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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:40:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: National Science Foundation Advisory Committee Offers New Vision for the Geosciences
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee Offers New Vision for the Geosciences
Society stands at a crossroads. With growing problems such as resource depletion, energy sustainability, environmental degradation and climate change, can we protect the health of the planet while achieving widespread economic prosperity?
So asks a report released today by the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Advisory Committee for Geosciences (AC-GEO): GEO Vision: Unraveling Earth's Complexities through the Geosciences.
For most of its history Earth has experienced ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:42:09 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF's Cyber-Network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe
NSF's Cyber-Network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe
The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Taj network has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), wrapping another ring of light around the northern hemisphere for science and education. Taj now connects India, Singapore, Vietnam and Egypt to the GLORIAD global infrastructure and dramatically improves existfing U.S. network links with China and the Nordic region.
Taj promises far-reaching, stimulative and sustainable benefits in global ...
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:57:58 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Teaching the Teachers
Research experiences for science teachers can have a direct impact on the achievement of their students, increasing their performance significantly on state assessments. There are also economic benefits--to the schools and to society at large--in having science teachers take part in research experiences. These are the findings Samuel C. Silverstein of Columbia University and colleagues describe in the Oct. 16 issue of Science magazine.
Silverstein, who is a past chairman of ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:05:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Deep-Sea Microbes May Answer Long-Standing Question About Earth's Nitrogen Cycle
Deep-Sea Microbes May Answer Long-Standing Question About Earth's Nitrogen Cycle
Scientists have identified an unexpected metabolic ability in a symbiotic community of deep-sea microorganisms. It may help solve a lingering mystery about the world's nitrogen cycle.
The element nitrogen is a critical part of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, and therefore essential to all life. Although nitrogen is plentiful on Earth--it represents 78 percent of the atmosphere, by volume--the element is usually found strongly bonded to itself.
To be biologically ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:44:50 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Colleague Letter: Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE): A Message to Graduate Education Researchers
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:46:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Colleague Letter: Environment, Society, and the Economy (ESE)
Dear Colleague Letter: Environment, Society, and the Economy (ESE)
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