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• NASA Selects New Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute.
  The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) has awarded a new round of five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. These ten teams are in addition to four continuing teams that include our Wisconsin-based WARC team, as well as those at MIT, University of Washington, and Montana State, bringing the total number of NAI teams to 14. The 10 new teams are based at NASA's Ames Research Center, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (2 teams), NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pennsylvania State University, Georgia Tech, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Details may be found here.
  Posted 22 October 2008

• NASA releases new version of the Astrobiology Roadmap.
  The Roadmap addresses three basic questions: how does life begin and evolve, does life exist elsewhere in the universe, and what is the future of life on Earth and beyond? For each of these goals, Science Objectives outline more specific high priority efforts for the next three to five years. A copy of the updated Roadmap can be found here.
  Posted 25 September 2008

• Spotlight on WARC researcher Pascale Ehrenfreund's work in Astrochemistry at ScienceWATCH.com. Full story can be found here.
  Posted 5 June 2008