MIL-OSI USA: NSF announces new awards for research to better understand Earths biodiversity
Source: US Government research organizations News Release 18-098 NSF announces new awards for research to better understand Earths biodiversity Projects simultaneously explore ecological and evolutionary processes to grasp synergistic impact Carla Atkinson studies the evolutionary ecology of freshwater mussels. October 25, 2018 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing over $18 million in 10 new […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Atmospheric scientists begin field campaign to study extreme thunderstorms in Argentina
Source: US Government research organizations News Release 18-095 Atmospheric scientists begin field campaign to study extreme thunderstorms in Argentina Thunderstorms are larger, have more lightning, and may produce more hail and flooding than Northern Hemisphere counterparts Researchers with RELAMPAGO-CACTI will track severe thunderstorms in South America’s Pampas. October 24, 2018 Find related stories on NSF’s […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: NSF-funded ACM Turing awardees: Over 50 years of computing’s greatest visionaries
Source: US Government research organizations Fact Sheet NSF-funded ACM Turing awardees: Over 50 years of computing’s greatest visionaries October 19, 2018 This material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Turing […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: A New Way to Measure Nearly Nothing
Source: US Government research organizations Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of gas molecules and particles from their setups as new technologies and processes demand lower and lower pressures. For example, the vacuum chambers in which microchip manufacturers lay […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Extremely close look at electron advances frontiers in particle physics
Source: US Government research organizations News Release 18-094 Extremely close look at electron advances frontiers in particle physics Beam of molecules fired into gauntlet of lasers shows spherical electron charge Artist’s representation of an electron traveling between two lasers in an experiment. October 17, 2018 An unprecedented, close examination of the electron has opened a […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Arctic & Antarctic
Source: US Government research organizations Understanding NSF Research: Arctic & Antarctic Arctic and AntarcticAt a glance, Earth’s polar regions seem like mirror images, located some 12,000 miles apart. Both are vast, icy regions covering opposite ends of the globe. Closer examination reveals differences as well as similarities. To the south, the continent of Antarctica is […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Source: US Government research organizations Understanding NSF Research: Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy and AstrophysicsOpening windows to the universe from the ground up For more than 60 years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has significantly advanced the understanding of the universe as the federal steward for ground-based astronomy. From its first contract to build the National Radio Astronomy […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Earth & Environment
Source: US Government research organizations Understanding NSF Research: Earth & Environment Earth & Environment The “third rock from the sun”– Earth. With an orbit neither too close nor too far from the sun, Earth occupies a unique position in the solar system. It’s the only known planet with the perfect conditions for the origin, evolution […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: MML Staff Leads ASTM Standard Revision
Source: US Government research organizations MML Project Leader Enrico Lucon, from the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, led an ASTM Task Group in the development of an Annex to ASTM E1820 (Fracture Toughness Testing), which covers the use of electric potential difference (EPD) methods to monitor crack growth in fracture toughness specimens. The methods have […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job
Source: US Government research organizations In recognition of October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the NICE Workforce Management subworking group we co-lead has released a guidebook, “Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job.” This has truly been a collaborative effort by the many members of our working group and reflects the hundreds of individual comments and suggestions received during […]
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