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Natural Underwater Springs Show How Coral Reefs Respond to Ocean Acidification by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels reduces the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and ... Read on »
Medicine and Engineering Join Forces to Restore Disfigured Faces by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Mathematical formulas help create facial structures for people with disfiguring injuries Full story at http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/engi ... Read on »
National Science Foundation Participates in White House Initiatives in Wireless Broadband and... by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education In conjunction with the recently-released Presidential Memorandum on Expanding America's Leadership in Wireless Innovation, the White House has anno ... Read on »
'M-List' Recognizes Institutions Preparing Workers to Industry Standards in Advanced Manufacturing by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education The Manufacturing Institute recently announced the charter members of the M-List, a designation recognizing excellence in manufacturing educ ... Read on »
STEM Graduate Education Challenge Prompts Hundreds to Offer Ideas for Improvements by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the winners of the Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge , launched in February 2013 at t ... Read on »
Researchers Reveal Next-Generation Emergency Response Technology by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Americans are accustomed to calling 9-1-1 to get help in an emergency. People with dire needs used to reach for landlines and insti ... Read on »
NSF Makes Public Plan to Guide Development of its Largest Antarctic Research Station by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a master plan for updating its largest Antarctic research station, McMurd ... Read on »
World Oceans Month Brings Mixed News for Oysters by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education In World Oceans Month, there's mixed news for the Pacific Northwest oyster industry. For the past several years, it has struggled with significan ... Read on »
Researcher Studies Indoor Air Particles and Their Movement by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Most people worry about the quality of the air they breathe outdoors, while giving little thought to the contaminants that may be circulating in their own h ... Read on »
Prying Open the Black Box of the Brain by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education The human brain is the most complex biological structure on Earth. It has about 100 billion neurons--each of which has thousands of connections to other neu ... Read on »
New NEON Resources Available by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Reports of mounting ecological problems caused by climate change, invasive species and land use changes invariably beg the question: What is the current and ... Read on »
Whitebark Pine Trees: Is Their Future at Risk? by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education There's trouble ahead for the whitebark pine, a mountain tree that's integral to wildlife and water resources in the western United States and Canad ... Read on »
Harnessing the Power of Engineering to Improve STEM Education in K-12 Schools by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Engineering concepts and the design process are integral parts of many college- and career-ready standards, including the recently-released state-le ... Read on »
National Ecological Observatory Network Studies Wildfire in Unprecedented Detail by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education In the largest study of its kind, NEON will collaborate with Colorado State University to provide airborne remote sensing data to study the full range of wildfire effec ... Read on »
GSA Announces New Lease for National Science Foundation Headquarters by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a new lease agreement for the National Science Found ... Read on »
NSF to Hold Virtual Media Briefing on Next-Generation Emergency Response Technology by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education At a virtual media briefing on June 11 at 1 p.m. EST, researchers will demonstrate an innovative new smart phone app that vi ... Read on »
NSF-Supported Antarctic Science Documentary Is Also a Teaching Tool for Aspiring Film Students by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education An unusual Rutgers University program that involves undergraduates in making documentary films about science has released a three-minute trailer for ... Read on »
On World Environment Day and Every Day, the Stress of Being Ginseng by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education This article is the sixth in a series on NSF's Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) awards. Visit parts one , two , three , ... M ... Read on »
Research and Development Funding for Businesses Was Virtually Unchanged Between 2009 and 2010 by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a report detailing that the amount companies spent on U.S. research and development (R&D) du ... Read on »
A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors' Diets by National Science Foundation Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Most apes eat leaves and fruits from trees and shrubs. But new studies show that human ancestors expanded their menu 3.5 million years ago, addi ... Read on »
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