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Monday, October 29, 2018

Predicting Seasonal Weather

Predicting Seasonal Weather Large-scale weather patterns play a large role in controlling seasonal weather. Knowing the conditions of these atmospheric oscillations in advance would greatly improve long-range weather predictions.

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Published October 29, 2018 at 04:15PM
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Socially assistive robots for children on the autism spectrum

Adrian with Kiwi Study to advance in-home robots that adapt to the individual needs of children with autism

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Published October 29, 2018 at 04:00AM
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

NSF announces new awards for research to better understand Earth’s biodiversity

Carla Atkinson studies the evolutionary ecology of freshwater mussels.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing over $18 million in 10 new projects to research processes in nature and their complex interactions with climate, land use and invasive species at local, regional and continental scales. The awards are funded through NSF's Dimensions of Biodiversity program in the agency's environmental biology division.

Despite centuries of discovery, most of our planet's biodiversity remains unknown. The scale of the unknown diversity on Earth is ...

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Published October 25, 2018 at 04:17PM
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Contractual employee dies at NSF's Palmer Station, Antarctica

Palmer Station, Antarctica in February of 2015.

An employee for a subcontractor to the National Science Foundation's Antarctic logistics contractor has died of natural causes at Palmer Station, Antarctica. The death occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. Chile Summer Time (CLST) on Tuesday, Oct. 23.

The employee's next of kin have been notified. NSF is not releasing any medical or personal information on the deceased.

The U.S. Embassy in Chile has been informed of the situation. Palmer Station is on the Antarctic Peninsula, ...

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Published October 24, 2018 at 07:00PM
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NSF announces $78.2 million to support frontiers of cybersecurity, privacy research

Students work together with computers

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program announces new support for a diverse, ...

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Published October 24, 2018 at 05:00PM
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Atmospheric scientists begin field campaign to study extreme thunderstorms in Argentina

Researchers with RELAMPAGO-CACTI will track severe thunderstorms in South America's Pampas.

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As residents of the U.S. Midwest know, spring in the Great Plains can bring severe weather, including hail, damaging winds, torrential rains and deadly tornadoes with catastrophic impacts.

Similarly, spring in the Pampas, a vast plains region that extends from the foothills of the Andes Mountains in ...

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Published October 24, 2018 at 10:00AM
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Monday, October 22, 2018

STEM Sante Fe: Expanding Your Horizons Conference

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Published October 22, 2018 at 02:21PM
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