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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:15:51 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program
NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program
Thu, 13 May 2010 10:10:00 -0500
To support basic research that will build a foundation for generating sustainable, science-based solutions to agricultural problems in developing countries, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 15 grants in the inaugural year of the Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) program.
The five-year program is jointly funded with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Through the partnership between the Gates Foundation and the BREAD program, ...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Aseismic Slip as a Barrier to Earthquake Propagation
Aseismic Slip as a Barrier to Earthquake Propagation
Thu, 13 May 2010 12:02:00 -0500
A research team made up of scientists from
Caltech and their partners in Peru and France report on their analysis of GPS data from the 2007 Pisco earthquake in Peru. They found, in part, that 50 percent of the postseismic slippage is aseismic--movement along a fault that occurs without any accompanying seismic waves.
Source
California Institute of Technology
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New York City Security May Be Underfunded
New York City Security May Be Underfunded
Thu, 13 May 2010 12:02:00 -0500
Budget allocation models developed at Northwestern University
suggest that New York City appears underfunded for protection against terrorist threats. The study also shows Chicago as underfunded, while Los Angeles appears overfunded. The researchers found the U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding received by New York in 2009 was around 30 percent of the total money allocated to 10 major urban areas. According to the models, the funding should have ranged between 33 and 49 percent.
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Northwestern University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Stream Water Study Detects Thawing Permafrost
Stream Water Study Detects Thawing Permafrost
Thu, 13 May 2010 12:01:00 -0500
Among the worrisome environmental effects of global
warming is the thawing of Arctic permafrost--soil that normally remains at or below the freezing point for at least a two-year period and often much longer. Monitoring changes in permafrost is difficult with current methods, but a study by University of Michigan researchers offers a new approach to assessing the extent of the problem.
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University of Michigan
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Insights Into How Deadly Amphibian Disease Spreads and Kills
New Insights Into How Deadly Amphibian Disease Spreads and Kills
Thu, 13 May 2010 12:01:00 -0500
Scientists have unraveled the dynamics of a deadly disease that is wiping out amphibian populations across the globe.
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San Francisco State University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 13:40:15 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Study Examines Use of Social Media in the Classroom
New Study Examines Use of Social Media in the Classroom
Thu, 13 May 2010 12:03:00 -0500
A recent study by the Lab for Social Computing at Rochester
Institute of Technology indicates that the use of social media in classroom settings has little effect on building connections or social capital among students.
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Study Documents Widespread Extinction of Lizard Populations Due to Climate Change
Study Documents Widespread Extinction of Lizard Populations Due to Climate Change
Thu, 13 May 2010 14:42:00 -0500
An International team of biologists has found an alarming pattern of population extinctions attributable to rising temperatures. If current trends continue, up to 20 percent of all lizard species are predicted to go extinct by 2080.
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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Message: 8
From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Using Mathematics to Untangle Facebook, decode Congress
Using Mathematics to Untangle Facebook, decode Congress
Thu, 13 May 2010 14:42:00 -0500
Networks permeate modern life, from Facebook to political allegiances. Now University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have developed a new technique for examining networks to help identify patterns of community structures and see how connections evolve. A paper describing their research appears in the May 14, 2010 edition of the journal Science.
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University of North Carolina
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:06:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Humans Have a Lot to Learn From Bonobos, Scientists Say
Humans Have a Lot to Learn From Bonobos, Scientists Say
Duke University assistant professor Brian Hare and colleagues study the behavior of bonobos, apes that are genetically close to humans
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116843&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:32:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Molecular Robots On the Rise
Molecular Robots On the Rise
Wed, 12 May 2010 16:46:00 -0500
Researchers from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created and programmed robots the size of single molecule that can move independently across a nano-scale track. This development, outlined in the May 13 edition of the journal Nature, marks an important advancement in the nascent fields of molecular computing and robotics, and could someday lead to molecular robots that can fix
...
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:34:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program
NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program
Wed, 12 May 2010 15:07:00 -0500
To support basic research that will build a foundation for generating sustainable, science-based solutions to agricultural problems in developing countries, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 15 grants in the inaugural year of the Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) program.
The five-year program is jointly funded with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Through the partnership between the Gates Foundation and the BREAD program, ...
This is an NSF News item.
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 17:00:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Silver Tells a Story of Early Earth: Water Here Since Planet's Very Early Days
Silver Tells a Story of Early Earth: Water Here Since Planet's Very Early Days
Thu, 13 May 2010 13:54:00 -0500
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled, beginning 4.568 billion years ago.
Results of a new study, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and published this week in the journal Science, indicate that water and other key volatiles may have been present in at least some of Earth's original building blocks, rather than acquired later from comets, ...
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