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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:56:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Statement by Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation, on the Death of Dr. Guy Stever
Statement by Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation, on the Death of Dr. Guy Stever
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:49:00 -0500
We at the National Science Foundation are mourning the loss of Guy Stever, who died on April 9, at the age of 93. A former NSF director, as well as science advisor to Presidents Nixon and Ford, Dr. Stever was a key figure in twentieth century science.
As director of NSF in the early 1970s, Dr. Stever strengthened the agency's highest priority mission as supporter of basic research, conducted primarily in universities by peer-reviewed principal investigators. In addition, ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Cold Atoms and Nanotubes Come Together in an Atomic 'Black Hole'
Cold Atoms and Nanotubes Come Together in an Atomic 'Black Hole'
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:32:00 -0500
Carbon nanotubes, long touted for applications
in materials and electronics, may also be the stuff of atomic-scale black holes. Physicists at Harvard University have found that a high-voltage nanotube can cause cold atoms to spiral inward under dramatic acceleration before disintegrating violently. Their experiments, the first to demonstrate something akin to a black hole at atomic scale, are described in the current issue of the journal Physical Review Letters.
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Harvard University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Astronomers Take Close-up Pictures of Mysterious Dark Object
Astronomers Take Close-up Pictures of Mysterious Dark Object
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:32:00 -0500
For the first time, astronomers have
directly observed the mysterious dark companion in a binary star system that has puzzled skywatchers since the 19th century.
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University of Michigan
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Traditional Inuit Knowledge Combines With Science to Shape Weather Insights
Traditional Inuit Knowledge Combines With Science to Shape Weather Insights
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:33:00 -0500
Inuit forecasters in the
Canadian Arctic equipped with generations of observational experiences are helping scientists learn more about arctic weather by providing information and stories that can be combined with statistical climate measurements.
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University of Colorado at Boulder
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New High-speed Integrated Circuit for World's Biggest Physics Experiment is Fastest of its Kind
New High-speed Integrated Circuit for World's Biggest Physics Experiment is Fastest of its Kind
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:34:00 -0500
A new
high-speed integrated circuit to reliably transmit data in the demanding environment of the world's largest physics experiment is the fastest of its kind. The "link-on-chip"--or LOC serializer circuit--was designed by physicists at Southern Methodist University in Dallas for use in a key experiment of CERN's Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator.
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Southern Methodist University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: With Support, Graphene Still a Superior Thermal Conductor
With Support, Graphene Still a Superior Thermal Conductor
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:40:00 -0500
Graphene maintains its
superior thermal conductivity even when supported by a substrate, according to new research in the journal Science. The findings by a team of researchers underscore graphene's potential role in the next generation of nano-electric devices.
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Boston College
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Deciphering the Mysteries of an Ancient Seafloor Goliath
Deciphering the Mysteries of an Ancient Seafloor Goliath
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:34:00 -0500
"Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for
multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of these massive eruptions remains poorly understood. To explore the origins of these seafloor giants, scientists drilled into a large, 145 million-year-old volcanic mountain chain lying underwater off the coast of Japan.
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Texas A&M University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:55:11 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Long-Distance Larvae Speed to New Undersea Vent Homes
Long-Distance Larvae Speed to New Undersea Vent Homes
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:38:00 -0500
Working in a rare, "natural seafloor laboratory" of hydrothermal vents that had just been rocked by a volcanic eruption, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions have discovered what they believe is an undersea superhighway.
This superhighway carries tiny life forms unprecedented distances to inhabit the post-eruption site.
One such "pioneer species," Ctenopelta porifera, appears to have traveled more ...
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