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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:39:30 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Statement by Karl A. Erb, Director of NSF's Office of Polar Programs, on the Death of Martin A. Pomerantz
On behalf of the National Science Foundation and as the head of the U.S. Antarctic Program, I wish to express our sadness at the news of the recent passing of Martin A. Pomerantz, who died on October 25, at his northern California home at the age of 91.
Although few people truly achieve such status in their lifetimes, Dr. Pomerantz was literally a legend in Antarctic science for his vision and dedication to the field of astronomy, specifically in making the South Pole a pivotal ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:51:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 'Gone Bats' Over Aeroecology
By the dark of the Halloween new moon, scientists are looking at what's hovering just above the ground.
Far from ghost-busting, however, the researchers are using sophisticated technology like Doppler weather radar to study the aerosphere--the air and the organisms that migrate and feed within it.
Biologists and atmospheric scientists are engaged in the study of aeroecology: how and why airborne organisms--bats, birds, arthropods and microbes--depend on the support of the ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:34:41 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Colleague Letter to Polar Research Community concerning the "Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)" solicitation
Available Formats:
JSP: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09008/nsf09008.jsp?govDel=USNSF_25
PDF: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09008/nsf09008.pdf?govDel=USNSF_25
TXT: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09008/nsf09008.txt?govDel=USNSF_25
Document Number: nsf09008
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:45:59 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The Building Blocks of Life
Ever wonder where all that food your teenager devoured was going? Not only does the food go into the teen's daily activities--running, doing homework, breathing and playing video games, but food converted to energy also fuels growth of new tissues--bones, vessels, cartilage, muscle.
In poorer areas of the world, part of the energy yielded by food might be deflected for the body's defense system in fighting disease. Children and teens in such conditions will not grow as ...
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