Posts Tagged ‘national science foundation’

January 27th, 2010

Scientists return to Haiti to assess possibility of another major quake

A team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is returning to Haiti this week to investigate the cause of the January 12, magnitude 7 earthquake there.

January 27th, 2010

Green plant transport mystery solved

Contrary to prevailing wisdom, a new study from plant biologists at UC Davis shows that proteins of the Hsp70 family do indeed chaperone proteins across the membranes of chloroplasts, just as they do for other cellular structures.

December 28th, 2009

Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call “bioinspiration” in a quest to build the world’s first legged robot that is capable of running effortlessly over rough terrain.

December 17th, 2009

Marine scientists discover deepest undersea erupting volcano

Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA have recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered–West Mata Volcano–describing high-definition video of the undersea eruption as “spectacular.”

December 11th, 2009

3D Microchips for More Powerful and Environmentally-Friendly Computers

The world of IT pursues its race for performance. CMOSAIC could boost the computing performance of central processors by a factor 10 while consuming less energy. The IBM Research Laboratory has joined EPFL and ETH Zurich – the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology – in this project of national scope supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) via its Nano-Tera programme.

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