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- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 08:17:18 -0500
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NSF News Tips
For the full text of all tips listed below, see:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/tip030512.htm
NSF Media Contact: Josh Chamot, (703) 292-7730, jchamot@xxxxxxx
Images available on website.
Hurricanes at the Equator: "IMPOSSIBLE Perfect Storm" OBserved-While
researchers have long believed hurricanes cannot form near the equator,
Typhoon Vamei upended scientists' thinking when it swirled above the
equator near Singapore on December 27, 2001. It formed so close to the
equator that its winds howled in both hemispheres.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/tip030512.htm#first
Rapid Release of Sea-Floor Methane Caused Extreme Global Warming 55 Million
Years Ago-Scientists returning from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 208- after
two months at sea aboard the oceanographic drill ship JOIDES
Resolution-have found evidence of a larger-than-expected methane release 55
million years ago that may have caused extreme global warming.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/tip030512.htm#second
NEW DNA PROBE Becomes learning tool for undergraduates-Last fall, chemistry
majors at Georgia Tech were able to create and use a DNA probe that has
only recently been described in a major journal. The technique, part of a
research program to develop new sensor materials, introduces students to a
number of sophisticated laboratory techniques.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/tip030512.htm#third
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