Friday, April 29, 2022

Discovery Files - Crowdsourcing Research

Discovery Files - Crowdsourcing Research

Citizen scientists play an important role in helping to protect the environment. Citizen Scientists have helped researchers document how coyotes and small gray foxes have found a way to become surprising, surprising, new woodland neighbors, BIO-EE Grant #1232442 and EHR-DRL Grant #1319293.

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Published April 29, 2022 at 04:00AM
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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration to announce groundbreaking results about the center of our galaxy

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration to announce groundbreaking results about the center of our galaxy

South Pole Telescope

The U.S. National Science Foundation with the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration will hold a press conference to announce a groundbreaking discovery in the Milky Way.

LOCATION – The National Press Club, 529 14th St N.W., Washington, D.C., 20045. The event will also be streamed live online. 

Who: NSF's Chief Operating Officer Karen Marrongelle will deliver opening remarks. A panel of Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, researchers ...

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Published April 28, 2022 at 08:34PM
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Friday, April 22, 2022

The Discovery Files – The Art of Smell

The Discovery Files – The Art of Smell

Tune in to hear the latest news of the impacts of NSF-funded research. The brain might process smell like a camera, capturing a snapshot of the essence of smell, or a symphony, diverse brain cells working, BIO-IOS Grant # 1749772.

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Published April 22, 2022 at 04:00AM
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

NSF recognizes 3 scientists with the Alan T. Waterman Award

NSF recognizes 3 scientists with the Alan T. Waterman Award

The Alan T. Waterman Awardees: Jessica E.Tierney, Daniel B. Larremore, Lara A. Thompson

The U.S. National Science Foundation has named its awardees for this year's Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers: Jessica E. Tierney, a University of Arizona geoscientist; Lara A. Thompson, a University of the District of Columbia biomedical engineer; and Daniel B. Larremore, a computer scientist from the University of Colorado Boulder.

This is the first year NSF has chosen to honor three researchers with the award, which ...

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Published April 20, 2022 at 04:55PM
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Friday, April 1, 2022

The Discovery Files – WHAT’S IN THE WIND?

The Discovery Files – WHAT’S IN THE WIND?

Look for new Discovery File segments that are released every week. Researchers have learned the human impact on climate change can play a major role in catastrophic wildfires.

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Published April 01, 2022 at 04:00AM
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