funded researchers discover evidence of microscopic life at the South Pole
(Thursday, July 6, 2000)
Astronomers Win Protection for Key Part of Spectrum
(Thursday, June 15, 2000)
Infrared Satellite Image of Huge Iceberg Available
(Tuesday, June 13, 2000)
Twenty Years of Radio Observations to Highlight VLA'S Anniversary
(Wednesday, May 24, 2000)
Astrophysicists detect cosmic shear, evidence of dark matter
(Wednesday, May 10, 2000)
Astrophysicists Detect Cosmic Shear, Evidence of Dark Matter
(Wednesday, May 10, 2000)
'Solar heartbeat' discovered - The beat goes on -- inside the sun
(Thursday, March 30, 2000)
Physicists produce 'left-handed' composite materials
(Tuesday, March 21, 2000)
Scientists 'see' through the sun to find stormy regions on the other side
(Thursday, March 9, 2000)
President Seeks More Than $4.5 Billion for NSF in 2001
(Monday, February 7, 2000)
The star splitter: Microlensing technique pioneered by NSF researchers finds black holes
(Thursday, January 13, 2000)
Ulysses' measures the deflection of galactic dust particles by solar radiation
(Thursday, December 16, 1999)
Bacteria May Thrive in Antarctic Lake - Holds Implications for Search for Life in the Solar System
(Thursday, December 9, 1999)