January 28, 1997 Tipsheet
National Science Foundation (NSF)Scientists are rethinking what they know about bacteria: it turns out that the organisms tell time. Scientists affiliated with the NSFÃs H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site in Oregon may have found part of the answer for how deforestation affects global carbon cycles. A Memorandum of Agreement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Defense (DOD) designates the Air National Guard to provide air logistics support to the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is run by NSF.