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Games and Books Help Parents and Kids Play With Math Anytime and Anywhere CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tumblehome Learning (THL), a non-traditional transmedia publishing company, announced today a collaboration with education research organization TERC to publish a 'Mixing in Math' suite of games and activities. Developed at TERC and based on work funded in part by the National Science Foundation, these additions to the THL product line of science books...
National Science Foundation A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have successfully deployed a self-guided robot that uses ground-penetrating radar to map deadly crevasses hidden in ice-covered terrains. Deployment of the robot--dubbed Yeti--could make Arctic and Antarctic explorations safer by revealing unseen fissures buried beneath ice and snow that could...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The lush tropical island of Puerto Rico is completely covered with plants and fauna. The exception to this rule resides on the large, majestic, flat-topped promontory known as El Yunque. El Yunque, Spanish for “the anvil,” rises high into the sky above the rivers and streams that run below, and has been a Puerto Rican icon since pre-Columbian times. Researchers from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Luquillo Critical...
National Radio Astronomy Observatory [ Watch the Video Answering Questions Of Where Prebiotic Molecules Form ] Using new technology at the telescope and in laboratories, researchers have discovered an important pair of prebiotic molecules in interstellar space. The discoveries indicate that some basic chemicals that are key steps on the way to life may have formed on dusty ice grains floating between the stars. The scientists used the National Science Foundation's Green Bank...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02), the leading Democratic Appropriator for the National Science Foundation and for scientific research, announced today that the University of Pennsylvania will receive $1,663,281 in six new research grants. The grants for Penn released today include three from the National Science Foundation for $1,106,570 and three from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for $556,711. The National...
Silicon Valley-Tested Initiative to Train 300 of the Top Entrepreneurial Research Teams from U.S. Universities and Federal Laboratories COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three top universities in the Mid-Atlantic region are teaming to tackle an enduring challenge: how to translate $60 billion in research funding into new products and companies that benefit society. Today the University of Maryland, George Washington University, and Virginia Tech jointly...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The world was on edge earlier this month when North Korea detonated an underground nuclear explosion (UNE) meant to showcase to the world community the abilities of this beleaguered nation. In a recent story published in The Guardian, reports surfaced North Korea is planning two additional nuclear tests just this year. UNEs were once commonplace, giving the testing nation the knowledge surrounding their nuclear capability. The US...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online On February 15, astronomers will have an exciting opportunity with a record-setting close approach of an asteroid. The research team, using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and NASA telescopes, will gain a key clue that will help predict the future of this natural cosmic orbiter. Discovered just a year ago, the 150-foot-wide asteroid, called 2012 DA14, will pass only 17,200 miles from the Earth on Friday, which is...
In January, Marstel-Day, LLC became the nation's first company to receive certification by the National Standards Foundation, International (NSFI) to P391, the General Sustainability Assessment Criteria for Services and Service Providers. Fredericksburg, VA (PRWEB) February 11, 2013 Marstel-Day, LLC has become the nation's first company to be certified by the National Standards Foundation, International (NSFI) under P391, North America’s sustainability assessment protocol for...
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- VersaFlex Incorporated - "The Polyurea People" are proud to announce that all of their specially formulated pure polyurea systems for potable water applications have achieved the highest level of NSF/ANSI 61 Section 5 (2011) approval in the polyurea industry. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130211/CG58027) VersaFlex's "AquaVers" Line of Pure Polyurea Systems for Potable Water Application qualified as a Polyurea...
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory -- The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a research facility of the U.S. National Science Foundation. They provide state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the scientific community. They conceive, design, build, operate and maintain radio telescopes used by scientists from around the world. Scientists use their facilities to study virtually all types of astronomical objects known, from planets and comets in our own Solar...
National Solar Observatory -- The National Solar Observatory (NSO) has its primary headquarters in Tucson. NSO telescopes on Kitt Peak include the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope Facility containing the world's three largest solar telescopes (1.6-meter main and two 0.9-meter auxiliaries), along with the Vacuum Telescope and the Razdow small solar patrol telescope. The National Solar Observatory also operates telescopes at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, that include the Vacuum Tower...
Cerro Tololo Observatory -- astronomical observatory located on Cerro Tololo peak, Chile, with offices in La Serena, about 40 mi (64 km) to the west. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), it is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which also operates such other major national observatories as the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. The principal instrument is a 158-in. (4-m) reflecting telescope, the largest in the...
Kitt Peak Observatory -- astronomical observatory located southwest of Tucson, Ariz.; it was founded in 1958 under contract with the National Science Foundation and is administered by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. Its principal instrument is the Mayall 158-in. (4-m) reflector. The observatory's equipment also includes 84-in. (2.1 m), 50-in. (1.3-m), 36-in. (0.9-m), and 16-in. (0.4-m) reflecting telescopes as well as a planned 3.5-m telescope. Used for wide...
Arecibo Observatory -- The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), a national research center operated by Cornell University under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF is an independent federal agency whose aim is to promote scientific and engineering progress in the United States. NSF funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. Additional support is provided by the National...
