Science Matters

Image of Sgr A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy

May 12, 2022

At the center of our very own Milky Way galaxy, scientists long suspected that there was a supermassive black hole, and they named this black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, pronounced "sadge-ay-star")…

NSF-fueled innovation leads to battery recycling breakthrough

May 11, 2022

Technology for recycling lithium-ion batteries critical for powering clean energy future

Expanding the geography of innovation to include all communities

May 10, 2022

In the following article, Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, 15th Director of the National Science Foundation, and Dr. Ellen Ochoa, outgoing chair of the National Science Board, outline why a robust network…

Dr Ochoa plays the flute at the south pole and on the ISS

Journey into STEM

May 6, 2022

There are infinite pathways into STEM. For many people those pathways are illuminated by the inspirational people, real or fictional, who came before, leaders that we traditionally think of as…

From the lab to the coast, NSF provides critical support to prepare for hurricanes

April 29, 2022

In 2021, researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, began test-piloting the Hurricane Risk Calculator web app. The goal of the app is to provide detailed forecasts of…

NSF-driven research finding shifts in typical weather patterns

April 26, 2022

Charles Dudley Warner quoted an American writer — possibly his friend, Mark Twain — in an 1897 editorial. "While everybody talked about the weather, nobody seemed to do anything about it." Around 125…

To conserve Earth's biodiversity, U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announce new partnership

April 21, 2022

Biodiversity is declining faster than at any previous point in human history. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, Red List states that extinction threatens more than 28% of…