New NSF program seeks to engage minority serving institutions in artificial intelligence research

New NSF program seeks to engage minority serving institutions in artificial intelligence research
The U.S. National Science Foundation — in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate; U.S Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture; National Institute of Standards and…

Published December 28, 2022 at 07:26PM
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Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the NSF Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations

Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the NSF Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations
The landmark bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act enacted earlier this year set out a bold vision for the future of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) that sought to strengthen NSF’s support of fundamental research, engage the missing millions…

Published December 23, 2022 at 07:48PM
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A hard pill bug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey

A hard pill bug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey
The phrase "to swallow one's tongue" has been around since at least the 1880s and has been repurposed in several languages to mean everything from falling silent to a general feeling of fear. While it's anatomically impossible for a human to swallow…

Published December 19, 2022 at 03:00PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
"How do we ensure accessibility (and) inclusivity in all its forms?" NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan posed this question during the White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence, brought in collaboration by the White House Office of Science…

Published December 16, 2022 at 08:30PM
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NSF appoints Charles 'Chuck' Barber as chief diversity and inclusion officer

NSF appoints Charles 'Chuck' Barber as chief diversity and inclusion officer
The U.S. National Science Foundation has appointed Charles "Chuck" Barber to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer, a newly created role included in the CHIPS and Science Act. In this role, Barber will serve as NSF's senior advisor…

Published December 14, 2022 at 07:15PM
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Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds

Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds
The Earth's climate has undergone big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation. And yet life, for the last 3.7 billion years, has kept on beating. Now, a U.S. National Science Foundation…

Published December 14, 2022 at 03:46PM
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NSF spurs use-inspired research and technology development to address food and nutrition security challenges

NSF spurs use-inspired research and technology development to address food and nutrition security challenges
The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a $11 million investment to address challenges related to food and nutrition security. NSF has selected 16 multidisciplinary teams for Phase 1 of the Convergence Accelerator program’s Track J: Food…

Published December 13, 2022 at 07:21PM
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NSF to sustain the world's most powerful magnet lab through 2027

NSF to sustain the world's most powerful magnet lab through 2027
The U.S. National Science Foundation will invest an additional $195.5 million over the next five years in NSF’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. This investment maintains the National MagLab as a world-class facility, providing researchers…

Published December 13, 2022 at 04:36PM
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Antarctic summer thaw starts earlier, ends later than previously believed

Antarctic summer thaw starts earlier, ends later than previously believed
New research by Colgate University scientists changes the understanding of seasonal thawing in parts of Antarctica. Summer thawing occurs nearly a month earlier and stays thawed for a full two months longer, researchers have found. The U.S. National…

Published December 13, 2022 at 03:04PM
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Study shows full decarbonization of U.S. aviation sector is within grasp

Study shows full decarbonization of U.S. aviation sector is within grasp
Every day, 45,000 planes fly across the United States, carrying some 1.7 million passengers. Aviation dominates a frequent traveler's individual contribution to climate change and yet is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonize. The United…

Published December 13, 2022 at 03:06PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
Partnerships advancing American innovation, collaborations with foreign delegations, celebrations of legacy — this week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan focused on how collaboration can lead to transformation. The director, São Paolo Research…

Published December 12, 2022 at 04:13PM
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The impact of the U.S. beef network on water resources

The impact of the U.S. beef network on water resources
As food systems in the U.S. become more interconnected and complex, products — beef products in particular — often impact the environment in previously unknown ways. Water is needed throughout the entire food supply, but the beef industry is the…

Published December 12, 2022 at 03:25PM
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NSF 2022 Research Security Training for the United States Research Community awardees announced

NSF 2022 Research Security Training for the United States Research Community awardees announced
Research security is integral to national security. Addressing knowledge gaps, strengthening training in research security, managing and mitigating risk in international collaborations, and adhering to research security best practices help safeguard…

Published December 09, 2022 at 06:01PM
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NSF accelerates use-inspired solutions for persons with disabilities

NSF accelerates use-inspired solutions for persons with disabilities
The U.S. National Science Foundation is building upon basic research to accelerate solutions that enhance opportunities for persons with disabilities. With an investment of $11.8 million, NSF’s Convergence Accelerator selected 16 multidisciplinary…

Published December 09, 2022 at 04:04PM
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New $20 million program promotes capacity building to broaden participation in regional innovation ecosystems

New $20 million program promotes capacity building to broaden participation in regional innovation ecosystems
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity, or EPIIC, a new $20 million program encouraging minority-serving institutions, two-year institutions, primarily undergraduate institutions, and…

Published December 08, 2022 at 10:34PM
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A new control system for synthetic genes

A new control system for synthetic genes
Using an approach based on CRISPR proteins, MIT researchers have developed a new way to precisely control the amount of a particular protein that is produced in mammalian cells. The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported technique could be used…

Published December 06, 2022 at 03:13PM
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Endangered Devils Hole pupfish is one of the most inbred animals known

Endangered Devils Hole pupfish is one of the most inbred animals known
As its name implies, the Devils Hole pupfish lives in a truly hellish environment. Confined to a single deep limestone cave in Nevada's Mojave Desert, 263 of the fish live in water that hovers around 93 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, with food…

Published December 06, 2022 at 03:11PM
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Physics of disaster: How mudslides move

Physics of disaster: How mudslides move
In early December 2017, the Thomas Fire ravaged nearly 300,000 acres of Southern California. The intense heat of the flames not only killed trees and vegetation on the hillsides above Montecito, but vaporized their roots as well. A month later, in…

Published December 05, 2022 at 03:24PM
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Do electric scooters reduce car use?

Do electric scooters reduce car use?
Banning scooters may reduce sidewalk congestion and keep would-be riders and pedestrians safer, but it comes at a cost, according to a new study by Georgia Tech researchers. In research examining the impact of Atlanta's 2019 ban on e-scooters and e…

Published December 05, 2022 at 03:27PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
How can strategic and intentional investments spread innovation across every community and demographic? This is the question that NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan asked of himself and others in a whirlwind week. On Monday, Clemson University…

Published December 02, 2022 at 04:17PM
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Groundcherry research bears new fruits

Groundcherry research bears new fruits
More than 34 million people in the U.S. don't have enough food. More diverse and adaptable crops are needed to address challenges in food production made worse by climate change, scientists say. Small, sweet berries called groundcherries may not feed…

Published November 30, 2022 at 03:32PM
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Old-growth forests may offer temperature refugia for animals in a warming climate

Old-growth forests may offer temperature refugia for animals in a warming climate
Old-growth forests, such as those found in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, may offer temperature refugia for animals in a warming climate. In the face of a…

Published November 29, 2022 at 03:44PM
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IceCube neutrinos give us first glimpse into the inner depths of an active galaxy

IceCube neutrinos give us first glimpse into the inner depths of an active galaxy
For the first time, an international team of scientists have found evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from NGC 1068, also known as Messier 77, an active galaxy in the constellation Cetus and one of the most familiar and well-studied galaxies…

Published November 29, 2022 at 03:42PM
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Most detailed maps of polar regions ever created

Most detailed maps of polar regions ever created
A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities has released four more years of high-resolution imagery data, which has been added to eight years of previous data, to make the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created…

Published November 28, 2022 at 03:08PM
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Volcano's special 'voice' is key to understanding the linguistics of volcanoes

Volcano's special 'voice' is key to understanding the linguistics of volcanoes
Mount Etna, Italy: one of the most active volcanoes in the world. For Boise State University geoscientist Jeffrey Johnson, this volcano's special "voice" is proving key to understanding the linguistics of volcanoes. Johnson and collaborators studied…

Published November 22, 2022 at 02:57PM
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Reef halos may enable coral telehealth checkup worldwide

Reef halos may enable coral telehealth checkup worldwide
Coral reef halos, also known as grazing halos or sand halos, are bands of bare, sandy seafloor that surround coral patch reefs. These features, clearly visible from satellite imagery, may provide a window into reef health around the world, according…

Published November 21, 2022 at 02:37PM
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NSF Days series to launch at Mississippi State University, November 21

NSF Days series to launch at Mississippi State University, November 21
The U.S. National Science Foundation will launch the NSF Days series next Monday, November 21, at Mississippi State University. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan will join U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and MSU President Mark E. Keenum to kick off the…

Published November 16, 2022 at 09:15PM
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Safeguarding Science toolkit launched to help researchers defend scientific integrity

Safeguarding Science toolkit launched to help researchers defend scientific integrity
The U.S. National Science Foundation joined federal and university partners to announce a unique collaboration between U.S. government and academic stakeholders to aid researchers facing a broad spectrum of risks to research integrity and security…

Published November 16, 2022 at 04:39PM
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Eating fire ants could prepare lizards for future fire ant attack

Eating fire ants could prepare lizards for future fire ant attack
Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard's immune system for ant stings, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The study assessed how the immune system responds to lizards eating and being stung by these ants and might help…

Published November 16, 2022 at 03:10PM
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Deep learning with light

Deep learning with light
Ask a smart home device for the weather forecast, and it takes several seconds for the device to respond. One reason this latency occurs is because connected devices don't have enough memory or power to store and run the enormous machine-learning…

Published November 16, 2022 at 03:15PM
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NSF and DOE partner on geothermal internship opportunity

NSF and DOE partner on geothermal internship opportunity
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, through its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, or EERE, have initiated a joint training opportunity in the area of geothermal energy through NSF's INTERN program…

Published November 15, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study

Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study
Ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea are on pace to surpass critical thresholds for coral health by mid-century, but rapid action to significantly reduce emissions could slow warming, giving corals and coral conservation…

Published November 15, 2022 at 03:11PM
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What happens when your circadian rhythms are out of whack?

What happens when your circadian rhythms are out of whack?
Scientists have discovered an important molecular link between lung tumor growth and disrupted circadian rhythms, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute investigator and led by Scripps Research in…

Published November 15, 2022 at 03:09PM
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New measurements quantifying qudits provide glimpse of quantum future

New measurements quantifying qudits provide glimpse of quantum future
Using existing experimental and computational resources, a multi-institutional team has developed an effective method for measuring high-dimensional qudits encoded in quantum frequency combs, a type of photon source, on a single optical chip…

Published November 14, 2022 at 03:03PM
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: Bright colors in the animal kingdom: Why some use them to impress and others to intimidate

: Bright colors in the animal kingdom: Why some use them to impress and others to intimidate
High up in a tree sits a bright red vermilion flycatcher. The males of this songbird species use their red feathers to attract females. Meanwhile, an Arizona mountain kingsnake slithers among the rocks below. Its vivid red, yellow and black coloring…

Published November 14, 2022 at 03:06PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
On Monday, November 7, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan joined the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) ) in Denver as an #APLU2022 keynote speaker. Director Panchanathan spoke of how public research universities could…

Published November 10, 2022 at 04:51PM
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Winners Announced in First Phase of U.S.-UK Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenges

Winners Announced in First Phase of U.S.-UK Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenges
Today, the U.S. and UK governments have announced the winners of the first phase of the U.S.-UK privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) prize challenges. Innovators on both sides of the Atlantic are participating across two challenge tracks – using…

Published November 10, 2022 at 01:00PM
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Researchers design treatment to protect bones during cancer therapy

Researchers design treatment to protect bones during cancer therapy
Approximately 50% of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy — a treatment that uses electrically charged particles to kill cancer cells. Although radiotherapy beams are aimed directly at the tumor, surrounding healthy tissue can be damaged…

Published November 09, 2022 at 03:04PM
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Engineers discover new process for synthetic material growth, enabling soft robots that grow like plants

Engineers discover new process for synthetic material growth, enabling soft robots that grow like plants
A team of University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers has developed a first-of-its-kind, plant-inspired process that enables synthetic material growth. The new approach will allow researchers to build better soft robots that can…

Published November 08, 2022 at 02:28PM
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Charging cars at home in the evening is not the way to go, study finds

Charging cars at home in the evening is not the way to go, study finds
Many electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. But according to a new study by researchers at Stanford, there is a better way. For the study, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and published in…

Published November 08, 2022 at 02:27PM
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Potential first traces of the universe's earliest stars uncovered

Potential first traces of the universe's earliest stars uncovered
Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the universe. Using an analysis of a distant quasar observed by the 8.1-meter Gemini North Telescope, located on Hawaii, the scientists found an unusual ratio…

Published November 07, 2022 at 03:29PM
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NSF Response to Covid cases at McMurdo station Antarctica

NSF Response to Covid cases at McMurdo station Antarctica
"The U.S. National Science Foundation’s priority is always the health and safety of our communities while ensuring the overall science mission can be achieved. Following the confirmation of more than 70 positive cases at McMurdo station, NSF is…

Published November 04, 2022 at 04:39PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan kicked off the two-day Transatlantic Big Science Conference on Monday in Washington, D.C., with opening remarks praising the importance of worldwide partnerships. The conference is part of the International Year…

Published November 04, 2022 at 02:15PM
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As winters warm, nutrient pollution threatens 40% of U.S.

As winters warm, nutrient pollution threatens 40% of U.S.
Scientists are ringing alarm bells about a significant new threat to U.S. water quality: as winters warm due to climate change, they are unleashing large amounts of nutrient pollution into lakes, rivers and streams. Now, a U.S. National Science…

Published November 02, 2022 at 02:38PM
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Researchers address environmental weathering of microplastics, pollutant uptake

Researchers address environmental weathering of microplastics, pollutant uptake
Microplastics have become a new form of plastic pollution, reaching an alarming level worldwide. Commodity plastics are widely considered to be chemically inert, but alterations in their surface properties owing to environmental weathering are often…

Published November 02, 2022 at 02:41PM
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Butterfly wing patterns emerge from ancient DNA

Butterfly wing patterns emerge from ancient DNA
Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan, which is manipulated by noncoding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research. The study, published in the journal Science, explains how DNA that sits…

Published October 31, 2022 at 02:02PM
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Gravitational forces deep in Earth impact landscape evolution

Gravitational forces deep in Earth impact landscape evolution
Research led by Stony Brook University scientists focuses on the interplay among the evolution of the landscape, climate and fossil record of mammal evolution, and mammal diversification in the Western U.S. A little explored aspect of the research is…

Published October 31, 2022 at 02:00PM
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NSF announces $10 million partnership with Micron to support semiconductor design and manufacturing workforce development

NSF announces $10 million partnership with Micron to support semiconductor design and manufacturing workforce development
The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a cross-sector partnership with Micron Technology, Inc. to develop bold, potentially transformative solutions to address semiconductor manufacturing challenges and workforce shortages. NSF and…

Published October 28, 2022 at 12:59PM
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What happens when one organism stabs another with its fangs, thorns, spines?

What happens when one organism stabs another with its fangs, thorns, spines?
Researchers have created a model that can calculate the energetics involved when one organism stabs another with its fangs, thorns, spines or other puncturing parts. Because the model can be applied to a variety of organisms, it will help scientists…

Published October 27, 2022 at 01:29PM
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Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan's next great earthquake

Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan's next great earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan's Nankai subduction zone is less than expected, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the…

Published October 26, 2022 at 02:23PM
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NSF announces name changes to education directorate

NSF announces name changes to education directorate
WASHINGTON – The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced changes to the names of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources and the Division of Human Resource Development. To more accurately reflect and communicate the values and…

Published October 25, 2022 at 02:15PM
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Plastics of the future will have many past lives, thanks to chemical recycling

Plastics of the future will have many past lives, thanks to chemical recycling
One day in the not-too-distant future, the plastics in satellites, cars and electronics may all be living their second, 25th or 250th lives. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder, published in Nature Chemistry, details how a class of…

Published October 25, 2022 at 01:30PM
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Environment influences coral's resilience to acidification

Environment influences coral's resilience to acidification
Corals are especially vulnerable to damage from ocean acidification, and rising CO2 levels jeopardize the future of coral reefs globally. However, a new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Queensland report…

Published October 24, 2022 at 02:40PM
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Air pollution can amplify effects of climate change, new study finds

Air pollution can amplify effects of climate change, new study finds
The impacts of air pollution on human health, economies and agriculture differ drastically depending where on the planet the pollutants are emitted, according to a new study. Led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University…

Published October 24, 2022 at 02:38PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan fielded a packed schedule this week, from receiving a public service award to meeting with international colleagues to visiting Rice University in Houston, Texas. Panchanathan met with the Finance Minister of…

Published October 21, 2022 at 09:07PM
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'Drug factory' implants eliminate mesothelioma tumors in mice

'Drug factory' implants eliminate mesothelioma tumors in mice
Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days with a treatment combining Rice's cytokine "drug factory" implants and a checkpoint inhibitor…

Published October 19, 2022 at 02:38PM
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New NSF workforce development program opens new doors in emerging technology fields

New NSF workforce development program opens new doors in emerging technology fields
The U.S. National Science Foundation today launches a new $30 million workforce development program, Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies, or ExLENT. The program will expand practical learning opportunities for individuals…

Published October 19, 2022 at 12:58PM
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Forests' carbon uptake will be compromised by climate change, leaf temperature study suggests

Forests' carbon uptake will be compromised by climate change, leaf temperature study suggests
Leaves in forest canopies are not able to cool themselves below the surrounding air temperature, likely meaning that trees' ability to avoid damaging temperature increases, and to pull carbon from the atmosphere, will be compromised in a warmer…

Published October 18, 2022 at 01:44PM
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NSF Director Panchanathan delivered remarks at the 2022 World Academic Summit in New York City

NSF Director Panchanathan delivered remarks at the 2022 World Academic Summit in New York City
Policymakers, researchers, academics and industry leaders convened at the 2022 World Academic Summit earlier this month to discuss how higher education can adapt to meet rising expectations and their impact on institutions, students and academia. U.S…

Published October 17, 2022 at 04:34PM
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Anti-insulin protein linked to longevity and reproduction in ants

Anti-insulin protein linked to longevity and reproduction in ants
An insulin-suppressing protein may be the fountain of youth for ants and provide clues about aging in other species, according to a study led by New York University researchers. Published in Science and supported in part by the U.S. National Science…

Published October 17, 2022 at 02:06PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan focused on education this week, with a virtual appearance Tuesday at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit 2022 and a trip to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire on Friday. The director delivered the…

Published October 14, 2022 at 08:05PM
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Geologists map how metal pollutants have traveled across the city of Pittsburgh

Geologists map how metal pollutants have traveled across the city of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's steel industry may be largely in the past, but its legacy lives on in city soils. New research shows that historical coking and smelting dropped toxic metals in Pittsburgh's soil, particularly in the eastern half of the city. While the…

Published October 13, 2022 at 03:21PM
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What happens if Earth loses its last remaining large animals?

What happens if Earth loses its last remaining large animals?
Are elephants important? How about rhinos? Or lions? What happens if Earth loses its last remaining large animals? U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research by biologist Felisa Smith at the University of New Mexico shows the profound…

Published October 13, 2022 at 03:22PM
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Martian rock-metal composite shows potential of 3D printing on Mars

Martian rock-metal composite shows potential of 3D printing on Mars
A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy resulted in a strong high-performance material in a 3D-printing process that could one day be used on Mars to make tools or…

Published October 12, 2022 at 03:03PM
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Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off

Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off
Dozens of species of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians quietly disappeared from parts of Latin America in the 1980s and 2000s, with little notice from humans outside of a small group of ecologists. Yet the amphibian decline had direct health…

Published October 12, 2022 at 03:03PM
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NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in economics

NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in economics
The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig for their 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Their combined discoveries revealed the critical role that banks play in modern…

Published October 11, 2022 at 08:19PM
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Researchers go 'outside the box' to delineate major ocean currents

Researchers go 'outside the box' to delineate major ocean currents
For the first time, University of Rochester researchers and collaborators have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers. In the process, they discovered that the most energetic is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, some 9…

Published October 11, 2022 at 05:01PM
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Antiferromagnetic hybrids achieve important functionality for spintronic applications

Antiferromagnetic hybrids achieve important functionality for spintronic applications
Antiferromagnets have zero net magnetization and are insensitive to external magnetic field perturbations. These spintronic devices, as they are called, hold great promise for creating future ultra-fast and energy-efficient information storage…

Published October 11, 2022 at 05:55PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan did some serious globetrotting this week, from a science and technology forum in Kyoto, Japan, to the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts. The director spent Sunday and Monday in Kyoto, where he delivered…

Published October 07, 2022 at 07:44PM
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NSF grows future U.S. manufacturing technologies and jobs

NSF grows future U.S. manufacturing technologies and jobs
Manufacturing underpins U.S. economic prosperity, security and employment. The White House today published the U.S. National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing, with the U.S. National Science Foundation playing a critical role. NSF strategically…

Published October 07, 2022 at 01:55PM
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Artificial intelligence used to better monitor Maine's forests

Artificial intelligence used to better monitor Maine's forests
Monitoring and measuring forest ecosystems are complex challenges because software, collection systems and computing environments require increasing amounts of energy. Now, the University of Maine's Wireless Sensor Networks laboratory, or WiSe-Net…

Published October 03, 2022 at 02:19PM
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Where do high-energy particles that endanger satellites, astronauts and airplanes come from?

Where do high-energy particles that endanger satellites, astronauts and airplanes come from?
For decades, scientists have been trying to solve a vexing problem about the weather in outer space. At unpredictable times, high-energy solar particles bombard Earth and objects outside Earth’s atmosphere with radiation that can endanger the lives…

Published October 03, 2022 at 02:17PM
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NSF Invests to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

NSF Invests to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
As the nation celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, the U.S. National Science Foundation's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program has awarded 48 grants to Hispanic-serving institutions in Fiscal Year 2022…

Published October 05, 2022 at 08:24PM
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NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry

NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry
The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless on their 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Their breakthrough discoveries transformed the field by enabling new ways to create complex molecules…

Published October 05, 2022 at 07:35PM
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Study shows maternal effects are key to gut microbial development in a wild primate

Study shows maternal effects are key to gut microbial development in a wild primate
The bacteria that reside in the human gut, or the gut microbiome, are transmitted to offspring through the milk of nursing mothers. A study of wild geladas, a nonhuman primate that lives in Ethiopia, provides new evidence of clear and significant…

Published October 05, 2022 at 10:50AM
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Older forests can buffer effects of climate change for some bird species

Older forests can buffer effects of climate change for some bird species
Old-growth forests and managed forests with old-growth characteristics can provide relief from climate change for some bird species, research by Oregon State University scientists and colleagues suggest. The study builds on earlier research, which…

Published October 05, 2022 at 10:47AM
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NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics

NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics
The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger on their 2022 Nobel Prize in physics. The groundbreaking work of all three researchers has revealed the strange nature of quantum entanglement and…

Published October 04, 2022 at 06:04PM
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Corals pass mutations acquired during their lifetime to offspring

Corals pass mutations acquired during their lifetime to offspring
In a discovery that challenges more than a century of evolutionary conventional wisdom, corals have been shown to pass somatic mutations — changes to the DNA sequence that occur in nonreproductive cells — to their offspring. A paper describing the U…

Published October 04, 2022 at 02:39PM
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Weedy rice has become herbicide-resistant through rapid evolution

Weedy rice has become herbicide-resistant through rapid evolution
In research published in the journal Communications Biology, U.S. National Science Foundation-supported scientists at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Arkansas report that a crop pest called weedy rice has become widely…

Published October 04, 2022 at 02:42PM
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Artificial intelligence used to better monitor Maine's forests

Artificial intelligence used to better monitor Maine's forests
Monitoring and measuring forest ecosystems are complex challenges because software, collection systems and computing environments require increasing amounts of energy. Now, the University of Maine's Wireless Sensor Networks laboratory, or WiSe-Net…

Published October 03, 2022 at 02:19PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan dove into a busy schedule this week, with multiple meetings with international representatives and a reception to honor a retiring congressional champion of STEM research and education. On Monday, the director…

Published September 30, 2022 at 05:07PM
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Researchers engineer novel material capable of 'thinking'

Researchers engineer novel material capable of 'thinking'
Someone taps your shoulder. The touch receptors in your skin send a message to your brain, which processes the information and directs you to look left, in the direction of the tap. This processing of mechanical information has now been harnessed by…

Published September 29, 2022 at 02:31PM
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New seafloor data upend understanding of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

New seafloor data upend understanding of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier
The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica — about the size of Florida — has been an elephant in the room for scientists trying to make global sea-level rise predictions. This massive ice stream is in a phase of fast retreat, leading to widespread…

Published September 29, 2022 at 02:30PM
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Neurons that have food on the brain

Neurons that have food on the brain
A gooey slice of pizza. A pile of crispy French fries. Ice cream dripping down a cone on a hot summer day. When people look at any of these foods, a specialized part of the brain's visual cortex lights up, according to a new study by MIT…

Published September 28, 2022 at 01:58PM
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Global tsunamis driven by underwater volcanic eruptions

Global tsunamis driven by underwater volcanic eruptions
In 1883, there was a volcanic eruption so large it killed tens of thousands of people. It expelled so much ash that, for a time, it changed the colors of sunsets and the palette with which impressionist artists painted. In history, few volcanic…

Published September 28, 2022 at 01:54PM
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NSF joins USPTO Council for Inclusive Innovation

NSF joins USPTO Council for Inclusive Innovation
Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan as a co-vice chair of the Council for Inclusive Innovation, or CI2. The USPTO council will develop a national strategy for…

Published September 27, 2022 at 04:13PM
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Antarctic deep-sea coral larvae may be resistant to climate change

Antarctic deep-sea coral larvae may be resistant to climate change
The larval health of an Antarctic cold-water coral species may be resistant to warming water temperatures, a University of Maine study finds, bringing new hope for the climate change resilience of deep-sea ecosystems in the Western Antarctic…

Published September 27, 2022 at 03:21PM
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COVID radar: Genetic sequencing can help predict severity of next variant

COVID radar: Genetic sequencing can help predict severity of next variant
As public health officials around the world contend with the latest variant in the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. National Science Foundation-supported researchers at Drexel University have created a computer model that could help better prepare for the…

Published September 27, 2022 at 03:20PM
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New grants support research on factors affecting infectious disease transmission

New grants support research on factors affecting infectious disease transmission
Headlines on COVID-19 and monkeypox underscore the importance of understanding infectious diseases and how they're transmitted. Scientists are studying these diseases, such as hand, foot and mouth disease and Lyme disease, to gain insights into how…

Published September 26, 2022 at 01:11PM
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan promoted greater domestic production of critical computer chips and the benefits of enhanced international cooperation among agencies and organizations. On Monday, the director sat down with host Judy…

Published September 23, 2022 at 06:54PM
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How did slime, a marvel of biology, evolve?

How did slime, a marvel of biology, evolve?
From the slime coatings of slugs to the saliva in our mouths, many animals contain mucus. How did this marvel of biology evolve? In mammals, the answer is many times and often in surprising ways, according to a new study on proteins called mucins…

Published September 21, 2022 at 03:38PM
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Mimicking termites to generate new materials

Mimicking termites to generate new materials
Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimics the fundamental rules hidden in nature's growth patterns. The investigators showed that, using these rules, it is…

Published September 21, 2022 at 03:41PM
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NSF's Convergence Accelerator invests $30 million to tackle challenges related to the blue economy

NSF's Convergence Accelerator invests $30 million to tackle challenges related to the blue economy
The U.S National Science Foundation is tackling challenges related to climate, sustainability, food, energy, pollution and the economy through a $30 million investment to advance six convergent research teams from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of NSF's…

Published September 21, 2022 at 02:00PM
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Silicon image sensor that computes

Silicon image sensor that computes
As any driver knows, accidents can happen in the blink of an eye — so when it comes to the camera system in autonomous vehicles, processing time is critical. The time that it takes for the system to snap an image and deliver the data to the…

Published September 20, 2022 at 02:31PM
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Plants reprogram their cells to fight invaders. Here's how.

Plants reprogram their cells to fight invaders. Here's how.
In times of war, factories retool to support the needs of battle. Assembly lines change course from turning out car parts to machine guns, or from building washing machines to aircraft engines. To hear Duke University scientist Xinnian Dong tell it…

Published September 20, 2022 at 02:32PM
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NSF invests in bio-inspired and bioengineered systems for artificial intelligence, infrastructure and health

NSF invests in bio-inspired and bioengineered systems for artificial intelligence, infrastructure and health
The U.S. National Science Foundation announces an investment of $30 million to support new interdisciplinary, fundamental research projects for the Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation, or EFRI, program. Awardees will work on projects that…

Published September 19, 2022 at 04:00PM
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Reintroducing bison to grasslands increases plant diversity, drought resilience, study finds

Reintroducing bison to grasslands increases plant diversity, drought resilience, study finds
A Kansas State University-led study has found that reintroducing bison — a formerly dominant grazer — doubles plant biodiversity in a tallgrass prairie. The research includes more than 30 years of data collected at the Konza Prairie Biological…

Published September 19, 2022 at 03:12PM
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Exploring how future tech can benefit people in the workplace — NSF greenlights 14 new 'Future of Work' research projects

Exploring how future tech can benefit people in the workplace — NSF greenlights 14 new 'Future of Work' research projects
The U.S. National Science Foundation will invest more than $29 million in research projects designed to increase opportunities for U.S. workers and generate positive societal and economic impacts at the local and national level. Researchers in 17…

Published September 19, 2022 at 01:30PM
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NSF announces increased support for capacity building in quantum information science and engineering research

NSF announces increased support for capacity building in quantum information science and engineering research
The expansive and growing societal and economic impacts of quantum information science and engineering, or QISE, pose new challenges and unique possibilities. Building capacity, broadening participation, increasing access and expanding opportunities…

Published September 16, 2022 at 04:59PM
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Fish 'chock-full' of antifreeze protein found in iceberg habitats off Greenland

Fish 'chock-full' of antifreeze protein found in iceberg habitats off Greenland
New research based on an expedition to the icy waters off Greenland reveals high levels of antifreeze proteins in a species of tiny snailfish, underlying the importance of this unique adaptation to life in sub-zero temperatures. The U.S. National…

Published September 14, 2022 at 03:20PM
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Researchers develop an integrated method to measure stability during walking

Researchers develop an integrated method to measure stability during walking
Researchers at Georgia Tech funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation have developed an integrated approach to studying the biomechanics of falls and how the legs, joints and muscles act as a system to respond. Studying how the different…

Published September 14, 2022 at 03:18PM
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Burying short sections of power lines could drastically reduce hurricanes' impact on coastal residents

Burying short sections of power lines could drastically reduce hurricanes' impact on coastal residents
As Earth warms due to climate change, people living near the coasts not only face a higher risk of major hurricanes but are also more likely to experience heat waves while grappling with widespread power outages. Princeton researchers funded by the U…

Published September 13, 2022 at 02:06PM
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Sharpest image to date of universe's most massive known star

Sharpest image to date of universe's most massive known star
Astronomers have yet to fully understand how the most massive stars — those more than 100 times the mass of the sun — are formed. One particularly challenging piece of this puzzle is obtaining observations of these giants, which typically dwell in…

Published September 13, 2022 at 02:05PM
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Predicting and preventing pandemics is goal of new NSF awards

Predicting and preventing pandemics is goal of new NSF awards
The potential for future pandemics is an ever-present and growing threat, whether they are due to known diseases like monkeypox or Ebola, or an as-yet-unknown infection. Nearly $26 million in new awards from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Published September 12, 2022 at 04:00PM
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'Forever chemicals' destroyed by simple method

'Forever chemicals' destroyed by simple method
PFAS, manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s in nonstick and waterproofing agents, are called "forever chemicals" for good reason. Bacteria can't eat them; fire can't incinerate them; and water can't dilute them. And, if these toxic…

Published September 12, 2022 at 03:26PM
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NSF invests in use-inspired climate change and clean energy research

NSF invests in use-inspired climate change and clean energy research
The U.S. National Science Foundation announces 13 new Partnerships for International Research and Education, PIRE, awards totaling more than $19 million. The PIRE competition focuses on global societal challenges related to climate change and clean…

Published September 09, 2022 at 01:18PM
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NSF announces $10 million partnership with Intel Corporation to train and build a skilled semiconductor manufacturing workforce

NSF announces $10 million partnership with Intel Corporation to train and build a skilled semiconductor manufacturing workforce
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new program with Intel Corporation to educate and train the nation's semiconductor manufacturing workforce and advance opportunities for equitable science, technology, engineering and…

Published September 08, 2022 at 04:59PM
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Researchers develop dashboard to track invasive and vector mosquitoes

Researchers develop dashboard to track invasive and vector mosquitoes
Mosquitoes cause more than one million deaths each year and rank among the deadliest animals on the planet, even though only a small number of the insect species transmit disease. Tracking and surveillance are crucial to mitigating the worldwide…

Published September 08, 2022 at 02:07PM
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Engineers use modified 19th-century photography technique to make flexible films that change color

Engineers use modified 19th-century photography technique to make flexible films that change color
Engineers at MIT funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation have repurposed a photographic technique from the 1800s and detailed the outcome in a paper published in Nature Materials. The experiment resulted in films that change shades when…

Published September 08, 2022 at 02:07PM
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Encrypted, one-touch, human-machine interface technology unveils user physiology

Encrypted, one-touch, human-machine interface technology unveils user physiology
Researchers at UCLA and Stanford University have developed a secure, noninvasive, one-touch technology using hydrogel-coated chemical sensors and a signal-interpretation framework. It can present detailed information about an individual's blood…

Published September 07, 2022 at 04:05PM
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NSF, DOD partner to advance 5G technologies and communications for U.S. military, government and critical infrastructure operators

NSF, DOD partner to advance 5G technologies and communications for U.S. military, government and critical infrastructure operators
The U.S. National Science Foundation is accelerating 5G solutions to assist the U.S. government and critical infrastructure operators to communicate securely anywhere and anytime. Partnering with the Department of Defense Office of the Under…

Published September 07, 2022 at 03:06PM
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"Beautiful swimmers" attack at low tide

"Beautiful swimmers" attack at low tide
David Johnson, an ecologist at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has spent more than 20 years mucking in salt marshes along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. But while doing research in a Virginia salt marsh at low tide last…

Published September 07, 2022 at 04:01PM
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Statistical tool finds 'gaps' in DNA datasets shouldn't be ignored

Statistical tool finds 'gaps' in DNA datasets shouldn't be ignored
A simple statistical test shows that contrary to current practice, the "gaps" in DNA protein and sequence alignments commonly used in evolutionary biology can provide important information about nucleotide and amino acid substitutions over time. The…

Published September 06, 2022 at 02:07PM
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Catching up with quicksilver: MXene material can counter mercury contamination

Catching up with quicksilver: MXene material can counter mercury contamination
Researchers estimate that mercury emissions in the atmosphere have quadrupled since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The heavy metal, generated by burning fossil fuels and the disposal of industrial and medical waste, has become persistent in…

Published September 06, 2022 at 02:07PM
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Why does the inner solar system not spin faster?

Why does the inner solar system not spin faster?
The motion of a tiny number of charged particles may solve a long-standing mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars, according to a new study by Caltech researchers. These features, called accretion disks, last tens of millions of…

Published August 31, 2022 at 03:17PM
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Understanding cooperation and conflict in plant symbionts

Understanding cooperation and conflict in plant symbionts
The traditional idea of symbiosis — long-term interactions between two organisms — is that the participants mutually benefit each other. However, researchers have debated whether the interests of the symbionts always line up with the hosts they…

Published August 31, 2022 at 03:18PM
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NSF funds new projects to study local and global impacts of a rapidly changing Arctic

NSF funds new projects to study local and global impacts of a rapidly changing Arctic
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a new round of grants under the Navigating the New Arctic, or NNA, program. The awards support research projects to study the Arctic's changing natural, built and social environments. The work will…

Published August 30, 2022 at 09:40PM
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New model sheds light on day/night cycle in the global ocean

New model sheds light on day/night cycle in the global ocean
Phytoplankton are the foundation of all life on the planet. Understanding how these photosynthetic organisms react to their ocean environment is important to understanding the rest of the food web. But computer models of the global ocean…

Published August 30, 2022 at 02:40PM
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Stars determine their own masses

Stars determine their own masses
Last year, a team of astrophysicists launched Star Formation in Gaseous Environments, or STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formation to date. Now, the scientists have used these…

Published August 30, 2022 at 02:38PM
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Subsurface water on Mars defies expectations

Subsurface water on Mars defies expectations
A new analysis of seismic data from the InSight mission to Mars has revealed some surprises. The first: the top 300 meters of the subsurface beneath the InSight landing site near the Martian equator contains little to no ice. "We find that Mars'…

Published August 29, 2022 at 02:55PM
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Even modest climate change may dramatically alter Earth's northernmost forests

Even modest climate change may dramatically alter Earth's northernmost forests
Even relatively modest climate warming and associated precipitation shifts may dramatically alter Earth's northernmost forests. The woodlands constitute one of the planet's largest nearly intact forested ecosystems and are home to a big chunk of the…

Published August 29, 2022 at 02:52PM
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Engineers build a self-aware, self-training robot that can avoid obstacles and assess damage

Engineers build a self-aware, self-training robot that can avoid obstacles and assess damage
Engineers at Columbia University working on a project enabled by the National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Dynamic Systems and three separate grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation have built a robot that learns from itself instead…

Published August 25, 2022 at 02:59PM
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Day or night — your brain is always listening

Day or night — your brain is always listening
You're fast asleep. But your brain isn't taking the night off, according to new research funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Researchers studied activity in the human cerebral cortex in response to music and other sounds. They observed…

Published August 25, 2022 at 02:56PM
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NSF announces new awards to understand coastal systems and tackle coastal hazards

NSF announces new awards to understand coastal systems and tackle coastal hazards
U.S. coastlines are heavily populated areas with critical public resources, such as housing, transportation infrastructure, freshwater supplies, and electricity generation and distribution facilities. These coastlines are also increasingly vulnerable…

Published August 24, 2022 at 04:00PM
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Researchers create an immersible glove with a secure grip

Researchers create an immersible glove with a secure grip
Researchers at Virginia Tech, working on a project made possible by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, have developed a glove they designed based on the adhesive abilities of the octopus. The result is a glove that can be used…

Published August 24, 2022 at 02:48PM
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First light observations of chemically rich star HD 222925 captured

First light observations of chemically rich star HD 222925 captured
The U.S. National Science Foundation's NOIRLab-operated Gemini South Telescope used its latest upgrade — GHOST, the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph — to capture observations of HD 222925, a star more than 1,400 light years away. The star…

Published August 24, 2022 at 02:47PM
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Researchers use artificial intelligence to create a 'treasure map' of undiscovered ant species

Researchers use artificial intelligence to create a 'treasure map' of undiscovered ant species
Although small, invertebrates have an outsized influence on their environments, pollinating plants, breaking down organic matter and speeding up nutrient cycling. And what they lack in stature, they make up for in diversity. With more than 1 million…

Published August 23, 2022 at 02:18PM
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Understanding how rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries work

Understanding how rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries work
Researchers have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries — which promise safety, low cost and environmental sustainability — could be developed into a viable option for grid storage applications. Engineers at the University of…

Published August 23, 2022 at 02:18PM
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New NSF awards seek to broaden participation in biology through research experiences for recent college graduates

New NSF awards seek to broaden participation in biology through research experiences for recent college graduates
To reduce the barriers to entry into careers in the biological sciences and produce a more diverse workforce, the U.S. National Science Foundation has made 12 new awards totaling more than $35 million through its Research and Mentoring for…

Published August 22, 2022 at 04:01PM
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Researchers develop online training module to counteract the negative effects of stress on adolescents

Researchers develop online training module to counteract the negative effects of stress on adolescents
Adolescents are showing record levels of anxiety, depression and stress. A team of researchers working on a project made possible by two grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation has developed a 30-minute online training module that teaches…

Published August 22, 2022 at 02:59PM
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New research uncovers the internal structure of spider silk

New research uncovers the internal structure of spider silk
Scientists at William & Mary funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation studied spider silk in such detail they were able to determine the structure of the silk fibers. Spider silk is known for its strength and durability. "Scientists all over…

Published August 22, 2022 at 02:58PM
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Legacy of ancient ice ages shapes how seagrasses respond to environmental threats today

Legacy of ancient ice ages shapes how seagrasses respond to environmental threats today
Deep evolution casts a longer shadow than previously thought, scientists report in a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. U.S. National Science Foundation-supported scientists looked at eelgrass communities — the…

Published August 18, 2022 at 02:03PM
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Smoke from Western wildfires can influence Arctic sea ice, researchers find

Smoke from Western wildfires can influence Arctic sea ice, researchers find
Sea ice and wildfires may be more interconnected than previously thought, according to U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research published in Science Advances. By digging into the differences between climate models, researchers at the…

Published August 18, 2022 at 02:02PM
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Interaction between humans and the environment is focus of 15 new NSF-funded projects

Interaction between humans and the environment is focus of 15 new NSF-funded projects
From Southwestern deserts to tropical mangrove reefs, everywhere humans live or go we impact the environment, and the environment impacts us. Fifteen new projects totaling more than $21.6 million funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation will…

Published August 17, 2022 at 04:59PM
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Physicists research how aerosol particulates from wind instruments move through the air

Physicists research how aerosol particulates from wind instruments move through the air
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania supported by two grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation have studied the aerosols of musicians playing wind instruments. The findings will inform safety guidelines for not only musical…

Published August 17, 2022 at 02:31PM
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Rare plants attract rare bees and birds in urban gardens

Rare plants attract rare bees and birds in urban gardens
Little is known about what drives rare biodiversity in cities. Rare plant species in urban gardens may be the answer. The plants in turn attract rare bee and bird species, according to a Dartmouth College-led study looking at urban gardens in…

Published August 16, 2022 at 03:18PM
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New model developed to predict landslides along wildfire burn scars

New model developed to predict landslides along wildfire burn scars
A wildfire followed by an intense rainstorm is often a recipe for disaster. Without vegetation to cushion rainfall, water runoff can turn into a fast-moving, highly destructive landslide, called a "debris flow," which often has the power to wipe out…

Published August 16, 2022 at 03:18PM
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Integrative biological science and training are the focus of 4 new institutes

Integrative biological science and training are the focus of 4 new institutes
From understanding the multifaceted transmission of disease to deciphering how living organisms adapt to harsh conditions, answering big questions in biology requires interdisciplinary research and scientists engaging and partnering with those from…

Published August 15, 2022 at 06:07PM
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Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck theory

Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck theory
An abandoned Caribbean colony unearthed centuries after it had been forgotten and a case of mistaken identity in the archaeological record have conspired to rewrite the history of Assateague, a barrier island off the Virginia and Maryland coasts…

Published August 15, 2022 at 02:24PM
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Invasive species' success may lie in living fast, dying young

Invasive species' success may lie in living fast, dying young
For some species conquering new territory, it might be better to live fast and die young. In a new study, biologists at the University of Iowa looked at why a type of freshwater snail that has invaded ecosystems worldwide has been so successful…

Published August 15, 2022 at 02:24PM
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'Plaza' in ancient city of Cahokia near today’s St. Louis was likely inundated year-round

'Plaza' in ancient city of Cahokia near today’s St. Louis was likely inundated year-round
The ancient North American city of Cahokia had as its focal point a feature now known as Monks Mound, a giant earthwork surrounded on its north, south, east and west by large rectangular open areas. These flat zones, called plazas by archaeologists…

Published August 11, 2022 at 02:32PM
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Engineers improve catalyst that destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight

Engineers improve catalyst that destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight
Chemical engineers at Rice University have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid, one of the world's most problematic "forever chemical" pollutants. These pollutants aren't easily…

Published August 11, 2022 at 02:33PM
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NSF announces 4 new Engineering Research Centers focused on agriculture, health, manufacturing and smart cities

NSF announces 4 new Engineering Research Centers focused on agriculture, health, manufacturing and smart cities
Engineering discoveries and advances have the power to make transformational positive impacts on society. For decades, the U.S. National Science Foundation has been a steadfast supporter of research centers that integrate engineering with other…

Published August 10, 2022 at 05:00PM
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Water resources to become less predictable with climate change

Water resources to become less predictable with climate change
Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to a comprehensive new climate change study led by the National Center…

Published August 10, 2022 at 03:24PM
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Researchers pull record of 700,000 years of tropical climate change from an Andean lakebed

Researchers pull record of 700,000 years of tropical climate change from an Andean lakebed
When Mark Abbott and his team pulled a 300-foot-long core of mud from a lakebed high in the Peruvian Andes, he hoped it might provide a glimpse of the past 160,000 years of climate change. Instead, the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported…

Published August 10, 2022 at 03:28PM
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How did Earth avoid a Mars-like fate? Ancient rocks hold clues

How did Earth avoid a Mars-like fate? Ancient rocks hold clues
Approximately 1,800 miles beneath our feet, swirling liquid iron in the Earth's outer core generates the planet's protective magnetic field. The magnetic field is invisible but is vital for life on Earth's surface because it shields the planet from…

Published August 09, 2022 at 02:14PM
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What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition

What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition
What, exactly, distinguishes a pond from a lake or a wetland? A U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study co-led by Cornell University offers the first data-driven, functional definition of a pond and evidence of ponds' distinct ecological…

Published August 09, 2022 at 02:14PM
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NSF and Amazon continue collaboration that strengthens and supports fairness in artificial intelligence and machine learning

NSF and Amazon continue collaboration that strengthens and supports fairness in artificial intelligence and machine learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning evolve fast. It is crucial that artificial intelligence and machine learning systems be accountable, fair, inclusive and transparent. The U.S. National Science Foundation has been a leader in providing…

Published August 08, 2022 at 03:02PM
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Researchers develop computer model to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees

Researchers develop computer model to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees
Researchers at Oregon State University have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to help protect bees from pesticides. Cory Simon and Xiaoli Fern led the project, which involved training a machine learning model to predict whether proposed…

Published August 08, 2022 at 01:58PM
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Moths enlist additional troops in an evolutionary arms race

Moths enlist additional troops in an evolutionary arms race
While a clear night sky might seem quiet and peaceful to us, empty of everything but stars, this nocturnal world is filled with a high-pitched cacophony of sound just beyond our ability to hear. Bats pierce the shadows with ultrasonic pulses that…

Published August 08, 2022 at 01:59PM
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Facilitating US-India bilateral research collaborations

Facilitating US-India bilateral research collaborations
In February 2022, the U.S. National Science Foundation issued a Dear Colleague Letter encouraging joint U.S.-India research projects involving principal investigators from both nations for collaborative research that can accelerate the development of…

Published August 05, 2022 at 03:00PM
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Four New NSF INCLUDES Alliances Announced

Four New NSF INCLUDES Alliances Announced
The U.S. National Science Foundation will establish four new NSF INCLUDES Alliances to enhance preparation, increase participation and ensure the inclusion of individuals from historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering…

Published August 04, 2022 at 02:00PM
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New dissolving implantable device relieves pain without medication

New dissolving implantable device relieves pain without medication
A team of scientists and engineers at Northwestern University supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation has developed an implantable pain relieving device -- a promising alternative to opioids and other addictive analgesics. The device could…

Published August 04, 2022 at 02:21PM
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To keep up with evolving prey, rattlesnakes tap genetically diverse venom toolbox

To keep up with evolving prey, rattlesnakes tap genetically diverse venom toolbox
In the evolutionary "arms race" between rattlesnakes and their prey, rodents, birds and other reptiles develop resistance to the snakes' deadly venom to survive. But U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research led by the University of…

Published August 04, 2022 at 02:20PM
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NSF selects James L. Moore III to head the Education and Human Resources Directorate

NSF selects James L. Moore III to head the Education and Human Resources Directorate
The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected James L. Moore III to head the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, or EHR, which supports research that enhances learning and teaching, and broad efforts to achieve excellence in STEM…

Published August 03, 2022 at 05:56PM
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Scientists use new technique to identify changes in lakes and reservoirs around the world

Scientists use new technique to identify changes in lakes and reservoirs around the world
A team of researchers led by University of Minnesota, Twin Cities data scientists and supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation has published a first-of-its-kind global dataset of lakes and reservoirs. It shows how these waterbodies have…

Published August 03, 2022 at 02:49PM
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First known off-axis, high-temperature deep sea hydrothermal vents along portion of the northern East Pacific Rise

First known off-axis, high-temperature deep sea hydrothermal vents along portion of the northern East Pacific Rise
Finding a new, high-temperature, off-axis hydrothermal vent field on the floor of the Pacific Ocean at 2,550 meters (8,366 feet) down could change scientists' understanding of the impact such seafloor vent systems have on ocean life and chemistry. U…

Published August 03, 2022 at 02:46PM
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Could a computer diagnose Alzheimer's disease and dementia?

Could a computer diagnose Alzheimer's disease and dementia?
It takes a lot of time — and money — to diagnose Alzheimer's disease. After running lengthy in-person neuropsychological exams, clinicians must transcribe, review and analyze every response in detail. Now, U.S. National Science Foundation-supported…

Published August 02, 2022 at 01:58PM
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Fire corals winning the battle for domination of Caribbean reefs

Fire corals winning the battle for domination of Caribbean reefs
Every year for the past three decades, California State University, Northridge marine biologist Peter Edmunds has traveled to the Caribbean island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands to document the life history of fire corals. "This is more than…

Published August 02, 2022 at 01:58PM
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Coastal glacier retreat linked to climate change

Coastal glacier retreat linked to climate change
More of the world's coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever, but exactly what's triggering the large-scale retreat has been difficult to pin down because of natural fluctuations in the glaciers' surroundings. Now, researchers at The University…

Published August 01, 2022 at 02:25PM
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Does this ring a bell? Wild bats can remember sounds for years

Does this ring a bell? Wild bats can remember sounds for years
There are certain skills that once acquired, such as riding a bike or looking both ways before crossing a street, rarely have to be relearned. Most studies on learning and long-term memory in the wild focus on a handful of animal species. Now, in a…

Published August 01, 2022 at 02:24PM
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New NSF awards will advance theoretical foundations of data science research through interdisciplinary collaborations

New NSF awards will advance theoretical foundations of data science research through interdisciplinary collaborations
Data science is an expanding field that requires the expertise of computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and statisticians to handle the complex analysis of ever-larger data sets. Data affect how industry, academia and government operate…

Published July 29, 2022 at 01:03PM
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Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the passage of the 'CHIPS and Science Act'

Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the passage of the 'CHIPS and Science Act'
Our nation’s economic and national security depends on our ability not only to harness the technologies of today, but to lay the foundation for the industries of the future. We also need to inspire and train the next generation STEM workforce and…

Published July 28, 2022 at 07:28PM
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Risk of death surges when extreme heat and air pollution coincide

Risk of death surges when extreme heat and air pollution coincide
Heat waves and air pollution are harmful, even deadly, and both are predicted to increase in frequency due to climate change. A team of researchers at the University of Southern California is helping shed light on those health risks by assessing six…

Published July 28, 2022 at 02:06PM
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Materials researchers build longest highly conductive molecular nanowire

Materials researchers build longest highly conductive molecular nanowire
Researchers at Columbia University, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, engineered a nanowire 2.6 nanometers long with quasi-metallic properties and conductance that increases with the wire's length. The breakthrough could…

Published July 27, 2022 at 02:17PM
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Faint fossil galaxy found at the Andromeda galaxy’s edge

Faint fossil galaxy found at the Andromeda galaxy’s edge
An amateur astronomer examining archival data processed by the Community Science & Data Center tipped off astronomers about a smudge of interest in an image he examined as part of an effort by the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo…

Published July 27, 2022 at 02:14PM
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Engineers use electrolyte to create high-capacity batteries that operate in extreme temperatures

Engineers use electrolyte to create high-capacity batteries that operate in extreme temperatures
Engineers at the University of California San Diego supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation have developed a reliable lithium-ion battery that functions in extreme cold and heat. The team created an electrolyte that allows…

Published July 26, 2022 at 02:24PM
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Citizen astronomer helps identify more than 30 ultracool dwarf binary systems

Citizen astronomer helps identify more than 30 ultracool dwarf binary systems
A citizen astronomer participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported Backyard Worlds program examined archival data provided by the Community Science & Data Center and found 34 new ultracool dwarf binary systems, nearly twice the…

Published July 26, 2022 at 02:25PM
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Destruction and recovery of kelp forests driven by changes in sea urchin behavior

Destruction and recovery of kelp forests driven by changes in sea urchin behavior
A dramatic outbreak of kelp-eating purple sea urchins along the Central Coast of California in 2014, leading to a significant reduction in the region's kelp forests, was driven primarily by the emergence of sea urchins from their hiding places rather…

Published July 25, 2022 at 01:33PM
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Ancient southwestern desert people ate more, larger, fish than previously thought

Ancient southwestern desert people ate more, larger, fish than previously thought
There is a common misconception that Ancestral Pueblo people rarely ate fish. The remains of fish that were eaten by these people are indeed rare at early archaeological sites in the Middle Rio Grande basin of central New Mexico. Now, however…

Published July 25, 2022 at 01:34PM
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Awash in potential: Wastewater provides early detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Awash in potential: Wastewater provides early detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus
Writing in the journal Nature, scientists at the University of California San Diego and Scripps Research, along with local and federal public health officials, describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants…

Published July 21, 2022 at 01:22PM
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Supercomputing simulation reveals weaknesses in HIV-1 defense

Supercomputing simulation reveals weaknesses in HIV-1 defense
How HIV-1 infects cells is not fully understood. Discoveries from a recent study have provided new insights, however. Computer scientists at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, ran the…

Published July 21, 2022 at 01:22PM
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U.S. and U.K. Launch Innovation Prize Challenges in Privacy-Enhancing Technologies to Tackle Financial Crime and Public Health Emergencies

U.S. and U.K. Launch Innovation Prize Challenges in Privacy-Enhancing Technologies to Tackle Financial Crime and Public Health Emergencies
Today, the U.S. and U.K. governments launched a set of prize challenges to unleash the potential of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to combat global societal challenges. Announced at the Summit for Democracy last year, innovators from academia…

Published July 20, 2022 at 10:06PM
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Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal unprecedented modern sea level rise

Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal unprecedented modern sea level rise
The early 1900s saw rapid advances in the steel, electric and automobile industries. Those industrial changes also mark an inflection point in the planet’s climate. According to an international team of researchers led by University of South Florida…

Published July 20, 2022 at 04:44PM
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Platinum can act as a catalyst for wastewater treatment

Platinum can act as a catalyst for wastewater treatment
Making wastewater potable has a unique set of challenges, one of which is removing persistent chemicals and byproducts. Aldehydes, a byproduct of wastewater treatment, are toxic to humans. Removing aldehydes from wastewater requires a sustainable…

Published July 20, 2022 at 04:39PM
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Researchers uncover life's power generators in Earth's oldest groundwater

Researchers uncover life's power generators in Earth's oldest groundwater
An international team of researchers has discovered 1.2 billion-year-old groundwater deep in a gold and uranium mine in South Africa, shedding more light on how life is sustained below the Earth's surface and how it may thrive on other planets. The…

Published July 19, 2022 at 02:24PM
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Borrowed gene helps maize adapt to high elevations, cold temperatures

Borrowed gene helps maize adapt to high elevations, cold temperatures
Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that an important gene in maize called HPC1 modulates chemical processes that contribute to flowering time, and has its origins in "teosinte mexicana," a precursor to modern-day corn that…

Published July 19, 2022 at 02:25PM
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Climate change may be culprit in Antarctic fish disease outbreak

Climate change may be culprit in Antarctic fish disease outbreak
Climate change might be behind an unusual disease outbreak among Antarctic fish, researchers are finding. For a decade, University of Oregon biologists John Postlethwait and Thomas Desvignes have been visiting the West Antarctic Peninsula. They study…

Published July 18, 2022 at 09:19PM
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Evidence that buckyballs and carbon nanotubes form from the dust and gas of dying stars

Evidence that buckyballs and carbon nanotubes form from the dust and gas of dying stars
Astronomers at the University of Arizona, funded by two grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation, have developed a theory to explain the presence of the largest molecules known to exist in interstellar gas. The team simulated the environment…

Published July 18, 2022 at 09:19PM
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New technology surpasses long-sought solar energy milestone

New technology surpasses long-sought solar energy milestone
Engineers at Princeton University, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, have developed a new class of renewable solar energy technology. The team successfully manufactured a perovskite solar cell that can operate above…

Published July 14, 2022 at 01:48PM
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Researchers discover how tuberculosis bacteria mutate to form antibiotic-resistant films

Researchers discover how tuberculosis bacteria mutate to form antibiotic-resistant films
Tuberculosis, the second leading cause of death globally, is a highly infectious, hard to treat and difficult to contain disease that causes preventable deaths daily. A team of researchers supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science…

Published July 14, 2022 at 01:48PM
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Researchers study early stages of infant word learning

Researchers study early stages of infant word learning
Researchers at Indiana University, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, have published the results of their research on how infants put names to objects, a key step in language development. Past research has usually focused…

Published July 13, 2022 at 04:05PM
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Hummingbirds may struggle to avoid climate change

Hummingbirds may struggle to avoid climate change
Climate change is making it more challenging for small animals like hummingbirds to reach heights that allow them to evade the impacts of a warming world. A team of researchers set out to study how Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna) would adjust to a…

Published July 13, 2022 at 04:06PM
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Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on NSF ranking in Best Places to Work in the Federal Government

Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on NSF ranking in Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
I am thrilled and proud that the U.S. National Science Foundation recently ranked No. 2 among mid-sized agencies in the 2021 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government®, up from No. 5 last year. At NSF, we value innovation, creativity…

Published July 13, 2022 at 02:30PM
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Implants of cardiac muscle tissue could repair and reverse heart damage

Implants of cardiac muscle tissue could repair and reverse heart damage
A team of researchers, including members from Boston University, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, has detailed the method for their breakthrough approach to treating damaged heart tissue. They’re growing viable heart…

Published July 12, 2022 at 05:14PM
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High vaccination rates blunted delta variant surge in some U.S. states

High vaccination rates blunted delta variant surge in some U.S. states
U.S. states with low vaccination rates bore the brunt of the COVID-19 surge caused by the delta variant during the summer of 2021, according to a study published in eLife. The U.S. National Science Foundation-funded research reaffirms the importance…

Published July 12, 2022 at 05:15PM
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New NSF center will advance, broaden and catalyze environmental data science

New NSF center will advance, broaden and catalyze environmental data science
Understanding the impacts of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, and predicting and preparing for extreme environmental disturbances such as wildfires, floods and drought, require combining and synthesizing data sets that provide information…

Published July 11, 2022 at 07:52PM
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New hybrid machine learning forecasts lake ecosystem responses to climate change

New hybrid machine learning forecasts lake ecosystem responses to climate change
Through the middle of the 20th century, phosphorus inputs from detergents and fertilizers degraded the water quality of Switzerland's Lake Geneva, spurring officials to take action in the 1970s to remediate the pollution. "The obvious remedy was to…

Published July 11, 2022 at 06:38PM
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Discovery pushes back the earliest record of wildfire by 10 million years

Discovery pushes back the earliest record of wildfire by 10 million years
While wildfires in recent years have raged across much of the Western United States and pose significant hazards to wildlife and human populations, fires have been a long-standing part of Earth's systems without the influence of humans for hundreds…

Published July 11, 2022 at 06:36PM
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Citizen science project analyzes data to model treetop snowpack and predict melt

Citizen science project analyzes data to model treetop snowpack and predict melt
Participants in a citizen science project, created by University of Washington researchers and funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, viewed time-lapse images from Colorado and Washington and tagged photos that had trees with snow on…

Published July 07, 2022 at 03:43PM
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Mysterious radio bursts from space detected

Mysterious radio bursts from space detected
Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, or VLA, as well as other powerful telescopes have found the second known highly active, repeating fast radio burst, or FRB, raising more questions about the…

Published July 07, 2022 at 03:47PM
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Pigment or optical illusion? What makes this berry blue

Pigment or optical illusion? What makes this berry blue
Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong was walking down Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, when something caught her eye: a small, particularly shiny blue fruit, on a shrub known as Lantana strigocamara. While its tiny clusters of pink, yellow and orange flowers…

Published July 06, 2022 at 02:42PM
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Study shows that 'green islands' help forests regenerate after fire

Study shows that 'green islands' help forests regenerate after fire
Thanks to trends like mountain snowpack loss, drier summers and longer fire seasons, high-elevation forests in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest are burning more frequently and extensively than in the past. Increased fire damage has prompted…

Published July 06, 2022 at 02:51PM
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Bringing magma up to our feet in Antarctica

Bringing magma up to our feet in Antarctica
Antarctica has long been a land of mystery and heroic feats made famous by the explorations of James Ross and Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton. A key piece of the puzzle for understanding global continental evolution, Antarctica is…

Published July 05, 2022 at 01:41PM
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Scientists discover uncertainties in flood risk estimates

Scientists discover uncertainties in flood risk estimates
Flood frequency analysis is a technique used to estimate flood risk, providing statistics such as "100-year flood" and "500-year flood" forecasts that are critical to infrastructure design, dam safety analysis and flood mapping in flood-prone areas…

Published July 05, 2022 at 01:46PM
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U.S. and Czech scientists collaborate to explore gamma-ray production with high-power lasers

U.S. and Czech scientists collaborate to explore gamma-ray production with high-power lasers
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Czech Science Foundation, or GACR, are partnering on a new collaborative project of scientists from the University of California San Diego and Extreme Light Infrastructure Beamlines in the Czech Republic…

Published July 01, 2022 at 04:16PM
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NSF Director visits the world’s largest experimental earthquake infrastructure facility

NSF Director visits the world’s largest experimental earthquake infrastructure facility
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Today, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan met with staff and students from the University of California San Diego, local officials and industry partners to observe and discuss research investments…

Published July 01, 2022 at 02:33AM
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Spatial aspects of biodiversity important for healthy forests

Spatial aspects of biodiversity important for healthy forests
Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have determined that tree beta diversity -- a measure of site-to-site variation in the composition of species in an area -- matters more for ecosystem functioning than other components of biodiversity…

Published June 30, 2022 at 01:30PM
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Historical irrigation leaves long-lasting legacies on the prairie

Historical irrigation leaves long-lasting legacies on the prairie
A hallmark of environmental science is understanding how ecosystems respond to global change. Much of this research focuses on short-term ecosystem responses, such as how an ecosystem responds to a sudden onset of drought. But previous conditions can…

Published June 30, 2022 at 01:37PM
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