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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:58:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)
Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:39:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Star Wars Exhibition Brings Reality to Fantasy
Star Wars Exhibition Brings Reality to Fantasy
An exhibit developed by the Museum of Science, Boston, in collaboration with Lucasfilm, Ltd. explores the possibility that some of the robots, vehicles and devices of the Star Wars films are closer to reality than one might think.
The exhibition--now at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pa., through May 4--showcases landspeeders, R2D2 and other icons as engineering design challenges and highlights how researchers are currently pursuing similar ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:42:09 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Attraction at the Atomic Level
Attraction at the Atomic Level
Countless romance novels begin with a hero and heroine who initially repel each other, only to find them thrown together in uncomfortable circumstances and ultimately rejoicing as their antagonism switches to ardor.
Odd as it seems, this tried-and-true romantic formula may also describe the scintillating secret behind the science of superconductivity--the phenomenon that occurs when materials conduct electricity across huge distances without losing any energy due to resistance from the ...
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:47:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Still Images and Video Available: Lakes of Meltwater Can Crack Greenland's Ice and Contribute to Faster Ice-Sheet Flow
In findings embargoed for release on April 17, National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers investigate the role of surface meltwater on the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet and outlet glaciers.
The research was conducted by glaciologists Sarah Das, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Ian Joughin, University of Washington and published in a pair of companion papers in the online journal Science Express this week.
NSF is making available to the news media b-roll ...
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:53:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Policy Office Newsletter - April 2008
Policy Newsletter - April 2008
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Cluster Exploratory (CluE)
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