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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…
August 3, 2022
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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…
July 14, 2022
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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…
July 13, 2022
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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…
July 12, 2022
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Engineering at Wright

NSF announces new opportunities for Hispanic-serving institutions to support research and capacity building through collaborations and partnerships

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity of nearly $29 million through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education…
June 22, 2022
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Students finalist teams and mentors of the 2022 CCIC

NSF, AACC announce 2022 Community College Innovation Challenge winners

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges announced the three winning teams of…
June 16, 2022
Research News
MediSCAPE imaging of the living human tongue

New technology could make biopsies a thing of the past

U.S. National Science Foundation grantee engineers at Columbia University have created MediSCAPE, a technology with possible surgical, diagnostic and…
April 26, 2022
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myeloma cells produce monoclonal proteins

Study finds mutated protein structure at the root of blood cancers

Stanford University researchers working on a project supported in part by a U.S. National Science Foundation grant have determined the structure of a…
April 12, 2022
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artist's conception of the Starshot Lightsail spacecraft

Sailing into interstellar space

U.S. National Science Foundation grantee astronomers based at The University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Los Angeles concluded…
March 17, 2022
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3D model heart

Researchers develop 3D model to predict abnormal heart rhythms

U.S. National Science Foundation researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a personalized 3D heart modelling technique that can…
February 28, 2022