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		A New Visualization Method Makes Research More Organized and Efficient The Action Science Explorer (ASE) helps reveal emerging trends and controversies and encourages collaborations within the research community Released  December 7, 2011
		New Forecasting Algorithm Helps Predict Hurricane Intensity and Wind Speed The Prediction Intensity Interval model for Hurricanes (PIIH) algorithm seeks to mitigate damage by the "evil god of winds and destruction" Released  December 5, 2011
		The AlloSphere Offers an Interactive Experience of Nano-sized Worlds New research opportunities emerge from instrument that immerses researchers in multi-dimensional information Released  September 6, 2011
		At the Forefront of Cyber Security Research It's all about the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) Released  August 11, 2011
		The Molecular Workbench Wins SPORE Award NSF-funded project wins award for being an outstanding online educational resource Released  August 4, 2011
		Technology May Soon Turn Thoughts Into Action NSF funds research to develop potentially life-changing technology for millions of prosthetic-dependent people Released  July 27, 2011
		Supercomputer Simulations To Help Predict Tornadoes Researchers seek to fundamentally transform understanding of spinning giants Released  June 29, 2011
		The Search Serpent: The Next Wave in Robotics Researchers are designing snake robots that can navigate a variety of terrains, surmount obstacles in their way and function in range of conditions Released  May 16, 2011
		Robots to the Rescue Researchers are exploring ways to make rescue robots less "creepy" and more user-friendly, incorporating lessons learned from studies of how humans interact with technology Released  March 11, 2011
		Three NSF-Funded Scientists Among Recipients of $3 Million Kavli Prize Among the latest winners of the Kavli Prize are three scientists who have received NSF funding over the past several years Released  November 28, 2010
		Babies Learn From Robots While Robots Learn From Babies Interdisciplinary research combines infant learning and computer science Released  November 18, 2010
		Digital Organisms Shed Light on Mystery of Altruism NSF-supported researchers use digital evolution techniques to examine theories about the evolution of altruism Released  November 15, 2010
		Electronics Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Memory Chips Rice University graduate student Jun Yao's research with silicon-oxide circuits could be a game-changer in nanoelectronics Released  October 8, 2010
		Bringing Engineering to K-12 Classrooms With NSF support, engineers from Tufts University are bringing engineering to young students. Released  September 2, 2010
		Soccer Stars Ranked Using Statistics Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a computer program that objectively measures player performance; the research method also could be used by companies to measure the performance of employees on project teams Released  July 8, 2010
		Computer Science--A Growing Field That Needs a Few (More) Good Women Women involved in computer science say more girls should consider a career in this exciting field Released  March 30, 2009
		2008: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities that made news last year Released  March 13, 2009
		A New Vision for Scientific Visualizations New technologies create a relatively easy and inexpensive way for researchers to create high-quality visualizations from large data sets Released  March 3, 2009
		Synthetic Brains Researchers study the feasibility of brains made from carbon nanotubes Released  January 27, 2009
		Pedal-Power Supercomputing Green supercomputing paves the way for sharing scientific research and collaboration Released  January 14, 2009
		Image Building New computer technology mines photo databases for missing imagery Released  December 18, 2008
		Offering New HOPE in the Balance Of Security and Civil Liberties Data analytics gives law enforcement and intelligence agencies powerful tools that still protect privacy and civil liberties Released  December 2, 2008
		Placing a Dollar Value on Services Provided by Bats Advanced imaging and information technology reveals economic and ecological impact of agricultural pest control Released  November 12, 2008
		'Gone Bats' Over Aeroecology New scientific discipline studies bats, birds and other animals in atmosphere closest to Earth's surface Released  October 28, 2008
		Using Your Computer to Grow More Nutritious Rice for a Hungry World Computational biologists use a powerful distributed computing network to research rice genome for increased yields of more nourishing rice varieties Released  October 14, 2008
		Mysteries of the Unregulated Internet Researchers develop an alert system and protocol improvements to keep Internet traffic flowing smoothly Released  September 29, 2008
		Finding the Switches to Our Cells' 'Computer' Thousands of memory switches inside our cells help them remember and function Released  September 24, 2008
		Teaching Computers How to Write Fast Software Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University develop a framework to replace the human programmer in high performance numerical library development Released  August 8, 2008
		The Man Behind Amazing Movie Simulations He may not be as famous as Johnny Depp or Jessica Alba, but Oscar-winner Ron Fedkiw creates 3-D models of liquids that have had a major impact on Hollywood and our lives Released  July 24, 2008
		Computer Program Reveals Anyone's Ancestry Researchers develop computer algorithm that can trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals in minutes Released  May 5, 2008