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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: North American Continent is a Layer Cake, Scientists Discover
North American Continent is a Layer Cake, Scientists Discover
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:09:00 -0500
The North American continent
is not one thick, rigid slab, but a layer cake of ancient, 3-billion-year-old rock on top of much newer material probably less than 1 billion years old, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists. The new findings by Barbara Romanowicz and Huaiyu Yuan also indicate that the continent grew by the addition of rock from subducting ocean floor, not by mantle plume upwelling from below.
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University of California, Berkeley
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Prediction of Intrinsic Magnetism at Silicon Surfaces Could Lead to Single-spin Magnetoelectronics
Prediction of Intrinsic Magnetism at Silicon Surfaces Could Lead to Single-spin Magnetoelectronics
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:08:00 -0500
The integration of single-spin magnetoelectronics into standard silicon technology may soon be possible, if experiments confirm a new theoretical prediction by physicists at the Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Naval Research Laboratory
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:46:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Students Explore Evolution Through Evolution Readiness Project
Students Explore Evolution Through Evolution Readiness Project
An interactive computer model helps teach students about evolution.
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117390&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:09:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Bringing Engineering to K-12 Classrooms
Bringing Engineering to K-12 Classrooms
With NSF support, engineers from Tufts University are bringing engineering to young students.
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117563&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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