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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115990&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Please join the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Monday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. ET for a live webcast featuring Darwin-Wallace Medal recipient Mohamed Noor of Duke University, who will answer media questions about current evidence for evolution and mode..." target="_blank">Evolution of Evolution: A National Science Foundation Webcast</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/darwin_l1.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Illustration of Charles Darwin.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Please join the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Monday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. ET for a live webcast featuring Darwin-Wallace Medal recipient Mohamed Noor of Duke University, who will answer media questions about current evidence for evolution and modern evolution theory. Among the topics:</p><ul><li>Does modern genetic evidence favor the existence of a missing link?</li><li>What\'s the single most important evolution discovery in the last 50 years?</li><li>Is the current understanding of<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115990&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115990&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115920&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" The completion of a high-quality sequence of the maize (corn) genome is announced in the cover story of the November 20, 2009, issue of Science.This new genome sequence reports the sequence of genes in maize&nbsp;and provides a detailed physical map of t..." target="_blank">Kernels of Truth: Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/corn_genome1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Sequence of maize genome.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>The completion of a high-quality sequence of the maize (corn) genome is announced in the cover story of the November 20, 2009, issue of <em>Science</em>.</p><p>This new genome sequence reports the sequence of genes in maize&nbsp;and provides a detailed physical map of the maize genome. This map identifies the order in which genes&nbsp;are located along each of maize\'s 10 chromosomes and the physical distances between those genes.</p><p>Additional information provided by the new maize genome<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115920&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115920&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115961&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.Now there\'s a new one to add to the list: these ant farmers, like their human counterparts, depend on nitrogen-fixing bacteria to make their gardens grow.The findings, rep..." target="_blank">Ants, Like Humans, Use Bacteria to Make Their Gardens Grow</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ants1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of leaf-cutter ants on a leaf.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.</p><p>Now there\'s a new one to add to the list: these ant farmers, like their human counterparts, depend on nitrogen-fixing bacteria to make their gardens grow.</p><p>The findings, reported this week in the journal <em>Science</em>, document a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria, and provide insights into how leaf-cutter ants have come to dominate the American tropics and<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115961&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115961&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115987&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" A television feature about growing diamonds in the lab, and a radio story that dramatizes some strange coincidences in a discussion of randomness and probability won recognition earlier this month in the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Both pr..." target="_blank">Science Journalism Awards Announced</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/awards1_l2.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of Neil deGrasse Tyson examining an unpolished man-made diamond, fresh out of the grower.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>A television feature about growing diamonds in the lab, and a radio story that dramatizes some strange coincidences in a discussion of randomness and probability won recognition earlier this month in the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Both programs were funded in part by the National Science Foundation.</p><p>&quot;<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0401/01.html\">Diamond Factory</a>&quot; was produced by Julia Cort for WGBH\'s NOVA science NOW, and aired on public<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115987&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115987&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115964&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" U.S. academic institutions awarded 48,802 research doctorate degrees in 2008, the sixth consecutive annual increase in U.S. doctoral awards and the highest number ever reported by the National Science Foundation\'s (NSF) Survey of Earned Doctorates.The t..." target="_blank">Awards of U.S. Doctorate Degrees Rise for Sixth Straight Year</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/doctoral_award_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of a degree adjacent to a graduation cap on a black cloth.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>U.S. academic institutions awarded 48,802 research doctorate degrees in 2008, the sixth consecutive annual increase in U.S. doctoral awards and the highest number ever reported by the National Science Foundation\'s (NSF) Survey of Earned Doctorates.</p><p>The total number of doctorates increased 1.4 percent over 2007\'s total of 48,112, which was the smallest annual increase during the last six years. NSF\'s Science Resources Statistics division compiled the survey results.</p><p>The Survey of<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115964&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115964&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115965&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the need to be tethered to the seafloor.Now, a team of aerospace engin..." target="_blank">On the Crest of Wave Energy</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/wave_energy1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo from far downstream end into the test section of the U.S. Air Force Academy water tunnel.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the need to be tethered to the seafloor.</p><p>Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that keep airplanes aloft to create a new wave-energy system that is durable, extremely efficient, and can be placed anywhere in the ocean, regardless of depth.</p><p>While still in early design stages,<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115965&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115965&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115942&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Anyone who has ever cut down a tree is familiar with the rings radiating out from the center of a tree trunk marking the tree\'s age. Careful study of tree rings can offer much more: a rich record of history and indications of concerns for the future. Re..." target="_blank">Growth Spurt in Tree Rings Prompts Questions About Climate Change</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/tree_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of man boring into tree and the words Audio Slideshow\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Anyone who has ever cut down a tree is familiar with the rings radiating out from the center of a tree trunk marking the tree\'s age. Careful study of tree rings can offer much more: a rich record of history and indications of concerns for the future. Researchers Matthew Salzer and Malcolm Hughes of the University of Arizona\'s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and their colleagues have analyzed tree-rings from bristlecone pine trees at the highest elevations, looking for the reasons behind an<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115942&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115942&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115958&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments.&nbsp; The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Northwestern University in Chicago is the first biologi..." target="_blank">Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/musicians_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of men playing a saxaphone and a trumpet.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>The <em>Journal of Neuroscience</em> reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments.&nbsp; The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Northwestern University in Chicago is the first biological evidence that musicians\' have a perceptual advantage for &quot;speech-in-noise.&quot;</p><p>When tested against non-musicians, musicians demonstrated faster neural timing, enhanced representation of speech harmonics, and less<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115958&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115958&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115905&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Spurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows.The ratio of record highs to lows is likely to increase dramatically in comi..." target="_blank">Record Highs Far Outpace Record Lows Across U.S.</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ncar_temp_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Histogram superimposed on U.S. map showing the ratio of record daily highs to lows from 1950-2009.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Spurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows.</p><p>The ratio of record highs to lows is likely to increase dramatically in coming decades if emissions of greenhouse gases continue to climb.</p><p>Results of the research, by authors at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and the National<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115905&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115905&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115887&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" In an effort to plug gaps in knowledge about key ocean processes, the National Science Foundation (NSF)\'s division of ocean sciences has awarded nearly $1 million to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. The Scripps m..." target="_blank">Oceanographers Develop \"Swarms\" of Robotic Ocean Explorers</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/aue_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Illustration showing autonomous underwater explorers that will provide new oceanic information.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>In an effort to plug gaps in knowledge about key ocean processes, the National Science Foundation (NSF)\'s division of ocean sciences has awarded nearly $1 million to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. The Scripps marine scientists&nbsp;will develop a new breed of ocean-probing instruments. Jules Jaffe and Peter Franks will spearhead an effort to design and deploy autonomous underwater explorers, or AUEs. AUEs will trace the fine details<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115887&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115887&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115917&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as well as Senators Patty Murray, Jeff Bingaman, Kay Hagan and Ted Kaufman, were among the special guests at an Education Technology Showcase held on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4. Representatives Peter Welch and Harry Teague ..." target="_blank">National Science Foundation-funded Projects Featured at Education Technology Showcase</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ed_tech1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of U.s. senators reacting as a launcher propels a t-shirt ceiling-wards.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as well as Senators Patty Murray, Jeff Bingaman, Kay Hagan and Ted Kaufman, were among the special guests at an Education Technology Showcase held on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4. Representatives Peter Welch and Harry Teague also attended the event, sponsored by the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA).</p><p>The day\'s many hands-on activities included the opportunity to fire a t-shirt into the air through a launcher in an exhibit by the<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115917&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115917&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115871&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" In the Mojave Desert winds howl across this hottest place in North America, blowing sands across Death Valley and through empty ghost towns, swirling across treeless land for hundreds of miles. But even in the otherworldly Mojave, life thrives. The Joshu..." target="_blank">Climate Change, Nitrogen Loss Threaten Plant Life in Arid Desert Soils</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/mojave1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of desert landscape and the words Audio Slideshow\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>In the Mojave Desert winds howl across this hottest place in North America, blowing sands across Death Valley and through empty ghost towns, swirling across treeless land for hundreds of miles. But even in the otherworldly Mojave, life thrives. The Joshua tree (<em>Yucca brevifolia</em>), an indicator species for this desert, defines the Mojave\'s boundaries. In spring when the rains come,&nbsp;brightly colored flowers bloom in profusion--nature\'s paintbrush on an otherwise monotone<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115871&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115871&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115879&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" The impact of airborne nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels and widespread use of fertilizers in agriculture is much greater than previously recognized, according to research results published in this week\'s issue of the journal Science.It..." target="_blank">Airborne Nitrogen Affects Aquatic Ecosystem in Alpine Lakes</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/nitrogen1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of Green Lake 4 in the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>The impact of airborne nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels and widespread use of fertilizers in agriculture is much greater than previously recognized, according to research results published in this week\'s issue of the journal <em>Science</em>.</p><p>It extends even to remote alpine lakes.</p><p>Examining nitrogen deposition in alpine and subalpine lakes in Colorado, Sweden and Norway, James Elser, a limnologist at Arizona State University (ASU) and&nbsp;colleagues found<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115879&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115879&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115885&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Scientists have found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to splitting into two distinct species based on wing color and mate preference. In a paper published this week in the journal Science, the researchers describe the relation..." target="_blank">Butterflies in the Same Milieu, Mate With Others of Like Hue</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/butterfly1_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"Photo of butterfly and the words Audio Slideshow\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Scientists have found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to splitting into two distinct species based on wing color and mate preference. In a paper published this week in the journal <em>Science</em>, the researchers describe the relationship between diverging color patterns in <em>Heliconius</em> butterflies and the long-term divergence of populations into new and distinct species.</p><p>&quot;Evolutionary biologists grapple with the question of how speciation<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115885&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115885&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115898&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51" title=" Scientists in California have discovered a new way that stars explode, in research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).The discovery hinges on an unusual explosion in the galaxy NGC 1821, roughly 160 million light years away, according to ast..." target="_blank">Unusual Explosion Sparks New Insight Into the Life of Stars</a><br />');
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document.write('<DIV><P><img src=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/supernova_l.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"63\" alt=\"An artist\'s impression of a star system that may explode as a Type .Ia supernova is shown here.\" hspace =\"4\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"/> <p>Scientists in California have discovered a new way that stars explode, in research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).</p><p>The discovery hinges on an unusual explosion in the galaxy NGC 1821, roughly 160 million light years away, according to astronomer Dovi Poznanski of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Poznanski and colleagues report their discovery in a paper published today in the journal <em>Science Express</em>.</p><p>&quot;Stellar explosions are some of the key<SPAN> ...</SPAN> <BR/></DIV>More at <a href=\"http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115898&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\" alt=\"Read More\">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115898&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51</a>                      </P><P><BR/>This is an NSF News item.');
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