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• NSF and Partners Discuss Human Behavior Influences on Energy Choices
  

  

  Motivating human behavior can be a powerful influence in moving communities and nations toward a clean energy economy.

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites you to attend a lunchtime briefing, "Human Behavior: Influences on Energy Choices," part of The Road to the New Energy Economy series. Join us as experts in psychology and economics describe how Americans think about and value energy choices, and what policies could motivate them to alter their behavior ...
  

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• Dead Ahead: Less Rainfall for Drought-Sensitive Southern Hemisphere Regions?
  

  

  Warming climate may mean less rainfall for drought-sensitive regions of the Southern Hemisphere, according to results just published by an international research team.

  Geoscientist Curt Stager of Paul Smith's College in Paul Smiths, N.Y., and colleagues found that rainfall in South Africa during the last 1,400 years was affected by temperature--with more rain falling during cool periods and less during warm ones.

  The findings, published in the journal Climate of the ...
  

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• New Leadership Team Elected for the National Science Board
  

  

  At its May 2012 meeting, the National Science Board (NSB) elected Dan Arvizu as its new chairman, Kelvin Droegemeier as vice-chairman, and Carl Lineberger to serve on the NSB's Executive Committee.

  Arvizu is director of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo. He was appointed to the Board in 2004 by President George W. Bush and was renominated by President Barack Obama after his initial six-year term ended. During his first term on the ...
  

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• NSF and CONICYT Strengthen Scientific Cooperation in Chile
  

  

  The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Chilean Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, May 15, to further scientific and educational cooperation between the two agencies. The partnership will improve coordination of U.S. and Chilean investments in science and engineering, strengthen support for NSF science activities in Chile and better leverage the scientific ...
  

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