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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:47:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Cora Marrett Honored by American Sociological Association
Cora Marrett Honored by American Sociological Association
Cora Marrett, NSF's assistant director for the Education and Human Resources directorate, is this year's winner of the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award. Created in 1971, the award honors the intellectual traditions and contributions of Oliver Cox, Charles S. Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier. The award is given annually to either a sociologist for a lifetime of research, teaching and service to the community or to an academic institution for its work in ...
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:08:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The Shape of Things to Come
Instead of using a flat microchip as the light sensor for their new camera, a team of engineers has developed a sensor that is a flexible mesh of wire-connected pixels.
The mesh is made from many of the same materials as a standard digital-camera sensor, but has the unique ability to conform to convoluted, irregular surfaces.
The technology is already showing promise for photography, as the researchers conformed the array to a hemispherical shape and incorporated the device into ...
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