NSF awards $38 Million to strengthen research infrastructure, build partnerships and improve STEM workforce development
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded researchers in Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island roughly $38 million through the Established Program...
U.S. National Science Foundation, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation double investment in science-driven conservation projects
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation are investing $16 million across 10 projects that will conduct basic science with...
When things get dusty, expect rainfall changes
Researchers with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation recently discovered that Saharan dust is the number one variable linked to tropical cyclone rainfall. They...
Astronomers record new precision data to help unlock the mysteries of magnetar birth
A team of international astronomers using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), part of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), have...
Process by which COVID-19 latches onto and enters human cells is revealed
A team led by researchers with the U.S. National Science Foundation Physics Frontiers Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at Rice University have provided a new...
Tropical glaciers now smallest in 11,700 years, scientists find
Tropical glaciers, which are especially at risk from climate warming, have melted rapidly in recent decades. The question, scientists say, is how much?Researchers funded by...
NSF invites K-12 students to design their own video games and compete for Game Maker Awards
The U.S. National Science Foundation announces the NSF Game Maker Awards "Life in 2100" competition for K-12 students. To commemorate the agency’s milestone 75th anniversary,...
Studying the journey, not the destination, provides new insight into songbird migrations
New research supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation using two decades worth of data could change how scientists think about bird migrations and the...
This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
This week, NSF marked the second anniversary of the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022," signed into law on August 9, 2022. This landmark legislation...
Radio astronomers and satellite internet provider develop new sky-sharing system
New techniques developed by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and SpaceX enable radio astronomy telescopes to operate without interference...