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Federal Agencies Influencing Resilience Policy

Similar to the ‘Alerts’ page, this page helps to ground resilience theory and concepts with news and current events related to some of the Federal agencies influencing resilience policy. Short excerpts from RSS news feeds are updated every two hours. The following agencies are included:

  • NSF: National Science Foundation
  • CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • DHS: Department of Homeland Security
  • DoT: Department of Transportation
  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NIEH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Click the tabs and scroll the pages to review the excerpts. Click on the ‘Read More’ link for more detailed information and to access a link to the source website. Please contact us to recommend other agencies influencing resilience policy.

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSF expands access to advanced cloud computing for scientific research

NSF expands access to advanced cloud computing for scientific research

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $20 million grant to expand the NSF CloudBank, an initiative designed to accelerate ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Solid or liquid? Scientists accurately predict complex tissue changes in fruit fly embryos

Solid or liquid? Scientists accurately predict complex tissue changes in fruit fly embryos

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, scientists have accurately modeled particular cellular changes in Drosophila melanogaster, or the fruit fly, during embryonic ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Quantum quasiparticle could make future quantum computers more reliable

Quantum quasiparticle could make future quantum computers more reliable

Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, physicists have revealed the presence of a previously unobserved type of subatomic phenomenon called a ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Tiny lenses grown from bacteria and enzymes may help doctors see inside cells

Tiny lenses grown from bacteria and enzymes may help doctors see inside cells

A team of researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation has successfully made self-growing microlenses using bacteria and enzymes found in ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries

Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries

A group of researchers from the University of Kentucky, The University of Tennessee and Indiana University, including those supported by the U.S ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Ultrathin conductor developed for nanoelectronics could be better than copper

Ultrathin conductor developed for nanoelectronics could be better than copper

With multiple grants and research infrastructure provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers have shown that a newly developed material, niobium ...
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/ National Science Foundation

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