Science for the 21st Century

A report produced under the direction of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Science.

NSF EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT

A quantum leap for quantum physics
For more information, see:

• Image: Bose-Einstein Condensate
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.cfm?med_id=5192

From basic science to auction markets to public policy
For more information, see:

• Decision Sciences: How the game is played
  http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/decision/decision.htm
  
  

Mathematics animating science discoveries
For more information, see:

• Visualization: a way to see the unseen
  http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/visualization/visualization.htm
  
  

Advances in genomics and proteomics
For more information, see:

• Plant Genome Research
  http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5338
  
  
• Arabidopsis: Map makers of the plant kingdom
  http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/arabidopsis/arabidopsis.htm
  
  

Science at the Earth's poles
For more information, see:

• Media Advisory: Scientists Study Climate Change at North Pole Environmental Observatory
  http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/ma0329.htm
  
  
• Press Release: Evidence of a "Lost World": Antarctica Yields Two Unknown Dinosaur Species
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100340
  
  

Adding a human dimension to solving problems
For more information, see:

• Human and Social Dynamics Priority Area
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/priority_areas/humansocial/index.jsp
  
  

Advanced scientific computing and cyberinfrastructure
For more information, see:

• Fact Sheet: From Supercomputing to the Teragrid
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=106875
  
  

Materials science at the nanoscales
For more information, see:

• Press Release: Nanoscale Building Blocks Form Spheres, Tubes and Curves
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100320
  
  

New Hope for the blind
For more information, see:

• Discovery - Artificial Retinas May Restore Partial Sight for Thousands in the Next Decade
  http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100172
  
  
• Nifty 50: The Eye Chip or Retina Chip
  http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nsf50/nsfoutreach/htm/n50_z2/pages_z3/19_pg.htm
  
  

Understanding language and learning
For more information, see:

• Discovery: Scientists Find Earliest "New World" Writings in Mexico
  http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100654
  
  

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