<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2017/august/09052017ratti-nsf-early-career.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>10/02/2017 03:44:19 PM</pubDate><title>NSF CAREER Award Advances Work in Fundamental Physics</title><subtitle/><description>Physicist Claudia Ratti Studies What Happened After the Big Bang</description><author>Jeannie Kever</author><author-email>jekever@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Research,Top Stories</categories></item>