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NSF-supported research in this area spans biology, mathematics, physical sciences, engineering, computer science, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for new ways to generate power that leaves a smaller carbon footprint.
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and SEB toxin.
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Researchers are asked to submit what they see as the greatest challenges facing small farmers and their families in developing nations who rely on their crops for their food and income.
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"Teams are often riddled with conflict and difficult personalities," said University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Melissa Thomas-Hunt. "How can you be more effective in contributing your ideas, in considering the perspectives of others, in making sure the relevant expertise of all the team members gets harnessed for the betterment of the team's outcomes?" she asked.
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Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop three-dimensional chip-cooling technology able to handle heat loads as much as ten times greater than systems commonly used today.
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Three Sandia National Laboratories workers were recognized for taking technology out of the labs and into the private sector.
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Blue Waters has been configured to solve the most challenging compute-, memory-, and data-intensive problems in science and engineering.
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The term "survival of the fittest" refers to natural selection in biological systems, but Darwin's theory may apply more broadly than that. New research from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory shows that this evolutionary theory also applies to technological systems.
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When blessed with a resource in overwhelming abundance it’s generally a good idea to make valuable use of that resource. Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic material on Earth.
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Roadrunner, the first supercomputer to break the once-elusive petaflop barrier—one million billion calculations per second—was decommissioned on Sunday, March 31.
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