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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Mountain Marmots Made Bigger by Climate Change, Says New Study
Mountain Marmots Made Bigger by Climate Change, Says New Study
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:45:00 -0500
Longer summers are causing large mountain rodents called marmots
to grow larger and get better at surviving, according to a 33-year study published today in Nature.
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Imperial College London
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Penn Collaboration Leads to Simpler Method for Building Varieties of Nanocrystal Superlattices
Penn Collaboration Leads to Simpler Method for Building Varieties of Nanocrystal Superlattices
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:45:00 -0500
A University of
Pennsylvania collaboration has created a simple and inexpensive method to rapidly grow centimeter-scale membranes of binary nanocrystal superlattices, or BNSLs, by crystallizing a mixture of nanocrystals on a liquid surface.
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University of Pennsylvania
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Humble Protein, Nanoparticles Tag-team to Kill Cancer Cells
Humble Protein, Nanoparticles Tag-team to Kill Cancer Cells
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:43:00 -0500
A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able--when paired with nanoparticles--to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:49:11 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Customizing Science Instruction With Digital Libraries
Customizing Science Instruction With Digital Libraries
Animations, images and interactive media help engage Denver students in earth science
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117294&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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