Atmospheric Rivers Shape Arctic Moisture
Atmospheric rivers cross the planet. These large, narrow sections of Earth's atmosphere carry moisture from the tropics to the poles. A recently published paper in...
Atmospheric Rivers Shape Arctic Moisture
Atmospheric rivers cross the planet. These large, narrow sections of Earth's atmosphere carry moisture from the tropics to the poles. A recently published paper in...
Researchers track plasma creation using novel ultra-fast laser method
A team of researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation has developed a new method of tracking the ultra-fast heat progression in warm, dense...
NSF investing $48M to broaden participation in computing
The U.S. National Science Foundation is making awards of $48M to the NSF Broadening Participation in Computing Alliances (NSF BPC Alliances), which seek to increase...
NSF and Simons Foundation launch 2 AI Institutes to help astronomers understand the cosmos
From the early telescopes made hundreds of years ago by Galileo to the sophisticated astronomical observatories of today, people have built increasingly innovative tools to...
NSF announces 8 EPSCoR awards to fund research fellowships at NASA facilities
The U.S. National Science Foundation has invested over $2.1 million in eight projects through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR). This investment,...
Earth’s continents survived billions of years thanks to wind and rain
As continental landmasses rose above sea level to meet wind and rain effects around 3 billion years ago, they underwent a series of geologic processes...
This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan continued making significant strides toward fostering innovation and collaboration.On Tuesday, Panchanathan participated in the Quantum World Congress. He spoke...
NSF awards $42.4M in new grants to support the future of semiconductors
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Micron Technology and Samsung, announced $42.4 million in grants for its Future of...
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will reveal the faint light from sources of gravitational waves, neutrinos and more
Astronomy has always relied on light to convey information about the universe. But capturing photons — such as those from visible light or radio waves...