A new study led by University of Wyoming scientists reveals that trees growing atop granite…
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent U.S. government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering. Founded in 1950, the NSF plays a pivotal role in funding cutting-edge discoveries across disciplines—from physics and environmental science to computer science and social sciences—often backing early-stage research that drives innovation and informs policy. Through grants, fellowships, and large-scale initiatives, the foundation fosters scientific progress, promotes STEM education, and supports major research infrastructure like observatories and computing networks. Its work underpins much of the scientific advancement emerging from U.S. institutions and labs.
Using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the National Science Foundation has detected gravitational waves.…
Although most people have never heard of laser frequency combs, they have become essential to…
Astrophysicists re-create and explain nearly all the components seen in the X-ray spectra of stellar-mass…
Using some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, astrophysicists ran simulations charting the forces of…
A NSF funded research team has reached a subglacial lake and retrieved water and sediment…
The largest ground-based radio telescope in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), can…
A new study found that dissolution or creation of huge gypsum deposits changed the sulfate…
With an estimated construction cost of $665M and a five-year build time, the Large Synoptic…
Thanks to new to ceramics nanotechnology, scientists now working with a device that can test…
The discovery of the Burtele foot fossil is leading researchers to believe that there was…
It has long been known that noise affects animal behavior, just look at our personal…
While on IODP Expedition 340T, a team of scientists was able to measure the geophysical…
Scientists agree that the ocean levels are increasing as the global temperature warms, but how…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZ4leL-Xd4 Researcher Edgar Spalding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to figure out how…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHRTQNaNLac Having too much naturally occurring fluoride in the water supply can result in darkening…
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Politecnico di Torino in Italy…
Researchers at Michigan State University are studying how viruses evolve and potentially become deadly mutations.…