Latest National Science Foundation News

Iowa State total external funding drops as federal research landscape evolves
What science loses when ‘T. rex’ becomes a trophy
Initiative to strengthen rural communities through biomanufacturing receives $15 million in federal funding
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun?
Climate change leaves northern tree swallows most vulnerable
From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention
Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions
Women engineers honoured as UNSW awards celebrate excellence and Ada Lovelace Medal winner
Inside baseball: AI-enabled enforcement tech takes time, testing
Rubin Observatory begins landmark 10-year timelapse of night sky
Can you make a black hole in a laboratory?
Getting warmer: Slower forest growth means less carbon storage
What are supermassive black holes? Everything you need to know – and what astronomers are still learning – about these mysterious objects
How young coquí frogs balance the competing demands of growth and fighting disease
‘Double the damage’: Warming climate reduces milk quality and quantity
First new US sunscreen ingredient since 1999 approved by FDA – a skin scientist explains how bemotrizinol works
Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper, but major engineering challenges must be solved
Evolutionary Origins Of Manakins’ Dazzling Dances
How waves, ponds and green algae are accelerating sea ice melt in Antarctica
Van der Waals Forces Can Play Unexpected Role in Thin Film Properties
What Pennsylvania’s AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust
Researchers make moiré 2D materials without stacking, twisting
Carbon dioxide and water played key role in historic Mount Etna eruption
Cornell engineers use tiny vibrating beams to rethink AI hardware
Armadillos Inspire New Protective Technology for Soft Machines
The network watching the world’s oceans is under pressure – just when it’s needed most
Long COVID will cost the US an estimated $8 billion over just 3 years due to healthcare burden, managing symptoms and loss…
SpaceX is poised to go public and test the latest version of its massive Starship rocket amidst criticism about its environmental impact
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail – but funding cuts to VA and government programs are threatening their work
AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
David Lodge, ecologist and Cornell Atkinson director, to retire
Low-cost solution to parasite, poverty at risk from possible NSF cuts
How black hole mergers are helping scientists calibrate the Universe’s most sensitive instruments
Study Reveals How Strawberries Were Ambushed By Fungal Parasites
Entropy gives a ‘marriage’ of molecules just enough freedom
UW researchers launch ‘little free pantry’ mapping pilot, internet-connected pantries in Seattle
Online hate groups sustain their messages by repeating powerful stories or routinely adding new allegations
Near miss tsunami in Alaska during tourist season last year highlights increasing environmental instability
Large Rise In Microscopic Colitis Seen In Sweden
AI-Powered Lab Discovers Brighter Lead-Free Nanomaterials in 12 Hours
New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots
Biological age tests reveal what slows or hastens aging – but they’re useful only for researchers, not consumers
Researchers Propose a New Inspection Method to Improve Online Collaboration Platforms
A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it’s changing what we know about earthquake zones
Researchers Create Tool to Help Hunger-Relief Groups Deliver Food More Efficiently
‘Lab-on-a-drone’ tests remote farm waterways for nitrate levels
BikeButler map creates personalized routes for riders based on preferences like speed limits and road conditions