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NEWS RELEASES FOR 2000

• PR 00-082 - October 26, 2000
  Astronomers Find Surprising Double Asteroid and a New Asteroid Moon
  
  
• PR 00-081 - October 25, 2000
  New Ergonomic Keyboard Relieves Wrist Pain
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 1999

• PR 99-043 - June 14, 1999
  U.S. Industry Driving the Growth in Research & Development Spending
  
  
• PR 99-042 - June 10, 1999
  Europe and U.S. to Collaborate on Design and Development of a Giant Radio Telescope Project in Chile
  
  
• PR 99-041 - June 10, 1999
  'Altered State' May Be Responsible for Creating Important Brain Chemicals
  
  
• PR 99-040 - June 8, 1999
  Massive Pollution Documented Over Indian Ocean
  
  
• PR 99-039 - May 19, 1999
  Natural Hazards Response Requires New Approach, Study Says
  
  
• PR 99-038 - May 13, 1999
  NSF Grant Brings "Virtual Worlds" to Life
  
  
• PR 99-037 - May 7, 1999
  Mobile Doppler Radar Instruments Edge Closer to Swirling Funnel Clouds
  
  
• PR 99-036 - May 5, 1999
  S&E Degrees to Women, Minorities on the Rise, Math Achievement "Gender Gap" Is Gone
  
  
• PR 99-035 - May 3, 1999
  Public Service Awards Go to Stephen Jay Gould and PBS' Bill Nye, "The Science Guy"
  
  
• PR 99-034 - May 3, 1999
  President Clinton Names Outstanding Mathematics and Science Teachers
  
  
• PR 99-033 - April 29, 1999
  Information Technologies Promise to Make Government More Efficient and Responsive
  
  
• PR 99-031 - April 27, 1999
  A "Missing Link" Fossil Adds "Foliage" to the Early Human Ancestor Family Tree
  
  
• PR 99-030 - April 26, 1999
  Archeologists Find Milder Arctic Climate May Have Aided Aleutian Settlement
  
  
• PR 99-029 - April 26, 1999
  Active 14,000-Foot-High Submarine Volcano Found Near Samoa in South Pacific
  
  
• PR 99-028 - April 21, 1999
  Climate Projection for the 21st Century: Earth Will Warm by 3 Degrees
  
  
• PR 99-027 - April 16, 1999
  "Midwest Wild Weather" Goes on the Road
  
  
• PR 99-026 - April 16, 1999
  Graduate Students Awarded Research Fellowships
  
  
• PR 99-025 - April 16, 1999
  New Teacher Award Honors NSF Program Director
  
  
• PR 99-024 - April 15, 1999
  Astronomy Teams Find First Multi-Planet System, Other Than Our Own, Orbiting Star
  
  
• PR 99-023 - April 15, 1999
  National Science Board Honors Maxine Frank Singer with Vannevar Bush Award
  
  
• PR 99-022 - April 9, 1999
  Stanford Chemical Engineer Chaitan Khosla Receives Alan T. Waterman Award From NSF
  
  
• PR 99-021 - April 9, 1999
  Nuclear Submarine Puts to Sea to Serve Science
  
  
• PR 99-020 - April 1, 1999
  First Estimates Developed of Lightning-Associated "Sprites"
  
  
• PR 99-019 - March 26, 1999
  NSF to Provide $21 Million for Computer Science, Engineering and Math Scholarships
  
  
• PR 99-018 - March 18, 1999
  MIT Researchers Propose New Model for Convective Circulation Within Earth's Mantle
  
  
• PR 99-017 - March 15, 1999
  Researchers Uncover 3-D Structure of Virus Replication Technique
  
  
• PR 99-016 - March 15, 1999
  U.S. Inventors "Patently" Productive--At Home, and Around the World
  
  
• PR 99-015 - March 15, 1999
  NSF Funds New High-Speed Network Connections
  
  
• PR 99-014 - March 4, 1999
  NSF-Funded Researcher Plucks Four Unknown Fish Species From Antarctic Waters
  
  
• PR 99-013 - February 23, 1999
  NSF to Establish "Cybersystem" for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
  
  
• PR 99-012 - February 18, 1999
  Graduate Science, Math, Engineering & Technology Students Can Become K-12 Teaching Fellows
  
  
• PR 99-011 - February 18, 1999
  Molecular Control Mechanism of Embryonic Development Unraveled
  
  
• PR 99-010 - February 17, 1999
  Ancient Volcanic Cataclysms Discovered in the Indian Ocean
  
  
• PR 99-009 - February 16, 1999
  Navy Flies Last Antarctic Mission
  
  
• PR 99-008 - February 10, 1999
  NSF-Supported New Scientists and Engineers Receive Presidential Award
  
  
• PR 99-007 - February 11, 1999
  Video and Data Links Provide "Seal's Eye View" of the World
  
  
• PR 99-006 - January 29, 1999
  Scientists to Kick Off Major Field Experiment on Role of Aerosols in Climate Change
  
  
• PR 99-005 - February 1, 1999
  President Asks Almost $4 Billion for NSF's Fiscal Year 2000 Budget
  
  
• PR 99-004 - January 25, 1999
  NSF's Highest Honor for New Faculty Fosters Integration of Research and Education
  
  
• PR 99-003 - January 21, 1999
  Rare Fossil Shows Theropod Dinosaurs Are Fast, Dangerous 'Turbocharged' Reptiles
  
  
• PR 99-002 - January 21, 1999
  Women, Minorites Make Huge S&E Education Gains, But Are Still Underrepresented Overall
  
  
• PR 99-001 - January 7, 1999
  Serendipity: Cell Structure Study Uncovers Taxol's Secrets
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 1998

• PR 98-75 - November 18, 1998
  Scientist Finds Asteroid Fossil That May Have Caused Global Dinosaur Extinction
  
  
• PR 98-7 - February 6, 1998
  New Dinosaur Finds in Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture of Past Ecosystem
  
  
• PR 98-7 - February 6, 1998
  New Dinosaur Finds in Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture of Past Ecosystem
  
  
• PR 98-27 - May 14, 1998
  Remarkable Skull of Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed on Madagascar
  
  
• PR 98-27 - May 14, 1998
  Remarkable Skull of Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed on Madagascar
  
  
• PR 98-089 - December 18, 1998
  NSF-Funded Research Heads Science Magazines Top Ten Advances of 1998
  
  
• PR 98-088 - December 18, 1998
  NSF Telescope Sheds Light on Fate of Universe
  
  
• PR 98-087 - December 15, 1998
  New Climate System Model Shows Earth's Surface Temperature Rising
  
  
• PR 98-086 - December 11, 1998
  Scientists Study 100-Million-Year-Old Volcanism in the Indian Ocean
  
  
• PR 98-085 - December 10, 1998
  NSF Awards Career Development Grants to Women
  
  
• PR 98-084 - December 8, 1998
  National Science Medalists Named
  
  
• PR 98-083 - December 7, 1998
  NSF Awards Drive Comprehensive Reform of Undergraduate Education
  
  
• PR 98-081 - December 1, 1998
  More Foreign-Born S&E Doctoral Recipients Stay, Because the United States Is "Where the Jobs Are"
  
  
• PR 98-080 - December 3, 1998
  Scientists Describe Structure of an Enzyme That Uses Iron to Make Hydrogen
  
  
• PR 98-079 - November 20, 1998
  High School Students Discover Distant Asteroid Using NSF Telescope and Education Program
  
  
• PR 98-078 - November 20, 1998
  Ancient Antarctic Environment Rocked by Volcanic Eruptions
  
  
• PR 98-077 - November 20, 1998
  NSF Funds Advanced Internet Research Projects
  
  
• PR 98-076 - November 19, 1998
  NSF, Lucent Technologies Honor Researchers Who Encourage Businesses to "Go Green"
  
  
• PR 98-074 - November 6, 1998
  Research Aircraft Fly Below Once-in-a-Century Leonid Meteor Storm
  
  
• PR 98-073 - November 2, 1998
  NSF Invests $10 Million in New Engineering Research Centers
  
  
• PR 98-072 - October 28, 1998
  New Instrument "Lending Library" Will Help Researchers See What's Shaking
  
  
• PR 98-071 - October 29, 1998
  NSF Awards Minority Graduate Education Grants
  
  
• PR 98-070 - October 29, 1998
  Scientists Propose Layered Model of Earth's Inner Core
  
  
• PR 98-069 - October 22, 1998
  El Niño and Climate More Predictable Than Previously Thought
  
  
• PR 98-068 - October 14, 1998
  SHEBA Breaks Free of Arctic's Icy Embrace
  
  
• PR 98-067 - October 13, 1998
  NSF Teams With DOE to Fund Environmental Molecular Science Institutes
  
  
• PR 98-066 - October 7, 1998
  Major Plant Genome Research Project Grants Renewed
  
  
• PR 98-065 - October 7, 1998
  Summer Ends, Summer Begins as NSF Sends Teachers to the Poles
  
  
• PR 98-064 - October 6, 1998
  NSF: Most Science and Engineering Degree Holders Employed in Non-S&E Occupations
  
  
• PR 98-063 - October 7, 1998
  1998-99 Antarctic Research Season Highlights
  
  
• PR 98-062 - October 5, 1998
  NSF Approves Multi-Million-Dollar Awards for Texas and Navajo Rural Schools
  
  
• PR 98-061 - September 29, 1998
  NSF Awards Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence Grants
  
  
• PR 98-060 - September 30, 1998
  NSF Awards Grants for Integrative Innovation in Graduate Education
  
  
• PR 98-059 - September 25, 1998
  Researcher Uses "Doppler on Wheels" to Stare Hurricane Georges in the Eye
  
  
• PR 98-058 - September 25, 1998
  Cosmic Flasher Reveals All
  
  
• PR 98-057 - September 28, 1998
  Upcoming 'Century of Biology' Given Head Start by NSF Plant Genome Research Program Grants
  
  
• PR 98-056 - September 24, 1998
  Nearshore Observatory Leads to Long-Term Meteorological and Oceanographic Studies
  
  
• PR 98-055 - September 24, 1998
  Scientists 'Plug into' Power and Communications Outlet on the Seafloor
  
  
• PR 98-054 - September 23, 1998
  Awards Cite Undergraduate College Plans to Integrate Research and Education
  
  
• PR 98-053 - September 21, 1998
  NSF Awards Extend Global Connectivity Through High Performance Network Connections to the Asia Pacific Rim and Russia
  
  
• PR 98-052 - September 18, 1998
  Vice President Gore Announces High Performance Award to University of New Hampshire
  
  
• PR 98-049 - September 10, 1998
  Presidential Awards Honor Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
  
  
• PR 98-048 - September 9, 1998
  Engineers Designing Smart Buildings to React to Shakes and Quakes
  
  
• PR 98-047 - September 7, 1998
  'Supermassive' Black Hole Found in the Center of Our Galaxy
  
  
• PR 98-046 - September 4, 1998
  Glowing Cyanobacteria Gives Researchers New Clues to Circadian Rhythms
  
  
• PR 98-045 - August 21, 1998
  Into the Blaze: Scientists Fly Above Raging Wildfires
  
  
• PR 98-044 - August 14, 1998
  "Winfly" Heralds Beginning of Antarctic Research Season
  
  
• PR 98-043 - August 13, 1998
  Chemical Reaction Believed to Support Underground Microbes is Now Unlikely
  
  
• PR 98-042 - August 6, 1998
  National Science Foundation Is Taking Small Business Into a New Phase of Innovation
  
  
• PR 98-041 - August 4, 1998
  Massive Ocean Current May Provide Clues to Global Warming
  
  
• PR 98-040 - July 31, 1998
  NSB Urges Response to Poor Achievement in Math & Science Education
  
  
• PR 98-039 - July 30, 1998
  New Long-Term Ecological Research Site Funded for Plum Island Sound Ecosystems Study
  
  
• PR 98-038 - July 30, 1998
  Computer Interface to Help Deaf-Blind Community
  
  
• PR 98-037 - July 6, 1998
  "Scifish" Technology to Protect Alaska's Fisheries and Promote Sustainable Use
  
  
• PR 98-036 - July 1, 1998
  Science and Engineering Indicators '98 Survey Shows Americans' Interest in Science Grows
  
  
• PR 98-035 - July 1, 1998
  Growth of Information Technology Is Changing the Face of the Economy
  
  
• PR 98-034 - July 1, 1998
  Upswing in Industrial R&D Creating Positive Economic Benefits
  
  
• PR 98-033 - June 25, 1998
  Biomaterials Are Transforming Medicine
  
  
• PR 98-032 - June 1, 1998
  NSB Hearing Highlights Importance of Informal Education in Improving Science Literacy
  
  
• PR 98-031 - May 21, 1998
  Automatic Observatories Watch Upper Atmosphere From Antarctica
  
  
• PR 98-029 - May 21, 1998
  New, Surprising Picture Emerges of Sub-Seafloor Magma Formation
  
  
• PR 98-028 - May 12, 1998
  Panel Reports on State of U.S. Mathematics
  
  
• PR 98-026 - May 7, 1998
  NSB Approves Multimillion-Dollar Awards for Atlanta and Jacksonville Public Schools
  
  
• PR 98-025 - April 30, 1998
  Bison Grazing Increases Biodiversity in Grasslands
  
  
• PR 98-024 - April 24, 1998
  Global Seismic Network Now Extends to the Deep Oceans
  
  
• PR 98-023 - April 22, 1998
  Infant Dependency Drives Menopause, NSF-Supported Researcher Reports
  
  
• PR 98-022 - April 22, 1998
  Scientists Find Further Global Warming Evidence in Temperature Reconstruction Study
  
  
• PR 98-021 - April 9, 1998
  Training Center's Opening Highlights Technological Workforce Needs
  
  
• PR 98-020 - April 7, 1998
  Shuttle Mission's "Neurolab" to Study Nervous System
  
  
• PR 98-019 - March 25, 1998
  Jane Goodall, PBS' NOVA Program, to Receive Public Service Award
  
  
• PR 98-018 - March 18, 1998
  New Pact Protects Radio Astronomy Frequency From Interference
  
  
• PR 98-017 - March 16, 1998
  NSF and NSI End Internet Intellectual Infrastructure Fund Portion of Domain Name Registration Fees
  
  
• PR 98-016 - March 20, 1998
  New Sickle-Clawed Fossil From Madagascar Links Birds and Dinosaurs
  
  
• PR 98-014 - February 27, 1998
  NSB Offers Recommendations on Future of Federal Role in Graduate Education
  
  
• PR 98-013 - February 26, 1998
  NSF Approves 29 New Connections to High-Performance Computer Network
  
  
• PR 98-012 - February 18, 1998
  U.S. Navy to Depart U.S. Antarctic Program after 42 Years
  
  
• PR 98-011 - February 17, 1998
  Why Is Antarctica So Cold? Scientists Pursue History of Antarctic Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 98-010 - February 17, 1998
  Scientists Seek First Glimpse of Solar Features During February 26 Solar Eclipse
  
  
• PR 98-009 - February 11, 1998
  In Search of Bad Weather: Scientists Study Lake-Effect Winter Storms
  
  
• PR 98-008 - February 11, 1998
  Evidence Found for Molten Rock Two Thousand Miles Beneath Earth's Surface
  
  
• PR 98-006 - January 28, 1998
  Newly Declassified Submarine Data Will Help Study of Arctic Ice
  
  
• PR 98-005 - January 28, 1998
  Japan Catching U.S. in Some Scientific and Technological Indicators
  
  
• PR 98-004 - January 22, 1998
  President Clinton Honors Nations' Outstanding Mathematics and Science Teachers
  
  
• PR 98-003 - January 21, 1998
  NSF Agreement Will Help Researchers Make the Most of High Performance Network
  
  
• PR 98-002 - January 20, 1998
  NSF Selects New York University to Operate Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems
  
  
• PR 98-001 - January 5, 1998
  Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research and Education
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 1997

• PR 97-077 - December 16, 1997
  President Clinton Honors Recipients of the Nation's Highest Science and Technology Awards
  
  
• PR 97-076 - December 15, 1997
  NSF Distinguished Lecturer Warns Higher Ed Must Adapt to World Forces of Change
  
  
• PR 97-075 - December 9, 1997
  Biogenic Emissions Higher than Expected over African Savanna
  
  
• PR 97-074 - December 10, 1997
  Sediment Study 'Good News' for Quake-Prone Southern California
  
  
• PR 97-073 - December 4, 1997
  Science Board Calls for Systematic R&D Priority-Setting
  
  
• PR 97-072 - December 4, 1997
  School Teachers to Train in Energy Labs
  
  
• PR 97-071 - December 3, 1997
  Strange South American Fossil Mammals Found in Madagascar and India
  
  
• PR 97-070 - November 27, 1997
  Biological Clocks No Longer Found Only in the Brain
  
  
• PR 97-069 - November 24, 1997
  Global Climate Change Recorded in Antarctic Marine Fossils
  
  
• PR 97-068 - November 5, 1997
  1997-98 Antarctic Research Season Underway
  
  
• PR 97-067 - October 30, 1997
  Plant Growth Surges After Global Temperature Spikes, Scientists Report
  
  
• PR 97-066 - October 24, 1997
  Scientists Conduct First Large-Scale Study of Lake Superior
  
  
• PR 97-065 - October 24, 1997
  Twenty NSF-Supported Young Scientists and Engineers Receive Presidential Award
  
  
• PR 97-064 - October 22, 1997
  NSF Effort to Increase Access to the Web by People With Disabilities
  
  
• PR 97-063 - October 19, 1997
  NSF Funds First Long-Term Studies of Urban Ecology
  
  
• PR 97-062 - October 10, 1997
  The Sunspots Are Coming
  
  
• PR 97-061 - October 10, 1997
  Limits of Life on Earth: Are They the Key to Life on Other Planets?
  
  
• PR 97-060 - October 9, 1997
  NSF, Lucent Technologies Award Grants to Foster Industrial Ecology
  
  
• PR 97-059 - October 7, 1997
  NSF Funds Earthquake Research Centers in Calfornia, Illinois and New York
  
  
• PR 97-058 - October 2, 1997
  NSF Awards 28 Grants for Learning and Intelligent Systems
  
  
• PR 97-057 - September 17, 1997
  Ships Depart to Launch Ice Station SHEBA in the Arctic Ocean
  
  
• PR 97-056 - September 17, 1997
  NSF Grant Will Spur Collaboration for Internet Tools, Information and Protocols
  
  
• PR 97-055 - September 15, 1997
  Immigrant Study Provides New Insights
  
  
• PR 97-054 - September 11, 1997
  Presidential Awards Honor Mentoring Efforts of 19 Individuals and Institutions
  
  
• PR 97-053 - September 17, 1997
  Radio Observations Provide New Clues to Nature of Gamma Ray Fireball
  
  
• PR 97-052 - September 9, 1997
  Pioneering Team Spending Winter Atop Greenland Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 97-051 - August 18, 1997
  NSF Awards Recognize Comprehensive Reform of Undergraduate Education
  
  
• PR 97-050 - July 17, 1997
  New Studies of Martian Meteorite Launched
  
  
• PR 97-049 - July 10, 1997
  Radio Telescopes in the New Movie "Contact" Dish Up Real Science
  
  
• PR 97-048 - July 2, 1997
  New "Child Indicators" Report Offers Data to Track Children's Well-Being
  
  
• PR 97-047 - June 25, 1997
  Breakthrough Research on Ocean Algae Could Lead to Freeze- and Drought-Resistant Crops
  
  
• PR 97-046 - June 24, 1997
  Internet Moves Toward Privatization
  
  
• PR 97-045 - June 18, 1997
  Researcher Closing in on Birth Control Pill for Men
  
  
• PR 97-044 - June 11, 1997
  Presidential Awards Recognize the World's Best Teaching
  
  
• PR 97-043 - June 10, 1997
  Solid Curriculum and Strong Teaching Outweigh Negatives in Math and Science Learning
  
  
• PR 97-042 - June 4, 1997
  Reactions Following Disasters Don't Fit Stereotypes
  
  
• PR 97-041 - May 28, 1997
  Seismic Mystery Remains in Australia
  
  
• PR 97-040 - May 22, 1997
  Biochemists Advance Knowledge of Transport Through Membranes
  
  
• PR 97-039 - May 20, 1997
  NSF Approves New Connections to High-Speed Computer Network
  
  
• PR 97-038 - May 19, 1997
  U.S. Still Plagued by Low Rates of Disaster Insurance Coverage
  
  
• PR 97-037 - May 15, 1997
  Very Large Array Detects Radio Emission from Gamma-Ray Burst
  
  
• PR 97-036 - May 14, 1997
  Value of the World's Ecosystem Services
  
  
• PR 97-035 - May 15, 1997
  First Circadian Clock Gene Identified and Cloned in Mammals
  
  
• PR 97-033 - May 1, 1997
  U.S. Antarctic Worker Dies
  
  
• PR 97-032 - April 30, 1997
  NSF Recognizes 1997 National Medal of Science Winners
  
  
• PR 97-031 - April 30, 1997
  Study of "Mirror Image" Molecule Supports New Approach for Drug Design
  
  
• PR 97-030 - April 24, 1997
  Urban School Superintendents Form Coalition to Share Innovations and Tackle Obstacles
  
  
• PR 97-029 - April 14, 1997
  Evolution of Fish Antifreeze Gene Sheds Light on Climate History
  
  
• PR 97-028 - April 8, 1997
  NSF to Adopt New Merit Review Criteria
  
  
• PR 97-027 - March 28, 1997
  NSF Announces New Computer Partnerships
  
  
• PR 97-026 - March 27, 1997
  A Safer Way to Monitor Volcanoes? World's Scientists Finding an Answer
  
  
• PR 97-025 - March 27, 1997
  Natural Selection Study Shows Animals Can Adapt Dramatically Fast
  
  
• PR 97-024 - March 26, 1997
  Pulitzer-Prize Winning Biologist to Share Expertise, Teaching Techniques on CD-ROM
  
  
• PR 97-023 - March 24, 1997
  Solution Found to Long-Standing Inconsistencies in Data Analysis
  
  
• PR 97-022 - March 17, 1997
  GovNews Project Takes Democracy Into Cyberspace
  
  
• PR 97-021 - March 19, 1997
  Environments on Other Planets and Earth One and the Same?
  
  
• PR 97-020 - March 12, 1997
  When Satellites Mislead: Scientists Prescribe Caution
  
  
• PR 97-019 - March 11, 1997
  First Evidence That Ozone Hole Harms Antarctic Fish
  
  
• PR 97-018 - March 4, 1997
  NSF Posthumously Honors Carl Sagan
  
  
• PR 97-017 - February 26, 1997
  Feature: "Baked Alaska" Mud Volcano Discovered in North Atlantic
  
  
• PR 97-015 - February 16, 1997
  New Findings More Dramatic Than Television
  
  
• PR 97-014 - February 18, 1997
  Can Computers Communicate Like People Do?
  
  
• PR 97-013 - February 13, 1997
  Science Takes Center Stage: Oscar Recognizes NSF-Supported Films
  
  
• PR 97-012 - February 13, 1997
  Making the 'Multimedia Future' a Reality: NSF Center Links Hollywood With Silicon Valley
  
  
• PR 97-011 - February 11, 1997
  Seminar to Spotlight Student-Scientist Collaboration
  
  
• PR 97-010 - February 11, 1997
  NSF Rewards Universities Which Link Discovery and Education
  
  
• PR 97-009 - February 10, 1997
  World's Most Innovative GPS Network to Monitor Southern California's Earthquake Faults
  
  
• PR 97-007 - February 6, 1997
  President Requests $3.4 Billion for NSF in FY 1998
  
  
• PR 97-006 - February 5, 1997
  Scientists Correct Microscope "Vision Problem"
  
  
• PR 97-005 - January 31, 1997
  Major Changes in Mineral Chemistry and Properties at High Pressure Seen
  
  
• PR 97-004 - January 28, 1997
  A Journey Into the Jungles of Borneo: CD-ROM Engages Children With 'Real Science'
  
  
• PR 97-003 - January 15, 1997
  Scientists Probe Connections Between Coast-to-Coast and Atlantic Ocean Winter Storms
  
  
• PR 97-002 - January 14, 1997
  Capital Punishment Decisions Hinge on Jurors Who May Not Understand Their Task
  
  
• PR 97-001 - January 3, 1997
  False Identification: New Research Seeks to Inoculate Eyewitnesses Against Errors
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 1996

• PR 96-75 - November 21, 1996
  Impact of Meteorite, Drop in Sea Level Caused Mass Extinctions 65 Million Years Ago
  
  
• PR 96-088 - December 19, 1996
  Disease Resistance Mechanism Identified in Plants
  
  
• PR 96-087 - December 19, 1996
  Robots, Virtual Reality & Other 'Smart' Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
  
  
• PR 96-086 - December 18, 1996
  Scientists Discover Smallest Frog
  
  
• PR 96-085 - December 16, 1996
  Twenty NSF-Nominated Scientists and Engineers Receive Top Presidential Honor
  
  
• PR 96-084 - December 17, 1996
  Northridge Earthquake Hasn't Stopped; Hills Have Risen
  
  
• PR 96-082 - December 12, 1996
  Scientists Uncover Link Between Tropical and North Atlantic Climate Change
  
  
• PR 96-081 - December 10, 1996
  Diversity in Science & Engineering: Progress and Problems
  
  
• PR 96-080 - December 5, 1996
  Western Europe Keeps Competitive Pressure on U.S. for Science and Engineering Investment
  
  
• PR 96-079 - December 5, 1996
  International Research Team Discovers Unsuspected Molten Layer in Himalayan Crust
  
  
• PR 96-078 - December 5, 1996
  No Such Luck: Nitrogen from Air Pollution Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming
  
  
• PR 96-077 - December 3, 1996
  NSF Fastlane Features Simultaneous Innovation and Experimentation
  
  
• PR 96-076 - December 3, 1996
  NSF Fastlane Wins Nationwide Award for Best Use of Internet Technologies
  
  
• PR 96-073 - November 21, 1996
  Faculty Early Career Development Grants Drive Both Research and Education
  
  
• PR 96-072 - November 20, 1996
  Interactive Math Makes for Active Learning in Philadelphia
  
  
• PR 96-070 - November 7, 1996
  New Awards for Optical Science and Engineering Span Many Disciplines
  
  
• PR 96-069 - November 7, 1996
  Teachers Trade Classroom Routine for Antarctic Adventure
  
  
• PR 96-068 - October 31, 1996
  Antarctic Science Season Gears Up with Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
  
  
• PR 96-067 - October 30, 1996
  New Technology to Help Measurement and Study of Earthquakes
  
  
• PR 96-066 - October 30, 1996
  Fertilization Protein Structure to Aid in Leukemia Treatment
  
  
• PR 96-065 - October 25, 1996
  Need for Speed: NSF Pursues Petaflop Computers
  
  
• PR 96-064 - October 28, 1996
  Federal Support Declines for University R&D Facilities
  
  
• PR 96-063 - October 23, 1996
  The Swallowing of Earth's Ocean Floors
  
  
• PR 96-062 - October 22, 1996
  NSF Slated to Invest $50 Million in SBIR Program in 1997: Success Stories Demonstrate Pay Off
  
  
• PR 96-061 - October 18, 1996
  Six-Year Drilling Project to Uncover One Million Years of Earth History
  
  
• PR 96-060 - October 18, 1996
  Bennett Bertenthal Will Lead NSF Directorate
  
  
• PR 96-059 - October 14, 1996
  Lacking a Clear Focus, U.S. Science and Mathematics Courses Cover Many Subjects but Provide Little Depth
  
  
• PR 96-058 - October 10, 1996
  NSF Invests $105 Million in New Materials Research Centers
  
  
• PR 96-057 - October 10, 1996
  Grants Will Support 'Basic Research' in Educational Technology
  
  
• PR 96-056 - October 7, 1996
  Green Glow: Not Only for Halloween
  
  
• PR 96-055 - October 9, 1996
  Iron 'Fertilization' Causes Plankton Bloom
  
  
• PR 96-054 - October 3, 1996
  Scientists Witness Creation of New Hydrothermal Vents on Seafloor
  
  
• PR 96-053 - October 3, 1996
  Experiment Proves New Weather-Data Collecting Technique
  
  
• PR 96-052 - October 1, 1996
  Model of Earth's Interior Predicts Size and Shape of Tectonic Plates
  
  
• PR 96-051 - September 26, 1996
  Global Neighborhood Watch
  
  
• PR 96-050 - September 25, 1996
  Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
  
  
• PR 96-049 - September 23, 1996
  NSF Names New Engineering Acting Head
  
  
• PR 96-048 - September 16, 1996
  NSF Names New Administration Head
  
  
• PR 96-047 - September 5, 1996
  Juris Hartmanis to Lead NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
  
  
• PR 96-046 - September 3, 1996
  Ocean Sediments Contain Record of Past Vegitation Fires in Africa
  
  
• PR 96-045 - August 15, 1996
  The Next Generation Internet: Another Step in the Successful Transition to the Commercial Internet
  
  
• PR 96-044 - August 15, 1996
  The Next Generation Internet: NSF Announces Awards for New High Performance Connections
  
  
• PR 96-043 - August 9, 1996
  Teachers Capture the Excitement of Martian Meteorite with Science 'Toolkit'
  
  
• PR 96-042 - August 9, 1996
  Basic College Science Courses 'Filter Out' Most Students
  
  
• PR 96-041 - August 22, 1996
  High-Tech Radar Sees Through Colorado 'Weather Tricks'
  
  
• PR 96-040 - August 6, 1996
  NSF Awards $16.8 Million to Study Human Dimensions of Global Change
  
  
• PR 96-039 - August 5, 1996
  Scientists Study Undersea Volcano During Earthquake 'Swarm'
  
  
• PR 96-038 - July 17, 1996
  Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
  
  
• PR 96-037 - July 10, 1996
  Rainfall Enhancement Technique Tested In Drought-Ridden Mexico
  
  
• PR 96-036 - June 20, 1996
  NSF Scientist's Computer Model Links Fire and the Atmosphere
  
  
• PR 96-035 - June 17, 1996
  Partnership Conference Seeks to Shape New Relationships in Education Reform
  
  
• PR 96-034 - June 12, 1996
  NSF Ship Delivers Emergency Provisions to Russian Antarctic Base
  
  
• PR 96-033 - June 5, 1996
  NSB Approves Multimillion Dollar Award for San Diego's System-Wide Education Reform
  
  
• PR 96-032 - June 5, 1996
  NSB Approves Multimillion Dollar Award for Milwaukee's System-Wide Education Reform
  
  
• PR 96-030 - June 3, 1996
  NSF Funds International Protein Data Bank
  
  
• PR 96-029 - May 30, 1996
  First Results From Global Array That Eavesdrops on Sounds of the Sun
  
  
• PR 96-028 - May 28, 1996
  Scientists Discover New Class of Genes
  
  
• PR 96-027 - May 24, 1996
  NSF Wins Appeal to Maintain Confidentiality of its Proposal Reviewers
  
  
• PR 96-026 - May 23, 1996
  NSF Will Invest $48 Million to Spark Four New Engineering Research Centers
  
  
• PR 96-025 - May 23, 1996
  Americans Lead the World in Computer Use, but Have Little Understanding of Science, Says New Report
  
  
• PR 96-024 - May 22, 1996
  Planes, Mobile Radars Analyze Chemistry of Thunderstorms
  
  
• PR 96-023 - May 22, 1996
  Tornado Season Strikes!
  
  
• PR 96-022 - May 20, 1996
  Major Shifts in World Economy Confront U.S. Status as Industrial Leader, Says New S&E Indicators Report
  
  
• PR 96-021 - May 20, 1996
  National Science Board Elects New Leaders
  
  
• PR 96-020 - May 8, 1996
  Scientists to Present Results of 'Solar Storm' Research; Massive Events Disrupt Power, Cause Aurora Displays
  
  
• PR 96-019 - May 3, 1996
  Never the Same Song Twice From Songbird
  
  
• PR 96-018 - April 25, 1996
  $10 Million Research Center Aims to Advance Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing
  
  
• PR 96-017 - April 30, 1996
  Research Group Cultivating Family Tree of Plant Life
  
  
• PR 96-015 - April 25, 1996
  Progress in Math and Science Performance Prompts "Cautious Optimism" at NSF
  
  
• PR 96-014 - April 16, 1996
  New Report Links Emerging Technologies to the Biosciences
  
  
• PR 96-013 - April 1, 1996
  NSF Names Cooperative Research Centers for Arizona, Illinois and Ohio
  
  
• PR 96-012 - March 28, 1996
  Discovery Explains How Deep-Earth Rocks Reach Surface
  
  
• PR 96-011 - March 21, 1996
  Light Sets the Molecular Controls of Circadian Rhythm
  
  
• PR 96-010 - March 19, 1996
  NSF FY 1997 Budget Request Totals $3.3 Billion
  
  
• PR 96-009 - March 14, 1996
  Scientists Report Surprising New Results from Caribbean Sea Expedition
  
  
• PR 96-008 - March 14, 1996
  Traffic Jams on the Internet
  
  
• PR 96-007 - February 23, 1996
  National Science Board Approves Renewed Support for Magnetic Field Laboratory in Florida
  
  
• PR 96-006 - February 8, 1996
  "Laser Tweezer" Technique Measures DNA Mechanics
  
  
• PR 96-005 - February 6, 1996
  Career Grants Integrate Teaching and Research
  
  
• PR 96-004 - January 26, 1996
  NSF Supports PBS "Breakthrough" Series
  
  
• PR 96-003 - January 24, 1996
  $12.1 Million Award Will Create National Consortium for Research on Violence
  
  
• PR 96-002 - January 19, 1996
  NSF Tackles Shutdown Backlog as More Uncertainty Looms
  
  
• PR 96-001 - January 5, 1996
  Government Shutdown Impact on Science Grows More Serious
  
  
• PR 95-083 - December 15, 1996
  Researchers Sift Evidence Concerning Plate Boundary
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 1995

• PR 96-031 - June 5, 1995
  NSB Approves Multimillion Dollar Award for St. Louis' System-Wide Education Reform
  
  
• PR 95-82 - December 14, 1995
  No-Wilt Flowers -- and No-Spoil Veggies?
  
  
• PR 95-81 - December 7, 1995
  When the San Andreas Fault Moves: Predicting the Effects of a 7.75 Earthquake in the L.A. Basin
  
  
• PR 95-80 - November 29, 1995
  Signals from Microsatellite GPS/MET Give Access to Wealth of New Information
  
  
• PR 95-78 - November 2, 1995
  Current Antarctic Research Targets the Sun, Melting Ice and Dinosaurs
  
  
• PR 95-77 - October 31, 1995
  Antarctic Fish Fossils Fuel Asteroid Impact Debate
  
  
• PR 95-76 - November 2, 1995
  Circadian Rhythm Set by Pairing of Two Proteins
  
  
• PR 95-74 - October 31, 1995
  NSF Scientists to Study Airborne Particles That May Be Cooling Earth
  
  
• PR 95-73 - October 24, 1995
  Buried in Romania: Forever-Dark Cave Crawling With Life
  
  
• PR 95-72 - October 17, 1995
  Researchers Seek Basic Knowledge to Support Conservation and Restoration
  
  
• PR 95-71 - October 12, 1995
  NSF Study Yields Insights into Impact of Expert Testimony
  
  
• PR 95-70 - October 11, 1995
  Scientists Find "Master Switch" That Initiates Flowering
  
  
• PR 95-69 - October 10, 1995
  People Who Drive on Glass Bridges...
  
  
• PR 95-67 - October 5, 1995
  GONG: New Global Network Poised to Probe Inside the Sun
  
  
• PR 95-66 - October 2, 1995
  New Research Center to Improve Environmental Decision-Making
  
  
• PR 95-65 - October 2, 1995
  Plasma Progress Presents Possibilities for Pummeling Pollution
  
  
• PR 95-64 - October 2, 1995
  New Findings on a Key Player in Winter Climate
  
  
• PR 95-63 - September 22, 1995
  Underground Explosions Shed New Light on the Inner Earth
  
  
• PR 95-61 - September 14, 1995
  The Internet Grows Up
  
  
• PR 95-60 - September 14, 1995
  New Foundation to Support Research Collaborations between U.S. and States of Former Soviet Union
  
  
• PR 95-59 - September 8, 1995
  NSF Awards $9 Million under Human Capital Initiative
  
  
• PR 95-58 - September 7, 1995
  Hurricanes Past, Present, and Future: New Perspectives
  
  
• PR 95-56 - August 16, 1995
  Kenyan Fossils Point to New Species of Human Ancestor
  
  
• PR 95-55 - August 14, 1995
  New Undergraduate Science Education Awards Aim Reform Institution-Wide
  
  
• PR 95-54 - August 14, 1995
  Review to Explore How Current Innovations Can Reinforce Undergraduate Science Education
  
  
• PR 95-52 - August 17, 1995
  Primary Events in Photosynthesis Revealed
  
  
• PR 95-51 - August 10, 1995
  Early Events Revealed in the Fertilization of an Egg by a Sperm
  
  
• PR 95-50 - July 24, 1995
  New Report Says Several Asian Nations Closing the High-Tech Gap
  
  
• PR 95-49 - July 18, 1995
  Outstanding Science Students Awarded NSF Minority Graduate Fellowships
  
  
• PR 95-48 - July 18, 1995
  High-Ability College Students Offered NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
  
  
• PR 95-47 - July 7, 1995
  One of Earth's Great Crustal Plates Cracking in Two
  
  
• PR 95-46 - June 29, 1995
  NSF Grants Serve as Catalyst for Undergraduate Chemistry Reform
  
  
• PR 95-45 - June 29, 1995
  Arctic Ocean Provides Clues to Global Climate and Environmental Changes
  
  
• PR 95-44 - June 29, 1995
  Geophysicists Explore Interior of Mars -- from Earth
  
  
• PR 95-43 - June 28, 1995
  Unconventional Environments Harbor Bacteria with "Extremozymes"
  
  
• PR 95-062 - October 23, 1995
  Advanced Research Awards Increase Visibility of Active Women Scientists
  
  

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