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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:56:33 -0600 (CST)
Subject: U.S. Antarctic Program field season under way as planes bring hundreds of people to McMurdo
U.S. Antarctic Program field season under way as planes bring hundreds of people to McMurdo
Mainbody flights started arriving 3 October (local McMurdo time) and will continue throughout the antarctic summer. The term "mainbody" refers to the summer migration of National Science Foundation support and research personnel to McMurdo Station on Ross Island. Compared to McMurdo's winter population of 153 and the Winfly jump to 476 that arrived in August, mainbody exponentially increases the population and pumps up the pace of station life.
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:50:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: VERITAS Discovers Very High Energy Gamma Rays from the Starburst Galaxy M82
VERITAS Discovers Very High Energy Gamma Rays from the Starburst Galaxy M82
The VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) collaboration, an international team of astronomers from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland, has discovered very high energy (VHE) gamma rays emitted by the starburst galaxy M82 (the Cigar Galaxy). The observed gamma rays have energies more than a trillion times higher than the energy of visible light, and are the highest energy photons ever detected from a galaxy undergoing large amounts of
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:52:29 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Computer Science Provides a More Sound Way to Test for Sleep Apnea
Computer Science Provides a More Sound Way to Test for Sleep Apnea
A computer scientist from the University of Houston and a doctor of sleep medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have teamed up to create a new, less invasive method of diagnosing sleep apnea. Their findings appear in the November issue of the journal Sleep.
Sleep apnea is serious disorder that causes a person to momentarily stop breathing while they sleep. These pauses in breathing can occur many times an hour, and can cause low oxygen levels in ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:08:42 -0600 (CST)
Subject: The Snows of Kilimanjaro: For How Much Longer?
The Snows of Kilimanjaro: For How Much Longer?
The iconic snows of Kilimanjaro still exist--but for how long?
The remaining ice fields atop famed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania could be gone within two decades and perhaps even sooner, based on the latest survey of the ice fields remaining on the mountain.
These predictions, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), are among the latest dramatic physical evidence of global climate change.
The findings, by ...
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:10:13 -0600 (CST)
Subject: National Science Foundation Takes Part in Education Technology Showcase
National Science Foundation Takes Part in Education Technology Showcase
On Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 17 different educational technologies developed with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be included among the exhibits in an Education Technology Showcase on Capitol Hill, in Room 902 of the Hart Senate Office Building. Sponsored by the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the event's special guests include Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as well as Senators Patty Murray, Jeff Bingaman, Kay
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