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Disease, pollution, and loss of habitat are killing off hundreds of species of amphibians. One of the biggest threats right now is an aquatic fungus called chytrid that infects the skin of these historically tough, resilient creatures.
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NSF-funded project studies links between ancient and modern penguin diets with climate change and human impacts to the Antarctic ecosystem. Read it in the U.S. Antarcitic Program's online publication, The Antarctic Sun:
http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/con
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"The big question that our laboratory is interested in is how do animals, including humans, manage to go and gather sensory data from the world and somehow turn that into a perception of the world," says Mitra Hartmann, associate professor at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering.
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Ricky Quinones Hello. What does it mean when water is NSF certified? I'm writing about Eden Springs Artesian Water in particular.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Check out the improvements we've made to the agency's daily news service, Science360!
Source: news.science360.gov
A new theory suggests lowly algae may be the killer behind the world's great species annihilations. Today, just about anywhere there is water, there can be toxic algae. The microscopic plants usually exist ...
National Science Foundation (NSF) For researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, learning the secrets of the birds and the bees, and the wasps can be a hazardous pursuit.
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In July 2009, I attended "The Road to the New Energy Economy", a series of Congressional briefings focusing on the science and technology required to achieve our energy goals. This briefing focused on the important issue of biofuels. ...
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Students at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University use small, autonomous helicopters called quadrotors to test potential air traffic control systems.
National Science Foundation (NSF) The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15) has a page on Facebook. Check it out!
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OCTOBER 15: TRANSITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
Tomorrow’s energy needs to be cleaner and more abundant than today’s. How will we get from here to there?
Featuring:
- James McCalley, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
- Massoud Amin, Director of the Center for the Development of Technological Leade...rship at the University of Minnesota
- Moderated by DISCOVER magazine editor in chief Corey S. Powell
Please join us in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on October 15 for the final event in this exciting series.
Lunch will be provided.
RSVP BY OCTOBER 14 to : events@discovermagazine.comRead More
Tomorrow’s energy needs to be cleaner and more abundant than today’s. How will we get from here to there?
Featuring:
- James McCalley, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
- Massoud Amin, Director of the Center for the Development of Technological Leade...rship at the University of Minnesota
- Moderated by DISCOVER magazine editor in chief Corey S. Powell
Please join us in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on October 15 for the final event in this exciting series.
Lunch will be provided.
RSVP BY OCTOBER 14 to : events@discovermagazine.comRead More
Time:12:30PM Thursday, October 15th
Location:Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338
