An Ohio State University study suggests that people aren't very good at media multitasking, but do it anyway because it makes them feel good.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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Multitasking satisfies emotionally, but not cognitively
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National Science Foundation Hosts Inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review
NSF News15 May 2012 | 3:45 pmArlington, VA -- Leaders from a two-day inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), today released a set of merit review principles and established a Global Research Council. Heads of research councils from about 50 countries participated in the summit and joined the Global Research Council.The merit review principles crafted by the summit leaders include expert assessment, transparency, impartiality, appropriateness, confidentiality, and More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124178&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF… -
Berkeley Lab Scientists Generate Electricity From Viruses
NSF News From the Field15 May 2012 | 2:00 pmBerkeley Lab scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. The scientists tested their approach by creating a generator that produces enough current to operate a small liquid-crystal display. Their generator is the first to produce electricity by harnessing the piezoelectric properties of a biological material. Full story at http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/SourceDOE/Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryThis is an NSF News From the Field item. -
ARRA Increased Federal Research and Development and R&D Plant Obligations by $19.2 Billion for FY 2009-10
NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources30 Apr 2012 | 10:57 amFunding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) increased current-dollar federal obligations for research and development and R&D plant (facilities and fixed equipment) by $10.1 billion in FY 2009 and an estimated $9.1 billion in FY 2010. ARRA funding accounted for 7.4% of the $137 billion total obligated in FY 2009 by federal agencies for R&D and R&D plant and for 6.5% of the estimated $140 billion total in FY 2010.
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Multitasking satisfies emotionally, but not cognitively
15 May 2012 | 12:05 pmAn Ohio State University study suggests that people aren't very good at media multitasking, but do it anyway because it makes them feel good.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. -
Acrobatic Robots -- Science Nation
10 May 2012 | 6:05 amAcrobatic Robots Visit Dennis Hong's lab and you'll see robots climbing walls, negotiating bumpy uneven terrain, even typing a letter. One has a human-like hand, another slithers like a snake, another has human-like legs that it used to stand up and walk, and others have spidery ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. -
Vectors -- Science of NHL Hockey
10 May 2012 | 6:05 amVectors NHL players are celebrated for their ability to pass the puck quickly and accurately as play moves from one end of the ice to the other. These pinpoint passes, requiring both magnitude and direction, are perfect examples of velocity vectors.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. -
Boosting Light Output of Green LEDs
10 May 2012 | 1:05 amResearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for manufacturing green-colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with greatly enhanced light output. The research team, led by Christian Wetzel, professor of physics and the Wellfleet Constellation Professor of Future Chips ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. -
Marine Life of California's Rocky Shores (Image 61)
10 May 2012 | 1:05 amAnother view of a Spanish dancer (Flabellina iodinea) nudibranch. The Spanish dancer is the most common and flashy of the nudibranchia. It is easy to see why it is called the Spanish dancer, as its colors remind one of flamenco dancer costumes. This species also 'dances' ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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NSF News
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National Science Foundation Hosts Inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review
15 May 2012 | 3:45 pmArlington, VA -- Leaders from a two-day inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), today released a set of merit review principles and established a Global Research Council. Heads of research councils from about 50 countries participated in the summit and joined the Global Research Council.The merit review principles crafted by the summit leaders include expert assessment, transparency, impartiality, appropriateness, confidentiality, and More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124178&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF… -
Questions About Incredible Sea Turtle Migration Answered by Scientists
14 May 2012 | 12:49 pmImmediately after emerging from their underground nests on the lush beaches of eastern Florida, loggerhead sea turtles scramble into the sea and embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire North Atlantic basin. Survivors of this epic migration eventually return to North America's coastal waters.The most comprehensive perspective to date on precisely how young loggerheads navigate their transoceanic migration was recently published in two complementary papers produced More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124190&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF… -
Revealing Nature's Mathematical Formula for Survival
13 May 2012 | 11:00 pmMathematical physics team finds geometric patterns linking structure to function in leaves Full story at http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/fluorescentfoliage.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51This is an NSF News item. -
Cubesats "Land" at National Science Foundation on Thursday, May 24th
13 May 2012 | 4:20 pmImagine a fully instrumented satellite the size of a half-gallon milk carton.Small low-cost satellite payloads, built mainly by students and hitching rides into orbit on Air Force and NASA launch vehicles, have been making recent history in successes many herald as a "space revolution."Called cubesats for the roughly four-inch-cubed dimensions of their basic building elements, each one is stacked with modern, smart-phone-like electronics and tiny scientific More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124162&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. -
Cellular Secrets of Plant Fatty Acid Production Understood
13 May 2012 | 4:14 pmA curious twist in a family of plant proteins called chalcone-isomerase recently was discovered by Salk Institute for Biological Studies scientist Joseph Noel and colleagues at Iowa State University led by Eve Wurtele.Pursuing basic scientific discovery, they found three similar proteins that could soon translate into positive results for bio-renewable fuels, commodity chemicals like plastics, food security and nutrition and biomedicine.The findings, reported May 13 in the More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124191&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
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NSF News From the Field
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Berkeley Lab Scientists Generate Electricity From Viruses
15 May 2012 | 2:00 pmBerkeley Lab scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. The scientists tested their approach by creating a generator that produces enough current to operate a small liquid-crystal display. Their generator is the first to produce electricity by harnessing the piezoelectric properties of a biological material. Full story at http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/SourceDOE/Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryThis is an NSF News From the Field item. -
Unseen Planet Revealed by Its Gravity
15 May 2012 | 1:59 pmMore than a 150 years ago, before Neptune was ever sighted in the night sky, French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier predicted the planet's existence based on small deviations in the motion of Uranus. In a paper published today in the journal Science online, a group of researchers led by Dr. David Nesvorny of Southwest Research Institute has inferred another unseen planet, this time orbiting a distant star, marking the first success of this technique outside the solar system. Full story at http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/unseen-planet.htmSourceSouthwest Research InstituteThis is an NSF… -
Portable Diagnostics Designed to be Shaken, Not Stirred
15 May 2012 | 1:59 pmA textured surface mimics a lotus leaf to move drops of liquid in particular directions. The low-cost system could be used in portable medical or environmental tests. Full story at http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/portable-diagnostics-designed-to-be-shaken-not-stirredSourceUniversity of WashingtonThis is an NSF News From the Field item. -
In Metallic Glasses, Researchers Find a Few New Atomic Structures
15 May 2012 | 1:58 pmDrawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses. Full story at http://www.news.wisc.edu/20669SourceUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonThis is an NSF News From the Field item. -
Steelhead Trout Lose Out When Water Is Low in Wine Country
15 May 2012 | 1:58 pmThe competition between farmers and fish for precious water in California is intensifying in wine country, suggests a new study by University of California, Berkeley, biologists. The study links higher death rates for threatened juvenile steelhead trout with low water levels in the summer and the acreage of vineyards upstream. Full story at http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/trout-threatened-when-water-is-low-in-wine-country/SourceUniversity of California, BerkeleyThis is an NSF News From the Field item.
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NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources
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ARRA Increased Federal Research and Development and R&D Plant Obligations by $19.2 Billion for FY 2009-10
30 Apr 2012 | 10:57 amFunding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) increased current-dollar federal obligations for research and development and R&D plant (facilities and fixed equipment) by $10.1 billion in FY 2009 and an estimated $9.1 billion in FY 2010. ARRA funding accounted for 7.4% of the $137 billion total obligated in FY 2009 by federal agencies for R&D and R&D plant and for 6.5% of the estimated $140 billion total in FY 2010. -
Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2008-10
18 Apr 2012 | 11:46 amThe annual report Federal Funds for Research and Development: FY 2008–10 consists of 127 tables derived from the Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development: FY 2008–10 and from earlier surveys in this series. These data provide data users with the most timely data possible and are not readily available from any other sources. -
ARRA Funding Raises R&D Expenditures within Federally Funded R&D Centers 11% to $16.8 Billion in FY 2010
30 Mar 2012 | 10:05 amResearch and development expenditures at the nation's 39 federally funded R&D centers (FFRDCs) rose 10.6% from FY 2009 to FY 2010 ($15.2 billion to $16.8 billion). Over $1 billion of the FY 2010 total was supplied by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This 10.6% increase is the largest one-year increase since 2002, when expenditures increased 14.5%. Data are from the National Science Foundation's FFRDC Research and Development Survey. -
Diversity in Science and Engineering Employment in Industry
29 Mar 2012 | 10:03 amIn 2008, compared with the overall science and engineering (S&E) workforce and compared with the U.S. population as a whole, women were underrepresented in the industrial S&E workforce. Whites and underrepresented minority groups were similarly represented in the industrial and the overall S&E workforce, whereas Asians' representation in the S&E industrial workforce was slightly higher than in the overall S&E workforce. -
With Help from ARRA, Universities Report $61 Billion in FY 2010 Total R&D; New Details from Redesigned Survey
28 Mar 2012 | 11:08 amUniversity spending on research and development increased 6.9% between FY 2009 and FY 2010 to $61.2 billion, according to FY 2010 data from the National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey. This increase was due in large part to the $2.7 billion in reported expenditures funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The federal government funded 61% of the $61.2 billion total.
